In The Nitty Gritty Ep 39: A Conversation on Cultivation, Schell & Danielle follow up episode 38 with a practical conversation on how to cultivate healthy soil in our lives and others.
In this episode you will:
-Be encouraged with healthy communication tips.
-Explore and learn how to listen to God’s voice.
-Differentiate between talents/skills and gifts.
-Ask: Am I listening to God?
-Learn tools to recall God’s words and promises.
-Surrender the outcome of life to God.
Practical communication tools and tips for how to:
Scripture:
Psalm 142:1-7 Cry out to God
Joshua 1:8 Meditate day and night
Psalm 37:3-7 Rely on the Lord
1 Corinthians 3:6-11 We plant seeds, God causes the growth
Matthew 22:37-40 Love God, love others
Psalm 139:14 Uniquely wonderfully made
Proverbs 19:21-23 Many are a man’s plans
Proverbs 3:5&6 Trust in the Lord
Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 57:2 God has a plan and a purpose
Deuteronomy 5:33, Proverbs 4:14-16, 27; Jeremiah 6:16 Do not swerve to the right or the left
Joshua 1:8 meditate on God’s Word
Proverbs 3:3-6, Deuteronomy 6:8-9 write God’s word down
Romans 8:13 Death to “flesh”
Ephesians 1:22-23 put all things under God
Deuteronomy 28:4 obedience makes the blessing flourish
Hebrews 12:10-15 discipline heals us
Ephesians 6 child and parent instructions
1 Corinthians 3:23 obedience
Psalm 1:2-3 deeply rooted
John 15:5 He is the vine
We’re not responsible for others’ growth or what they do with their gifts; however, the following are ways we can plant seeds, and be good stewards:
Reference with topic- our role in others’ pain: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin- My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, June 24
Quote: “Security and confidence comes from knowing who God is and who He says we are…but there’s more…”
Key Scripture:
“For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;” Hebrews 12:10-15 NASB1995
Definitions:Cultivate- to prepare and use (Oxford dictionary)Sanctification- process of being transformed, washed, cleansed, and set apart for God’s purposes. (paraphrased from various scripture and commentary)
Practical reflection questions:
