This week, we'll look at a vital spiritual practice for all those seeking to grow in God,

tilling the soil of the heart.

Jesus spoke in Matthew 13 of two different types of soil, hard and soft.

God longs for us to till the soil of our hearts that we

might be receptive to the seed of His word and bear fruit. May your heart become more responsive

to the presence, will, and love of God this week as you cultivate good soil with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

Thank you. Our verse for today. Our verse for today comes from Matthew 13, verse 23.

Scripture says,

As for what was sown on good soil,

this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case, a hundredfold in another 60 and in another 30.

Matthew 13, verses 22 and 23 says,

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word,

but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and it proves unfruitful.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it.

He indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, in another 60, and in another 30.

The concept of good and bad soil is something Jesus' listeners would have understood well.

Planting in good or bad soil meant having food or going hungry. It meant having money or not.

For their agrarian culture, it was a matter of survival. While Jesus' parable may not have as

direct a correlation to us.

Its principle remains just as relevant.

We all have spiritual soil.

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