1. The Gospel of Mark The Kingdom is like…

2. Mark 4:26-32 “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. All by itself the soil produces grain - first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come." Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."

3. The Kingdom is like… A paradigm shift is a dramatic or radical change in the way you think and live.

4. The Kingdom is like… A paradigm shift is a dramatic or radical change in the way you think and live. God is in the stinking thinking changing business.

5. Mark 4:26-29 “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. All by itself the soil produces grain - first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

6. Mark 4:26-29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come." “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. All by itself the soil produces grain - first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

7. The Kingdom is like… A paradigm shift is a dramatic or radical change in the way you think and live. God is in the stinking thinking changing business. Jesus says the Kingdom of God will never stop growing until the harvest comes.

8. Mark 4:30-32 “Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade.”

9. Ezekiel 17:22-23 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.”

10. Here's Hope is a safe harbor of God's love where people are transformed into devoted followers of Jesus Christ who change their world with the power, love and grace of God.

11. John 3:3-5 “… Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” (or born from above) "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.”

12. The Gospel of Mark The Kingdom is like…