The Trellis Podcast

Today's Passage: Mark 2:1-17 Today's Prayer:   PSALM 116:3 - “I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.” Jesus, we hold out to the world the only hope we have: New Life through you. May we, who have tasted and seen that you are good, offer the same precious drink to those around us who do not know you.   ROMANS 10:14 "How then will they call on him in whom they have n...

Today's Passage: Matthew 9:18-22   Today's Prayer: Lord, as we go about our days, planned and scheduled, let our hearts not see discipline as our righteousness.    If discipline masks the idolatry of control, may we humbly submit to the perfect timing of the Lord.    May we imitate Jesus who embraced interruptions and those who were causing the interruption with compassion.    Let us remember that...

Today's Passage: James 4:13-17 Today's Prayer: Lord, You alone are the Author or our lives, and you alone order our steps.    You call us to remember that our time on earth is “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”   Will you to remind us today that our time belongs to you and that your ways are always greater?    Remind us today our own ways, our own plans, may seem fruitful...

Today's Passage: Romans 12:10 Today's Prayer: Father in Heaven, the God of all glory and honor. Worthy of all worship and praise.  You are the God who has bestowed your honor and glory upon your people. Through the person and work of your Son, Jesus Christ, who now resides in us through the Holy Spirit, we are agents of your grace and temples of your glory. What a privilege and joy!  We ask that y...

Today's Passage: Philippians 2:1-8 Today's Prayer: Oh, Father, how challenging a call to be like Christ. Oh, how much I grasp for my own peace and security...  Yet, again, I’m reminded that the ability to consider others above myself is only done through the truth that I am encouraged, comforted, cared for, and loved by the deep well that is Christ Jesus.   May this prayer attributed to St. Franci...

Today's Passage: Romans 12:4-5 Today's Prayer: Lord, where would I be without my brothers and sisters in Christ? As we move into a time of prayer, ask the Lord to reveal areas of your own life that you have been reluctant to share with the Body. Ask Him to speak life and truth into these areas. Ask Him to deepen your faith and allow you to trust Him in the vulnerability of sharing your gifts with...

Today's Passage: John 5:2-9  Today's Prayer: Jesus, the one who’s gaze never waivers from those that you care for. Today, right where I am, give me eyes to see those around me, right where they are.   In their loneliness or brokenness, in their hiding or their shame. Let me love those who are longing to be known, and know those who are longing to be loved.   You are a God who notices - the small v...

Today's Passage: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Today's Prayer: Lord Jesus we love you. May you give us the grace to daily love you more.  May our lives be marked by a choice to turn away from the idols surrounding us.  Fill our hearts with a love of your word and a desire for those around us to know that your word is truth.   Today we consecrate our daily mentality.   Instead of being people just trying to ge...

Today's Passage: Ephesians 4:31-32  Today's Prayer: Father, in faith, I thank you for the instruction to forgive in Ephesians 4. I confess the places in my life where I need to practice this. With the friend I feel wronged by…My colleague at work…The child who actively rebels and resists relationship…The situation that did not go the way I desired...      I confess the places in my life that have...

Today's Passage:  1 John 4:19 and 1st Corinthians 13:4-7 Today's Prayer: Spencer prayed over us and for us, enjoy that today.  NOTES & LINKS: 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Website PDF Guide to Prayer & Fasting As part of the 21 days, we're committing to 21 days of 24/7 prayer. Sign up here. Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

Today's Passage: Psalm 62:5-8 Today's Prayer: Lord, you alone are my strength and you alone are my hope.  You alone sustain me.    Lord, I confess that I find myself time and time again falling into the rhythm of trying to define my worth by my own productiveness – attempting to earn your love, earn your approval, by my own list of accomplishments.    But you, Lord, have called me to something dif...

Today's Passages: Proverbs 2:6-15   & James 3:13-18   Today's Prayer: Father, thank you that you graciously give us all things. Today, unlike other days, we seek wisdom as we walk through our day to day life.  Let the wisdom I have be pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits. Let me be impartial and sincere. Convict me when the wisdom I seek is for selfish ambitio...

Today's Passage: John 15:1-8 Today's Prayer: May we start our day with truth.  Jesus, you are the vine and God is the gardener.  From your true vine is where we grow.  We fight the urge to water our own soil with comforts of the world, disconnecting from the true vine.  Prune away the places in our lives that are withering and dead.  Areas where apathy, impatience, anger, idleness, indifference ha...

Today's Passage: Psalm 51 Today's Prayer:  O God, the dark is not dark to you.  You see in us the remnant of our old selves, still gasping for breath and contending to rule us.  Our wrong is not hidden from your loving gaze.  In your power, You are keenly aware of the ways our sin seeks to drag us back down into the pit.  We confess the ways we knowingly and unknowingly reject the life of freedom...

Today's Passage: 1 Timothy 4:7-16 Today's Prayer: Father, I will have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather, I choose to train for godliness, knowing it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.  It is on you, the living God, that my hope is set. I choose to be an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.  I choose to devote myself to the pub...

Today's Passage: Psalm 139: 1-6,23-24   Today's Prayer: O Lord, you know me better than I know myself. There are no secrets from you. I pray today I am reminded that is a blessing. There has never been a time that you didn't know me. Let me find comfort in knowing that with you, I never have to pretend.  I never have to hide from you. I never have to wear a mask.  You are not scared of my anger or...

Today's Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Today's Prayer: Father, today we receive again the Good News that we are not what we once were. That the sacrifice of Your Son has made a way for a new identity to emerge. We praise Your Name and thank You for your kindness toward us and your goodness over us. We confess we need to be made new in ways we’re not always able to find words for or explain. Today, ho...

Devon Accardi and Stacey Tafao from the Adult Ministries team provide an introduction to the 21 Days of Fasting & Prayer. What is it? How do we participate? What is fasting? For a lot of us, fasting is something we've read about but never done ourselves. Devon and Stacey answer those questions while setting forth the heart for our church as we move into this season of consecrating. NOTES &...

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