Your Voice Is a Garden - It’s Planting Seeds!

The sermon “The Fruit of Your Lips: The Heart of a Giver” revealed that our words are more than sounds—they’re seeds carrying power. Our conversations, our confessions, even the quiet prayers we whisper all release something into the atmosphere that shapes the course of our lives. What we say can either cultivate life or scatter destruction. The real question is: What kind of harvest are your words creating?

Speak What You Want to See

Our words are creative instruments. They carry authority in both the natural and spiritual realm. When we speak fear, doubt, or frustration, we empower those emotions to shape our reality. But when we speak faith, peace, and praise, we invite God’s presence into our circumstances. Dr. GreGory reminded us that what we say today is preparing the soil for tomorrow’s harvest. He said, “Don’t let your mouth cancel what your faith is trying to build.” That truth hit home. So often, we pray for one thing and then speak against it with our own lips.

The scripture teaches in Job 22:28 that when we speak in alignment with God’s will, our words carry authority. Even if nothing looks like it’s changing, speak life anyway. Keep watering the seed with praise until the promise breaks through the soil. What you speak consistently becomes what you see eventually.

The Gift of Spiritual Awareness

There comes a point in every believer’s walk where God allows us to see that we don’t know it all, and that’s a good thing. It’s the beginning of true spiritual awareness. Pastor shared that discernment is one of our most powerful gifts, but it only grows in humility.

We live in a time where distractions come disguised as harmless conversations, relationships, or opportunities. But not everything that looks friendly is sent by God. Some things are subtle deposits meant to drain your peace and shift your focus. Eve didn’t fall because she didn’t know the Word — she fell because she entertained the wrong voice.

When we stay spiritually alert, we learn to recognize those voices early — the ones that sound good but aren’t godly. Humility keeps us teachable, and teachability keeps us safe. Proverbs 3:6 says, “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” When we walk in that awareness, we stop reacting out of emotion and start moving with divine understanding.

Grace That Goes Beyond the Grave

One of the most moving moments in the sermon came when Dr. GreGory spoke about how, after the crucifixion, Jesus preached to souls that were in prison, extending mercy beyond death. That revelation reminded us that God’s grace is not confined by human limits. It reaches places our understanding cannot.

Grace goes deeper than judgment. It challenges the way we see others, especially those who’ve fallen, failed, or even passed away under difficult circumstances like suicide. God’s love doesn’t end where life does. He is a God of redemption, one who never stops reaching for the lost. Pastor urged us to stop being quick to condemn and start being quicker to pray for hope in every situation, because mercy has no expiration date.

The Heart That Gives and the Hands That Obey

God measures giving by the motive, not the amount. “It’s a heart thing,” Dr. GreGory said. He reminded us that just like apples carry seeds, every act of giving carries potential. But what we give with a pure heart, God multiplies in ways that go beyond material return.

True giving is spiritual. It’s not about the hand that gives — it’s about the heart behind it. When we give in obedience and love, we reflect the nature of God Himself, who is the ultimate Giver. And obedience always opens the door to favor. Even when it feels like nothing is happening, God is moving. What looks like a setback is often a setup for something greater. Delays are not denials — they’re divine pauses meant to strengthen our faith. When we learn to obey God even when we don’t understand, 1 Corinthians 2:9 tell us that we position ourselves to receive what eyes haven’t seen and ears haven’t heard.

Rooted and Ready for the Harvest

A tree’s roots grow deepest when the winds are strongest — and that’s how faith works.

Storms don’t destroy strong trees; they reveal them. When your roots are in God’s Word, no season can uproot your peace. You may bend, but you won’t break. The fruit you produce — love, joy, patience, obedience — is proof that you’re connected to the source. Every day we have a choice: to water the spirit or the flesh. Heaven is a choice, and so is hell.

This week, speak with purpose. Choose words that build, not break. Guard your heart from subtle influences that pull you backward. Be merciful to others, obedient in your giving, and unwavering in your faith. God is cultivating hearts that reflect His love, His patience, and His light.

Which truth will you carry with you this week?

• 0%Watch what I plant with my words,
• 0%Give with joy and trust God to multiply.
• 0%Extending grace instead of judgment.
• 0%Obedience even when I don’t understand.