Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

The adversary continues to keep the focus on you as he tries to have a deeper hold on you by creating a new root from the Seed of Idols. Within this root, things become even more challenging for you because you don't want to see things any other way except for how you can benefit and people will start to disassociate themselves from you. It will take a conscious effort from you to break this i...

Today, you will see how the enemy can start to form a new root from the Seed of Idols if you continue to follow his narrative. Within this new root, you will be consumed with self and you don't have a problem letting people know of your success. Allow God to minister to you. It is not a problem to share those things but there should be a balance in celebrating self and celebrating others also.

When this new seed is planted into you, it can come in various forms depending on how much time, emphasis, and power that you give it. Regardless of what idols have formed, it will require you to make God the priority in your life as He helps you prevent these idols from developing and growing stronger. It will take effort, but you can do it with God's guidance.

There will always be times where you will need to make a choice of doing things to please self or doing things to please God. As you seek God and listen to His guidance, it will help you to become more obedient to Him. Although things will continue to affect you and/or influence you, it will be your actions that determines your stand on things and who you choose to serve.

Hopefully and prayerfully, your relationship with God continues to grow and you are starting to hear His voice with more clarity. The adversary will continue to try to get you off of your path by influencing you to indulge into certain wants and desires that you may have. You will need to seek God even more so that He can guide you into receiving the things that are from Him and not the things tha...

There will always be a choice to make on how to deal with situations, whether positive or negative ones that come upon you. As you try to determine which direction to go in, allow God to be your guide. Some things are harder than others but He will equip you with everything that you need to make it through.

As you listen to today's podcast, you will discover the new seed that can uproot and conquer the Seed of Worry and the roots that come from it. This new seed can require some time and you may go through a process in order to master it, but with God things will work out for your good and God's glory. This becomes evident when you listen and see how Job continued to handle things in his life...

There are times where worry and anxiety are used in similar ways, but there are distinctions between the two. Although things may be uncertain to you, God knows exactly what is going on and He wants to help you through it. Prayerfully, you will open up to Him and allow Him to guide you every step of the way.

The adversary will continue to take hold of you if you allow his voice to reign inside of you, causing the next root to take effect and cause even more detriment to you. This root will solicit a reactive response but there are times you can suffer in silence. Listen and see how to handle this root and gain more insight from Job's life as he experienced the root of suffering.

As you listen to today's podcast, things can continue to spiral downward if you keep allowing the adversary to get the best of you. If he does, a new root is planted and it can affect all areas of your life: body, soul, and spirit. See how Job dealt with this root when he was attacked by the enemy. Could you handle it the same way as he did?

As you listen to today's podcast, you will discover a new seed, The Seed of Worry, that can be planted into you by the adversary if you allow the things of the world to consume your mind. Try to remove the distractions that the enemy keeps bringing to you and allow God's voice to be your focal point that guides you to peace.

God is always there. Can you allow yourself to be guided by God and to trust Him in everything that you do on a daily basis? Know that God hears your every prayer and you must believe in that. Listen and learn from Job as you continue to build your own personal relationship with God.

There are so many things that are going on in the world and it can become overwhelming if you allow yourself to get too consumed with all of it. What will you do in the midst of it? Whose voice will you hold onto to give you the peace and the wisdom that you need to get through it?

As you listen today, I share my own thoughts of the anger that people may be experiencing. As you look at our society, there are many things that keep people on the edge. It becomes important to know where that anger stems from. It is the enemy that is pulling the strings and placing the negative thoughts into your minds. How you choose to handle situations either with God or without Him will dete...

There are many things that can cause you to be angry and some rightfully so. However, you must keep in mind that you can’t allow the things that you may want to obtain to cause you to lash out onto others. Also, you can’t allow “your” expectations of someone be the driving force of what you think someone else should do for “you”. God has each person on a plan of purpose for Him, so it becomes impo...

Because you are tired of operating into the Seed and Roots of Anger, you are now open into hearing the voice of God. God plants the Seed of Peace into you to not only help you learn how to process your feelings but so that you can align those feelings to His Word and not be consumed by them. Surrendering to Him completely becomes the key and you will have to do that, just as Moses did. God calls a...

As you continue to deal with the Root of Blame, it can become hard to let go of. You will hear that the children of Israel didn’t handle things well also. The hurt and pain that you feel others had caused you may drive you to seek revenge on them; however, you must find a way to heal from it. Learn the lessons that are necessary, and you will be able to grow as God wants you too.

When the Root of Blame is planted into you, there are times that you feel that your hardships or challenges is because of what someone has done to you. Although there may be some things that you may have done in your life, blaming others becomes easier than pulling up your own mirror and holding yourself accountable. As you listen, God wants you to resist the devil so that he will flee from you in...

As the Root of Negativism continues to operate into your life, you must realize that it becomes imperative to not allow other people to influence you. Leaders can struggle in this, and they may have to learn how to delegate so that they can do God’s Will, just as Moses had to learn this quality also. Asking others to help not only benefits you, but it allows God to use someone else’s gifts too. As...

There are times that negative things can happen to you, and it can keep you stuck in those situations. When the Root of Negativism is planted into you, it can become difficult to push through the painful events of your life. Also, other people can cause you to feel down because of the negative information that they always share with you. Learn how to prevent this type of behavior from resonating i...

Today, you will continue to hear about the Root of Complaining as you uncover the other component which is being a receiver of complaints. Although you may not be a person who complains, how do you respond to people who complain frequently? Do you hold them accountable? Do you allow them to express themselves and just listen to it? You will see that it may require you to either share your concerns...

If you continue to allow your feelings to be guided by the enemy, you will see that he will start to develop his first root that comes from the Seed of Anger which is the Root of Complaining. The Root of Complaining consists of two components. Today, listen and hear how being a giver of complaints causes you to only think and operate in your own feelings. Because of this, you will see how things c...

Although negative things may happen to you, it is up to you on how you will choose to respond to those things. The enemy will keep bringing the situation to you front and center while God is trying to guide you into an opposite direction. As the enemy planted the Seed of Anger with the children of Israel, you will hear how God guided Moses to handle the situation. The Seed of Anger can get planted...

As you are trying to listen to God, it can be challenging on how to process His answers for your life. When you want a specific answer, His response may not be in the way you want it and as a result, you may not accept His answer and do things the way you want them to be done. God will never leave you nor forsake you, so you must trust Him in everything. You will hear that Moses had to learn that...

It becomes important to understand that as a human being, you have three main components: a body, soul, and a spirit. Once you understand how each one guides you, it will become necessary to process how you can be drawn in by your feelings on a situation. Operating in your emotions can cause both positive and negative reactions. Listen to God and allow Him to guide you on what He says and sees is...