Soften Your Heart

Mark 4:3–9 MEV

“Listen! And take note: A sower went out to sow. As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and soon it sprang up because it did not have deep soil. But when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seed fell on good ground, and it yielded grain that sprang up and increased by thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.” Then He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 4:13–20 MEV

Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. These are those beside the path, where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts. Others, likewise, are seed sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness, but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word’s sake, immediately they fall away. And others are seed sown among thorns, the ones who hear the word. But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. Still others are seed sown on good ground, those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit: thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”

The rich young ruler

The disciples before Acts

The disciples in Acts

So many times I've tried to tell you But I don't think you've been listening There's nothing I wanna try and sell you 'Cause His love is free You're so proud of saying you're a seeker But why are you searching in the dark You won't find a thing Until you soften your heart

The message is oh so very simple You gotta be like a child to see 'Cause Jesus said "Let the little children Come unto Me" You try to make things to complicated But you really don't have to be so smart You don't learn a thing Until you soften your heart

Well if this just this once I could show you your empty life I know you would follow Him right now Well I know it sounds Just too good to be true But if He Lives in you

You'll never die, You'll never die, You'll live forever You'll never die, You'll never die,

Take care of forever now You tell everyone to keep on smiling Your outlook on life is so positive But deep down inside You're searching for a reason to live Like everyone else you're scared of dying But the power of death has been blown apart And you'll live forever If you soften your heart