{"id":1904,"date":"2025-01-01T00:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T08:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T22:14:01","slug":"planting-spiritual-seeds-day-1-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-1-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Spiritual Seeds&#8211;Day 1&#8211;Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 1\u2014Action<\/u><\/p>\n<p>And He [Jesus] <em>said to them, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Mark 16:15 NKJV<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is God\u2019s word.\u00a0 As we go out into our little corner of the world today let\u2019s make it our goal to share God\u2019s word with someone we meet today, and If we physically don\u2019t go out into the world each day, then let\u2019s ask God to show us some way we can share the gospel wherever we are.<br \/>\nAsk God to show you some creative ways He might want you to share His word with someone.\u00a0 Maybe it will be in a post on Social Media or perhaps in a prayer you say at lunch or dinner, or in a text message or phone call. Be alert for ways to share and be excited to do so!\u00a0 You will find this to be a blessing to your day<\/p>\n<p>Try picking one of your favorite verses, write it down on a piece of paper and slip it into your pocket.\u00a0 Then pray and ask God to show you who you should share the scripture verse with.<\/p>\n<p>As He prompts you do so, you may find yourself scared or shy, so at that time ask God to give you the courage you need to do it.\u00a0 You may be surprised at how He opens doors for you to speak it.\u00a0 You might find yourself sharing it in a conversation you have at work or perhaps just giving the piece of paper to someone you meet in a store or on the street, or maybe just slipping it into a book in the library or into a pocket of a piece of clothing at a store.\u00a0 There are all kinds of ways you can share.<\/p>\n<p>If you speak it and it is not received as warmly as you had hoped or if it is just ignored keep in mind that God says His word will not return void, so you will have the satisfaction that you obeyed God and shared His word as He has told us believers to do, and you planted a seed that God can then nurture and cause to grow, for it is only our job to plant the seed, it is God\u2019s job to cause it to grow.\u00a0\u00a0 So don\u2019t become disheartened.\u00a0 Just keep on planting!<\/p>\n<p>P<em>each the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not.<\/em> 2Timothy 4:2 NLT<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry \u00a92025www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 1\u2014Action And He [Jesus] said to them, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.\u00a0 \u00a0Mark 16:15 NKJV Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is God\u2019s word.\u00a0 As we go out into our little corner of the world today let\u2019s make it our goal to share God\u2019s word with someone we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2906],"tags":[807,2908,3,2909,568,2912,239,2907,2910,30,1098,1849,32,2911],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-2timothy-42","tag-action","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-go","tag-gods-word","tag-january-2025","tag-mark-1615","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-preach","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-share-the-good-news","tag-share-the-gospel","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-seeds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Action-Isaiah-55.11.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1936,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-10-gospel\/","url_meta":{"origin":1904,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 10\u2014Gospel","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 10\u2014Gospel How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? 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