(NOTE: The first part of the recording includes an activity for kids. You may want to skip to the 7 minute mark for the start of the message. There is also a song included a few minutes later.)

Matthew 13:47-48

Matthew 13:47-48
Wanna Be a Good Fish? You Gotta Get Right with God!

Matthew 13:47
Matthew 13:48
Matthew 13:49

Romans 3:22 NIV This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe…
Romans 3:22 NLT We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.

Good doesn’t get you into the kingdom. God’s standard is righteousness.

Matthew 13:50

Matthew 13:44
Matthew 13:45-46
Whatever we have to give up to get God’s Kingdom, it is totally worth it!

Matthew 13:31-33

God can turn something SMALL into something HUGE!
(And nothing will stop Him)

The King and His Kingdom can’t be stopped; it will take over everything.

Good Seeds + Good Soil = Good Fruit

Matthew 13:1-8 (reference)
Matthew 13:18-23 (reference)

GOD’S WORD in a GOOD HEART makes a GREAT LIFE.

1 John 3:17
John 7: 37-38
Matthew 6:33

Luke 14:15-24

If you want to be part of the kingdom, all you need to do is say yes.

Matthew 22:1-14

(We need to come to Jesus on HIS terms, not ours!)

Matthew 5:20

Matthew 7:21

Matthew 3:1-2

Matthew 4:12-17

Matthew 10:1, 5-7

Turn your heart back to God because the kingdom of heaven is near.