Weekly sermons and weekday devotions from Highrock (https://highrock.org/), a multi-site church in the Greater Boston area and Online. We create Christian communities that inspire curiosity, courage, and compassion.
Daily Devo | Faith, Love, and Hope (New Testament in a Year, 1 Thessalonians 1)
This letter is the first and oldest we have from Paul, and it is written to a congregation filled with new believers, a church that may have been only months old! What do you say to such spiritual infants? Paul begins by sharing with them his praise and his prayers. He praises them for the faith, love, and hope that he sees in them, and he thanks God for the way their faith had become an inspiration to other believers in other churches, far and wide. While Paul will address and correct much of what they had gotten wrong, he starts by praising what they had gotten right. His example reminds us to praise people for what they are doing right rather than prioritize or fixate on what they might be doing wrong.
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For Reflection:
- Paul praises them for their faith, love, and hope (v3). What evidence of faith, love, and hope do you see in your spiritual community, and in you?
- The Thessalonians received the gospel with joy even while suffering because of it (v6). How do you typically respond when following Jesus becomes difficult? What might help you to better hold on to joy during challenging seasons?
- Prayer: Lord, strengthen my faith, deepen my love, and renew my hope in Jesus so I might be an encouragement to others.
12 Oct 2026
Daily Devo | Closing Thoughts for Newer Believers (New Testament in a Year, Colossians 4)
The church in Colossae was filled with new believers and Paul's final words invite them into deeper engagement. Though they are just starting on the walk of faith, Paul invites them to partner with him in prayer, and a very challenging prayer at that. He also invites them to partner with him in sharing the good news with their neighbors, but in a way that is winsome and inviting rather than dismissive or judgmental. Finally, he offers them a number of models of faithful living, people who were already partners with Paul in bringing the good news about Jesus to a lost and hurting world. What are some ways that God might be inviting you into a deeper partnership?
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For Reflection:
- What do you think it means to be devoted to prayer with an "alert mind and a thankful heart" (v2)?
- How might you become more attentive to opportunities God may be opening for you to share your faith (v5)?
- How does Paul's list of coworkers demonstrate the importance of partnership in ministry?
- Who has helped you in your walk with Christ, and how might you express your gratitude to them?
- Prayer: Lord, help me to wrestle in prayer like Epaphras, desiring more to see your will done rather than my own.
11 Oct 2026
Sermon | Hiding in Plain Sight (Matthew 6)
Have you ever felt like the work you do at home, at work, and even at church, goes completely unnoticed leaving you angry or frustrated?
What if attention, applause, and a few likes were never going to be enough anyway? And where might the affirmation you’ve been looking for actually be hiding?
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