What is growing in Your Feed?

We connect Luke 8’s Parable of the Sower to modern life and ask what we’re really planting through our scrolling, habits, and distractions. We challenge ourselves to stop blaming the seed and start changing the soil so God’s Word can take root and produce fruit over time. 
• reading Luke 8:1–15 and naming the seed as the Word of God 
• asking what we are growing in our feed and daily attention 
• using an overloaded smartphone as a picture of a crowded heart 
• breaking down the four soils: path, rocky, thorny, good soil 
• warning that distraction can steal the Word before it sinks in 
• explaining why faith that depends on feelings fails under pressure 
• calling out worries, riches, and pleasures as fruit-killing thorns 
• reminding that fruit grows slowly through steady faithfulness 
• choosing what kind of soil we will be today because soil can change 
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Transcript

Opening Reflection On The Misfits

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Is to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the ones who see the world differently, who don't fit neatly into boxes, and refuse to live by someone else's script. You can quote them, you can disagree with them, you can glorify them or vilify them, you can shake your head at their ideas or be inspired by their courage. But the one thing you cannot do is ignore them. Because they change things. They disrupt what's comfortable, they challenge what's normal, and they push the human race forward. Sometimes with loud revolutions, sometimes with quiet persistence that changes everything over time. They see possibility where others see limits. They dare to dream out loud when the world tells them to be silent. They take risks, they stumble, they rise again, and they keep going. Not because it's easy, but because they can't imagine doing anything else. These are the ones who remind us that every great leap forward was once considered impossible. So here's to them the ones who won't sit down, won't be quiet, and won't stop until the world is different. Because they're the reason it will be.

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We would like to welcome you to the Food Doc Facts, which will my husband your host B Rob. So without further ado, here's this B Rab.

Luke 8 Parable Of The Sower

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After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another. Proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God, the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases. Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out. Joanna, the wife of Chusa, the manager of Herod's household, Susanna, and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told a parable. A farmer went out to sow a seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path. It was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still, other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop a hundred times more than it was sown. When he had said this, he called out, Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear. His disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, The knowledge of secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, though hearing they may not understand. This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and may not be saved. Those on rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stand for those who hear. But as they go on their way, they are choked by life's worries, life's riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a good crop.

What Are We Growing In Our Feed

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Hey guys, it's B Rob. It's the Food for Thought Faith Cast, and it is Monday morning. Monday morning. And it is July the 13th, and it is a good day, and we've got some motivation for you today. And that was Luke chapter 8, verses 1 through 15, where Yeshua tells the parable of the sower. So today we're gonna ask ourselves a question: what are we growing in our feed? That's gonna be the name of the episode. And at first glance, reading the parable from a you know simple guy like me, it seems to be about farming or, you know, kind of like uh what we talked about pruning and all that stuff. But if we're honest, most of us aren't walking through wheat fields today, right? So we have to like switch it up. So we're walking through parking lots, we're walking through grocery stores, we're walking through our offices, we're walking through our schools. Whatever the case is, wherever you're going in life, but one thing is for certain we are all scrolling through our phones now, right?

Overloaded Smartphone Modern Parable

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So let me tell you a modern parable about the same story. Imagine, if you will, you buy the latest smartphone, right? It's the fastest one on the market. Whatever Apple is right now, whatever iPhone's out, 17 plus mega, whatever you want to call it. You know, it's incredible camera, amazing process, battery lasts two days, whatever the case is, right? You get it, you got the box, you're at the store, whatever, you can't wait to use it. You get it, then you install your apps on it, and at first, because you didn't have just say you had an older phone, right? And you didn't have all the apps, so you're now you got the MacDaddy, and now you're gonna put all these apps on. First day you start putting apps on, second day you start downloading games, then come social media apps, and then from the social media apps come the shopping apps from the ads from social media, then comes more streaming services that you're watching on your phone, whatever that might be, Netflix, whatever you do, right? And then the notifications start popping up, right? Every single app, every single thing on your phone wants your attention because every single one of them promised happiness. Every single app says open me. And then guess what? Within a month or two months, the phone's still that same expensive phone, it's still the powerful processor, it's still everything it was the day you brought it home, but the battery dies like right after lunch. Your storage is full now, you're trying to use apps, the phone freezes, a lot of your important messages get buried under algorithm advertising and thousands of notifications, but technically nothing's wrong with the phone. Nothing wrong with the phone, it's the same phone. The problem is the memory and the device is way overcrowded. It can't do exactly what it's designed to do because too many secondary apps that the phone runs have claimed space. I wonder if that's what Yeshua was talking about. The problem isn't the phone. The problem isn't the seed. The problem isn't the sower. The problem is the soil. Remember, he says the condition of the heart determines what happens after the word is planted. And remember, he describes four kinds of soil.

