Hook: What influences people so that they respond to God differently?

Book: With these parables, Jesus turns from His critics to reveal spiritual secrets to His followers. These four soils reflect four heart conditions. The hard path gives Satan opportunity; the rocky places cave to external pressures; the thorns choke faith with inner worry about life and possessions; but only the good soil receives the seed of God’s Word and bears fruit at various levels. The way you control your heart attitude significantly affects how you respond to God’s teaching. The spiritual fruit produced in your life indicates the condition of your heart’s soil.

Took: What is required for you to maintain good soil, a heart receptive to God’s Word?