Life Roots — a discussion around depth, life, and the growing pains therein.
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When you know what you're looking for, suddenly you begin finding it everywhere - wisdom is like this.
What streams do you find yourself planted by today? Where we go for truth and guidance matters.
Talking with God is more like talking to your best friend than it is talking to the sky. How would things changed if you believed that?
Are you trying to become more like a better version or less like a worse version - see, fighting focused on the positive sets us up for greater success.
Do you recognize your need for God? It's not that our need for Him is any greater today than it was yesterday, rather it's our awareness of our need that ought to be growing.
It's my Rubik's cube that serves as a reminder that we were made with the capacity to learn, to grow, and to create – what is it for you?
There are eight words in Psalm 46 that have the power to change our entire paradigm - "be still and know that I am Lord."
How we relate to God is influenced by culture and experience, it’s imperative to remember His “other-ness” — His ways are higher than ours.
The sooner we see it’s us that orbit around God, not the other way around, the sooner we’ll experience true freedom and peace.
Celebrations like Independence Days function as a small glimpse into where the Story is heading and the promise of one new people gathering together in worship to the King.
Life can be unfair and full of trials, but there’s a purpose to these times that far outweighs the discomfort — they’re essential in growing our roots.
God loves with an agape love. It’s higher, greater, and deeper than the love we’re capable of apart from Him.
Fighting anxiety is less about “letting go” and more about shifting our gaze from our concerns to One who is greater.
It’s the truest, most beautiful things about us and God that come under the greatest attack.
It’s not new practices or fancy words needed to access the deeper portions of our being, it’s often simply slowing down to the unhurried place.
Having a certain, sturdy foundation pays dividends when facing the inevitable uncertainties of life.
God is able to use even our bad decisions and falling away as new opportunities to reveal to us His redeeming power. Upon return, we find a bolstered faith.
Wisdom sets preventatives. Make it harder to do the wrong thing, and thus easier to walk down the straight path.
There’s beauty all around us and if we’re not careful we can get used to it and miss the incredible experience of noticing.
The purpose of deconstruction is always reconstruction — don’t leave with your house destroyed.
Ownership is practiced in the present and is essential for us as we move forward from our current circumstances.
Our belief becomes solidified when we become obedient towards our belief.
What comes to mind when you think about God? — As A.W. Tozer points out, it’s the most important thing there is.
Risk requires us to release control of the outcomes and step into a deeper level of trust.
Jesus is ready and willing to move, often times He’s simply waiting for us to open the door.
Our actions towards others either confirm the truth God has spoken over them or confirm the lies the enemy has spoken over them — practice intentionality.
We were made for love. Fear is often what gets in the way, but it’s perfect love that cleans the glass and casts out fear.
Life Roots is authored by Zach DeMarcus, an aspiring world changer. He’d consider himself less of a problem solver and more of a problem observer. It’s the thinking through these observations with a Christian worldview that has prompted Life Roots.
With posts dropping weekly every Thursday, I invite you to join me in the discussion, to run into the storm and face the curveballs of life in community. Because, as always, the health of our height is determined by the strength of our depth. It’s so good to have you here.
Stay Rooted!
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And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7
There's real value in our mistakes and shortcomings. God's able to take these and make us stronger for it.