Sink Your Roots Deep

The picture of the tree I am standing by was planted at our house in Windom, Minnesota by my Daddy after I was born on July 4th, 1956! I am blessed to have deep roots into Christ, family and ministry. PTL that tree still stands strong at the house I was raised in, my brother Dave and his wife Denise live there now. My roots go very deep into Windom, I love my hometown, it is where my Christian foundation was built.

I really believe this is why the Lord has me preaching to share my life with Jesus with all. To share how important it is to have a relationship with Jesus, to have a Church family, to have a wonderful home life. to love each other. I got all that in Windom. I got it from Jesus, my Mom and Dad, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, the community, Pastors, Sunday School Teachers, my teachers at school……….I strive to share the love of Jesus with all, because He is the only one that can change lives, not man or woman.

I have been very blessed to come back to Windom and preach a few times and I still do a radio ministry program that serves the Windom area, a bit of eastern South Dakota and northern Iowa. It is my way of paying back. I want to share that Jesus changes lives. I want the hate and division to end in America, I want children to grow up safely. I want my grandchildren and all babies to experience the love I have had over the years by people, the love of Jesus!

I get asked this a lot..why do you travel to Reserve, that’s too long!……God tells me to go…God has shown me the fruit from Reserve…..why do you wake up so early? God says…..carry out the Great Commission, serve……I get to see the fruit, I am blessed, the Lord shows me. You see, it is what God is calling us to do, not what we may think we should do. Always know your true calling from God.

That requires all of us to move closer to God, He has not moved, now is the time for all of us to move closer to God.

When you get close to God, your heart becomes softer for all people. You love like never before.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:
just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 
By this all people will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another.
–John 13:34-35

Sink Your Roots Deep by Joni Eareckson Tada But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matthew 13:23 Remember in elementary school when your teacher planted a bean in a plastic container? You could watch the little bean sprout, sink its roots, and then finally break through the dirt. The funny thing about that sprout was that its roots were deeper and more complex than its little green leaf. In fact, it was only able to grow upward because it grew downward at the same time. Growth in Christ takes place the same way. But sometimes we make a show of Christlikeness without having an inner life that corresponds with it. And no Christian can ever hope to grow upward that way. Today’s Scripture reveals that “the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred… times what was sown.” Sink your roots deep into Christ, my friend, and you will keep growing upward. Lord, I have learned through the years that this is the truly joyous part. Yes, it’s wonderful to bear fruit for You, as You intended all along. But I treasure the secret life even more than the visible one. I love sinking my roots deep into You, below the surface, in the quiet places, where no eye but Yours can see. Taken from A Spectacle of Glory By Joni Eareckson Tada Copyright © 2016 Published in Print by Zondervan, Grand Rapids All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version. For More Inspiration… Every life is precious and has value. Every life should be embraced and welcomed. Read from Joni For Josleen in Haiti, a wheelchair means dignity. Watch Josleen’s Story Have you ordered your 2020 planner? Order Now Visit Our Website