August Reading from The Message

August 1, 2023

Living in an orderly utopia sounds lovely (for a time), but we can only ever live in an actual place, inevitably full of messiness. Thankfully, that is where God designed us to be. But are we meant to live in a garden or the wilderness? 1 Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail. […]

July Reading from The Message

July 1, 2023

Christ is the one who gives coherence to all the disconnected pieces of life’s puzzle. In Him everything interlocks. In Him everything finds its purpose. Do you have a vision of the complete picture of Christ? A clear view of the finished puzzle? CHRIST HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER 15-18 We look at this Son and see […]

June Reading from The Message

June 1, 2023

Do you think the Christian life will lift you out of trouble? Don’t wish in the wrong direction, God often draws us deeper into the stuff of creation and that doesn’t always mean safety. But He doesn’t abandon us to face the troubles of life alone. We see this with David here in Psalm 34… […]

May Reading from The Message

May 1, 2023

What differentiates a believer and a skeptic? How do we act and live out our lives when we submit to God as our master instead of ourselves? In Proverbs 30 we see this explored… GOD? WHO NEEDS HIM? 1-2 The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal […]

April Reading from the Message

April 2, 2023

Jesus lays dead in a tomb. His followers are distraught. One betrayed him, another denied him three times. They keep their distance, riddled with anxiety about their fate. But not all hide away; women who had been with him since Galilee prepared burial spices and returned to the tomb after resting on the Sabbath… LOOKING […]