Guided by the Holy Spirit

• Jeremiah 17:7-8 – "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit." 

• Psalm 1:1-3 – "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers."

Sowing Seeds in Good Soil

• Luke 8:5-8 – “A sower went out to sow his seed... some fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.”

• Matthew 9:35-38 – "And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'"

Making Disciples of All Nations

• Jeremiah 1:10 – "See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." 

• Ecclesiastes 3:2 – “A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.”

• John 15:2, 5 – “Every branch that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit... I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.”

• Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”