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Jesus used meals to engage with people and teach important lessons. Each meal carried a deeper meaning simply by who sat around the table. In the Kingdom of God, tables become places of testimony and meals can become agents of a greater message.

We can never know how fully God can use one conversation to bring someone to greater understanding of Him. We want to be people who press deeper into the heart of the person in front of us for the sake of helping others experience this true life.

In God’s economy, the most generous are the ones who truly recognize and respond in faith to the One who owns it all to begin with. Imagine what would happen if we looked at each dollar as a name and gave it over with great faith.

One decision has the power to transform someone’s life forever. What might the world look like if we chose to look at every decision as one that either brings someone closer to Jesus or pushes them away from Him?

We often assume impact is instant, but more often it comes from the small daily decisions we make where we get about the Father’s business. We begin to experience true and lasting fruit in our lives when we take life one day at a time.

Culture’s current interpretation of Christmas centers on receiving what we feel will satisfy us. Like the Magi, we as believers instead choose to intentionally come to Jesus—regardless of the cost—to worship the only one who can satisfy our souls.

Mary’s willingness to embrace the unexpected—the birth of Jesus—reveals how God interrupts our plans to save us from a path that otherwise would destroy us. Because of this truth, we can welcome the unexpected in trust of something better.

There is something powerful about what we say to ourselves. Just as the writer of Lamentations, in the midst of profound loss, reminds himself that God is his portion, so must we remember that in God we have everything we need to be thankful.

While the world focuses on chaos and confusion, we must call to mind who God is, using that as the lens by which to see the broken world and viewing our circumstances as an opportunity for others to see the difference Jesus makes.

Emptying her jar on Jesus’ feet, the sinful woman embodied true worship. Jesus also calls us to empty our metaphorical jars upon His feet. The gifts we bring don’t just glorify Him; they transform us.