Where did the nation of Israel come from?  The word Israel means “God prevails or one who prevails with God”.  We know that God changed Jacob’s name to Israel and that is where we get the name from.  God has had His hand upon these people, and they have been…

We all want the most bang for our buck.  We are going to look today at the good soil.  You would think everyone would get the same return on their investment but that is not true.  There is another factor that we are going to look at today.

Did you know stress can have a devastating effect on our spiritual walk?  When we start to worry, we can worry the Word away.  Worry boils down to trust issues.  Do we really trust  God?  We are going to look today at how worry and deceitfulness of riches choke out…

Have you ever heard the saying, “here today and gone tomorrow”?  That is the way this kind of soil is.  They start good but end poorly.  True Christianity is not about feelings but about faith.   Faith that endures.

Have you ever hardened your heart?  A hardened heart is like being held in prison.  It limits us from being able to process information properly.  It closes us off from being able to interact with the world around us in a productive way.  God tells us to guard our heart…