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5. The crooked heart. “Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.” Psalm 56:5-6, KJV The Living Bible brings it out better – “They are always twisting what I say. All their thoughts are how to harm me. They meet together to perfect their plans; they hide beside the trail, listening for my steps, waiting to kill me”. This is the commonest type of heart today in the Church. I have discovered that there are more ‘Cain’ in the Church today. I have vowed that no Cain…

4. The good heart. In the good heart, you will find meekness. Meekness is power that is consecrated to God. You have power which you are not using but have handed over to God. You are amenable to instructions. You celebrate the word of God; the word of God is for your good. There is no place for stubbornness. There is no place for argument. Lord, you said it, I believe it, that settles it – this should be your attitude. You have placed enough value in the word of God and you know that the word of God is good for you. Another characteristic of a good heart is…

2. The Stony heart. There are so many people in the Church with stony heart; one hundred years in the Church, no change because they are not ready to receive the word. They get promotions in their various Churches but they are not qualified to teach in the children’s department. Some children have more knowledge of God than they do. Some climb the ecclesiastical ladder and rise to the position of bishops, cardinals, pastors. You cannot give what you don’t have. Agents of devaluation are all over the place. They manufacture their own theology to suit the whims and caprices of the people who are like them. A lot of…

Four conditions of the heart are mentioned in this passage and everyone fit into one of these. There is a fifth condition which was not mentioned in the parable of the sower but in the book of Psalms 56:5. Only one out of these heart conditions is perfect. 1. The wayward heart. One of the characteristics of a wayward person is lack of commitment, another is lack of focus, indiscipline, irresponsibility, disobedience, carelessness and so on. They are all over the place, even in the Church. Jesus emphasized the seed that dropped on the way and how evil birds devoured them. The wayward are carriers of the presence of demons.…