New Podcast Episode 10 Is Live
Authenticity in Community: Why Real Matters
We’re not meant to do life—or faith—alone. But showing up real in community? That takes courage.
In this episode we talk about what it means to live authentically with others, especially in community. From past wounds to people-pleasing, there are real reasons we hide. But there’s also real freedom when we take the risk to be known.
This conversation isn’t about pretending to have it all together; it’s about creating space where none of us have to.
This Week's Meditation
Welcome to Week sixteen of our meditation series on the promises of God.
This week’s meditation invites you into the Promise of Love. God's love is unconditional, unshakable, and unending. You are not loved based on your performance; you are loved because it’s who God is. Let this sink in for a moment... God is love. It's not just an attribute of his, it is who he is.
If you’ve ever questioned your own self worth or felt distant from God, let His love meet you right where you are as you listen.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
Reflection
Do you truly believe God loves you without condition or exception? Why or why not?
How have you experienced His love in your life, either recently or in the past?
What changes when you begin to live from a place of being fully loved by God?
A Daily Declaration
Nothing can separate me from God's love.
Blessings!
Oh, to not only be known by God, but to be loved by him! Who are we to deserve such treatment? Broken and sinful, we are still lovely enough for God to send his Son to come and take the punishment we deserve (this is His mercy), and adopt us as sons and daughters to live with Him forever (this is His grace). We don’t deserve any of this, and that is the point. We are loved, not because what we’ve accomplished on our own, but because we are lovely in the eyes of our creator. Blessing you this week to rest in the arms of your loving Father. Allow his love to wash over you agin and again.
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