<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Mark, my words: Secret Kingdom&nbsp;growth.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/mark-my-words-secret-kingdom-growth/seed-and-tree/" rel="attachment wp-att-3565"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3565" data-permalink="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/mark-my-words-secret-kingdom-growth/seed-and-tree/" data-orig-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg" data-orig-size="239,243" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="the kingdom of heaven is like&#8230;" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg?w=239" data-large-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg?w=239" src="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg?w=239&#038;h=243" alt="the kingdom of heaven is like..." width="239" height="243" class="alignright size-full wp-image-3565" srcset="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg 239w, https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/seed-and-tree.jpg?w=148&amp;h=150 148w" sizes="(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px" /></a>&#8220;the kingdom of heaven is like&#8230;&#8221; and so Jesus begins two more stories both mesmerising and confusing his audience, but definitely giving them something to think about&#8230; and these are some of the simple thoughts i had as i looked at these two brief parables found in the next section of Mark&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYpyty0Y4TQ&amp;feature=youtu.be">Take a look with me at Mark chapter 4 verse 26-34.</a></p>
<p>these parables of the kingdom help remind us to be filled with hope as this is God&#8217;s kingdom and He is going to be the one responsible for making it grow &#8211; we just need to be faithful and obedient to what He has called us to be involved with.</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/mark-my-words-jesus-sleeping-through-the-storm">to continue to the next passage and read about Jesus sleeping through the storm, click here. </a></p>
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