The Trellis Podcast (Fellowship Church)

Today's Passage: Psalm 51

Today's Prayer: 
O God, the dark is not dark to you.
 You see in us the remnant of our old selves, still gasping for breath and contending to rule us.
 Our wrong is not hidden from your loving gaze.
 In your power, You are keenly aware of the ways our sin seeks to drag us back down into the pit. 

We confess the ways we knowingly and unknowingly reject the life of freedom you have given us.
 Our selfishness, our pride, our fear, our desires, our addictions and our sloth.
 Our insatiable desire to be seen, Our doubts, our lusts, our pettiness and our violence. They writhe around in us - echoes from the heart of stone that once beat in our souls. 

But you, O God, have done a mighty work.
 You have cleansed us, washed us, made us new and declared us good-to-go in your sight. 

You have both absorbed our wrong and bestowed on us all of your right-ness.
 A holy exchange of which we are not worthy but lovingly accept in bewildered gratitude. In the moments that we think we are awesome, remind us how you’ve rescued us.
 In the moments that we think we are awful, remind us how you’ve rescued us.
 We confess that all our sinful desires in this life point to an eternal truth.
 That we are hungry. 

For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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We long to be a people committed to knowing our Father intimately, being attuned to where He is at work, and knowing His promises. We long to be a people who remember His ways are true and better. We long to be a people committed to learning and trusting His Word.

Throughout the month of May—a month that can easily overwhelm and distract—our prayer is to draw our body closer to the Father through the reading of Scripture.

Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:1-10

Today's Prayer:
Father, we thank you, for how you have named us as saints.

For how You are right now speaking a truer and better identity over us - calling us blessed, chosen, holy, blameless, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, and lavished with grace.
Not just Blessed… but Blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places…

Not just Chosen… but Chosen before the foundation of the world, that we should be…

Not just Holy… but without blame…

Not just Tolerated…but Adopted according to your good pleasure…

[Not just Accepted…but Accepted in the Beloved]

Not just Redeemed…but a permanent redemption through Your blood, and

Forgiven…of all our sins…

And Lavished with Grace…over and over again…

Father, it’s almost too good to be true! It would be enough to be known by you, but to be named as an adopted son or a daughter is scarcely more than we can comprehend.

Jesus, we praise you for your goodness over us. Your sacrifice for us. Your deep care and attention toward us. May praise be our response to all You have accomplished on our behalf.

Spirit, as we walk throughout this day, lead us in this truth. Keep our identity ever before us. We choose to walk as a particular kind of people.

It is in the strong name of Jesus that we pray…

Amen.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:17-24

Today's Prayer:
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.  For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom[b] and forgave our sins.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:22-33

Today's Prayer:
Oh Lord we love you.

We praise you. 

You loved us, your bride, the church, and gave yourself up for us. 

You sanctify us, cleansing us with the washing of the water with the word. 

Because of you, we are holy and without blemish. 

Lord you know the word submission brings out a lot of feelings. 

Submission is the opposite of what the world preaches. 

But Jesus you submitted to your Father – don't let us forget that. 

When we feel too important or grand to submit to you and your will, 

remind us of your prayer in the garden "yet not my will, but yours be done." 

When we feel too important to submit to one another, 

remind us that you are calling us to holiness and humility – because you are holy and humble. 

Thank you that you Lord that have taught us what it means to lay down our lives for another. 

You don't call us to anything you haven't experienced. 

We can trust you. 

You are worthy to be followed and we praise you. 

Amen.

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Today's Passage: Psalm 139: 1-6,23-24 

Today's Prayer: O Lord, you know me better than I know myself.
There are no secrets from you.
I pray today I am reminded that is a blessing.
There has never been a time that you didn't know me.
Let me find comfort in knowing that with you, I never have to pretend. 

I never have to hide from you. I never have to wear a mask. 

You are not scared of my anger or sadness or regret. 

You do not find my questions or doubts to be off putting. 

O Lord, let that knowledge overwhelm me in the best way. 

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made by you.
 I praise you because you knit me together, creating the intricate pattern of who I am.
 Let the knowledge that you were specific in forming me sink in, 

but continue to feel new every time I remember it. 

O Lord, as I walk closely with you
 Remind me who I am- a precious, adopted child of the king.
 And, because I am your child, remind me I am safe with you as you call out the places in me – the anger, the regret, the disregard – that I need to confess to you. 

As you lead me to holiness, there may be pain. There may be sadness or doubt or fear. But remind that in it all, you are with me.
 I pray as you reveal the places in me where you want more of me, places where you need me to go or to rearrange, that I would trust that it is for my good and for you glory. 

