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Index of Seeds For Thinking articles for the year 2008
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It is growing season!
I am continually adding to the files during 2008, and linking them to this index.
Be patient, allow more time until I "dig around it" and nurture it. (See Luke 13:8)
Please return often and see how the harvest is going.
Leland Hubbell

The Good Tree Produces Food
Scripture: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such there is no law. (Galations 5:22-23, NKJV)

Molding Our Lives In God's Image
Scripture: (Jesus) answered and said to (the scribes and Pharisees), “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? (Matthew 15:3, NKJV)

Breadboards
Scripture: Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17, NKJV)

The Power Source
Scripture: “that (the king) may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes . . .” (from Deuteronomy 17:19, NKJV)

Pack Rats
Scripture: Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (Exodus 1:8, NKJV)

Take Me To Your Leader
Scripture: “. . . you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; . . . ” (Deuteronomy 17:15a, NKJV)

You Have An Accent
Scripture: They would say to him, “Then say ‘Shibboleth’!” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. (Judges 12:6, NKJV)

Authority
Scripture: And He said to them, “the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ But among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.” (Luke 22:25-26, NKJV)

Separation From God
Scripture: “I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.” Jonah 2:6, KJV

Prayer And the 'PEA'
Scripture: Jesus said, “And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’” (Luke 18:13, NKJV)

HOT and GLOWING Prayer
Scripture: “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteousness man avails much.” (James 5:16)

A Good Pattern
Scripture: For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. (1 Peter 2:21, NKJV)

Bring What You Have
Scripture: The Parable of the Loaves and Fishes - Mark 6:32-44

“But he said to (the disciples), How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” (Mark 6:38a, NKJV)

Turn On The Switch
Scripture: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26, NKJV)

The Meaning of 'Respect'
Scripture: Jesus said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had a respect for people.” (Luke 18:2, NRS)

Gleaning
Scripture: And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter." So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. (Ruth, 2:2-3, NIV)

Waiting
Scripture: “Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles.” (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV)

The Absence of Everything
Scripture: This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5, NKJV)

The Aramaic Language
Scripture: And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34, KJV)

Let Go of the Goodies
Scripture: Jesus said to him, “ If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. ”But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:21-22, NKJV

Dearness Gives Value
SCRIPTURE: “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words to eternal life.” John 6:67-68, NKJV (John 6:60; 66, 68-69)

Steadfast
Scripture: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58, NKJV)

Life is God; God is Life
Scripture: John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (NKJV)

Alignment
Scripture: Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon earth, the people will learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:8-9, NIV

Work; Labor; Patience
Scripture: Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. (1 Thessalonians 1:3-4, Scofield Reference Bible)

Never Give Up!
Scripture: How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. (Hosea 11:8, NKJV)

Treasures On Earth
Scripture: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. Mt. 6:21, NIV.

Perfection
Scripture: And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 5:9-10, NKJV)

Truth
Scripture: You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free! John 8:32.

Controlled Power
Scripture: In the same way, faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead. (James 2:17)

Hit the Target!
Scripture: “Teacher,” he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” What is written in the Law?” (Jesus) replied. “How do you read it?” Luke 10:25 - 26, NIV

The Prisoner
Scripture: And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32, NKJV)

Decisions, Decisions!
Scripture: God said, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.” Genesis 2:17a, KJV

Gain Understanding
Scripture: Does not wisdom call out. (Proverbs 8:1)

The Toolbox
Scripture: Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’ grace in its various forms. (1 Peter 4:10)

I Am An Angel
Scripture: If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians, 8:23, NKJV)

Light And Life
Scripture: John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Relationships Matter
Scripture: Moreover if you brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Matthew 18:15, NKJV

Charitable
Scripture: Paul wrote, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” NIV

Specialization
Scripture: Paul wrote, “The body is a unit, though is is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.” 1 Cor. 12:12, NIV

Sounds Crazy, Doesn't It?
Scripture: But I say to you who hear; Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. (Luke 6:27-28, NKJV)

Transcending Time
Scripture: Luke wrote, “Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know of the certainty of the things that you have been taught. Luke 1:3,4, NIV.

Pass The Baton
Scripture: And what of ourselves? With all these witnesses to faith around us like a cloud, we must throw off every encumbrance, every sin to which we cling, and run with resolution the race for which we are entered, our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom faith depends from start to finish. (Hebrews 12:1-2a, NEB)

Needs and Greeds
Scripture: Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (1 Timothy 6:17, NIV)

Faithful and Zealous
Scripture: Paul wrote to the Galations: “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension's, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.” (Galations 5:19-21, NIV)

Choose God, Not the Wolf
Scripture: Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. (Matthew 7:15)

Ideals and Idols
Scripture: Jesus said, “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weighter matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. (Matthew 23:23 NRS)

Our Words Say A Lot
Scripture: James wrote, “. . . no one can tame the tongue. . . . With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God.” James 3:8a-9, NRS

For The Birds
Scripture: O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all. . . . Living things, both great and small. (Psalms 4:24a; 25b. NKJV)

King Herod
Scripture: Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem. (Matthew 2:1, NKJV)

Whose Millennium?
Scripture: Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. (Psalm 90:1-2, NKJV)

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