Having grown up in church I can certainly relate this passage of scripture to my own life.  I have heard the Word preached for as long as I can remember, but it never took much root in my life for many years because I didn’t really understand what was being said and didn’t understand the Bible when I would try to read it.  I was raised Baptist and the churches I attended thought only the Pastor heard from God, so I never knew the Holy Spirit as my teacher, so it was easy for the devil to steal the little that was planted in my heart.  When I became spirit-filled and learned I could hear the Holy Spirit for myself and He would teach me the Word, I received the Word with joy, was hungry for the times I could spend time alone with Him allowing Him to reveal precious truths from the Word.

–Patricia