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Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 5-Cultivate
\n<\/u>Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. <\/em>
\nFor you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. James 1:2-3 NLT<\/em>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Cultivate.\u00a0 Today\u2019s focus is on you and your faith.<\/p>\n

In order for us believers to help others we need to keep our faith strong.
\nWe need endurance when our faith is tested and strength to keep on keeping on and growing in our faith.<\/p>\n

So, today, let\u2019s focus on cultivating our faith.<\/p>\n

Cultivate means to prepare or nurture something to make it better.\u00a0 So today, we will focus on preparing our faith to increase its strength.\u00a0 We will pray and ask the Lord to show us how we can do that.\u00a0 It may be by reading His word more or praying more.\u00a0 It may be by studying His word or memorizing it.\u00a0 It may be by letting go of somethings that are hindering our spiritual life or weakening our walk with the Lord.<\/p>\n

Use the scripture verse below as a guide to what you might need to focus on today to grow your faith.
\n\u00a0Sow for yourselves righteousness;
\nReap in mercy;
\nBreak up your fallow ground,
\nFor it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.
\n<\/em>Hosea 10:12 NKJV<\/p>\n

SGLY Ministry \u00a92025www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 5-Cultivate Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. James 1:2-3 NLT Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Cultivate.\u00a0 Today\u2019s focus is on you and your faith….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921,"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":[2922,2921,3,354,215,2166,2923,2924,2912,85,2907,224,450,30,32],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-break-up-fallow-ground","tag-cultivate","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-endurance","tag-faith","tag-grow","tag-hosea-1012","tag-james-112-3","tag-january-2025","tag-mercy","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-righteousness","tag-seek-the-lord","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cultivate-James-1-2-3.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1930,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-8-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":1920,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 8\u2014Faith","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 8\u2014Faith And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 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