episode 101 | seed (4th anniversary episode)

Hello dear friend! Can you believe it? It’s been 4 years since we the pilot episode! In this anniversary episode, we reflect on the Parable of the Seed in Mark 4, experience a calming guided meditation, and hear 50 Bible verses on growth and harvest. May the seed of God’s Word be planted in your heart and bear fruit in your life. 

Thank you for growing in faith with me! To many more years together and to many more transformed lives through the power Jesus Christ!

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Transcript

Hello dear friend, Welcome to the 4th anniversary episode of a God night's sleep. Four years ago, this began as a simple seed of faith. I wasn’t sure where God would take it or how it would grow, but I knew I was called to scatter what He placed in my heart. Today, looking back, I see  what was once so small has grown into a community, a garden of souls seeking Christ together.

Seeds are a picture of the Kingdom of God. They are tiny, ordinary, even overlooked. Yet inside every seed is the potential for life, transformation, and multiplication. Jesus taught us in Mark 4 that the Kingdom is like a man scattering seed. He doesn’t control the growth; he simply sows, and God brings the harvest.

In the same way, your life and mine are seeds in God’s hands. Sometimes we feel small, hidden, or insignificant—but God is planting, cultivating, and preparing us for a season of growth and bloom.

As we celebrate this anniversary, may today’s reflection remind you: every act of faith, every prayer, every word of kindness is a seed. And in God’s time, He will make it grow into something beautiful, abundant, and eternal.

Guided Meditation

Find a comfortable position and close your eyes. Begin with a deep, slow breath in through your nose… hold for a moment… and gently release through your mouth. Again, inhale deeply—peace filling your lungs… exhale slowly—every worry melting away. Once more like that, deep inhale in, hold, and let it all out.  Continue this rhythm as you enter into stillness. Notice the rise and fall of your belly as you inhale fully and exhale completely.

Now imagine yourself as a tiny seed in the palm of God’s hand. You are small, fragile, but filled with His design and His purpose. Feel His gentle hand place you carefully into the rich, dark soil.

At first, everything feels quiet. Hidden. Perhaps even uncomfortable. But you are not forgotten. In the unseen places, life begins to stir. God is working, even when you cannot see it.

Take another deep breath. Feel roots pushing downward, finding strength. Feel a small shoot pressing upward, reaching for the light. Slowly, steadily, you grow. Not because of your effort—but because God Himself is cultivating you. His rain of mercy refreshes you. His sun of love warms you. His Spirit nourishes you.

Day by day, you stretch higher. Imagine breaking through the soil into the light of His presence. Fresh air fills you, and you begin to grow tall, strong, and vibrant.

Now see yourself as a flower in full bloom—beautiful, radiant, alive with color. This is who you are in Christ. You were planted with purpose, nurtured by His care, and now you shine His glory for the world to see.

And like every flower, you carry within you more seeds—seeds of love, faith, kindness, and the Word of God—that will scatter into the lives of those around you. Trust that God will take those seeds, plant them in others, and bring forth a harvest beyond what you can imagine.

Take one final deep breath in, and as you exhale, whisper:

“Lord, I am planted in You. May my life bloom and scatter seeds for Your glory.”

Scriptures on Seeds and Spiritual Growth 🌾

Here are 50 scriptures, fully written, to meditate on:

1. Mark 4:3-8 – “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.”

 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times

Mark 4:14-20: Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

1. Mark 4:26-27 – “He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.’”
2. Mark 4:31-32 – “It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
3. Matthew 13:23 – “But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
4. Luke 8:11 – “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.”
5. John 12:24 – “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
6. 2 Corinthians 9:6 – “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”
7. Galatians 6:7 – “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
8. Galatians 6:9 – “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
9. Psalm 126:5 – “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.”
10. Psalm 126:6 – “Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.”
11. Ecclesiastes 11:6 – “Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.”
12. Isaiah 55:10-11 – “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty.”
13. Hosea 10:12 – “Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.”
14. Jeremiah 4:3 – “This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: ‘Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.’”
15. Genesis 8:22 – “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
16. Genesis 26:12 – “Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.”
17. Leviticus 26:3-4 – “‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.’”
18. Deuteronomy 28:12 – “The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.”
19. Job 4:8 – “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.”
20. Proverbs 11:18 – “A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.”
21. Proverbs 22:8 – “Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.”
22. Isaiah 30:23 – “He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful.”
23. Joel 2:23 – “Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful.”
24. Amos 9:13 – “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.’”
25. Matthew 6:28-29 – “See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
26. Matthew 17:20 – “He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.’”
27. Matthew 13:31-32 – “He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.’”
28. Luke 13:18-19 – “Then Jesus asked, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.’”
29. Romans 8:23 – “Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship—the redemption of our bodies.”
30. 1 Corinthians 3:6 – “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
31. 1 Corinthians 3:7 – “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.”
32. 1 Corinthians 9:10 – “Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.”
33. 2 Corinthians 9:10 – “Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.”
34. James 3:18 – “Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
35. Hebrews 6:7 – “Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.”
36. Hebrews 11:11 – “And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.”
37. Revelation 14:15 – “Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, ‘Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’”

1. Psalm 1:3 – “That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”

1. Isaiah 61:11 – “For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.”
2. Ezekiel 36:30 – “I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.”
3. Zechariah 8:12 – “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.”
4. Matthew 13:38 – “The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one.”
5. Matthew 13:39 – “And the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.”
6. Matthew 13:43 – “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

My prayer is that today, the seed of God’s Word has been planted in your heart. May it be cultivated by His Spirit, may it take deep root, and may it bear fruit in your life—thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold. And may you also scatter seeds into the lives of everyone around you, trusting that He will bring the harvest.

As we celebrate four years of this podcast, I am so grateful to God and to you, my listeners. This journey has been a living testimony that small seeds of obedience grow into fields of blessing. Thank you for being part of this garden. 🌿Let's close this time together, with a prayer.

Closing Prayer

“Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are the Gardener of our lives. You plant us, nurture us, and cause us to grow. Lord, we surrender ourselves to You—our roots, our growth, our bloom. Make our lives fruitful for Your kingdom.

Let every seed of Your Word planted in our hearts today grow strong and unshakable. May it bear fruit that blesses families, friends, communities, and nations. And as flowers scatter seeds into the wind, may we also scatter seeds of faith, kindness, truth, and love wherever we go.

Lord, as we celebrate four years of this ministry, we return all glory to You. Thank You for every listener, every seed sown, every heart You have touched.

 Your faithfulness has carried us, Your love has sustained us, and Your Word has continually given us light.

Today, I speak a blessing over every heart listening: May the Lord bless you and keep you. May His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May His Spirit fill you with peace, strength, and joy. May He open doors of favor and pour out blessings in your family, your work, and your walk of faith.

As you go forward, may you walk in obedience, in courage, and in love. May you be reminded daily that you are a beloved child of God, chosen and blessed beyond measure.

And together, we give thanks for the past four years and look with hope and faith toward the future. To Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, to Him be the glory forever.

Amen.

In Jesus’ mighty name we pray, Amen.”