How's Your Heart?

In this Advent message, we ask an essential question often overlooked in the holiday rush: How's your heart? While December fills with busyness—shopping, travel plans, and constant activity—Jesus invites us to slow down and make room for Him at the deepest level. Advent isn't just about celebrating Christmas; it's about preparing your heart for the arrival of Christ.

Drawing from Jesus' parable of the four soils in Mark 4, this sermon explores how the condition of your heart determines what God can grow in your life. Whether your heart feels hardened, shallow, crowded, or open, Jesus uses this parable to diagnose spiritual health and invite transformation.

Discover how Jesus brings true hope, joy, peace, and love—and why only the heart that is prepared can fully receive them.

This sermon will help you:

• Understand the four types of hearts Jesus describes in Mark 4 • Identify what hardens, crowds, or distracts your heart in the Christmas season • Grow deeper spiritual roots beyond emotion or seasonal inspiration • Prepare room for Jesus during Advent • Experience lasting hope, joy, peace, and love—not just holiday feelings • Become a receptive heart that produces spiritual fruit and long-term transformation

Scripture References:

Mark 4:1–20 (The Parable of the Sower) Isaiah 9:2 Luke 2:10, 14 1 John 4:9–10 Proverbs 4:23 Psalm 37:4 Luke 1:38 Psalm 119:18

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