It is imperative that we choose or be willing to be the good soil. We can choose and even train ourselves to have ears that hear.

Careless words spoken against God's King(dom), as a basis for life, will bring judgment on the Day of Judgment. (Matt 12:36-37)

If we listen to the Father and learn from Him, we will find life, in the Son!

The patience and humility of our King should inspire us to depend upon and trust our King! (Matt 11, 12; Isa 42)

We can fall into playing spiritual Whack-A-Mole with sin in our lives. This will rob us of the joy we have in the peace Christ brings us, the peace that guards our hearts and minds in Christ. Without that guard, we can lose our joy!

Just as the apostles were sent to preach the good news to the towns and villages of Israel, we also go out in vulnerability, as sheep among wolves. It is very important for us to know and remember the value of the gospel.

David's psalms bear witness to much of what we have in Christ Jesus as a reality: God's Holy Spirit, God's presence, God's forgiveness, and God's credited righteousness.

God has the power to give life to the dead, to make streams of water flow in the desert, to keep us strong to the end, to guide our lives for His glory!

God's call to us is to come to the Son. In Him we find the Way, the Truth, and the Life; In Him, only, will we find rest for our souls. (Matt 11:28-30)

Jesus is God's solution for people's sin and faithlessness, and that is good news!