Discuss the book's 3 questions: 1) Is the way of salvation, as it is explained in this chapter, what you had previously thought? If not, how is it different? 2) Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior and Lord? If yes, how has that changed you? If you haven’t, what is...
Devotional
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did...
R2c
Discuss the book's questions: 1) How do you see God’s love and care for you? 2) How does it make you feel to know God has given us the job of caring for the earth? 3) How do you respond to the idea that God wants a relationship with you? 4) How have you seen this...
R2b
Discuss the book's questions: 1) What do you learn about God from the creation story? 2) What questions does this account raise for you? 3) How does creation declare the glory of God to you? 4) Write a prayer expressing your thoughts on creation to God.
R2a
Discuss with your friends: 1) What false or incomplete images of God do you have? 2) What new thoughts do you have about God? And then 3) Write a prayer to God asking Him to reveal Himself to you.
R1e
In today's reading, Pastor Muriithi Wanjau talked about being 'consumer', 'connected', 'committed', and 'compelled'; which one do you identify with right now at the start of this Rooted Experience? If you missed yesterday, you can catch up...
R1d
[Yesterday we read that] In 2008, Mariners Church in Orange County embarked on a transformative journey by forming a partnership with Pastor Muriithi Wanjau and Mavuno Church in Nairobi, Kenya. This collaboration stemmed from a shared desire to see...
R1c
The reading today mentions the disparity between what Christians say they believe and how they live. Why do you think this disparity exists and how do you hope to see God work in your life through the 10-week Rooted experience? If you...
R1b
Rooted emphasizes the importance of community in our spiritual journey. How do you think being part of a group will enhance your experience? What do you hope to contribute to our group dynamic? If you missed yesterday, you can catch up...
R1a
7“lessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. 8He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never...
A Tale of Two Paintings
Every Christian struggles with his faith eventually. Sooner or later, doubts, questions, and uncertainty assault each of us—frequently followed by a crisis of belief. When this happens, there are two ways Christians respond. They either deconstruct their faith, or...
Will the Redemptive Saga Continue?
The next day they brought 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 male lambs as burnt offerings to the LORD. They also brought liquid offerings and many other sacrifices on behalf of all Israel. They feasted and drank in the LORD’s presence with great joy that day. And...
What Can Our Past Teach Us About God’s Love?
Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: “O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever! Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth...
How Collective Commitment Transform Our Community?
Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise counselor to the king, a man of great insight, and a scribe. Ahithophel was the royal adviser. Hushai the Arkite was the king’s friend. Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was commander of the...
How Will You Shape the Legacy Entrusted to You?
When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel. David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites. All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000. Then David...
What Is Your Role in God’s Greater Plan?
So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold in payment for the threshing floor. David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on...
In What Ways Are Sacrifices a Prelude to Redemption?
As the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the...
How Do We Choose When Every Option Brings Pain?
The next morning the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message: “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’ ” So Gad...