# Sunday Setup – Matthew 13:31-33

Sermon transcript from Cross Church Surprise.
Series: Sunday Setup
Date: June 25, 2026
Watch: https://crosschurchcares.com/surprise/episodes/sunday-setup-matthew-1331-33

## Summary

What if your smallest act of faith could grow into something monumental? How does the kingdom of heaven transform our lives, starting from a tiny seed? Join us as we explore the powerful parables of Jesus in Matthew 13. Let's dive in together!

## Transcript

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 >> Hey Cross Church family. Welcome to the 
 Sunday setup. This our time each 
 Thursday at 2:00 where we digitally 
 gather together to pray through the 
 piece of scripture that will be studying 
 through this Sunday. Cuz our goal every 
 week is that we can pray through, we can 
 praise through, we can preach through so 
 that next week you can practice the word 
 of God that we're reading through. Today 
 we are continuing on in our series the 
 parables. 
 And we'll continue in Matthew 13 and 
 after last week and talking about the 
 wheat and the weeds, uh we come to 
 another parable about [music] 
 agriculture and farming. 
 We come to verse 31 of Matthew chapter 
 13. 
 And it picks up here and it says he, 
 being Jesus Christ, presented another 
 parable to them. The kingdom of heaven 
 is like a mustard seed that a man took 
 and sowed in his field. 
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 >> It's the smallest of all the seeds, but 
 when grown, it's taller than the garden 
 plant and becomes a tree 
 so that the birds of the sky come and 
 they nest in its branches. [music] 
 He told them another parable, the 
 kingdom of heaven is like leaven leaven 
 that a woman took and mixed into 50 lb 
 of flour until all of it was leavened. 
 You see in here, Jesus again continues 
 down this road and then 
 these parables talking about how 
 something so small can be so large. And 
 in here I I love as it talks about he 
 says the kingdom of heaven is like we've 
 said in these parables that these tell 
 us what does Jesus teach? What are the 
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 understand the things of heaven that 
 can't be really understood in our finite 
 brains and he uses this imagery in these 
 stories to just crack them open. 
 And from there when he talks about the 
 kingdom of heaven is like I just want us 
 to take a minute 
 and thank God 
 that the kingdom of heaven exists and 
 that is being made known to us [music] 
 in the fraction and we're continually as 
 we get closer to Christ we get to know 
 more of the kingdom of heaven. And and I 
 want us in this prayer prompt straight 
 out of scripture in verse 31 we see 
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 thank you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 thank you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 real 
 thank you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 open to those who confess Christ thank 
 you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 is welcoming to us thank you that the 
 kingdom [music] of heaven is being 
 revealed to us slowly thank you that the 
 kingdom of heaven is coming soon and 
 coming to its fullest extent is Jesus 
 thank you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 blank you fill in that prayer prompt 
 just this prayer [music] of Thanksgiving 
 for what Jesus invites us to be a part 
 of. 
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 >> Jesus, thank you that the kingdom of 
 heaven is holy. 
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 >> It is a home that you are preparing for 
 us to be seen that we can enjoy your 
 presence in that we can fully engage in 
 in 
 our our 
 world and our full knowledge of you in 
 perfection that we have glimpsed the 
 kingdom of heaven through your word, 
 through your salvation. But Lord, one 
 day we will fully know it and we'll 
 fully be a part of it 
 for all of eternity. And God, we just 
 thank you that the kingdom of heaven is 
 revealed to us through your word 
 and you continue as you grow us in our 
 faith to show us more and more of your 
 plan 
 of your majesty and of your holiness. 
 God, we thank you for how generous you 
 are. 
 We see this parable doesn't stop there. 
 Then he explains how this mustard seed 
 is so small but it grows into something 
 so big. 
 And this is a picture of so many things. 
 A picture of one of our faith, that our 
 faith is so small 
 but can become is is in something that 
 is so much bigger, something that is so 
 much greater than we can imagine. 
 And I want us to focus on here when we 
 think about this faith like a mustard 
 seed that is so small 
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 >> is think about how God is growing your 
 faith. 
 In what and how you want your faith to 
 continue to be grown. So, here's our 
 second prompt as we thank God for the 
 kingdom of God and all that he has 
 revealed that it is this holy, amazing 
 place. But, the second one it is Jesus, 
 "Let my faith grow in." 
 God, let my faith grow in trusting you. 
 Let my faith grow in leaning on you. Let 
 my faith grow in believing that 
 everything this book says is real and 
 actually living like it is. Jesus, let 
 my faith grow in. 
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 >> Pray that prayer to our God. 
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 >> Lord, let our faith grow 
 in just leaning on you, being dependent 
 on you, and making you the center of our 
 faith. 
 Jesus taught that 
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 >> the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard 
 seed that something starts so small, but 
 that it grows up and becomes this big, 
 massive tree 
 that the world can see and that changes 
 everything and let that kingdom of 
 heaven sprout up in our own lives. Let's 
 be a part of something that is bigger 
 than us. 
 Something that [music] the world rejects 
 and pushes aside, the Lord has literally 
 changes everything for us personally and 
 for all of [music] eternity. 
 God, just thank you for our time 
 studying through this series as we've 
 been continually going through the 
 parables. Lord, just be with us this 
 week as we prepare our hearts for the 
 parable of the mustard seed and just 
 prepare our lives to put it into 
 practice. [music] 
 And God, we just thank you for this time 
 today. Lord, we ask that you lift up 
 these requests as we thank you 
 for the kingdom of heaven as we pray 
 that our faith is grown. And Lord, 
 ultimately we look to you to practice 
 out our faith. God, we thank you and 
 lift all this up in Jesus' [music] name. 
 Amen. 
 Thank you for joining us today. 
 We can't wait to see you this Sunday. 
 Have a great rest of your week. [music] 
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