The Green Leaf Life
A life of trusting God. You will be like a tree planted…whose leaves do not whither.
The Green Leaf Life
A life of trusting God. You will be like a tree planted…whose leaves do not whither.
Jesus didn’t ask Simon to row harder.
He just asked him to trust. To go again — not in his own strength, but under a new wind.
And here’s the wild part:
The boat didn’t change. The nets didn’t change.
But the power driving it did.
Luke 5:1-11
'And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel; They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain! God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn—Zion! God in full view! '
Psalms 84:5-7
God, help me to be a man who daily relies on, trusts in and whose confidence is you. I want to experience the green leaf life.
To be honest, if the Lord had given me any more information about the escalating conflict and all the hazards involved, I probably would not have gone. I have come to realize that if I ask Him something and He does not answer me, there is often a good reason! The truth is that we do not need to know all the details. We just need to trust the Man
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The praying life is the abiding life. Many Christians hit a wall when they connect abiding with asking. They freeze, thinking, If I were abiding, then I would get my prayers answered. Abiding feels elusive, like a spiritual pipe dream. Abiding is anything but disconnected from life. It is the way life should be done, in partnership with God.

Sometimes unbelief has to leave the room for resurrection to enter. — Dustin Smith
