Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

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 listen to today's podcast, I continue to share what I am thankful for. There are so many things to be thankful for and to just be given a a fresh new start each day with God's mercies and grace is a gift within itself. I pray that you can also find ways to thank God for all the things that He has done for you in your life.

Happy Thanksgiving! Today, I am going to share what I am thankful and grateful for. God has blessed me so much and I couldn't let this day go by without sharing it. If you are able to spend time with family or friends, I hope that you are able to express to them what you are thankful for. If you are not able to be around others, please know that God is with you and it is also a great time to share with Him all of the things that you are thankful for that He has done for you. God's unconditional love is a blessing and something to be thankful for.

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.

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.

In today's podcast, you will be asked to reflect back and apply what you learned from Amos, the destructive Seed and Roots of Exploitation, and the new seed that God plants into you to uproot that destruction which is the Seed of Courage. Please understand that regardless of what you may feel that you can acquire in the world, especially with money and power, God has created you to do and be so much more for His Kingdom. Listen today and learn how to follow the path that God wants you to be on.