Permission • Margin • Micro-Actions
This is the week of small, intentional planting.
Week 2 (SOIL) helped you break up what's hard and expose what was underneath. Week 3 (SEED) is where you start planting what you actually want to grow.
Core message: Weight isn’t just reduced by subtraction — it’s replaced by intentional choices. Micro-actions, margin, and permission are your tools this week.
Question for the week: “What will I plant instead of pressure?”
This week is about small, repeatable obedience — not huge spiritual sprints.
Between Day 2 and Day 3 you'll pause to create space for what God is planting.
Use the workbook to journal deeper and track your micro-actions.
📘 Open Interactive WorkbookShare what you planted each day — your small step may give someone else permission.
Each day builds on the last: you plant → water → make space → protect → repeat → harvest.
Each day includes:
Plan for 15–25 minutes per day. Most seeds don’t require time — they require attention.
After Day 2, complete the Margin Mapping bonus. This will create emotional and time margin before you enter Day 3 (Protect Your Margin).
Start with Day 1 below. Click the accordion to expand. Remember: God rejoices to see you begin (Zechariah 4:10).
Confession for the week: “I plant peace with my pace. I give myself permission to go small.”
What small obedience can I plant today?
Most of the weight you’ve carried came from scattered, reactive living. Seeds are the opposite — they are small, intentional, and planted on purpose. God isn’t asking you to fix everything this week. He’s asking you to plant something He can grow.
Ask: “God, what’s one small thing You want me to plant today?”
This could be a 10-minute prayer walk, a protected bedtime, a moment of silence before meetings, or texting someone you’ve been putting off. Small ≠ weak. Small = sustainable.
Describe the habit, boundary, or rhythm you sense God inviting you to start.
Action: Choose one seed and do it once today. Not perfectly. Not forever. Just today.
Speak: “God rejoices to see me begin.”
Did I plant what I said I would plant today?
What helped me say “yes”? What tried to pull me away?
Share the one seed you planted today. Your small step might give another man permission to go small too.
Can I trust slow and unseen growth?
Planting once is good — watering daily is better. Yesterday you started. Today you stay. This is where a lot of men lose momentum: they think if they can’t do a lot, they shouldn’t do anything. But the Kingdom grows like seed — quietly, slowly, faithfully.
Ask: “What will it look like to water what I planted yesterday?”
Watering can mean repeating the micro-action, praying over it, telling someone about it, or removing friction so you can do it again.
Be honest about where you get impatient.
Action: Repeat yesterday’s seed — or support it. Example: If you planted silence, water it by putting your phone in another room. If you planted rest, water it by telling your family you’re protecting that time.
Where did I see faith today — even if I didn’t see results?
Thank God for what’s growing beneath the surface.
Tell the group: What seed did you water today, and what tried to stop you?
Complete this before moving to Day 3
Seeds don’t just need water — they need space. If your day, your mind, or your emotions are overcrowded, the seed you planted on Day 1–2 will get choked out. This exercise helps you make room.
Write out everything currently taking space — spiritual, emotional, relational, physical.
Some things God assigned. Some you assumed. Put an “A” next to what God actually gave you, and a “?” next to what you just picked up.
Margin starts with one cleared pocket of time, attention, or emotion.
“Lord, I make room for what You’re planting. Show me what to release so I can receive.”
How did it feel to see everything that’s taking space?
Margin is not laziness — it’s stewardship of your capacity.
Share one thing you are removing this week to make space for what God is planting.
What boundaries keep this seed alive?
Yesterday you mapped your margin. Today you protect it. Seeds die in chaos. Many men plant spiritual or emotional growth — but then let everyone and everything interrupt it. Kingdom growth needs boundaries.
Ask: “What will I no longer let invade my peace?”
Protecting margin is not being harsh — it’s being a good steward.
Name what you will guard.
Action: Choose one boundary to enforce today. Example: phone on DND for your prayer slot, no extra meetings, saying “I can’t today,” or protecting bedtime.
Did I protect the space I created yesterday?
If something invaded it, what was it — and how can I block it tomorrow?
Tell the group what boundary you set today. This helps other men see what’s possible.
How do I keep showing up when it feels small?
The enemy of seed is not just busyness — it’s discouragement. When the seed is still underground, you’ll be tempted to think nothing is happening. Today is about nurturing consistency even when it’s not impressive.
Ask: “What will help me stay faithful when the results are invisible?”
God grows what you keep bringing to Him.
Name your disruptors so you can plan around them.
Action: Do your seed action again — this time, track it. Write it in your calendar, check a box, or tell someone. Visible progress fuels consistency.
Did I show up again today — even if it felt small?
Thank God for the grace to be consistent, not perfect.
What helps you stay consistent? Share a tip or rhythm with the group.
What distractions are choking my growth?
Even healthy soil grows weeds. The things you tolerate today can strangle what you planted earlier in the week. Weeds are subtle—comparison, distraction, emotional clutter, scrolling. Pulling them doesn’t make you legalistic—it makes you fruitful.
Ask: “What is choking the good God is growing?”
Write down what needs to be removed.
Action: Remove one weed today. Delete an app, say no, cancel something, or forgive someone. Create visible space.
What did I remove today that was choking my peace?
How did it feel to choose fruitfulness over familiarity?
What distraction or “weed” did you pull today? How did it shift your day?
What rhythm keeps my peace nourished?
Good soil doesn’t just happen—it’s maintained. After pulling weeds, you must keep the ground soft. This means checking your rhythms: rest, prayer, nutrition, connection, joy. Tend the life beneath your work.
Ask: “What rhythms are renewing me — and which are draining me?”
Write down your sustaining rhythms.
Action: Choose one healthy rhythm to intentionally repeat today. Consistency keeps your soil soft for growth.
What rhythm gave me life today?
Thank God for small, nourishing patterns that sustain your strength.
What daily rhythm helps you stay peaceful under pressure? Share a tip to encourage someone else.
What fruit do I see from what I’ve planted?
This week you’ve planted, watered, protected, and tended. Today is about noticing the harvest. It may not look like visible success—it may look like less anxiety, more calm, or deeper focus. That’s fruit too.
Ask: “Where do I see peace growing?”
Harvest isn’t an ending—it’s awareness of what God already multiplied through obedience.
Reflect on your growth.
Action: Celebrate your obedience. Tell God thank you. Write a message of gratitude, rest, or testimony. Peace is evidence of His nearness.
What peace did I experience this week that I don’t want to lose?
Ask God to guard it as you prepare to move into Week 4: PRUNE.
Share your biggest takeaway from Week 3: SEED. What fruit do you see God producing?
You’ve completed Week 3: SEED - Weight Season. The seeds you planted now need pruning and shaping. Continue to Week 4: PRUNE to learn how to refine what’s growing.