More Benedictions

Tuesday, November 23rd

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 

Numbers 6:25-26

Tuesday, September 29th

May you walk from this place unsatisfied with the mediocrity of comfort. May you rise to the extraordinary call of the Great Commission. May you become a radical Christian as you pursue a radical Christ. And in all of us, may His Cause create a Community that creates a Culture of His great kingdom to come. Amen.

by David Ritchie

Tuesday, September 22nd

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Tuesday, June 9th

From Adam until now, God created each one of us to glorify and enjoy who he is.He is Father, Son, and Spirit, living eternally in unbroken community.We reflect this with an insatiable longing for such a relationship. Our own testimonies give credence to God’s prominence in our redemption. Humility must mark us. We are his redeemed, bought at the cross, sealed for eternity, longing for a resurrection like Christ’s. For now we serve as his heralds, working in harmony like a body, accomplishing all God has purposed. No longer can we find satisfaction in selfish gain, but only in the sharing of the delight we have in our Father.

by Corey Collier

Tuesday, June 2nd

And as for all who walk by this rule of grace, peace and mercy be upon you, and upon the People of God. Let us not cause ourselves trouble by walking in other way, and may we all bear the signs and marks of Jesus Christ himself.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.

by Bryce Langford

Tuesday, May 26th

The Lord has done great things in us! We stand in awe and celebrate His transforming work of grace. He has taken our hearts of stone and transformed them into hearts of flesh. May we not allow this change to simply be for good showing, but may we allow grace to continue its work. We will allow the cross to inspire us to share the gift with a hopeless and hurting world. Freely we have received, may we now, with our whole heart and lives, freely give. We fix our gaze on Christ, the Author and Finisher, of this inspiring work of grace.

by Beth Talley

Tuesday, May 19th

We are the church--the blood bought radiant bride of our glorious King, and as the people purified for His possession, let us live with and by grace, willingly bearing up those who stumble and humbly seeking help in time of need, knowing that as His body we are the tangible presence of His grace on this earth, called to herald His gospel and to minister His beautiful reconciliation. Let us, therefore, walk in the dignity and responsibility of all that it means to be called His, to be called the Church. Amen.

by Christopher Myers

Tuesday, May 12th

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Psalm 103:1-4

Tuesday, May 5th

May we all with sober, yet, joyful hearts accept this grace we have been given. May we always run forward into the truth of Christ, and let us never return to what we have left behind. And with faith that is moving toward love, may our actions, our words, our hearts, and even our very lives proclaim “Love!” Love for our Savior. And love for our neighbor.

by Bryce Langford

Tuesday, April 28th

Let us not appear to do justly, but lack the conviction of mercy.Let us not seem to be servants, yet live for ourselves. Let us not merely act, but may we be moved in our hearts. May the love of Christ control us. By this we know love: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. May we also lay down our lives for His cause. May we love one another as Chris loves us.

by Kate Ritchie

Tuesday, April 21st

As we leave this place, may we choose to follow in the beautiful footsteps of Christ Jesus our Savior who although was scorned and spit upon, beaten and shamed, chose to forgive even those who nailed him to the cross. And in light of our great debt that has now been abolished, by that very same cross, may we who have been forgiven much, choose to likewise forgive, to the glory of God our Father.

by Patrick Schlabs

Tuesday, April 14th

Cast off the yoke of slavery because we are no longer slaves. We are free according to the promise God made on the day man fell to slavery. Stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of performance because we are not set apart to have cleaner hands; we are set apart for the Good News of God which He promised beforehand concerning His Son, Jesus Christ - that by Him who was faithful, we have faith, by Him who was obedient, we are obedient and by Him who was righteous, we have become the righteousness of God.

by Seth Wieck

Tuesday, April 7th

As we move through Holy Week, may we pause to contemplate the scandal of the cross, and embrace with gladness the beautiful mysteries His cross proclaims:that through humility there is victory, that through suffering there is joy, that through weakness there is strength, and that through death there is life. And in light of these tensions, let us with faith and boldness learn to become like Him in His death, so that we might fully know Him and the power of His resurrection.

by Chris Myers

Tuesday, March 31st

May we all know and come to appreciate fully that though we once were slaves, even then we were guarded. Although, we did not yet know Him, Christ knew us. Though we did not yet love Him, Christ loved us. Christ sought us. Christ found us. Christ bought us.

And though they may try, no longer can this world define us. We are now defined as His son. His daughter. His child. His lover. His friend. We are defined most simply as HIS.

by Bryce Langford

Tuesday, March 24th

Though many of our deepest questions will remain unanswered in this life, may we learn to rest and rejoice in the God who is faithful to keep every promise He has made. And in light of His faithfulness to these promises, may we freely worship our Father God who works in and through human history to redeem His people, and who will one day bring to a close the story He began when He first spoke the world into existence.

by Christopher Myers

Tuesday, March 3rd

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

Tuesday, February 24th

May you know from the depths of your heart, that in Christ Jesus, your creator God is now your loving Father. May you understand that by the power of the Cross you are now a child of God. May this relentless love awaken you to relentlessly love. And may you rejoice and worship Jesus as you remember the radical beauty of this amazing grace. AMEN.

by David Ritchie

Tuesday, February 17th

Let us then be crucified with Christ and live our lives no longer as WE would live, but cleave to the hope everlasting Christ who lives in us.Grant within us oh Abba a new heart and a new spirit that stone may be turned to flesh and law turned to love from which springs the wellspring of obedience.

by Tanner Hargrove

Tuesday, February 10th

May we, who once were sinners of the foremost, remember our savior and His patient and constant parade of mercy, how He runs after us in loving abandonment as the father to his prodigal son. May we continually pray, shifting our focus against our private advancement and towards Jesus, our first love. That we would co-labor with you, Jesus, who makes constant intercessions for the things of which we are ignorant and unaware. Let us take hold of eternal life to which we were called, doing all things unto God, and keep the commandment unstained with him who gives life to all things; to him who alone has immortality. Amen.

by Josh Godsey

Tuesday, February 3rd

Let us offer our broken lives to Jesus. May we no longer imprison ourselves, but let us resurrect from the grave of sin and pain, and by the strength of Jesus Christ run to His throne of grace. Let us trade our mess for a new life and a new name.

by Kate Ritchie

Tuesday, January 27th

May we, with continuous transparency, expose our lives before the Great Light of the world, and live genuinely before one another, so that the One who loves can, with His blood, cleanse our uncovered sin and make us shine and shout the Gospel of Truth - the truth of who we were and of who we are now are in Christ - the brightest Son. Amen

by Meg Schlabs

Tuesday, January 13th

Remind yourselves of this: We who were slaves to sin; the sin that when fully grown becomes death; that awful separation from God; We who were bound to decay and marked for the grave; we have been buried with Christ. But to this end: that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. By His resurrection we live in a life where death shall have no dominion, but grace shall. For the life that Christ lives, He lives to God, and so shall we all. That is cause to celebrate.

by Seth Wieck