Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

As you listen to today's podcast, you will hear the importance of following God and allowing His new seed, The Seed of Hope, to resonate into you. Although things have been challenging for you, all is not lost. Sometimes, hope may be all that you do have. Understand that God didn't bring you this far to leave you so allow His voice to reign in you and to be the guiding force that you need to pick yourself back up again.

As you listen to today's podcast, you will see how the last root can be formed from the Seed of Rebellion which is the Root of Desolation. Although things may seem as if they have gotten the best of you, please don't give up. Regardless of how you may feel, you can still rise above it if you are willing to trust and believe that God will bring you through it all. It is up to you on how you will allow your thoughts to guide you. What step will you take to pull yourself up? Believe in yourself and in God.

If you listen to the voice of the adversary, you will see that the next root is planted into you from the Seed of Rebellion which is the Root of Siege. Within this root, you will find yourself dealing with more opposition and therefore, causing roadblocks to occur. This becomes unfortunate for you because not only does it make your life more complicated, it can cause a delay in your progress. What will you do moving forward to change this current dilemma? 

As this new root from the Seed of Rebellion starts to evolve inside of you,  it not only shows you the downward destruction that can happen to you, but others will see your aggressive demeanor and they will start to put distance with you as well. It becomes so important to listen to the voice of God and allow His voice to be the guiding force to help you to turn from the path that you are on and to start a new route of obedience with Him.

In Part 2 of the Seed of Rebellion, I continue to share with you some examples of how the Seed of Rebellion can cause you to treat others unfairly or it could cause you to react to things selfishly. Either way is not the way that God would want you to be. He wants you to use the gifts and talents that He has placed inside of you to serve others in a positive way and to represent Him in a pleasing manner. Please continue to seek His voice so that you can be who you are supposed to be...an image of God.

As you continue to be on this journey with God, there are times that you choose to follow Him and then there are times where you may do things outside of His Will. The disobedience that you choose may not seem as bad in the beginning of it, but over time, the adversary will continue to guide you to a path of negativity and destructive outcomes. Prayerfully, you will say no to the enemy (and even yourself) and yes to God so that you can stay on the right and purposeful path with the Lord.

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As you listen to today's podcast, you will hear the experience that Ezekiel had in His encounter and vision that He had with God. The experience was so great that I am sure it was hard for Ezekiel to verbalize the glory of God. As you spend time with God today, I pray that you will also have an encounter with Him that leaves you seeking and glorifying Him daily.

Although it is never easy to face difficult things that come into your life, it becomes necessary to address and resolve those issues so that they won't continue to keep building up inside of you.  God wants you to know that He is with you every step of the way if you keep trusting and believing in Him to help you through it. You can do this and you have to keep telling yourself that you can.

As you listen to today's podcast, you will see that it becomes important to make a conscious choice or decision to be concerned about the needs of others. There are times that some things can be minimized or you may not have a care or concern about what others may be going through. It is one thing to respect someone's privacy but it is a totally different thing to disregard their situation completely. God wants you to be proactive in showing compassion when you see someone hurting or suffering.  Be the vessel that He has called you to be and be obedient to what He has told you to do.

In today's podcast, you will hear how God's Seed of Survival - The Seed of Compassion can be planted into you to uproot the Seed and Roots of Disregard if you continue to remain open in hearing His voice. You will see that in order to operate in this new seed, you will need to put self to the side and allow your compassion to be displayed to others. The true test is when you have a sincere heart for someone who may have done something wrong to you and instead of wanting bad to happen to them, you show a heart of compassion. Learn from Jonah and represent God in a pleasing way.