Today, Lord, I pray I find comfort knowing that where I am is never too far from you. 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Matthew 9:18-22 

Today's Prayer: Lord, as we go about our days, planned and scheduled, let our hearts not see discipline as our righteousness. 

If discipline masks the idolatry of control, may we humbly submit to the perfect timing of the Lord. 

May we imitate Jesus who embraced interruptions and those who were causing the interruption with compassion. 

Let us remember that some interruptions are far more than delays – that You, in your perfect goodness, create holy divine moments out of what we are quick to consider interruptions to our day. Moments where we can tend towards others with supernatural compassion. 

When we aren’t planning on the change in direction, let us listen to the Holy Spirit for how you may be moving. 

Turn our heads to those whose hearts need tending. 

Turn our heads to the broken hearted.
 Turn our heads to the lonely.
 Turn our heads to those lost in darkness. 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 3:1-6

Today's Prayer:

Father, help us today as we long to grasp the mystery of the Gospel.

You have given us your Word that we might read and know the truth of who you are.

You have given us your Word that we might be encouraged and bound together as one body.

As we hear your Word spoken over us, allow your people to have clarity.

Create in us a depth of insight that only your Spirit can provide.

You have promised unity with our fellow heirs.

You have promised the unmatched hope of Christ.

As we seek to understand, allow our eyes to be opened and our hearts to be turned to you.

As we continue reading and reflecting on Paul’s words to the Ephesians,

Remind us that you are faithful to include us in your work,

Remind us that your plan is greater than our circumstances.

Remind us that your grace is unmatched.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Philippians 2:1-8

Today's Prayer: Oh, Father, how challenging a call to be like Christ. Oh, how much I grasp for my own peace and security...  Yet, again, I’m reminded that the ability to consider others above myself is only done through the truth that I am encouraged, comforted, cared for, and loved by the deep well that is Christ Jesus.   May this prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi be our guide as we continue to seek him in this day of prayer and fasting...   Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred, let me bring love.  Where there is offense, let me bring pardon.  Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.  Where there is despair, let me bring hope.  Where there is darkness, let me bring light.  Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.   O Master, let me not seek as much to be consoled as to console,  to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.   For it is in giving that I receive, it is in self-forgetting that I find, it is in pardoning that I am pardoned,  and in dying that I am raised to eternal life.   For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Information and Sign Up for the Missionary Lunch Dinner with Delaney Driscoll On February 5th from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Information on 21 Days Worship & Prayer Night on February 4th from 5 to 7pm in the Student Center

Today's Passage: James 4:13-17

Today's Prayer: Lord, You alone are the Author or our lives, and you alone order our steps. 

You call us to remember that our time on earth is “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

Will you to remind us today that our time belongs to you and that your ways are always greater? 

Remind us today our own ways, our own plans, may seem fruitful in the eyes of the world but that Your ways will produce everlasting fruit.

As we consider how we spend our days, would you bring to our attention areas where we are reluctant to offer you full control? Would you lead us in repentance and help us turn our hearts toward you?

Thank you, Father, for graciously allowing us to join you in your work. 

Open our eyes to those around us. Open our eyes to those who are hurting and searching. Open our eyes to where you are at work.

Let us not neglect the work we know we are called to in your Word. 

As we go about our days, let our words “always be gracious, seasoned with salt” as you instruct us in Colossians chapter 4. Let us speak your truth in love. And let us remember that our actions often speak louder than our words.

Lord, we place our schedules in your hands today. 

Lead us. 

Reveal where you are at work. 

Give us the strength and wisdom we need to join you in your work today.

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:1-9

Today's Prayer:

Lord, you are our great Father.

You are our great master. Our Lord. 

Whether in Roman culture or early American culture, we have a tragic past in the handling of Your image bearers, and those who are siblings in Christ, as lesser beings. 

Father forgive us.

As Paul confronts this, He points both slaves and masters to You as our great Lord and master. 

We all answer to you. 

The concept of slavery has changed in our Christian language, as so often it now relates to our bondage to sin.

How ironic it is for us to consider slavery to YOU as freedom, for Paul says to the Romans, “You have been set free from sin and slaves to God.”

It is in submission to you that we find true freedom. 

May you deeply teach us what this means as our independent spirit wrestles against the concept of slavery. 

As a Father, a people-pleaser, a man who has looked at others as less than, and a man who has found himself in bondage, I am convicted in these verses. 

