Life Church Vineyard

Pastor Mitch Price

It’s Your kindness Lord that leads us to repentance. Your love is life.

We worship the God who was.

We worship the God who is.

We worship the God who is forevermore.

Matthew 13: “the parable of the seed”

1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

We may be the only one that shows the love of  God to someone.

We become good soil so that the Kingdom of God can shown to others. The Kingdom of God is only achieved in allowing Him into our life. We will never attain perfection. There is only One who can do that…Jesus.

The seed is the message of God’s Kingdom that we are given in Jesus. 

We think a lot abut the Cross, but little about the Kingdom.

The Cross ushered in the Kingdom!

We live in and walk in His Kingdom. It is our privilege to share that knowledge with others. It is achieved in humility knowing that is nothing to do with us but everything to do with Him. 

John 18:36

36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

Luke 17:20-21

20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”

The Kingdom of God is available to us right now. It is accessible in every situation. The Kingdom of God is in your midst.

Matthew 4:23-24

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

Jesus preached about the Kingdom of God. 

God in our life can heal all wounds. 

The Good News is more than the Cross, it’s also the Kingdom.

It’s about His Kingdom.

Invading your kingdom

We advance His Kingdom in the treatment of others. Those who love fulfill His requirements when they are  done in our love for God.

2 Peter 1:3

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

He gives us everything we need to succeed in life.

The Kingdom of God is at hand. 

 Are we seeing God in our life? 

We need to expect His will in our life.

When His followers ask Him how to pray He gave them the “Lord’s Prayer”. 

Matthew 6:9-13

9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13  And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.