The Trellis Podcast

Today's Passage: Proverbs 3:1-8 My son, do not forget my teaching,     but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life     and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;     bind them around your neck;     write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success     in the sight of God and man. Trust in the...

Today's Passage: Deuteronomy 32:9-14 But the Lord's portion is his people,     Jacob his allotted heritage. “He found him in a desert land,     and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him,     he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,     that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them,     bearing them on its...

Today's Passage: John 15:1-5 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.   Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither c...

Stacey Tafao and Krista Elmore provide an introduction to the 21 Days of Fasting & Prayer. NOTES & LINKS: 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting Website PDF Guide to Prayer & Fasting As Part of the 21 Days, we are committing to 24/7 prayer during this time. Sign up for a time slot here.

Today's Passage: Luke 2:1-20 From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas. 

The Promise of Presence Today's Passage: Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can find more resources, as well as information...

The Promise of Presence Today's Passage: John 14:25-27 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.   But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.   Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled...

The Promise of Presence Today's Passage: Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you;     be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you,     I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 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 hi...

The Promise of Presence Today's Passage: Genesis 28:15-17 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”   Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”   And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none oth...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Revelation 21:5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 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 hi...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can fin...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Mark 8:22-26 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking....

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Luke 4:16-21 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,   “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,     because he has anointed me     to...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Psalm 126 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,     we were like those who dream.   Then our mouth was filled with laughter,     and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations,     “The Lord has done great things for them.”   The Lord has done great things for us;     we are glad.   Restore our fortunes, O Lord,     like strea...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,   that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. For more information about this Advent season, visit our Chri...

The Promise of Restoration Today's Passage: Jeremiah 31:2-5 Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword     found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,     the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love;     therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built,     O virgin Israel! Again you...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. 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 Chris...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: John 14:26-27 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. For more information about this Adv...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Philippians 4:11-13, 19 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content.   I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.   I can do all things through him who strengthens me. And my God w...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Matthew 6:31-33 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. For more information about this...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.   He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.   He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness     for his name's sake.   Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,     I will fear no evil, for you are with me;     your rod and your staff,     th...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Deuteronomy 8:7-10 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,   a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a l...

The Promise of Provision Today's Passage: Genesis 22:13-14 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provid...

The Promise of Redemption Today's Passage: Revelation 21:6-7 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowsh...

The Promise of Redemption Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:7-8 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight. 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 an...