Series: Finding Home

Sermon: Finding Home

Speaker and Writer: Amy Markoch

Refresh: Start with a prayer. Ask for the Holy Spirit to open your heart to new understanding and for God’s character to be revealed.

Read: Colossians 1:26-27; Isaiah 61:1-3 (Message). Note 1–3 insights or questions.

Reflect: Take a second to think about the closest friend you’ve ever had. That person who has seen you at your craziest and still stuck around. Are you smiling right now? These are the kind of people we always want to be around. No matter what, they do not waiver in their commitment to your friendship.

In our conversation this week, we’ve been talking about a home being a place that is constant. Since places are not always stable, we find that the only thing that stays the same is Jesus. An amazing thing about Jesus is that He thrives off of a relationship with us.

Colossians 1:26–27 describes how He wants to connect with us, “Christ in YOU, the hope of glory.” Isaiah 61:1-3 describes just what that looks like in action. Verse 1, “to bring good news to the poor; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” When Christ lives in us, we can set others free! Free from the misconceptions of who He is, free from the ideas that condemn and confine us, free from the thought that we have no place to truly call home. We can be a home to others. A place of comfort and solace. Like the connection we have with our best friend. Christ in us means being a place for others to find refuge.

The last part of verse 3 in Isaiah 61 sums who we are to be: “that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.” We are the materials that make up a home.

Recalibrate: How can you be a place of refuge for others?

Respond: Pray that you can connect with Jesus, so that your life will be a safe place for others to come in.

Research: Read Why Getting Connected Matters.