The Roads Church

Kingdom - basilĕia - Royalty, rule or realm; area ruled by a king

- Root - basis - To walk; the foot; the bottom of something or foundational, principal component of something

Mysteries - mustēriŏn - That which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency

Given - didōmi - To grant someone the opportunity or occasion to do something

Know - ginōskō - To come to know, acquire understanding or comprehension; progression

Kingdom of Heaven - The foundational, principal component of heaven; the system or culture of heaven

Kingdom Culture

- Culture - Webster - The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices of a society, institution or organization.

Sow - spĕirō - To place or scatter seeds in-ground for future growth

Doing something now that you will not see the benefit of until LATER!

Wayside ground
- The word we do not understand (don’t meditate) gets snatched away

Stoney Places
- We get excited in the beginning but have no root in ourselves means we cannot endure tribulation and persecution that comes for the word.

Thorns - akantha - A thorny plant; worthless weed, unpleasant and to be avoided

Among - ĕpi - A position within an area “determined” by other objects and distributed among them

Sprang up - anabainō - Increase in size by natural process; grow up, arise

What we allow in our life will grow in our life.
When we justify the presence of we will not get freedom from.
We cannot experience Liberty where we embrace a lie.

Choked - apŏpnigō - To cause the death of plants by other plants crowding them out, overwhelm or overshadowing them, to inhibit the action, function or development of something.

Cares of this world

Cares - mĕrimna - Concerned, anxious, worried, nervous

World - aiōn - An age; unit of time or era; world system

Cares - root word means to divide, disunite

Riches - plŏutŏs - Wealth, money, possessions; comes from the root word to fill, furnish or fulfill

Deceitfulness - apatē - Delusion, cheat, deceive or cause to have misleading or erroneous views about the truth

Love - philarguria - Extreme love for money or wealth

Desires - ĕpithumia - Deep desire, longing, craving; A self-indulgent craving that displaces proper affection for God.

Entering in - ĕispŏrĕuŏmai - To enter, go into, of things, as food

Unfruitful - akarpŏs - Barren, producing no fruit or harvest

What thorns are "choking" my walk with Jesus?

- Cares of this world
- Deceitfulness of riches
- Desires for other things