Sowing Seeds Ministries

28/06/2013

FYI. No crèche today. Dion is away. Also don't forget bring and share. Bring some food to share after the group :-)

23/05/2013

Great day at Sowing Seeds.
Looking forward to the open day on Saturday. Come along.

07/05/2013

A great big thanks goes out to carol and Christine for crafting hard painting today. Also for Joyce helping me with all the cleaning even the toilets :-) James for doing all the Admin and Phil for getting stuck in with everything. Thank you guys . really felt like we are getting some where now and couldn't have done it all without you xx

29/04/2013

The Lounge @ Sowing Seeds.

28/04/2013

FICM Daily Devotional for Sun 28th Apr

A RADICAL, INNER TRANSFORMATION

By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain (1 Corinthians 15:10)

If you believe that you are part light and part darkness, part saint and part sinner, you will live in a very mediocre manner with little to distinguish you from the non-Christian. You may confess your proneness to sin and strive to do better, but you will live a continually defeated life because you perceive yourself to be only a sinner saved by grace who is hanging on until the rapture. Satan knows he can do nothing about who you really are, but if he can get you to believe you are no different from the natural person, then you will behave no differently from the natural person.

Why does this profile describe so many Christians? Because we are ignorant of our true identity in Christ. God's work of atonement in changing sinners to saints is His greatest accomplishment on earth. The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer's daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout life. But the progressive work of sanctification is only fully effective when the radical, inner transformation of justification is realized and appropriated by faith.

"But didn't I read somewhere that Paul referred to himself as the chief of sinners?" you may wonder. Yes, but he was referring to his nature before his conversion to Christ (1 Timothy 1:12-16). He made a similar statement of self-depreciation in 1 Corinthians 15:9, but continued by saying: "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain" (verse 10). Paul knew that who he was before Christ and who he became in Christ were two separate identities.

If you claim to be just a sinner, what will you do? You will sin! You are professing that sin is at the core of your identity. That's not what the Bible teaches. Why don't we just believe God that Jesus is at the core of our being and then begin to live like it by His Spirit?

Thank You, Father, that I am complete in Your Son Jesus and that my identity is rooted in Him and not in my sin.

Neil Anderson

22/04/2013

OK Ladies and Gents.... We go live in our new building on the 23rd of May. So if you would like to be part of an amazing team, we are looking for people with a servant heart who are full of love. If you're interested and available please let us know by calling us or inbox us leaving your number. If you can serve one afternoon a week, or 5 days a week, we would love to hear from you. Blessings, much love.

19/04/2013

Our talk today: humility- is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.

19/04/2013

Great morning! Thanks to our new Crèche manager Dion. Heard some fantastic reports. Well done. So lovely to see everyone again after the Easter Holidays. Next week we have the men's discipleship group.
The Ladies bible study group is meeting Monday. 12 noon. Interested ? Come along.

11/04/2013

SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE
'Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord...' PSALMS 107:8
The Psalmist writes, 'Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord, for his goodness...' Notice the word 'would.' A thankful attitude is a choice you make regardless of the situation. You choose your attitude just like you choose the food you eat and the clothes you wear each day. And there's plenty to be grateful for. You say, 'Yes, but there's plenty to complain about too.' The point exactly-so you've a choice to make! Robinson Crusoe spent 27 years shipwrecked on an island. Here's part of his journal entry (paraphrased). Let's call his lists the Gripe list and the Gratitude list. Gripe: 'I'm stuck on this desert island without hope.' Gratitude: 'I wasn't drowned like the rest of my ship's company.' Gripe: 'I've no clothes.' Gratitude: 'I'm in a hot climate; if I had clothes I couldn't wear them.' Gripe: 'I've no way to protect myself from man or beast.' Gratitude: 'I see no wild beasts here to hurt me as I saw on the coast of Africa. What if I'd been shipwrecked there?' Gripe: 'I've nobody to talk to.' Gratitude: 'God sent the ship in near enough to the shore that I got out so many necessary things as will enable me to supply myself as long as I live.' That's powerful stuff! If you can grasp it and put it into practice, it'll keep you from becoming a member of the Old Testament wilderness club known as 'the murmurers.' Your attitude is simply the decision you make about how you're going to approach things. It isn't Disneyworld thinking to focus on the good things of life; it's wisdom!

26/03/2013

Good morning ! Why not join us for our Good Friday (this Friday) service at 12.30 at our centre in Stockton.
God bless

21/03/2013

I would like to say a huge thank you to James Paula, Nathanael Phil and me for helping move our office today was really hard work but a big big thank you to you guys. Who lightened the load and made it fun ###x

20/03/2013

Thank you Dennis
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=urlYt4OhDPM

Graham gave his life to god. After a turbulent life of crime. Graham now devotes his life to Sowing the seeds charity. He goes into prisons and talks to youn...