The Life of a Seed

GROW THROUGH WHAT YOU GO THROUGH

Pastor Hope Flask

April 27, 2025

Main Scripture: James 1:2-12

Additional Scriptures: Genesis 1:1-2, Deuteronomy 8:3, John 16:33, Hebrews 1:3, 11:1, Isaiah 61:3b, James 2:5

POINTS:

• We all have two seeds: the corrupted seed of sin and the uncorrupted seed of God’s Spirit.

• The world and the devil nourish the corrupted seed, while the church and the Spirit of God nourishes the uncorrupted seed.

• Compassion fatigue is growing indifferent towards charitable requests for those in need because of being overwhelmed.

• “When faced with compassion fatigue, we may feel tempted to sink into Desolation, treating it as home.” - John Eldridge

• The temptation to make our home in desolation is in the aftermath of the trials we experience.

• The enemy wants us to tap out, give up, and let desolation grow in our lives.

• We must learn to grow through what we go through.

• Eden glory is the Holy Temple of God where all His goodness dwells.

• Eden is within us with all its vibrancy, abundance, and fruitfulness, because God is in us.

• A Biblical trial is an adverse circumstance that God causes or permits to grow Eden from desolation.

• Our trials call our faith to the witness stand and show us what we really believe.

• God uses the winds of adversity to change our normal patterns of responses to trials.

• If you don’t know why you can have joy, you won’t count it as joy.

• When we praise God in our trials, we call down a heavenly vision.