Daily Word / All Welcome at This Table

Today’s Verse: Galatians 2:7-8 Today’s Song: Before The Throne  Notes:  Today we look at the two different missions that Paul talks about in verses 7-8: Peter’s mission to the Jews and Paul’s mission to the Gentiles.  And we ask: where does real unity come from and what does it look like? 

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Daily Word / Don’t Run in Vain / Galatians 2:2

Today’s Verse: Galatians 2:2 Today’s Song: Give Me Jesus  Notes:  Today we look at Paul’s great fear: that he would be running in vain.  This is a very important concept for our time. Are your energies, efforts, actions, and life in vain? It is worth thinking about. 

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Daily Word / When Friends Fight / Galatians 2

Today’s Verse: Galatians 2 Today’s Song: I Need Thee  Notes:  Today we look at Galatians chapter 2.  And wrestle with the question: what happens when friends fight? The artist formerly known as Prince tells us what happens when dove’s cry…but who can tell us what happens when friends fight? This one of the most important…

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Friday Prayer / Praise

Today we will spend an extended period of time praising God for who He is. Today’s pray time is inspired by Matthew Henry’s A Method for Prayer, where he weaves together hundreds of scriptural phrases into a seamless garment of praise and petition. Listen to today’s prayer slowly. Pause where you need it. Let these…

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Daily Word / When you tell YOUR story…don’t tell A story.

Today’s Verse: Galatians 1:13-2:21 Today’s Song: Holy, Holy, Holy  Notes:  Today we look at why Paul tells his story.  We love stories. And we need to tell our story. The remarkable story of how God has changed us. But the danger is to try and make it more “impressive,” more “dramatic” by worldly standards.  Here…

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Daily Word / Hop on your donkey and let’s go!

Today’s Verse: Galatians 1:13-2:21 Today’s Song: Rock of Ages Notes:  This section of Galatians is one of Paul’s most autobiographical. He tells us his story, not so he can talk about himself, but to give us an example to imitate. But if we want to experience God like Paul did, what exactly are we supposed…

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Daily Word / Neither My Success or My Failure / Galatians 1:13-14

Today’s Verse: Galatians 1:13-14 Today’s Song: Gracious Redeemer  Notes:  Today we move into a new section (1:13-2:21). This is one of the most autobiographical sections in all of Paul’s letters and will be very important to understand the man and his message.  Here we see Paul telling us about his “former manner of life” and the…

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Friday Prayer / A Day of Remembrance and Thanksgiving

September 11th is a day of tragedy for our country, and a day of celebration for our church.  Today’s prayer is focused on Thanksgiving.  September 11th is a day of sober remembrance, but for us, at Trinity Lake Nona it is also a day of gratitude, as we remember our first public worship service which was…

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