Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

In today's podcast, you will hear God's Seed of Survival, The Seed of Love, that will uproot all of the destructive seed and roots that are planted into you from the Seed of Lust. As you listen, you will hear the importance of operating in love and allowing God's love to reign into your heart in a way that is pleasing to Him. Although you may want to express love in a physical way, God wants you t...

As you listen to the final destructive root from the Seed of Lust that can be planted into you by the enemy, I pray that you are learning and growing from his destructive patterns that can tempt you with your desires. Although it may seem harmless in the beginning, his goal is never to be harmless. His goal is to cause as much turmoil in your life, especially with your spouse. He knows that by doi...

In today's podcast, I will continue to share how the adversary can plant another new root into you if you choose to listen to him and that new root is the Root of Prostitution. Within this root, you will hear the parallel stories of how Gomer dealt with Hosea and how Israel dealt with God in their disobedience to each one. This root deals with one's own selfishness. You can also see the extended b...

This additional root that comes from the Root of Non-Consensual Fornication can be a very difficult and complex root to handle. Within this root, the adversary twists things around causing either you to have sexual desires towards a family member or a relative has forced their desires upon you. Either way, it is not what God wants for your life. You must find a way to stop this behavior. It will t...

As you listen to today's podcast, you will hear how another root from the Root of Non-Consensual Fornication can be formed inside of you. This particular root can have a stronghold on you that will be difficult to uproot. The root of molestation can be formed from other people's physical aggressions upon you, whether they are close to you or distant. Depending on what they also feed into your mind...

In today's podcast, you will hear the other side of fornication being formed which is the root of non-consensual fornication. This level of fornication is so much harder to deal with because these sexual desires are forced upon a person. When the adversary plants this root into a person, the aggressor's main goal is to fulfill their desire without being concerned about the damage that it causes th...

As you continue to listen to the next subroot that is formed from the main root of the Root of Consensual Fornication, you will see how the enemy keeps trying to deepen this root to make you consumed with your desires. You will hear how the root of pornography provides more challenges because the enemy intertwines it with getting or paying money for the fulfillment of your desires. You must not al...

As you listen to today's podcast, I will continue to share how the adversary deepens his hold onto you by developing the Root of Consensual Fornication so that it can grow and go into another direction of destruction. As your sexual desires deepen, he will want you to act upon them even if it is within yourself. You may not feel comfortable in talking with God, but God already knows your struggles...

In today's podcast, I continue the discussion on the Seed of Lust and how the adversary tries to influence you by operating in your desires. Although you will make the choice to participate, he will try to give you reasons of why you need to fulfill what you may be experiencing. You may want to do so also but will it please God? Is that what God wants for you? As you listen to what Joseph went thr...

Within this chapter, parental discretion is advised due to the sexual nature of this chapter. As you listen to today's podcast, you will hear how the enemy can plant the Seed of Lust into you. This particular seed is one that will be discussed in length because it is one that can cause extensive damage to relationships that you have built. Although it is up to you to make the conscious choice to p...

In today's podcast, you will hear how God wants a close and personal relationship with you. He wants you to be proactive in building one with Him as He has always wanted. There are times where the emphasis is placed on building relationships with others and then He is thought about if your relationship with another person starts to have problems or issues. Although He wants you to connect with ano...

When you first started this study, one of the things that was asked was the importance of building relationships. In today's podcast, you will revisit the discussion on relationships but it will consist of taking things to a deeper level. Many people start relationships for several different reasons. What things are important to you when you start a relationship? How open are you in expressing you...

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 complet...

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 f...

As you listen to the podcast today, you will hear how the Root of Frustration (the last destructive root that comes from the Seed of Disregard) can cause more challenges in your life. When you are at this stage, it becomes hard to see the positive in things, sometimes in anything. It will take some conscious effort to not re-live things continuously, especially if it is going to take you down a pa...

As the next root starts to develop from the Seed of Disregard, you will see yourself falling into a deeper level of turmoil within. When you are in the Root of Despair, you don't see ways of overcoming challenges in your life. As things start to spiral downward, you not only don't have the motivation to pull yourself out, but you don't have a desire to do so. Things seem hopeless and you have a ha...

In today's podcast, you will hear how the first root (The Root of Indifference) can be developed from the Seed of Disregard if you allow the adversary to whisper into your ear to create negative thoughts into your mind. He will keep trying to get you to ignore, avoid, or become indifferent with the people who may be around you or with people in general. The more you become desensitized to people's...

In today's podcast, you hear how a new destructive seed (The Seed of Disregard) can be planted into you if you choose not to seek God's voice. This particular seed can cause you to either minimize the things or people who are around you or to not care at all. This seed creates a negative persona within you which causes you to not show a feeling of concern, an act of kindness, or a level of compass...

As you continue to seek God and follow His will, there may be times where you may not do what is expected of you because you don't feel like it. As time goes on, you may not see things moving in the direction that you would like for them to go. It will require you to want to follow and to listen to God. It will require you to be obedient and disciplined to what He is asking you to do. It will requ...

As  you start your day, I hope things are getting better with you in spending time with God. It becomes important to make the necessary time so that you can hear His voice and know what your next steps should be. Also, there may be times where things become difficult to achieve and you may not want to continue on your journey. Please don't get discouraged and try your best to find a way to di...

In today's podcast, I share with you my own challenges with the Seed and Roots of Hunger and how God planted the Seed of Discipline into me. Although you learned from the lives of others in the Bible and you have read in my book my own personal testimonies from each chapter, I decided to share with you my story on today's podcast. I tried to make this relatable with the hopes to give you some enco...

Now that you have seen how the Seed and Roots of Hunger can cause destruction into your life, it becomes important to know that you can overcome the temptations and remain in control of your body. There may be times that you want to treat yourself to something that you enjoy, whether it is a meal or an outfit that you want to get. It is not a bad thing as long as it is done in moderation and it ke...

In today's podcast, I continue sharing the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he tried to share that it was more important for people to look at someone's character instead of the color of one's skin. Afterwards, I discuss the importance of each person doing a self-analysis of the type of character that you are currently displaying. It is easy to be vocal on things that you may...

On today's podcast, you will hear the first part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life as we celebrate him on this national holiday. Although there are many things that you may be aware of, there are some things that are not talked about as much that he had a major influence on and that he accomplished during the Civil Rights Movement. He stood on his faith to carry him through and his relationshi...

In today's podcast, you will continue to hear Part 2 of The Seed of Discipline that God plants into you to uproot the Seed and Roots of Hunger. God will continue to guide you to be conscious of how you handle things with your food and in life. You can also learn from the life of Daniel as he showed discipline and commitment to God regardless of what he was ordered to do by King Nebuchadnezzar. Eve...