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
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.
David Powlison • A Praying Life
Sometimes unbelief has to leave the room for resurrection to enter. — Dustin Smith
