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...
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[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 profound spiritual...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
God or Satan?
1Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him. 2So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes...
What Happens When Leaders Stray from God’s Path?
Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him. So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of...
How Do We Get The Desires of Our Heart?
Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him. So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of...
How Do We Navigate through Suffering with Faith?
[Absolom, a handsome man without any blemish, with astonishingly thick hair (2 Sam 14:25–26), murdered his half-brother Amnon then rebelled and attempted to usurp David. After forcing David and his loyal followers to flee, Absalom gathered a large army from throughout...
Can Suffering Teach Us Deeper Lessons About Justice?
[After Absalom murdered Amnon and subsequently won the favor of the Israelites through his cunning and charm, he declared himself king in Hebron, effectively initiating a rebellion against his father, King David.] A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David,...
Is Our Suffering Tied to Our Family History?
[The first son of David,] Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon asked him, “Please let my half-sister Tamar come and cook my favorite dish. Then I can eat it from her own hands.” So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon’s...