A Simple Potted Plant

The link below is a sermon given by Paul Washer. Beloved, may our thinking never be prideful enough to compare our paltry garden to the majesty of the king's forest. Neither let us be meager enough to forget how the much his heart delights in the fruit we grow for him.


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