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Stealing The Seed Pt. 4: Guard The Seed

God has given a seed to each and every one of us. In fact, each and every one of us is a seed that the enemy is attempting to steal, kill, and destroy. We are in a war and the target of the enemy is our seed. So, what are we to do? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of protecting your seed in his message, Stealing The Seed Pt. 4: Guard The Seed.

Matthew 24:43
Philippians 2:12
Matthew 5:15
Ephesians 2:8-10
John 10:10
Ephesians 6:13-18
Matthew 13:25
Acts 20:29-31
Deuteronomy 19:14
Proverbs 22:28
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Genesis 37:11
Luke 2:18-19
Luke 2:51-52
Luke 2:49

Stealing The Seed

Guard The Seed

³⁶But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. ³⁷For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ⁴¹Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. ⁴²Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. ⁴³But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. ⁴⁸But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ ⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know ⁵¹and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 24:36-51

Stealing The Seed Pt. 3: The Identity Is In The Seed

In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in boys identifying as girls and girls identifying as boys. Now, we’ve even seen an increase in men and women identifying as animals instead of humans. Humanity is currently under an intense spiritual attack by the enemy. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the schemes of the enemy in his message, Stealing The Seed Pt. 3: The Identity Is In The Seed.

Matthew 13:24-30
Ephesians 6:12
Acts 19:34
Acts 19:32 (NIV)

Stealing The Seed

The Identity Is In The Seed

²⁴He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. ²⁶So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. ²⁷And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ ²⁸He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ ²⁹But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

Matthew 13:24-30

³⁶Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” ³⁷He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, ³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. ⁴¹The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, ⁴²and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:36-43

Stealing The Seed Pt. 2: The Food Is In The Seed

John saw a vision of Satan falling from Heaven 2000 years ago filled with wrath. Who’s his wrath pointed at? Mankind, all of humanity. How is he targeting humanity? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the enemy’s attacks on the world in his message, Stealing The Seed Pt. 2: The Food Is In The Seed.

Mark 4:26-29
Revelation 12:12b

Stealing The Seed

The Food Is In The Seed

²⁶And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. ²⁷He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. ²⁸The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Mark 4:26-29

⁹And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. ¹²Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:9-12

Stealing The Seed Pt. 1: The Increase Is In The Seed

The Church is often told to sow so that they might reap, but what does that mean? How do you sow? And what happens if you don’t reap anything? Can someone or something steal your seed? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the thieves trying to steal our seed in his message, Stealing The Seed Pt. 1: The Increase Is In The Seed.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11
Isaiah 55:10
1 Corinthians 3:5-6
Matthew 10:41
1 Corinthians 3:7-8
Matthew 6:20
Hosea 10:12-13
Ecclesiastes 3:11-13
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
Luke 10:7
Deuteronomy 25:4
1 Timothy 5:18
1 Corinthians 9:9b-10
2 Thessalonians 3:10

Stealing The Seed

The Increase Is In The Seed

¹⁰For 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,

Isaiah 55:10

⁵What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. ⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. ⁷So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. ⁸He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. ⁹For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:5-9

¹⁰He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. ¹¹You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11

Not Just Mere Words Pt. 5: Words That Defeat

Words have the power of life and death, but it’s not just us who use words. The Devil uses words as well. The enemy uses words to deceive, discourage, and destroy. He doesn’t just show up as himself either; he’ll use anyone willing to give him their mouth to speak. The enemy will use friends, family, co-workers, mentors, anyone with an open door in their lives that allows him a way in. How can we overcome these attacking words? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shows us the power of how we react to words in his message, Not Just Mere Words Pt. 5: Words That Defeat.

Isaiah 55:11
Matthew 24:35
Nehemiah 4:1-5
John 10:27
Romans 8:31
Nehemiah 6:9
Nehemiah 4:13-14, 16-18a
Nehemiah 4:11
Nehemiah 6:17-19

Not Just Mere Words

Words That Defeat

¹ Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. ²And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” ³Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building—if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” ⁴Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives. ⁵Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.

Nehemiah 4:1-5

Not Just Mere Words Pt. 4: Words That Defile

We all know the old saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” but is this true? Do words have any effect on our lives? Are words powerful, or do words have no effect on our lives? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to what truly defiles us in his powerful message, Not Just Mere Words Pt. 4: Words That Defile.

