Sowing in Our Hearts - Maranatha Baptist Church · • The Problem was a Lack of Understanding 1....
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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?