SYNOPSIS
We were never called to hide from culture, we were called to create it. From Genesis 1 where image-bearers are told to fill the earth and subdue it, to Revelation where every tribe, tongue, and nation is singing around one throne, the Bible’s story is God raising up a people who don’t run from the world but redeem it. Jesus ate with sinners without becoming one. He touched lepers without catching their disease. He entered the mess and left it more holy than He found it. This month we’re stepping into that same mandate: not to build Christian bubbles or to blend in until nobody can tell the difference, but to live so fully alive in Jesus that our workplaces, our neighborhoods, our dinner tables start carrying the fragrance of a different Kingdom. A Kingdom where power serves, money blesses, words heal, and love refuses to stay quiet.
DEUTERONOMY
Deuteronomy is far more than Moses’ final speeches; it is the covenant renewal moment where God gathers His people on the brink of the Promised Land and declares, in essence, “This is who I am, this is who you are, and this is the culture of My Kingdom.” Through sermons, laws, blessings, and warnings, Moses rehearses God’s mighty acts, reminds Israel of their tendency to forget, and lays out the heart of covenant life: love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. What emerges is breathtaking, God is not a neutral deity; He has deep preferences for justice, mercy, holiness, generosity, and wholehearted devotion, and He refuses to share space with idols or oppression. As you read, notice how often Moses says “remember” and “be careful,” because this book is designed to shape a people whose very way of life makes the nations ask, “What kind of God makes people live like this?” Deuteronomy is the Old Testament heartbeat of Kingdom culture, and centuries later Jesus will quote it more than any other book when He summarizes the entire Law.
(will update this later tonight to March's worship room)
Leaders, please add context for those individuals that may not have read the devotions and answered the reflection questions in the book this past month. The heart behind this time is to connect and encourage! We want to share in this month's victories and lift each other up if there is discouragement.