Sowing in Our Hearts

Matthew 13:1-9

Sermon Outline:

• An Unresponsive Heart

• A Stony Heart

• A Distracted Heart

• A Plowed Heart

1. An Unresponsive Heart

• The Explanation Revealed

• The Heart’s Condition Exposed

• The Result of the Unresponsive Heart

• The Problem was a Lack of Understanding

1. An Unresponsive Heart

2. A Stony Heart

2. A Stony Heart

• The Underlying Soil

• The Result of a Stony Heart

• The Evidence? Signs of Life

• The Underlying Hardness

3. A Distracted Heart

• The Parable Explained

• The Result of the Distracted Heart

• We Allow these Distractions into Our Lives

• The Tragic Result: Unfruitfulness

• Unfruitfulness can Happen in 2 Stages of Life

3. A Distracted Heart

4. A Plowed Heart

• It is a Prepared Heart

• It is a Fruitful Heart

• It is a Reproducing Life

• there is Hope for Stony and Distracted Hearts

• We can Change the Condition of our Hearts

4. A Plowed Heart

Conclusion

• 4 Types of Hearts

• Unresponsive: No Effect from Word

• Stony: Short term Effect, No Life

• Distracted: Has life, Unfruitful

• Plowed: Has Very Fruitful Life

• Our Hearts’ conditions can change with Life Transitions

Invitation TimeWhat Does God need to Plow

& Turn Over in Our Lives?