God, how often I want things to look good or do well... for me. 

Yet, you call me to have a sincere heart. 

That I trust in you. 

That I bear the burdens of those in my life. 

That I would love my brother as myself. 

And that I would love you with my whole heart. 

This, I believe is the sincerity of heart. Would you convict us and challenge in this today. 

For the moms and dads, I pray for patience in this space as they wrestle with the souls of their children, like you wrestle with us. 

For the children contemplating what honor means, may you give clarity.

For the fathers seeking your peace, may you provide it.

May we listen to these words with refreshed ears to hear you speak to us again. 

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:10-18a

Today's Prayer:

Our great defender and our strong tower, it is in you we have ability to stand. 

Because of all that you have done, we can stand. 

So often I remember these verses from times of my childhood – 

times in my Sunday school classes. 

Yet, as my mind wanders to these sweet memories and songs, 

may I be reminded how powerful these verses truly are for me today. 

Just as you clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden, so you clothe us. 

Now, not to cover our shame, but to bear arms with the seal of Christ. 

The insignia of Jesus is on our chest and shield. 

You, Holy Father, equip and clothe us. 

You provide these items that we need to defend the flaming arrows. 

You arm us with the power of your word, that is like a two-sided sword. 

May we remember your provisions in times of need. 

May we lean into your protection. 

May we remember that in you we stand. 

It’s in you we stand. 

May we stand and remember who we are, for we more deeply know who you are. 

Amen.

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Today's Passage: John 5:2-9 

Today's Prayer: Jesus, the one who’s gaze never waivers from those that you care for. Today, right where I am, give me eyes to see those around me, right where they are.   In their loneliness or brokenness, in their hiding or their shame. Let me love those who are longing to be known, and know those who are longing to be loved.   You are a God who notices - the small victories and the deepest of pain.  We pray that we would become more devoted to your teaching - To rejoice with those who rejoice, and to weep with those that weep.  Teach us more deeply how to dignify others with our presence and our personal attention.  Jesus, you never seemed to be in a hurry. You stopped and called people by name. You took the long way around. You lingered. You inquired. You asked questions you no doubt already knew the answer to.   Tune our hearts to be like yours - on the lookout for those that need to feel the simple hope of companionship today.  For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Isaiah 63:16 

For you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Today's Prayer: Abba, Father – we come to you today so thankful for your nearness. 

We confess we need Father’s love. Set us as a seal upon Your heart and reveal to us how much we are sons and daughters with whom you are well pleased. Where there are places of wounding, we ask for healing. Where there are places we resist Your love, bring a softening that we might know you more as a Good Father.

You know us personally and so we ask that You would speak words that bring hope and strength where hope and strength are needed. Speak words that bring rest and joy where rest and joy are needed. Speak encouragement and life where encouragement and life are needed.

We thank you for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that allows us to cry “Abba, Father” and reminds us of our new identity in Christ.

It is in Your name that we pray, Amen.

For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can find more resources, as well as information about pursuing Christ and celebrating him this season with our church. 

Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:1-7

Today's Prayer:
Father, you alone are our redeemer and our hope. 

You have called us your own.

You know every part of our hearts. 

You know every harsh word that has come from our mouths.

You know every worldly desire that consumes our thoughts.

Yet, in your great love, so rich in mercy, you chose to make us alive with Christ.

When we find ourselves caught up in the shame of our short comings, 

When we find ourselves discouraged by the same struggles that we have yet to overcome,

May we remember that you are a Father who is rich in mercy.

May we remember that you alone bring true, everlasting life.

May we remember that you draw us into a new family and seat us in heavenly places.

Lord, we long to understand the fullness of your great love for us. 

We long for the day when we will see you face to face.

We long for the day when we will understand the immeasurable riches of your grace.

Draw us near in the waiting.

Teach us to walk in a way that brings glory to your name.

Use our imperfections to point to your great love, so rich in mercy.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Micah 6:6-8 

Today's Prayer: 

Christ Our King, 
 Our world is overtaken 
 by unexpected calamity, 
 and by a host of attending 
 fears, worries, and insecurities. 
 
 We witness suffering, confusion, 
 and hardship multiplied around us, 
 and we find ourselves swept up 
 in these same anxieties and troubles, 
 dismayed by so many uncertainties. 

Now we turn to you, O God, 
 in this season of our common distress.

Be merciful, O Christ, to those who suffer, 
 to those who worry, to those who grieve, 
 to those who are threatened or harmed 
 in any way by this upheaval. 
 Let your holy compassions be active 
 throughout the world even now— 
 tending the afflicted, comforting the brokenhearted, 
 and bringing hope to many who are hopeless.

