**Jesus was concerned with the Kingdom of God**
Mark 4:26a (NRSV) The Kingdom of God is as if ...
Kingdom of God is referred to ____(67)#1 times in the New Testament.
Kingdom of Heaven adds another ____(31)#2 times. {note}#3
**The Kingdom of God grows on its own**
Mark 4:26b-27 (NRSV) The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
Where have you noticed the Kingdom of God? {note}#4
**The Kingdom of God Takes Time**
Mark 4:27 (NRSV) ... and would sleep and rise night and day.
While it takes time we are ____(patient)#5 and ____(forgiving)#6 and ____(persistent)#7. {note}#8
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, [11-13], 14-17 Mark 4:26-34