Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

As you listen to today’s podcast, you will uncover one of God’s most rewarding and necessary character traits that He has bestowed on everyone and that is the Seed of Forgiveness. The forgiveness that He grants to you is not only powerful, but it continues to show the unconditional love that He has for His people. If you haven’t met Him, you can listen, follow, and acknowledge the Plan of Salvatio...

As your life continues to spiral downward, you are now faced with the last root that the enemy can form from the Seed of Violation and that root is called the Root of Pain. When you have reached this level, you are now at rock bottom. You keep re-living the painful scenarios over and over again and you can’t find a way past it. As you listen today, you will discover that in your level of vulnerabi...

If you find yourself still trying to do things your way, you may start to develop this next root that the enemy can form into you and that root is called the Root of (Feeling) Broken. How did you get to this level of brokenness? Why do you keep holding onto the pain that you had experienced in the past? What will it take for you to move past it? Listen and learn how God can help you answer these q...

Today, I am going to finish talking about the Root of Shame. As your relationship continues to grow with the Holy Spirit, allow Him to minister to you so that you can learn and grow from your mistakes. Please don’t beat yourself up too bad because everyone goes through things. As you listen to David, you will see that he also messed up, but God was willing to forgive him. God saw his remorse for h...

As the enemy keeps trying to consume you and you listen to him, he will begin to plant the first root that comes out of the Seed of Violation which is the Root of Shame. There are many things that a person can feel shame about based on what they may have done in their life. Also, the shame you feel may be the result of the hurt and pain you caused to someone else. Listen and see how you can have f...

Today, I am discussing a new seed, The Seed of Violation. This new seed can be hard to escape from because it can affect you physically, mentally, and emotionally, not only as the victim of a violation but also as an attacker. Because it can affect most of your existence of who you are, it can take some time to uproot it completely. Please understand that God will be with you every step of the way...

When you become a child of God, do you really see yourself as a child that needs to mature and grow with God, even if you are an adult? This is exactly what needs to take place. Since you are created in the image of God and God is a Spirit, you will need to be trained by Him. You can start to represent Him as one of His children in the correct way. Also, listen and see who God chose next in leadin...

As you grow and mature as a Christian, you should now be able to put away some of those things that you did in your flesh. Your spiritual nature should not only be visible, but your desire to live in it can become more satisfying. You will see that pleasing God becomes more important than pleasing self.

In this introduction of Chapter 5, you will first get an overview and summary of what has already been discussed in the first 4 chapters. Also, you will continue to see the importance of operating in your spiritual rebirth and remaining open into building a close and personal relationship with God. It will be important to hear God’s voice so that it can guide you daily in staying obedient to Him a...

At some point when negative things come upon you, you must find a way to do the opposite of what it is saying. If you are alone, find someone to connect with so that you can build a positive relationship with them. Sometimes, the best way to overcome situations in your life is to do something positive into someone else’s life. Listen and see how saying “no” to the enemy and “yes” to God can be a b...

As you have been dealing with The Seed of Loneliness, by now you can see how there can be a step-by-step process that can keep you in a mental and emotional state of feeling alone. God does not want you to live in that state. He wants you to know that He is always there. God plants the Seed of Respect into you, and He wants you to respect yourself and to respect others. When God puts His stamp of...

Although life can be very hard, it can also bring joyful and wonderful experiences. However, when negative things happen, there is a tendency to hold onto those situations and minimize the great things. These are the ways that the enemy seeks to destroy you. You are worthy, valued, significant, unique, and loved unconditionally. Please don’t minimize who you have been created to be. God created yo...

Because fear can cause deeper levels of isolation, you may not feel comfortable being in a relationship. You must continue to hold onto what God tells you and all the things that He has equipped you with to overcome this root. God wants you to connect with others. He also wants you to let go of situations that were not favorable in your life. Listen and learn how to use those things as tools for g...

Many people struggle with fear. There are many things that people have a fear of so it can be a strong root that can be hard to overcome, but it is not impossible. The goal for the enemy is to make you feel as if you don’t have what it takes to overcome it. King Saul also operated in fear and didn’t handle things the way he needed to. Listen and see the different ways that fear can consume you and...

As I continue the discussion from yesterday on The Root of Rejection, it becomes important to decide whose voice you will continue to keep listening to, God’s voice or the enemy’s voice. There will always be things that can challenge you, but you must believe that God is still working behind the scenes to help you. Listen to see how King Saul chose to do things and how it worked out for him. You m...

In some instances, the enemy doesn’t have to work as hard in forming the Root of Rejection into you. You may be at the crossroads of life, so you don’t know what to do next. You seem to hold onto all the negative things that have happened to you, and it causes you to feel as if no one is there. You must find a way to muster up the courage and believe that your life is significant. Always know that...

As I continue the discussions on the Seed of Loneliness, one of the ways that the enemy can trick you is to make you think that you don’t need anyone, not even God. As he isolates you, you will start to get content and believe that you are in total control. As you see how King Saul handled things in his own life, learn from him and make sure that you are including God in all the decisions that you...

As your journey continues in self-discovery, how open are you? Do you allow yourself to engage with others or do you stay to yourself? The enemy would love to keep you by yourself so he plants the Seed of Loneliness into you so that he can keep placing thoughts into your mind to make you doubt yourself and feel insecure. God wants you to learn how to step outside of your box and discover who you r...

It becomes important that you understand one major thing while you are here on this earth…you are NOT alone. God is always with you and by connecting to Jesus, you will see Him in a different way. The enemy will always keep trying to convince you differently, but it becomes important to turn off his voice and learn how to listen to the voice of God.

In this introduction of Chapter 4, I share with you how people want to know why they are here and what their purpose is. As you start to search for what you like to do and who you are to become, you run into some challenges along the way. If you don’t know how to handle them, it can cause you to be distant with others. Know that God doesn’t want you to stay in this mindset of being isolated. He cr...

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...