Use even these hardships to woo our hearts 
 nearer to you, O God.

Indeed, O Father, may these days of disquiet 
 become a catalyst for conviction and repentance, 
 for the tendering of our affections, for the stirring 
 of our sympathies, for the refining of our love.

We are your people, who are called by you, 
 We need not be troubled or alarmed.

Indeed, O Lord, let us love now more fearlessly, 
 remembering that you created us, and appointed us 
 to live in these very places, 
 in the midst of these unsettled times. 
 It is no surprise to you that we are here now, 
 sharing in this turmoil along with the rest of our society, 
 for you have called your children to live as salt 
 and light among the nations, praying and laboring 
 for the flourishing of the communities where we dwell, 
 acting as agents of your forgiveness, salvation, 
 healing, reconciliation, and hope, 
 in the very midst of an often-troubled world. 

And in these holy vocations 
 you have not left us helpless, O Lord, 
 because you have not left us at all. 
 Your Spirit remains among us.

Inhabit now your church, O Spirit of the Risen Christ. 
 Unite and equip your people for the work before them.

Let us be willing to share in your suffering, serving 
 as your visible witnesses in this broken world.

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Psalm 8 

O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.

  Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
    to still the enemy and the avenger.

 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b]
    and crowned him with glory and honor.

You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under his feet,

all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Today's Prayer: Father, we love you.

We are in awe of your faithfulness throughout every generation.

Thank you for revealing your sovereignty time and time again in your Word.

As we cry out to you today, remind us that you are Adonai, The LORD.

The one who rules over all creation.

As we cry out to you today, remind us that you are the God who holds all in perfect balance.

The one who was, who is, and who will always reign supreme.

As we cry out to you today, remind us that your sovereignty extends beyond our understanding.

You are the one who holds all things together and has good plans for your people.

You are Adonai, The LORD.

You are our sovereign King who reigns over all.

You proclaim blessing over your people, and we need only believe.

Open our ears and turn our hearts toward you today.

Allow our eyes to grasp the fullness of your glory

For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can find more resources, as well as information about pursuing Christ and celebrating him this season with our church. 

Today's Passage: Romans 12:10

Today's Prayer: Father in Heaven, the God of all glory and honor. Worthy of all worship and praise.  You are the God who has bestowed your honor and glory upon your people. Through the person and work of your Son, Jesus Christ, who now resides in us through the Holy Spirit, we are agents of your grace and temples of your glory. What a privilege and joy!  We ask that you’d make us people who see the ways your glory is at work in those around us.  To be people who call out and honor the ways you’re making others more like your Son.  To be people who really do outdo one another in showing honor.  We need your help to do this. Holy Spirit, we cry out asking for the power necessary to faithfully live this Gospel implication out. We are powerless apart from your presence.  Help us be a people, a Church of honor in a world of shame and criticism. To reflect your beauty and glory to a watching world. To live in a way that makes your Gospel even more attractive.  We simply want more of what you have for us. We simply long to be more like Jesus. In His Name we pray.  For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23

Today's Prayer:
When I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!

And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church – Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:1-7

Today's Prayer:
Jesus we love you. You who have shown us the way, shown us the humility and patience, how to bear with each other in love, you who united us in the Spirit, You who has brought us back to the God and Father of all, you who has not left us as orphans, but have empowered, and equipped us, love us, and will love us.  

Fill us with your Spirit as you lead us into the good works you’ve prepared for us: the good work of being this body, this people, this church today. Jesus, give us the eagerness to maintain this unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Where we have sinned, let us confess, to that brother or sister we have wronged, may we reconcile and repair. May we forgive as we have been forgiven. 

Amen.  

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

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Today's Passage: Matthew 25:34-36, 40

Today's Prayer: Father, you are so close to the poor.  You even identify yourself with them.  You are concerned with their needs; you fight for those that are oppressed and you have called us to follow in your steps.  We ask that you would break our hearts for what breaks yours.  We ask that you would slow us down, open our eyes, and attune our hearts to the plight of those on the margins. Lead us into meaningful relationships with those in poverty.   I pray that we would be a people marked by compassion that leads to action, that we would take seriously the call to take care of the poor, that we would be openhanded with our lives and our resources, to literally feed those who are hungry, to clothes those who are naked, to shelter those who are alienated and alone.  May our hearts be obedient to our new mission, willing to be uncomfortable, to risk, to sacrifice for those suffering from poverty, for You Jesus.  Destroy the stereotypes, the negative thoughts, and the busyness in our hearts and lives that keep us from being close to You and those in need. May we truly, truly love our neighbors as ourselves.   For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Galatians 4:19, Habakkuk 3:2

Today's Prayer: 
O Lord, we have read in your word of your fame and your deeds. We have seen in our lives your fame and your deeds and we have seen in our church of your fame and your deeds. 

