2021 Sisterhood Conference | Day One | Ps. Tamara Dumas

3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Mark 4:3-9 (NIV)

14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

Mark 4:14-20 (NIV)

“But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV)

“The righteous will never be uprooted.”

Proverbs 10:30 NIV

Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:5 (NIV)

Subjective/Objective

God calls us to BECOME more like Jesus regardless of our feelings.

Not a to Do list but a to BE list

Cultivate Punctuality

Cultivate Confidence

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

Cultivate Faith

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)

Thankfulness / Gratitude / Appreciation

Cultivate Love

“I pray that you, rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God.”

Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)

“We love because He first loved us”.

1 John 4:19 (NIV)

Cultivate Generosity

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together & running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Luke 6:38 (NIV)

Cultivate Purpose

“For we are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

God said through Jeremiah the prophet, “I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in them in this land with all my heart and soul.”

Jeremiah 32:41 (NIV)

“They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of His splendor”,

Isaiah 61:3b (NIV)

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in various forms.”

1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)