Path Soil And Attention Battle

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So, first, the path. The seed lands, but there's no ground, it's hard packed. Before it can sink in, the birds carry it away. I want to ask you something. How many times have you heard a message from scripture? You felt challenged, and before you even get out to the parking lot, or before you even think about what you want to do to challenge yourself about that scripture, that piece of knowledge, that word of God, your mind's already somewhere somewhere else. You see, our attention has become one of the enemy's greatest battlefields. We don't have to reject God's word at all. Intentionally. We simply have to become distracted enough to never let it sink in. Let that sink in. We don't have to reject it. We just have to be distracted. And then it won't sink in. Because the evil one, the devil does not need to convince us the Bible is false. He just needs to keep us busy. Do you know what busy stands for? The acronym for busy is buried under Satan's yoke. Wow.

Rocky Soil Needs Hidden Roots

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Now let's move on to the rocky soil. In the rocky soils, the seeds sprout quickly. And there's excitement, there's emotion, there's energy. But guess what? There's no roots. So as soon as a problem arises, as soon as hardship comes, as soon as a storm comes, the plant gets washed away. It withers. We've all seen it. Someone encounters Jesus for the first time in their own fire. They tell everyone. They read the word constantly, they worship passionately. Then comes the trials, then comes the tribulations, then comes the suffering. Then comes the spiritual warfare. Then comes an unanswered prayer. Then comes someone that hurts them. Then life gets difficult. And guess what? Suddenly the excitement fades. What I'm trying to say, guys, is if your faith depends only on your feelings, it won't survive a difficult season. Because faith that depends only on feelings rarely survive. Roots grow in hidden places. Nobody applauds roots. Nobody posts pictures of roots. But roots are the most important because roots determine whether a tree survives the storm or not. You dig? So let's move on to the thorny soil.

Thorny Soil And Crowded Priorities

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And this one may be the most dangerous soil of all because the plant actually grows nice. It just doesn't produce fruit. Why doesn't it produce fruit? Because the thorns choke it out. And Yeshua names the thorns, the worries of life, the riches, the pleasures, the things. Notice these aren't always evil things. Work's not evil, money's not evil, entertainment's not evil. I mean not all of it. But good things become dangerous when they crowd out the best thing. Just like an overloaded smartphone. Too many notifications, too many voices, too many priorities. Eventually, the most important voice gets lost in the crowd. It's 717, July 13th. I love it. When you have too many voices, too many priorities, and too many notifications, too many things going on, eventually the most important voice gets lost.

Good Soil And Slow Fruit

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And then we're going to bring it home with the good soil, the seed that sinks deep. The roots that grow. As time passes, fruit appears. But I want you to notice something important that I said as time passes, roots grow. Fruit appears, but fruit does not appear overnight. Healthy growth is not slow. Even though our culture celebrates instant results, like instant coffee, like instant everything. You see, God works through steady faithfulness, one prayer at a time, one act of obedience at a time, one scripture at a time, one surrendered day after another. Fruit grows slowly and quietly. So I want you to ask yourself today. Which soil are you going to be today? Notice I didn't ask you which soil you were going to be ten years ago, or which soil you were going to be yesterday, or what soil you hope to be one day. The question was: which soil are you gonna be today? Because soil changes. Hardened path, hardened soil can be broken up, rocks can be removed, thorns can be pulled. The gardener is still working. Can I get a hallelujah? That's great news. And maybe today your heart feels hard. Maybe today you've been disappointed. Maybe today you've been hurt. Maybe today you've even stopped expecting God to speak to you. Well, maybe you should ask him to soften your heart again. Maybe you're the one that's been living on emotional highs without putting down any roots. Maybe you're the one that needs to spend time in God's word even when you don't feel like it. Because you have to grow the roots long before the fruit appears. Maybe you've allowed life's notifications to drown out God's voice. Maybe it's time to silence a few unnecessary voices or close up some of them apps or delete them. So you can hear the voice of all voice, so you can see the app of all apps, so you can see the operating system work the way it's supposed to work. And you can hear the one who matters most. I'm not saying those things are always sinful. But when they become too loud and you can't hear God, then maybe, just maybe, you need to look and see what God has already planted in your life. See what good seeds he has planted in your life. Because I promise you, he is simply waiting and trying to give you room to grow. I'm gonna leave you with one final thought. Farmers prepare the soil, they never blame the seed. Just like Yeshua never questioned the power of God's word. But he did ask us to examine the condition of our hearts. So today, don't focus on how much seed you've heard, you've planted. Ask yourself, what kind of soil am I becoming for God's seed? Because I promise you this, wherever the word finds good soil, there is a harvest that follows.

Prayer And Closing Challenge

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So let's go to the Lord in prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you today, Lord. We just ask you to search our hearts. That you break up that hard soil so that seed can bear fruit in time. We thank you for everything that you've done. We thank you for everything that you have done. We thank you for the present which is now. And we know it is a gift from you, Lord, because it is called the present. We thank you for everything you're going to do. We accept the seed. And we pray that our soil does not become rocky and hard. Lord, I pray for everybody who is listening today that they may seek your face and experience who you truly are. It's in Jesus' holy, heavenly name we pray these things. Amen and hallelujah. Well, guys, this has been the Food for Thought Faith Cast. And um until next time, I love you. God loves you, and if you don't have a relationship with Jesus the Christ, you need to get right.