Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

In today's podcast, you will hear another attribute of God that should be displayed in your life. By operating in loyalty, you will not only show how God has moved into your life, but you will show how your relationships have become meaningful and long-lasting because of the loyalty that you have shown to them. This is not something that happens overnight. There may be times where you are test...

If there was ever a time that one of God's characteristics is something that each person should learn, it is today's topic of "Walking in Honesty." Most people would verbally say that they walk in honesty on a consistent basis and it would be wonderful if people's actions displayed that as well. If you were to look at relationships that have fallen apart or become strained, y...

As you listen to today's podcast, you will continue to hear the discussion on God's characteristics and how we are to learn and embrace them on a daily basis. When you think about showing respect to others, you may find yourself having to put self to the side and show respect to someone, even if it is hard to do. God needs you to represent Him in a pleasing way. Also, there may be times wh...

In today's podcast, I share the importance of communicating with God. When you are building your relationship with Him, it becomes important to keep a two-way dialogue with Him. You have to be able to talk and listen to Him just as I shared in Chapter One of the book. It is important to keep the lines of communication open with Him regardless of what is taking place in your lives. Although som...

There have been many things that you may have experienced and prayerfully, you have been given some tools to help you conquer those things. Today, I wanted to share another characteristic of God which is the ability to walk in kindness. Although for the most part, it may seem easy to do so, it becomes important also to walk in kindness when you may have been wronged or if you just don't feel l...

As you listen to today's podcast, you will hear another one of God's characteristics being discussed which is Displaying Strength. Many times, people will say that they have displayed strength when they have faced obstacles in life. Although that may be true, the goal becomes to display strength not only in a physical and mental capacity, but also in a spiritual capacity. This will require...

Forgiveness can be a difficult characteristic of God to embrace. When you feel hurt or upset, especially from someone that may have caused it, it becomes hard to "turn the other cheek". However, God requires it. We all want to be forgiven by God, so it becomes necessary to operate in forgiveness with others as well as with yourself. You don't want to continue to keep living in hurt a...

As you listen to today's podcast, I will continue to explore how all of us are to walk in humility. It becomes necessary to make a choice of putting self to the side. As you will hear, Jesus taught us lessons of how to show service to others. Although it may be difficult at times, He still wants each of us to be concerned about the well-being of others, even if it challenges how you operate in...

As things can become more complicated in today's world, it can be challenging to keep your peace. You must allow yourself to be open in receiving it when it does come your way. When God is trying to keep you in a state of peace, it becomes important to hear His teachings so that you can rest on His guidance and not your own. By staying in obedience to Him, this will help you to walk in peace d...

In today's podcast, I revisit how the adversary can cause you to get consumed into your own thoughts and desires hoping that you will give in to a selfish nature. As you have learned over time, it becomes important to listen to God instead of the enemy. The more you spend time with God, your desires begin to change. You will start to feel His love and embrace it in such a way that you intentio...

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...

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 tur...

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...

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...

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...

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 t...

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...