Rooted Daily with Brandon Lavy

How would a friend describe you to someone who has never met you? Today on Rooted Daily we look at the description Mark uses to describe his friend Jesus.

What's so special about the Bible that we should change our entire lives for it? I mean, you can walk into a library with thousands of books and, as good as some of them may be, you don't read them over and over. There aren't any book clubs that read the same book week after week. What makes the Bible different? Check out our first episode back for Rooted Daily Season 5 where we see why the Bible...

I am so excited to start back up our studies together tomorrow. This season we’re talking about everything from murder to studying the gospel of Mark verse by verse. I’ve been getting ready for months now and I can’t wait to get into it all with you! Make sure you are still subscribed to get that first episode on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify or at rooteddaily.com. Grab your Bible and let’s root ours...

Jesus Calms the Storm | S4E17 Right now we are in one of the storms of life, but Jesus offers us a way to get through.

Lessons for a New Normal | S4E16 I pray we are on the cusp of at least a new normal, but as we look forward I think we all realize things are going to look differently for awhile and maybe that’s a good thing!

A Christian's Response to Reopening | S415 We don’t have a definite answer about when or how to reopen, but as Christians we have the perfect Word of God to guide us through this moment. It’s up to us though to use it.

God's Timing | S4E14 We like to measure our time in minutes and hours, right now the government is measuring in weeks and months, and yet God measures time by millennia. Sometimes He tells us to slow down, sometimes He tells us to speed up, and other times He just wants us to stay on the same exact pace. That can be frustrating to us, because no matter how long we have lived, we just don’t have th...

It's Okay Not To Be Okay | S4E13 Jesus came for the broken, sick, hurting, and lonely. It's only when we realize that we are broken, that we can come to God to be rebuilt.

Mothers in a Crisis | S4E12 Today on Rooted Daily we talk about how mothers time and time again rise to the challenge of a crisis in the Bible. They don't always have all the answers, but through God they are able to get through anything.

Coronavirus Q&A Part 1 | S4E11 You sent in over a hundred different questions about how Christians should respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Today we look for answers to 6: 1. What are some good ideas for family devotionals? 2. How do we keep up with daily Bible reading during all of this? 3. What would you say to someone who will say after this that online services are just as good as going...

Do Christians Sin if They Obey Stay-at-Home Orders | S4E10 We've had many interesting questions come in over the past week and today we are looking for Bible answers to four of them: 1. Are we sinning if we stop worshiping or worshiping together under the threat of government force? 2. Are we sinning if we break the law to worship together?   3. Does the perception of all of this matter?  4. Does...

When Are We Required to Disobey? | S4E9 While the government continues to enforce stay-at-home orders even on churches, arresting people trying to worship together, should we obey the government and health authorities? Biblically speaking, are they allowed to dictate how we worship? 

Reevaluating God's Provision in a Pandemic | S4E8 Everything that we thought was holding us together is either gone or in jeopardy in this pandemic, but we were never truly in control. Maybe we had a paycheck and good health, but without God we were dead. Today we share some good news though: God provides.

How Christians Can Cope with Separation | S4E7 We can see a lot of good coming out of this dark moment, but make no mistake, we are missing something when we are separated. How should we cope with this separation from our Christian family?

How Christians Can Adapt to Remote Work | S4E6 The Bible tells us how we can follow Jesus, no matter the circumstance. The genius of God handed down a way of living that can be applied to a Roman soldier living two thousand years ago to the stay-at-home, remote worker with a busy schedule of Zoom calls. 

Ministering to Healthcare Workers | S4E5 We're out of the studio today in one of the reserved prayer spots at the local hospital to talk about how we can serve healthcare workers during this crisis.

Talking Kids Through a Pandemic | S4E4 This is a confusing, frustrating, and anxious time for everyone, but it can be on a whole other level for kids. For parents at home (and grandparents, uncles, aunts, friends, teachers, and all Christians helping them from a distance) it’s so important that we share biblical wisdom and peace with the kids around us. After the episode, check out this letter to...

How to Grow through Joblessness | S4E3 Millions are grappling with the uncertainty of unemployment, the anxiety of financial strain, and the temptations that come with being idle. Nothing will make that easy, the Bible promises that there is an opportunity to bear fruit even through the storm of joblessness. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s4e3

Over and over in the Bible we are told that if we can’t separate fact from fiction then it won’t be long before everything else comes crashing down around us, so what should we do as we face this wave of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and out-and-out lies on our newsfeeds? 

If this pandemic has demonstrated just one spiritual truth it’s that we can’t control everything that happens in our lives. Join us for this first episode of Rooted Daily Season 4 as we look for answers in God's Word for how Christians should react when we are forced to change our plans. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s4e1

Provision | S3E92 God knows what we need and He will provide. Our challenge is to see that tremendous truth even when God's provision differs from what we expect. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s3e92

Sitting on the Fence | S3E91 We all have a temptation to slip into the complacency. When the going is easy, it’s hard to tell whether we are sitting on the fence or not. It’s when things get hard that we find out who we are, and the only way we prepare for that moment is by putting our foundation on the Words of Jesus.  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s3e91

How to Get a Mansion | S3E90 Heaven is what Christians are always looking forward to, but what is it going to look like? Today we set aside speculation and focus on what the Bible tells us about abundant life. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s3e90

The Last Meal Jesus Chose | S3E89 Far from an empty ritual, Jesus used His last meal the way that it seems most people try to use theirs: to send a message to the world.  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s3e89

Keep Them Working | S3E88 If it wasn’t for God’s powerful intervention, the Israelites would have never escaped their slavery. As long as Egypt kept them working, then they wouldn’t have time to listen to God.  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/post/_s3e88