The Trellis Podcast

Today's Passage: Ephesians 3:14-19  14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have streng...

Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:13-14 and Romans 8:6.  But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible. For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says, Awake O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. - Ephesians 5:13-14 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. - Romans 8:6  Today's Prayer:  Lo...

Today's Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:5-9.  And [the Lord] said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not i...

Today's Passage: 1 Kings 19:11-12 And [the Lord] said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the...

Today's Passage: Psalm 105:37 Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. Today's Prayer: Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now...

Today's Passage: 2 Corinthians 3: 17-18 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. Today's Prayer:  Holy Spirit, we pray today that you would remind us that you a...

Today's Passage: Romans 15:13  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.  Today's Prayer:  Thank you God for being our Source of Hope and ready to fill us with joy when there seems to be anything but joy. Thank you for peace in the midst of chaos. Thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is powerfully w...

Today's Passage: Genesis 1:1-3  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Today's Prayer:  Jesus, In the beginning, You spoke, and from the void, You brought forth all that is. From t...

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, neither let them be afraid...

Today's Passage:  Acts 2: 38-39 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. John 14: 25-26  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 y...

Today's Passage: John 15:26-27 But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning. Today's Prayer: Father, help us to be a people who rely on the Spirit to hold our eyes up. Protect us from forcing life to happen, and ins...

Today's Passage: Romans 8:1-11 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous re...

Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:1-16  4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lo...

Today's Passage: Galatians 5: 16-18 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Today's Prayer: Father, we l...

Today's Passage: John 16: 4-15 “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not c...

Stacey Tafao, R.D. McClenagan, Krista Elmore, and Erik Chandler provide an introduction to the 21 Days of Fasting & Prayer. NOTES & LINKS: 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting Website Subscribe to the 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting Newsletter 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. Stacey referen...

Today, RD Reads from Luke 2.  From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas. 

The Names of God: · Adonai – The LORD, the majestic One who has set His glory above the heavens. (Psalm 8)   · El Elyon – The God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; (Gen 14)   · El Moshaah – The God Who Saves   · El Nehkumah – The God of All Comfort   · El Shaddai – The All Sufficient One   · Elohim – All Powerful One, Creator, whom we read about in Genesis 1. · El Roi – The God Who Sees Me...

Today's Passage: Isaiah 9:2-7 The people who walked in darkness     have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,     on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation;     you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you     as with joy at the harvest,     as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of his burden,     and the staff for his shoulder,  ...

Today's Passage: John 14:15-21  If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.  Today's Prayer: Lord, may we yield our posture to You who permanently indwe...

Today's Passage: John 1:39-42  He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesu...

Today's Passage: John 1:35-38  The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “what are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means teacher) “where are you staying?” Today's Praye...

Today's Passage: John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Today's Prayer: God, we love you and praise you...

Today's Passage: Psalm 18:1-2 I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,     my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,     my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,     and I am saved from my enemies. Today's Prayer: Father, we love you.   You are our rock, Jehovah-Tsuri. You are the one in w...

Today's Passage: Judges 6:22-24  “Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.” But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.” Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the...