WOMEN OF FAITH ARTICLE (Excerpted)
Two Weeds That Choke Your Spiritual Growth | Rooted for Life | Part 2 | Alita Reynolds | Women of Faith
Have you been striving just to survive spiritually, when Jesus is inviting you to thrive?
In this Rooted for Life teaching, I share two weeds to beware of so you do not get choked out and lose your spiritual strength. Weeds can look harmless at first, but over time they steal your peace, your fruit, and your focus.
Psalm 1:3. We are like trees planted by the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Our leaves do not have to wither, and we can prosper in all we do.
This is the kind of life God wants for you. Steady, fruitful, and deeply rooted in Christ.
- We talk about who you choose to be around most, and why your closest influences matter.
- We also talk about anything that distracts your relationship with Jesus.
Weeds can be worries and daily pressures. They can be the deceitfulness of wealth and chasing what never satisfies. They can be pleasures and desires that slowly take priority over God’s will for your life.
We also look at Acts 2 and how the early church grew strong roots through teaching, fellowship, shared meals, prayer, generosity, worship, and awe in God’s presence. This is not just a story of old. This is a picture of how you can live today when you build your life around the Word and around godly community.
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When you feel overwhelmed
Isaiah 35:4 1 Corinthians 14:33 Psalm 61:2-5.
When troubles overwhelmed and worry set is, it can feel like we can hardly read. It might seem like we can hardly breathe. It might seem as if we're drowning in the pressure and fears that life has thrown our way. God can cut through all that; He is powerful to work a miracle on our behalf. The same God who split the seeds and the sick is the God who hears your prayers today.
Tell him what concerned you, and thank him that he is helping you this day.
SUFFICIENT GRACE
Many people are not able to work through the problems they face and fear has a devastating effect on them.
Jesus invites those who are tired and heavy-laden to bring their problems to Him and find rest for their souls. He invites you to bring your anxieties to Him because He cares for you.
Turn to God, He will enable you to handle your problems with courage. Receive your strength and confidence from Him because in all circumstances His grace will be more than sufficient for you so that you can deal with your problems in a new, assured manner.
Father, I ask you for strength to assist me in times
of weakness, help me to know Your grace that is
sufficient for me. Amen
WHAT IS GOD'S PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE (AND HOW TOO FIND IT) - BY: LIFELONG LEARNING MATTERS, JAN. 17,
Waking up feeling purposeless is incredibly frustrating. You look around and see your friends and co-workers living passionate, engaged, meaningful lives. They have deep relationships, rewarding jobs and a sense of direction that compels them to hop out of bed each morning with a spring in their step.
You know that God has something good in store for you. You don't believe he intends you to live a life of painful drudgery in which each day is a total drag. After all, the Bible is chock full of passages about joy, while this certainly doesn't mean that mean mean day is a parade and circus, it does mean that an overall sense of gladness should permeate your life.
In Psalms 63:7, David said,, "...for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy." How can you get to that place? Where instead of wondering aimlessly through life, you're actually singing for joy (or just making a Joyful noise if you're not the singing type)?
In this post, we're going to first talk about some Key signs that you may not be living in the fullness of God's purpose for you.
SIX SIGNS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE LIVING IN GOD'S PURPOSE
Psalms 57:2 says, I cry out to God most high, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. This is key in understanding God's purpose for your life has numbered your days and will fulfill every purpose he has for you.
However, our choices and actions also really matter. In some ways, this is a mystery we can't fully understand, but that doesn't mean it's not true. We can choose to do things that will bring us more joy and give us more of a sense of purpose.
Identify those choices you can make to bring excitement and god-given purpose into your life.