“The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.””‭‭Mark‬ ‭4:14-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/mrk.4.14-20.esv
All,
This sticks out because the last or fruitful soil “accepts” the seed. It takes Faith to accept Jesus. That faith grows through times of persecution and thorns into the fruit of the Spirit one step of faith at a time. “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus comes to give us life to the full” John 10:10. The more we trust in Jesus, the more fruit it will bear. Please pray that we and our friends chose to trust Jesus today in a difficult choice. Please pray for Ken Worley and Paul Lamb’s group.