Living Proof Live Simulcast Recap

As they went from town to town, a lot of people joined in and traveled along. He addressed them, using this story: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. Some of it fell on the road; it was tramped down and the birds ate it. Other seed fell in the gravel; it sprouted, but withered because it didn't have good roots. Other seed fell in the weeds; the weeds grew with it and strangled it. Other seed fell in rich earth and produced a bumper crop. (100 fold)

"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"

His disciples asked, "Why did you tell this story?"

He said, "You've been given insight into God's kingdom—you know how it works. There are others who need stories. But even with stories some of them aren't going to get it:

Their eyes are open but don't see a thing,
Their ears are open but don't hear a thing.

"This story is about some of those people. The seed is the Word of God. The seeds on the road are those who hear the Word, but no sooner do they hear it than the Devil snatches it from them so they won't believe and be saved.

"The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn't go very deep. It's only another fad, and the moment there's trouble it's gone.

"And the seed that fell in the weeds—well, these are the ones who hear, but then the seed is crowded out and nothing comes of it as they go about their lives worrying about tomorrow, making money, and having fun.

"But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there's a harvest.

Luke 8:4-15 (The Message)

I cannot begin to describe the blessing it was to be one of the 70,000 women in 715 locations around the world via simulcast. I want to share what I learned from Beth Moore over the past two days, however I'm not going to do it all in one post. But I will give you something to nibble on tonight.

Beth began Friday night by speaking from Luke 8:1-15. She started by telling us that if we were in Christ we are "women on substance". She pulled this from the phrase in Luke 8:3b "These women were helping to support them out of their own means." Now this phrase means that these women had some wealth. Beth went on to explain that we are "women of means" or "women of substance" (King James version) in the Spirit and in order to be "women of substance" and to live with maximum impact (a 100 fold harvest in our lives), we must learn to hear God's word speak to us. She gave us 7 phrases to help us remember over the course of Friday night and Saturday morning.

Over the next week, I will share those 7 phrases. In the meantime pray that the Word that was heard by 70,000 would take root in the lives of those women and that each one would live as a woman of substance and live a life of maximum impact.