A Heart Choked By Thorns
Pastor Vitali Rozhko · Mark 4:7, 18–19 · Aug 11, 2026
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The main point
Worry, the pull of wealth, and other desires can quietly choke God's word.
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In Jesus' parable, some seed lands among thorns that grow up and smother it before it can bear fruit. Pastor Vitali looks at this soil in Mark 4 and names three things that choke the word: the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and desires for other things. He points to Demas and Lot's wife, then closes at the cross, where Jesus wore a crown of thorns and took our thorns on Himself.
For anyone who feels worry or wanting more crowding out God.
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