Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

What will be the steps that you take to start the process of healing? Will you allow yourself to be committed to the plan of growth and progression? Although you may feel alone, you are never alone. Listen to today's podcast as I share my own journey of how God brought me through a perilous time.

Although some things can hurt you at your core, God is still there and wants to help you. Things may seem overwhelming for you, but it will be up to you to allow Him in and to give yourself permission to move forward. Learn from the story of Ruth and Naomi and allow their teachings to guide you to restoration.

As you listen to today's podcast, you will see how this next root can not only be destructive but debilitating. Many times, your thoughts can keep you engulfed in your pain and it can become hard to pull yourself up, but not impossible if you seek and lean on God to help you. Please don't give up on God and please don't give up on yourself.

As time goes on, you may find it difficult to deal with the reality of what has been happening in your life. You may not think that it is important to express how you feel or what you are experiencing so you distract yourself by doing other things. It it is still important to live in your truth. God wants you to always be honest with yourself and allow Him in so that He can meet you where you are.

Today, you will see how the first root from the Seed of Peril can be planted into you. It becomes important for you to feel what you feel when you are experiencing the passing of a loved one. Take it one day at a time and allow God to heal your heart.

As you listen to today's podcast, you will see that there are many things that can come upon you that are out of your control. The goal becomes how you will choose to handle the situations as things get progressively worse in your life. Will you ask for help from others? Will you allow God to help you and guide you through this? Listen and trust God in everything.

God loves you unconditionally and He wants you to have the confidence in going to Him. When things become difficult to handle and you don't know what to do or how you are going to make it, it becomes imperative to trust God even more and know that He is going to work things out according to His Will.

There are many things that can affect you unexpectedly and it can be hard to know where to begin or how to function afterwards. Listen to today's podcast for a brief introduction of processing difficult events that come your way.

Now that you have seen how the adversary can plant the Seed of Rebellion and its roots into you, I pray that you will embrace the Seed of Hope that God has planted into you and apply it to your life. There will always be challenges that you will face on this earth, but it all depends on how you look at the situation and the position that you choose to take on it. Will you follow the will of God or will you continue to rebel against God and do things the way that you want to do them? It is a choice that you will always have to make moving forward.

As you listen to today's podcast of Part 2 from the Seed of Hope, you will continue to see how God tries to guide you in this seed of survival. Listening to His voice through the Holy Spirit will teach you how to have hope in life's challenges. Even though you may have done things your way and avoided God's voice, He will still give you another chance if you have a sincere heart to turn from a rebellious nature. Prayerfully, you will do so one step at a time by praying, studying His Word, and seeking Him faithfully each day.