Choked by Thorns and Thistles | August 31, 2025

In this Spirit-filled message, we journey through the parable of the sower with a focus on the seed that fell among thorns: “And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them” (Matthew 13:7, NKJV). The Word of God is living and powerful, but Jesus warns of competing affections that suffocate its fruitfulness in our lives. This teaching explores:

• The Nature of the Thorns and Thistles — the cares of life, deceitfulness of riches, and pleasures that gradually choke the Word.
• The Choking Power of Worldly Distractions — how compromise and misplaced priorities drain our devotion.
• The Danger of Half-Yielded Ground — fertile soil mixed with weeds is still unfruitful soil.
• The Call to Cultivate Good Ground — through prayer, fasting, and holiness, we break up the fallow ground and yield fruit for God’s glory.

Saints, Jesus bore a crown of thorns so that we could wear the crown of life. Do not let the thorns of this world rob you of your fruitfulness in Christ.

📖 Scripture References: Matthew 13:1–9, Matthew 13:22, Luke 8:14, Hosea 10:12, John 15:5, Galatians 5:22–23, and more.

🔥 Be stirred, be warned, and be encouraged: it’s time to clear the thorns and cultivate good ground for the Word of God to bring forth lasting fruit—thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold!