FRUIT: Hear and accept the Word to bear good fruit - Mark 4:20

Then Jesus asked them, “Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable? The sower sows God's message. Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away. Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once. Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message, but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit. But other people are like seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.” Mark 4:13-20

Prayer
Take my heart, Lord Jesus, and please cultivate it into good soil that treasures and lives Your word, so I bear fruit that impacts the lives of family members and people in the marketplace who are spiritually dead. I want my life to testify to Your goodness and grace by caring for people who Satan deceives, defeats, destroys, or chokes with the thorn bushes of worry, love for riches, and lustful desires. Holy Spirit, please guide and use me today to sow the good seed of God's word through my care for the people You place in my path. I pray in Jesus' mighty name.