The Story Behind the Billy Graham Statue in the U.S. Capitol

@PaulLee-rs8uw says:

Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤
of the Sower😊❤)
“4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land.
2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was  teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤
to them(❤’s):
3

” Listen😊❤

Behold😊❤,

a sower😊❤

went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? )

to sow😊❤.

4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤),

some seed( God’s words😊❤)
fell along the path,

and the birds( these ” birds” are no good, the devil )  came and devoured it.

5 other seed ( God’s words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil,  right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God’s timing to grow too in Christ😊❤
? Since it doesn’t have soil so ), and immediately( ” immediately😊❤ ” right away in Mark😊❤’s language ” Immediately😊❤”) it sprang up, since

it had

no depth ( you might no depth of what?)
of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?)
6  And when the sun( ” sun” gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( “root”😊❤ support the plant above okay. “…Since it has no root.”( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?)

it withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, and  the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain.
8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) .”
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, ” He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤.” ” ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible  all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has  two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤)
is giving❤😊
an invitation  to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤
hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9  The Bible😊❤ said😊❤,
“9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, ” He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤.” ” ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible)

Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤)
do you belong to today too?

Mark 4:8-9
“8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) .”
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, ” He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤.” ” ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )

Hope in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ that you ❤also belong to the good soil 😊❤too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤) too.

In Mark 4:9 Jesus is giving an invitation to whoever trust him who has ears to hear❤ in Christ.
Mark 4:8-9
“8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) .”
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, ” He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤.” ” ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )

@PaulLee-rs8uw says:

Philippians 1:21😊❤
“21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ), and to die is gain.”( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤
too in Christ.) “( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
John 14:6😊❤ in Christ😊❤ & John 14:27😊❤ in Christ and Philippians 4:4😊-7😊❤ in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ😊❤.
Matthew 28:19-20😊❤ in Christ😊❤.