Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 44, Feb 13)

Passage 
Matthew Chapter Thirteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew 13
  • Mt 13:1-9 & 18-23 Parable of the Sower
    • 4 &19
      • hard pounded path- eaten
    • 5&20
      • rocky soil – no root
    • 7 & 22
      • thorns – choked
    • 8 & 23
      • good ground-harvest
    • ⁸ Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop: some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.
  • Mt 13:10-17 Parables and Secrets
    • ¹⁶ “But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
  • Mt 13:24-30 & 36-43 Wheat and Weeds
    • 24 & 37 Sower – Son of Man
    • 24 & 38 field – world
    • 24 & 38 Seeds – son’s of the Kingdom
    • 26 & 38 Weeds – Sons of the evil one
    • 25 & 39 enemy – Devil
    • Harvest –
      • ²⁹ “‘No,’ he said. ‘When you gather up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’”
    • End of the Age –
      • The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. ⁴⁰ Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin^[i] and those guilty of lawlessness.^[j] 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Anyone who has ears^[k] should listen!
  • Mt 13:34-35 Why parables? to fulfill:
    • I will open My mouth in parables;
      I will declare things kept secret
      from the foundation of the world.
  • Mt 13:31-32 Parable of the Mustard seed
  • Mt 13:33– Parable of the Yeast
  • Mt 13:44 Parable of the Hidden Treasure
  • Mt 13:45 Parable of the Pearl
  • Mt 13:47-50 Parable of the Net
    • ⁴⁷ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish, ⁴⁸ and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones. ⁴⁹ So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous, ⁵⁰ and throw them into the blazing furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Mt 13:51 Do you understand?
    • ⁵² “Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture^[n] instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”
  • Mt 13:54- 58 Rejection in Nazareth
    • But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.” ⁵⁸ And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 13:16
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ¹⁶ “But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
• BUT your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
• But YOUR eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
• But your EYES are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!
• But your eyes ARE Blessed because they do see, and  your ears because they do hear!

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

A Matthew Coloring Page by Ministry to Children  – though it can be good for adult meditating.

Various Parable coloring pages to choose from by Coloring Home

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. Which of these parables speaks to you the most today?
   1. See if there is a coloring page for that parable, and pull it out and color while meditating on that parable.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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• Naomi’s Heart Ministries
• Obed’s House Ministries
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