Podcast Summary: The Gospel Truth with Andrew Wommack

Episode: Hardness of Heart – Episode 6
Date: October 20, 2025
Host: Andrew Wommack

Episode Overview

This episode continues Andrew Wommack’s foundational teaching on “Hardness of Heart.” Andrew explores what it means to have a hardened heart, the causes behind it, and most importantly, how to reverse it by intentionally focusing one’s attention and meditation on the Word of God. The discussion is rich with scriptural references, practical examples from Andrew’s life, and challenges for believers to examine where their sensitivities truly lie.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Defining Hardness of Heart

• Not Just Rebellion:
  Andrew clarifies that a hardened heart is not solely about rebellion against God, but also about being “cold, insensitive, unfeeling or unyielding towards God in any area of your life.”

  • Quote (02:04):

    "A hardened heart means you are cold, insensitive, unfeeling or unyielding towards God in any area of your life." — Andrew

• Scriptural Indicator:

  • Mark 8:17–18: Inability to perceive or remember God’s truths is a sign of a hardened heart.

2. Spiritual Sensitivity vs. Worldly Sensitivity

• Andrew’s Personal Testimony:
  Andrew shares that years of immersing himself in the Bible have made him sensitive to God’s Word, but relatively insensitive to secular things like sports, movies, and music.

  • Trivial Pursuit Example (04:12):
    Andrew recounts a humorous experience:

    “If it’s not in the Bible, I just don’t know it.” (05:13)
    He admits to knowing little about pop culture, except for one surprising answer — the debut date of Playboy magazine, which he attributes to the Holy Spirit.
    “I said it was a word of knowledge. Honestly, God just gave it to me.” (06:25)

• Reversing the Process:

  • Andrew emphasizes: we can become insensitive to the world and the devil, just as easily as we have become insensitive to God through neglect.
    • Quote (07:43):

      “You can get to where it’s hard for you to hear the voice of the devil.” — Andrew

3. What Causes a Hardened Heart?

• Key Cause: Failure to Consider

  • Mark 6:52: The disciples’ hearts were hardened because “they considered not the miracle of the loaves.”
  • Insight (09:33):

    “Whatever you consider, you become sensitive to. Whatever you fail to consider, you become hardened to.” — Andrew

• Remembering vs. Meditating:

  • Even remembering facts about miracles isn’t enough — what matters is continuing to meditate on their meaning and application.

4. The Power of Focus and Meditation

• Scriptural Principles:

  • Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1 both stress the importance of meditating on God’s Word “day and night.”
  • Quote (13:07):

    “Blessed is the man . . . his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”

• Quality and Quantity Time:
  Andrew challenges the idea that a little “quality time” with God is enough, emphasizing the need for continual focus.

  • Quote (15:25):

    “You need quantity time. You need to keep your mind stayed upon the Lord.”

• You Can Meditate Continuously:
  By comparing worrying to meditation, he demonstrates:

  • “The same part of you that worries is the same part of you that meditates.” (18:23)

  • Practical encouragement: You can do your job while still meditating on God’s truth, just as people often worry all day while functioning normally.

5. Entertainment and Desensitization

• Unexamined Influence:
  Many believers compartmentalize their lives, seeking God during devotions but then consuming media opposed to their beliefs.

  • “You will entertain yourself with something that is completely contrary to what God told us to do.” (20:27)

• Quote from David:

  • “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” (21:25)
    Andrew recommends taping this to TVs and computers.

• Desensitization and Temptation:

  • Exposing ourselves to ungodly content opens doors and makes us sensitive to things we’d otherwise resist.

6. Personal Illustration of Sensitivity and Hardening

• Andrew’s New York Trip (22:31):
  Andrew shares a story about visiting Times Square as a sheltered young man; he was so unfamiliar with sin and vice that he felt immune to temptation and even clueless about street life.

  • “I was insensitive to all of that because I hadn’t considered it. . . . I was totally hardened towards all of this.” (23:50)

• Key Application:

  • You cannot be tempted by what you do not think about.
  • The more you meditate on God’s Word, the more you become hardened to sin and sensitive to God.

7. Challenge and Call to Action

• It’s Simple, but Not Easy:
  Andrew urges listeners:

  “You can literally get to a place to where you don’t know how to disbelieve God. . . . If you were to just do nothing but consider the word of God, your heart wouldn’t be hardened towards God.” (25:09)

• Get Resources for Deeper Learning:
  He encourages listeners to get his book and materials on the subject for ongoing reinforcement.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Scriptural Meditation (Joshua 1:8):

  “This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night. . . . Then you will make your way prosperous.” — Andrew (12:10)

• On the Danger of Compartmentalized Faith:

  “There are people that just departmentalize their life. . . . They seek the Lord during a devotion [but] go watch a movie completely contrary to everything you believe.” (20:09)

• On Worry as Negative Meditation:

  “Worry is nothing but meditating on something negative. You can meditate on positive.” (18:57)

• On How Temptation Works:

  “You can’t be tempted with something that you don’t think [about]. . . . It is an acquired trait.” (22:41)

Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment / Quote | Speaker |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------|
| 00:30 | Introduction to ‘Hardness of Heart’ | Andrew Wommack |
| 02:04 | Defining a Hardened Heart | Andrew |
| 04:12–06:25 | Trivial Pursuit anecdote | Andrew |
| 07:43 | “You can get to where it’s hard for you to hear the devil.” | Andrew |
| 09:33 | “Whatever you consider, you become sensitive to.” | Andrew |
| 12:10 | Joshua 1:8 meditation teaching | Andrew |
| 15:25 | Importance of quantity time with God | Andrew |
| 18:23 | Meditation vs. Worry Example | Andrew |
| 20:27 | “…entertain yourself with something contrary to what God told us to do” | Andrew |
| 21:25 | David’s quote, “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” | Andrew |
| 22:31–23:50 | Times Square, NY, testimony | Andrew |
| 25:09 | “You can get to a place you don’t know how to disbelieve God.” | Andrew |

Conclusion / Takeaways

• Hardness of heart is about what your attention and meditation is focused on — not just active rebellion.
• To develop sensitivity to God, intentionally meditate on His Word and avoid exposure to contrary influences.
• Whatever you continually consider, you will become sensitive toward — whether for good or for evil.
• Changing your focus is possible, and with sustained effort, anyone can cultivate a heart responsive only to the things of God.

For further study: Andrew recommends his book Hardness of Heart and other resources to go deeper into these life-changing principles.
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