We ask for more, here and now, in our time, for your sake. We are so thankful for our salvation and we ask for you to restore our joy in Your salvation. 

Lord, it is all about You, it is all for your glory. 

We are yours, shape us into your image day by day as we behold you. 

Would your voice be the loudest in our lives and in our church. 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:11-17

Today's Prayer:
Father, you have called us to remember.

Remind us today that we were once far from you.

Separated from Christ, and unable to grasp the hope that only you can give.

But, in your great mercy, you sent your only Son.

You bridged the gap, through the blood of Christ.

Remind us today that you alone are our peace.

You have overcome the law, making us one in Christ.

You have created a way and have called us to live in unity as one body.

We confess we are a people who are quick to forget.

Quick to find ourselves longing to return to Egypt.

Quick to question your ways and attempt to fix things on our own.

Quick to forget to love one another as you have so extravagantly loved us.

Lord, remind us today.

You are our hope.

You are our peace.

We are brought near by the blood of Christ.

We are made one through the cross.

Your ways are always better.

Your love is unfailing.

Thank you for continuing to draw us near and reveal yourself to us.

 Amen.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:25-32

Today's Prayer:
Jesus, We love you. You Who there is no falsehood in. Who spoke the truth with your neighbors. You were angry and you never sinned.

You did honest work with your own hands. And you had something to share with anyone in need. No corrupting talk came from your mouth, but only what is good for building up .Your words gave grace to those who hear. There was nothing malicious in your words, in your ways. You were kind, tenderhearted.

Jesus, may we follow you in these ways? May we confess the ways that we have fallen short in these areas. To seek kindness, ask you for a tender heart and to constantly forgive one another as the Father has forgiven us. 

Amen.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:1-5

Today's Prayer:
Oh Lord, we love you. 

We praise you because you are holy and worth imitating. 

Let the truth that you call us beloved children sink in throughout our day. 

We have done nothing to deserve that title, yet you have given it so freely. 

Let our status as beloved children transform our thoughts, words, and deeds. 

Father, you know how easy it is for us to read your word and want to perform. 

It is easy to read these verses and create a list of behaviors to avoid. 

I pray today you begin to shape a new spirit in us. 

Take away the impulse to perform and replace it with a deep desire in us to be light in dark places. 

I ask that today that you fix our eyes on you – 

in all of our moments, big and small. 

You are worthy of our praise. 

Amen.

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Today's Passage: Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Today's Prayer: Lord Jesus we love you. May you give us the grace to daily love you more.  May our lives be marked by a choice to turn away from the idols surrounding us.  Fill our hearts with a love of your word and a desire for those around us to know that your word is truth.   Today we consecrate our daily mentality.   Instead of being people just trying to get by or trying to be as happy as can be, let us be people moved by a desire to know you and trust you more and more.   Move our hearts from being just hearers of the word to doers of the word.   Today and tomorrow and all our days to come are yours.  For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Mark 2:1-17

Today's Prayer:  

PSALM 116:3 - “I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.”

Jesus, we hold out to the world the only hope we have: New Life through you. May we, who have tasted and seen that you are good, offer the same precious drink to those around us who do not know you.

ROMANS 10:14 "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? “Jesus, make our life a megaphone for your grace and glory. Put us in the path of people that are far from you, that we may - through patient friendship and well-earned trust - offer to them what they are most after: You.

And , finally, JOHN 20:21 "Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” Jesus, you do not have me in this world to simply indulge in my own salvation. Send me like you went: Into the lives of those who are from you. So that they, by your grace, may come to fully know you - the Savior of the World.

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passages: Proverbs 2:6-15  & James 3:13-18 

Today's Prayer: Father, thank you that you graciously give us all things. Today, unlike other days, we seek wisdom as we walk through our day to day life.
 Let the wisdom I have be pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits. Let me be impartial and sincere. Convict me when the wisdom I seek is for selfish ambition. 

In my seeking of wisdom, let me become a clearer reflection of You and your heart. Help me trust you when the wisdom you give asks me to wait, rather than illuminating my next step. 

