Roots #2: THE WORD

1. What is a "root?" A "root" is a practice in my life the renews passion for God and my strength to follow him.

God's desire is that we not be like the plant that withers...

Matt 13:20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to people who hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Ephesians 3... we are rooted in God's immeasurable love.

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord's people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge

2. Our life comes from the WORD of God...

The word brings us life... John 1:1-4... the word keeps us on the right path. Hebrews 4


3 Growing roots in the WORD. (Hebrews 4, Psalm 119)

1189 Chapters... If you read 1 a day you would read the whole bible in just over 3 years... 3 a day... it was take just a year.


* the Hebrew is from Psalm 119 and asks the question... how can a young person keep on the right path? The answer... by keeping their life in line with God's word...

1. How serious are you about becoming like Jesus?

2. What are your current habits regarding God's word? What keeps you from reading it and "hiding it in your heart?"

3. Re-read Psalm 119:9-16 as a group. What is David's attitude toward the Word of God? Why is it so important to him? What does he say to do with it?

4. How do you think you could begin to grow roots into God's Word in your life?