Matthew 15:10-20
Matthew 12:34
Ecclesiastes 10:2
Acts 10:15
Colossians 2:16
Romans 10:9
Psalm 106:39 (NIV)
Philippians 4:8
Proverbs 23:7
1 Corinthians 13:13
1 Peter 4:8
Philippians 2:3-4
1 Peter 1:15-16
Romans 12:1
Leviticus 19:11-13a

Not Just Mere Words

Words That Defile

¹⁰And He called the people to Him and said to them, “Hear and understand: ¹¹it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” ¹²Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” ¹³He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. ¹⁴Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” ¹⁵But Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.” ¹⁶And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? ¹⁸But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. ¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. ²⁰These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Matthew 15:10-20

Not Just Mere Words Pt. 3: The Strength of Words

When we speak, our words bind us or release us because we will be judged by those words. In today’s society, we’ve become more and more careless with our words. We say things like, I’ll pray for you, but never even think about that person or their situation again. We make promises and vows that we never keep. What is happening in the spiritual when we speak and break our words? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the spiritual battlefield fought with our tongue in his message, Not Just Mere Words Pt. 3: The Strength of Words.

Genesis 11:1-9
John 17:11
Joshua 9:14
Joshua 10:6-11
2 Samuel 21:1
Deuteronomy 20:16
Genesis 2:7 (NIV)

Not Just Mere Words

The Strength of Words

¹ Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. ²And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. ³And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. ⁴Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
⁵And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. ⁶And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. ⁷Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” ⁸So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. ⁹Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:1-9

Not Just Mere Words Pt. 2: Words Are Life Or Death

In today’s world, words no longer have much meaning. They’re thrown around without much thought or consideration. There was a time when words held much weight in society and culture, but is that still how it is today? Do words still hold as much weight as they did in the past? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of our words in his message, Not Just Mere Words Pt. 2: Words Are Life Or Death.

Proverbs 18:21
Numbers 30:3-16
John 6:63b
Proverbs 4:20-22
Matthew 12:36-37
Proverbs 10:11 (NKJV)
Matthew 15:11

Not Just Mere Words

Words Are Life Or Death

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 18:21

²⁰ My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. ²¹ Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. ²² For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:20-22

¹ Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. ²For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. ³If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
⁴Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. ⁵So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
⁶And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. ⁷For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, ⁸but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
⁹With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. ¹⁰From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. ¹¹Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? ¹²Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

James 3:1-12

Not Just Mere Words Pt. 1: Renewing Your Mind

Every year, we make a New Year’s Resolution, but the majority of us fail to make it to the end of February with that New Year’s Resolution still in mind. Are these plans that we make and fail to fulfill meaningless? Does it matter if we fulfill all of the plans we set for ourselves? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of our words in his message, Not Just Mere Words Pt. 1: Renewing Your Mind.

Romans 14:5b
Romans 12:2
Malachi 3:6a
Hebrews 13:8
Proverbs 23:7 (KJV)
Romans 8:5-8
Genesis 31:31-32
Genesis 35:16-21
Genesis 48:7
Job 3:25
Micah 7:5 (NIV)
Isaiah 43:19

Not Just Mere Words

Renewing Your Mind

²Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2^NIV

⁵Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. ⁶So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. ⁷For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. ⁸That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

Romans 8:5-8

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season Pt. 4: Jesus, The Spirit of Christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Christmas is the one holiday that isn’t politically correct. It’s the holiday that seems to offend many people just by the mention of its name. Why is that? Is there a reason there is so much pushback on Christmas? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth behind the Christmas season in his Christmas Sunday Message, Jesus Is The Reason For The Season Pt. 4: Jesus, The Spirit of Christmas.

Luke 2:1-7
Micah 5:2
Luke 2:6
Matthew 2:11
Luke 2:21-24, 39-40
Leviticus 12:3
Leviticus 12:2
Leviticus 15:19-23
Leviticus 12:4
Luke 1:59
Matthew 2:18
Esther 9:19 (NIV)

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

Jesus, The Spirit of Christmas

¹ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. ²This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. ³And all went to be registered, each to his own town. ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, ⁵to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. ⁶And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. ⁷And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
⁸And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. ¹⁰And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹²And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ¹⁴“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”