Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

I. Your thoughts are not the problem. Your thinking is.

• Thoughts are the fruit; Thinking is the root.

Ephesians 4:23c – and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

• You interpret truth through the lens of your mindset.

Mark 4:28 – For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.

I. God's Order Requires Structure Before Substance

Genesis 1:1-3—In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was WITHOUT FORM, AND VOID; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 2:7 – And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

• Building Structure Is Slow Work

Mark 4:28 – For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.

I. God's Order Requires Structure Before Substance

Genesis 1:1-3—In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was WITHOUT FORM, AND VOID; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 2:7 – And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

• Building Structure Is Slow Work

"Breaking the Surface: The Law of the Seed" discusses biblical principles from Matthew 5:13-16, Mark 4:26-29, Genesis 1:11-12, Galatians 6:7, and other verses. It introduces the "Law of the Seed," stating that everything reproduces according to its kind, and every result is the harvest of a sown seed. This law eliminates randomness and operates automatically according to God's fixed laws and principles. It also determines a divine order of growth, with stages from the blade to the full grain, emphasizing emergence and the new environment of exposure that challenges potential.

I. Full Potential Demands Being Rooted and Grounded in the Good Soil

• GROUNDED – Founded upon for the purpose of carrying the weight.

• ROOTED – Integrated into the soil for the purpose of connecting us to the ground and drawing the nutrients from it.

II. The True Nature of God’s Love

I. YOU Must Shed the Old Man

Ephesians 4:22 — that “YOU PUT OFF,” concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts (apotithēmi)

• If YOU don’t, it won’t.