#197 Susannah B. Lewis: Rooted and Rising!

This week, we are joined by our dear friend and best-selling author, Susannah B. Lewis. You will love Susannah's humor and authenticity as we discuss our faith and the challenge she placed before us at the Rooted and Rising Women's Event last month. We talk about the four types of soil and the condition of our hearts, and Susannah shares what prompted her to grow deeper in her relationship with the Lord.

We hope that with each and every episode, you will find us talking about Jesus in our everyday lives while also learning, being challenged, and growing together, while loving and laughing about what makes up our everyday lives. We are so thankful Jesus is right there with us in the middle of it all.

Favorite quotes from this episode:

In praying for wisdom, the Lord gave me the desire for His Word. We have to be rooted in God's Word, or there is no fruit.

God wants to transform our hearts! Ezekiel 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

There is a difference between being saved and being surrendered.

The fruit doesn't come from dipping the plant in the soil. It has to be rooted there.

As I am growing spiritually, my thoughts have changed. My interests have changed. I am so on fire for the Lord that He has taken priority in my life, and my social media reflects that.

I have come to know just how much I need the blood of Jesus, which in turn makes me bolder to speak that. We are called to be bold! That's what he wants from us!

The older we get, the more hungry we become for the scriptures! We better understand what Jesus did for us, and we do not take that lightly!

If we are struggling to fast from something, it has become an idol.

We should be grieved by what grieves God. Our whole lives are a war between the flesh and the spirit.

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23

Just because someone is older, that doesn't mean they are wise. Look for the fruit. Don't take spiritual advice from someone who is not in God's Word.

We can be aware of what is going on in the world without being consumed by it. We will drift if we aren't actively drawing closer to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 "The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow."

Our memory verse for October: 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."

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