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Setting Down Roots

Author
  • The Pastor's Workshop
Categories
  • Current Affairs and Causes
Illiustration Categories
  • Analogies
Keywords (16)
  • Roots
  • Growth
  • Grounded
  • Nature
  • Trees
Scripture (6)
  • Psalm 4:16
  • Psalm 92:12-14
  • John 15:5
  • Exodus 17:8-13
  • Jeremiah 17:7-8
Date Added
  • Feb 27, 2025

Consider the banyan tree, a remarkable species found in India and other subtropical regions. As it grows, its sprawling branches become increasingly heavy. But instead of breaking under their own weight, the tree sends down aerial roots from its limbs.

These roots reach the ground, take hold, and thicken into new trunks, providing additional…

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