Thank you for how you generously lavish your gift of wisdom on me. You are a good God and I trust in you. AMEN 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:8-10

Today's Prayer:
Father, we were created by you and for you.

You have prepared our steps, and you have numbered our days.

You have invited us to join you in the work of your Kingdom.

We are your workmanship.

Yet, we are quick to assume we can earn your love. 

We so often find ourselves working harder, checking the boxes of our spiritual to-do list.

So quick to forget that your grace is a gift, not a thing to be earned.

Lord, keep us from boasting in our own works.

Remind us today that we are your workmanship.

Remind us that we need only have faith and walk in the path you have prepared before us.

Thank you for allowing us to join you in your work.

Thank you for sending your Son to show us the way.

Help us to know you deeply and hear your voice clearly.

Help us to walk in step with your Spirit.

Amen.

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Welcome to the Trellis Podcast. Through this podcast, we will share resources and guides around practicing and learning the ways of Jesus. Subscribe to follow along. 

Today's Passage: Hebrews 10:19-25

Today's Prayer: 
Lord, we love at all because you have loved us. 

We make room for you, Jesus. 

Will you animate us to deep, costly love for each other? 

Quicken within us a heart that finds it easy to love our neighbors, our neighborhood, our city, our basketball team, our department, our world. 

Jesus you have made a way for us. May we make a way for others saying “There is room for you. There is room for you. On the darkest day, there is room for you. At the bottom of the pit, there is room for you.” 

And may we never forget it for ourselves. 

Because of you Jesus. 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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The many names of God found throughout Scripture are a testament to his power, love, and faithfulness across generations. He is the God who was, who is, and who is to come, and he never stops revealing himself in new ways to his people.

As we spend these 24 days of Advent rejoicing in his birth and longing for the day he will return, we invite you to create space to reflect on these beautiful names. Each day on our Advent Podcast, we will explore one name of God found in Scripture along with a guided time of reflection and prayer. During a season often filled with busyness, our heart for you is that you would begin each day being rooted and established in Christ, and, from there, you would move out in the world, shaped and held fast by the Word.

Daily Reflection:

- How does this name allow me to deepen my trust in and dependence on the Lord?

- Where is this aspect of God’s character at work in my life today?

- Are there places in my life where I need God to retrain my affections to the truth of who he is?

For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can find more resources, as well as information about pursuing Christ and celebrating him this season with our church. 

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 3:7-13

Today's Prayer:
Father, your manifold wisdom is beyond our understanding.
You don’t see as the world sees.
You use the least of all the saints.
You are not held back by our earthly constraints.
Your ways are better.
Empower us to speak the truth of your Word.
Work through our lives to bring light to a broken world.
Stir a passion within our hearts to make known the beauty of the Gospel.
We are in awe of your wisdom.
We are in awe of the magnitude of your plan.
Let us not lose heart.
Create in us a boldness and confidence that only you can give.
Use your church to display the beauty and complexity of your wisdom.
Stir something new in us today.
Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Psalm 62:5-8

Today's Prayer: Lord, you alone are my strength and you alone are my hope. 

You alone sustain me. 

Lord, I confess that I find myself time and time again falling into the rhythm of trying to define my worth by my own productiveness – attempting to earn your love, earn your approval, by my own list of accomplishments. 

But you, Lord, have called me to something different. You have called me to come to a place that is quiet and still. You have called me to step away and create space for solitude. 

Lord, I long for the rest that only you can provide. My own efforts fail time and time again and leave me weary.

Your Word tells us that You make us lie down is green pastures. That you lead us by still waters and restore our souls. Remind us today that You are the provider of true and sustaining rest. Remind us that your promised rest is greater than anything we can achieve by our own strength. 

Lord, we pray today that you will enable us to quiet our thoughts and sit with you in the stillness. We ask that as we remove the distractions of our day, you will reveal yourself to us in a new way. We trust that you will alone sustain us.

Lord, you alone are my strength and you alone are my hope. 

You alone are my rest.

