{"id":1995,"date":"2025-01-29T00:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T08:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2025-01-28T20:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:32:20","slug":"planting-spiritual-seeds-day-29-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-29-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 29&#8211;Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 29&#8211;Water<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Seed is: Water<\/p>\n<p>Today we will not be planting seeds we will be watering seeds that have been previously planted, either by us or by someone else.<\/p>\n<p>All things need water to grow so today we will be checking on seeds that we have planted to see if they need watering.<\/p>\n<p>How do we water spiritual seeds?\u00a0 We speak God\u2019s word over them.\u00a0 In Isaiah 55:1 God is speaking to the people of Israel and He is saying \u201c\u201cCome, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters&#8230;\u201d\u00a0 He is saying He is the water; He will refresh them and cause them to grow spiritually.\u00a0 He continues speaking in the following verses and compares His word to rain and snow that come down from heaven to water the earth.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nIsaiah 55:10-11 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Your tongue has the power to bring life or death,<em> \u201cDeath and life are in the power of the tongue,\u201c <\/em>Proverbs 18:21, so speak God&#8217;s words of life over the seed you\u2019ve sown. We can do this by praying God\u2019s word over them aloud or silently.<em> \u201cFor soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;\u201d <\/em>Hebrews 6:7 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Examples of Praying God\u2019s Word:\u00a0 you could pray these scriptures over someone as water to increase growth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to him both now and forever. Amen<\/em>. 2 Peter 3:18 NIRV<\/li>\n<li><em>And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him.<br \/>\n<\/em>Colossians 2:6-7 NLT<\/li>\n<li><em>as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow<\/em> 1 Peter 2:2 NKJV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SGLY Ministry @2025<br \/>\nwww.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 29&#8211;Water Today\u2019s Seed is: Water Today we will not be planting seeds we will be watering seeds that have been previously planted, either by us or by someone else. 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