The Word Choked Out?

In Mark chapter 4 as Jesus explained the parable of the sower to the twelve apostles he said in verses 18-19, "And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful." Let's watch and pray carefully that the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things won't choke out the word that has been sown into our lives. David said it this way in Psalm 119:36-37, "Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way."