Our Role In Cultivating The Soil Of Our Children's Hearts

How can Christian parents prepare their children's hearts to receive the gospel? Sparked by the Parable of the Sower and the question of how each soil got that way, Aaron and Jennifer Smith explain that parents cultivate the soil of their children's hearts while never being able to save them themselves. Drawing on Deuteronomy 11:19 and Proverbs 22:6, they share practical steps: teach the Bible all day long, teach kids to pray by giving them opportunities, teach who God is, model repentance and redemption, and live out your faith rather than saying "do what I say, not what I do." Their garden, breaking up hard soil, and sunflowers following the sun become pictures of the patient, hands-in-the-dirt work of intentional parenting.