For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Romans 12:4-5

Today's Prayer: Lord, where would I be without my brothers and sisters in Christ? As we move into a time of prayer, ask the Lord to reveal areas of your own life that you have been reluctant to share with the Body. Ask Him to speak life and truth into these areas. Ask Him to deepen your faith and allow you to trust Him in the vulnerability of sharing your gifts with others.   Lord, we know that your ways are better than our own.  We know that your ways alone bring fullness of joy.  We confess our attempts to live in isolation,  despite your command to live as one body.   We confess our attempts to withhold our gifts.  Unwilling to be vulnerable.  Unwilling to risk rejection.  You have given us a better way. You have given us the gift of a New Family. Through your Spirit, you have made us one.  Thank you for allowing us to reflect your glory as we live as one body.  As we walk through our day, remind us that your Word tells us that “two are better than one.”  Remind us that your strength and perfection are made known as we live in unity.  Deepen our understanding of what it means to belong fully to one another today. Remind of us our need for you.  Remind us that your ways are better.  For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:18-24

Today's Prayer:

Lord, as Paul closes his letter to the Ephesians, 

I am struck by his final phrase regarding the type of love that comes from you, Jesus. 

He calls your love, “incorruptible”. 

Master, how powerful is this word to me, especially in our day and time. 

Not merely for the corruption that I see in the world around me. 

But for my own corrupted heart. 
 How frequent is my love corrupted by sin and selfishness. 

Yet, yours is pure. 

And it is this love that we have access to in sharing with those around us. 

This, like Paul, gives us courage to speak boldly about you! 

May we stay close to your word, close to your heart, close to this incorruptible love. 

For it is the fountain of everlasting life for our weary souls, and for those souls we interact with every day. 

May we continue, even after these 21 days, to meditate on your word, for it is life.

Amen.

Thanks for joining us. Grace be with you, who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible. 

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21

Today's Prayer:
Oh Lord, we love you.

Fill us with your spirit. 

We want more of you. 

Lord I pray today we are a people marked by thankfulness.  

Make us acutely aware of all that you have done for us. 

Psalm 103 reminds us to forget not all your benefits: 

you forgive all our sins, 

you heal all our diseases, 

you redeem our lives from the pit, 

you crown us with love and compassion, 

you satisfy our desires with good things so that our youth is renewed like the eagles.

You have given far more than we could ever ask or imagine –  

Let this awareness shape the way we interact with one another and with you. 

Lord shape us; 

make us a people quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to be angry out of reverence for you. 

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: John 15:1-8

Today's Prayer: May we start our day with truth.
 Jesus, you are the vine and God is the gardener. 

From your true vine is where we grow. 

We fight the urge to water our own soil with comforts of the world, disconnecting from the true vine. 

Prune away the places in our lives that are withering and dead.
 Areas where apathy, impatience, anger, idleness, indifference have begun to take root. 

As you prune the branches producing good fruit and we feel the wince of discomfort,
 may we find comfort in the nearness of your presence and hand as the pruning takes place. 

Remember, through pruning, more fruit can grow. 

Abide in me and I in you. 

An invitation and a promise that Jesus has spoken. 

We are invited to abide in Christ as he promises to abide in us. 

May we live in a way to stay connected to the true vine and have the words of Jesus come true in us. 

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:18-22

Today's Prayer:
Father, you have joined us together and called us your dwelling place.

You have called us fellow citizens and invited us in.

You have built a firm foundation and given us your Son as the cornerstone.

You have given us your Spirit that we may know you more fully.

Let us not forget that we were once lost, strangers without a home,

But you have called us your own.

You have hemmed us in.

Let us not forget that we were once easily swayed, tossed to and fro by the waves,

But you have given us a firm foundation.

You have joined us together and strengthened the body.

Let us not forget that we were once unable to come before you, unable to know you deeply,

But you have chosen us as your dwelling place.

Your Spirit dwells within us and is transforming our lives.

Keep us close to your side.

Create in us a longing for more of you.

Teach us to love one another deeply.

Amen.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:6-14

Today's Prayer:
 Oh Lord, we love you. 

Anything we are is because of you. 

Through you all things were made. 

Without you nothing was made that has been made.

In you is life and that life is the light of all mankind.

That light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. 

What a privilege it is to be children of that light. 

Today I ask that you give us aware of the opportunities to be light in our day to day lives. 

Lord I pray you give us opportunities to be kind to people who are not kind, 

I pray you give us opportunities to be gentle to people who are harsh, 

I pray you give us opportunities to share the truth of the Gospel to those who have not heard it.  

I pray you shine your light on places that our dark in our own spirits. 

Call us to holiness. 

You are faithful to do that. 

Amen.

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Devon Accardi and Stacey Tafao from the Adult Ministries team provide an introduction to the 21 Days of Fasting & Prayer. What is it? How do we participate? What is fasting? For a lot of us, fasting is something we've read about but never done ourselves. Devon and Stacey answer those questions while setting forth the heart for our church as we move into this season of consecrating.

