Week 1: ROOT — Interactive Workbook

Stillness • Time • Trust — Rooting your life in God’s timing prepares you for lasting change.

🏠 Home (Stillness)
Scripture for today
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water…”
— Jeremiah 17:7–8

Day 1: Called to Be Planted

Stillness is not laziness — it’s agreeing with God’s timing. Today is about accepting God’s pace and place for you.

1. God plants before He displays

Men often want to be seen before they are rooted. God slows us down so we don’t topple over in the future.

Write out where God has you right now — assignments, family, work, ministry, healing. This is your current “plot of ground.”

2. Time belongs to God

We get frustrated because we want harvest speed in a rooting season. God measures growth differently.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 2–3.

Evening Reflection

What shifted in me when I accepted God’s pace instead of mine?

Scripture for today
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1

Day 2: Time Is God’s Tool

God uses time to mature what He planted. Today we name where we’ve resisted His process.

1. Identify rushed places

Rushing is often unbelief in disguise. If God has a time for everything, I don’t have to force what isn’t due.

2. Cost of resisting time

When we rush, we lose depth. When we wait, we gain roots.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 2.

Evening Reflection

Did honoring God’s time make me feel more grounded?

Scripture for today
“Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
— Matthew 6:4b

Day 3: The Hidden Work of Roots

Most of God’s best work starts unseen. Today is about embracing what no one claps for.

1. Hidden > Public

Roots grow down before branches grow up. That means long stretches of obedience with no applause.

2. God sees the underground

Because God rewards what’s done in secret, the time you spend in stillness is never wasted.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 1–2.

Evening Reflection

How did it feel to let God’s unseen work be enough for today?

Scripture for today
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
— Isaiah 30:15

Day 4: Slowing the Pace

Stillness is a choice. Today we confront the hurry that keeps roots shallow.

1. What keeps me hurried?

Some of us are addicted to movement because silence makes us face ourselves.

2. Rooted men have margin

Margin is proof I trust God. Busyness is often proof I trust myself.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 2.

Evening Reflection

What did I hear or notice when I finally slowed down?

Scripture for today
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
— Psalm 46:10

Day 5: Hearing God in Time

Stillness creates clarity. Today we make room to discern what God is actually saying right now.

1. Noise check

Too many voices make it hard to track God’s timing. Stillness is how we re-tune.

2. What is God emphasizing?

God often repeats Himself through Scripture, sermons, wise counsel, and conviction.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 1–3.

Evening Reflection

What did I sense God highlighting about my timing or direction?

Scripture for today
“Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.”
— Colossians 4:5

Day 6: Aligning My Rhythms

Rooted men live by rhythm, not reactions. Today we pull our schedule into agreement with God’s work.

1. What rhythm matches this season?

If God is rooting you, your calendar should show room for Him.

2. Time stewardship

God’s timing + my discipline = fruit over time.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Pick 2.

Evening Reflection

Did bringing my schedule into alignment make me feel more rooted?

Scripture for today
“Those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength…”
— Isaiah 40:31

Day 7: Root Revelation

You slowed down, you listened, you honored time. Today we name what God revealed under the surface.

1. What did God show me?

This is your “root revelation” — the central truth from this week.

2. What now?

Roots are meant to support growth. Time + change in God always calls for action.

3. Micro-Tasks for Today

Finish rooted.

Week 1 Completed

How will I carry stillness into next week?

Scripture for today
“…that you, being rooted and grounded in love…”
— Ephesians 3:17

Bonus: The Rooting Ritual

Do this once this week after Day 3 or Day 5. This is a sacred practice to anchor yourself in God’s timing and identity.

1. Name the Season

Roots grow when we accept the season we’re in — not the one we wish we were in.

2. Identify the Distractions

Anything that pulls you out of stillness is pulling you out of root work.

3. Reassign the Time

Time you free must be replanted in God or it will get stolen again.

4. Speak the Root Declaration

Say it out loud. Agree with God’s timing.

5. Do a Physical Act

Make it tangible so your body remembers.

After the Ritual

What peace or clarity showed up once I agreed with God’s timing?