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Stacey references Trellis Nights. More info here.

Stacey references RD's sermon "God Has More For You." Watch it here.

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Today's Passage:  1 John 4:19 and 1st Corinthians 13:4-7

Today's Prayer: Spencer prayed over us and for us, enjoy that today. 

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Today's Passage: 1 Timothy 4:7-16

Today's Prayer: Father, I will have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather, I choose to train for godliness, knowing it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 

It is on you, the living God, that my hope is set.

I choose to be an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 

I choose to devote myself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 

In the year ahead I will not neglect the gift you have given me. 

I will practice what you have commanded me, I will immerse myself in Your ways. 

I will keep a close watch on myself and be persistent in following you into the future.

 For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Today's Prayer: Father, today we receive again the Good News that we are not what we once were. That the sacrifice of Your Son has made a way for a new identity to emerge. We praise Your Name and thank You for your kindness toward us and your goodness over us. We confess we need to be made new in ways we’re not always able to find words for or explain. Today, however, we take our place as sons and daughters of the Most High. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 3:14-21

Today's Prayer:
Father, we bow our knees before you today.

We ask that you will strengthen us by the power of your Spirit.

We ask that your Spirit will be alive and active within us.

Make us a church with hearts dependent upon you.

Dwell within our body so that we are firmly rooted and grounded in love.

Strengthen our minds that we may begin to know the fullness of who you are.

Let us rest and find peace in the love of Christ that is beyond what we can understand.

We praise you, Lord –

You who are able to accomplish far more than we could ever imagine.

You who are ever at work in our lives.

Let our words and our hearts forever bring you praise and proclaim your glory to all generations.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:8-16

Today's Prayer:
Jesus, we love you. 

You who are the head of the body, the church. The firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything you might have supremacy. For all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in you, and through you to reconcile all things to himself, things on earth or in heaven, making peace by your blood, shed on the cross. 

Jesus, may that be the ballast that stabilizes us today. May we mature a little bit more today in to the stature of the fullness of Christ, the unity of faith, the knowledge of the Son of God. 

Let the gifts you have given us express themselves today as you see fit. That we may live a life that is worthy: the good life. 

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:31-32 

Today's Prayer: Father, in faith, I thank you for the instruction to forgive in Ephesians 4. I confess the places in my life where I need to practice this. With the friend I feel wronged by…My colleague at work…The child who actively rebels and resists relationship…The situation that did not go the way I desired...     
I confess the places in my life that have been tainted by bitterness and anger. I confess that I have said things I should not have said. I confess that I have not desired others’ best good.     
And in faith I come to you and whisper: “I forgive.”   
I release people and circumstances into Your hands and I choose to walk in kindness and compassion, entrusting the details of my life into Your care.
- When I think of old hurts…I trust You to make me new. 
- When I recall recent wounds, given and received…I trust You to make me new. 
- When I remember hurtful words, spoken by or to me…I trust You to make me new. 
- When I recount unfairness, toward me or by me toward others…I trust You to make me new. 
- When I’m tempted by a quarrelsome spirit…I trust You to make me new. 
- I walk in kindness…knowing You have me new.  - I put on compassion…knowing You have made me new. 
- And bind them both to me…knowing Your forgiveness has made me new. 

Because You forgave me, I choose the way of forgiveness. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:11-14

Today's Prayer:
Father, we give you thanks and praises for causing us to hope in Christ and calling us your possession. For making us your children and heirs. Today, we choose to lay hold of the hope that is ours in Christ. In the places of our lives where we’re resigned and exhausted, we speak the hope God. In the seemingly intractable situations in which we find ourselves, we speak the hope of God. In the places of tender green buds barely pushing above ground, we speak the hope of God. In hard decisions that need to be made today, we speak the hope of God.

Jesus, we give you thanks and praises for both being and bringing the Good News. We say there is none like you.

Spirit, we give you thanks and praises for sealing us, for confirming that we are indeed the Fathers, for making us holy - separated and set apart for God. For marking us as His and for guaranteeing our inheritance. Set us aflame today with the resounding reality that we belong to a King and Kingdom that is beyond what we can see. With the resounding reality that we are not paupers but heirs of the Most High.

And in response, we choose to live our lives today for the praise of Your glory. Strengthen our faith today. Call us to remember your faithfulness. We claim the hope that is ours as we call to mind who you are and what you have done from the beginning of all time to this time and THIS day, and what you will do to the end of all time.

We put your grace and power and perfection on full display.

We choose lives that magnify you.

All of us for all of who you are.

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