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How desperate are you for wisdom?

Whether you’re navigating a parenting challenge, a financial decision, a difficult relationship, or uncertainty about your future, you need God’s perspective and help knowing how to apply it.

In Week 1 of our series, The Gift of Wisdom, we look at Solomon’s story in 1 Kings 3. Faced with the responsibility of leading God’s people, Solomon recognized his need and asked God for a discerning heart. God was pleased with his request.

That same invitation to ask is available to us.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”

James 1:5 NIV

As you watch, consider where you need wisdom most. What would it look like to bring that situation to God and seek His perspective?

This week’s challenge

Find a verse in Proverbs that speaks to an area where you need wisdom. Pray over it, put it into practice, and share it with someone.

Scriptures in this message

• Proverbs 1:1

• 1 Kings 3:4–12, 16–28

• James 1:5

• Proverbs 3:5

• Proverbs 2:1–5, 10

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Can we trust the Bible? How can a good God allow suffering? How do we respond when someone asks a difficult question about Christianity?

In Week 5 of CLife’s series Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, Cat introduces apologetics—explaining the reasons for our faith and addressing questions that can become barriers to knowing Jesus.

Drawing from 1 Peter 3:15–16, this message explores how thoughtful answers and genuine care work together. We’re called to prepare, listen carefully, and share our hope with gentleness and respect.

In this message, we explore:

What apologetics means and how it can strengthen our faith.

Three ways to engage: responding to questions, explaining reasons for belief, and offering hope.

Why love must motivate our conversations about Jesus.

How to recognize the personal experiences or pain behind a question.

Practical ways to keep learning and prepare to share our faith.

A question about suffering may come from someone who is hurting. A question about Scripture may come from someone sincerely searching. Taking time to understand the person helps us respond with wisdom and compassion.

This week’s challenge:

Choose one question about faith and begin exploring it. Read a thoughtful resource, study Scripture, or learn alongside someone in your church community. Keep building relationships and ask God for opportunities to share the hope you have in Jesus.

Scripture References:

1 Peter 3:15–16

1 Peter 2:12

Luke 19:10

Malachi 3:6

1 Corinthians 13:1–3

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Have you ever wanted to share your faith but struggled to find the words?

In “Use Your Words,” Week 4 of CLife’s series Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, we explore how our words and actions work together to point people toward Jesus.

Serving others and building relationships help people experience His love. Sharing the Gospel helps them understand who Jesus is, what He has done, and how they can respond.

Through Romans 10 and the Apostle Paul’s testimony, we discover two ways to use our words: sharing His story—the good news of Jesus—and sharing our story of coming to know Him.

In this message, we explore:

Starting with the expectation that God is already working in people’s lives.

Remembering the people who helped us hear and understand the Gospel.

Explaining the good news of forgiveness and restored relationship with God through Jesus.

Sharing our testimony in three parts: before Christ, coming to Christ, and life after Christ.

Recognizing opportunities to speak while listening carefully and respecting someone’s story.

This week’s challenge:

Practice explaining the Gospel out loud with a trusted Christian friend. Then take time to put your own story into words: What was your life like before you trusted Jesus? How did you respond to Him? How is He changing you today?

Keep praying for the three to five people on your prayer card. Ask God for courage, sensitivity, and opportunities to share.

Scripture References:

Romans 10:9–10, 13–14

Acts 21:37–40

Acts 22:3–16

Acts 26:20–22

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Have you ever wanted to talk to someone about Jesus but worried you wouldn’t know what to say?

God is already at work. Our part is to notice and join Him.

In Week 3 of Show & Tell: The Practice of Witnessing, we explore how Philip’s encounter with an Ethiopian official in Acts 8 helps us learn to partner with the Holy Spirit in everyday conversations.

Listen. Look. Ask. Risk.

We can love people, pray for them, ask thoughtful questions, and share the good news about Jesus—while trusting God with the response.

You can feel afraid and still take a faithful step.

This week, ask God to help you notice one person, listen to their story, and take the next step as the Holy Spirit leads.

“Holy Spirit, I am willing. Help me notice what You are doing.”

Scripture: Acts 8:26–38; 1 Corinthians 2:3–5.

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Some of the most important conversations in our lives began with someone who cared enough to listen.

Someone showed up. Invited us over. Remembered what we were walking through. Made room for our questions.

This week in Show & Tell, we watched Jesus do exactly that. In Luke 19, Jesus noticed Zacchaeus, called him by name, and entered his home. An encounter with Jesus changed his life.

Relational evangelism begins with relationship.

Think about the people already in your life: your neighbors, coworkers, classmates, friends, and family. How many people are far from God but close to you?

You don’t need to have every answer to take a step. Keep praying. Make time. Listen well. Serve with love. Be willing to share what Jesus has done in your life.

This week, choose one person you’ve been praying for and take one intentional step toward connection.

A text. A coffee. A meal. An unhurried conversation.

Who comes to mind?

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Who first told you about Jesus?

Behind our story of faith is often someone who chose to share what God had done in their life. Now we can be part of that story for someone else.

In the opening message of Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, we explore Jesus’ call to be His witnesses—people who share what they have seen, heard, and experienced while following Him.

Through Acts 1:8 and Psalm 40, we discover how our experiences with God can help others come to trust Him.

Being a witness begins with love. That love moves us to share our stories, notice the people around us, and depend on the power of the Holy Spirit.

In this message, we explore:

What it means to be a witness for Jesus.

How your story can point others toward God.

Why love can move us to act even when we feel afraid.

How prayer prepares our hearts to share the good news of Jesus.

This week’s challenge:

Identify three to five people you care about who are not yet following Jesus. Write down their names and begin praying for them daily, from now until Christmas.

Consider what they may be facing. Ask God to help you love them as He does and to open opportunities to show and tell them about Jesus.

Scripture references:

Luke 19:10

Acts 1:8

Psalm 40:1–3, 9–10

Romans 10:1

2 Corinthians 5:14

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What does following Jesus look like in everyday life?

Sometimes it looks like bringing a meal, offering a ride, helping a neighbor, or sitting with someone who is hurting.

In the closing message of CLife’s series, Hands & Feet: The Practice of Serving, we explore service as a witness for the Gospel.

The Gospel is the good news that Jesus came to us, took our sin upon Himself, died, and rose again. Through Him, we can be forgiven, restored to relationship with God, and given new life.

That good news needs to be shared. Our lives can help people see what our words mean.

In this message, we explore:

• How practical service makes our faith visible.

• What Jesus means when He calls us the light of the world.

• Why we serve people out of love, without expecting anything in return.

• How to be ready to explain our hope with gentleness and respect.

This week’s challenge: Think of someone you already know and ask, “What burden could I help carry?” Then take one practical step to make their life a little lighter.

We serve because Jesus served. We love because Jesus loves.

Scripture references:

Matthew 5:14–16

Mark 10:45

Acts 1:8

1 Peter 2:12

Acts 9:36

2 Corinthians 9:12–13

1 Peter 3:15

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Have you ever felt like someone’s project instead of someone they wanted to know?

In week four of Hands & Feet: The Art of Serving, we explore how Jesus served people with dignity, compassion, and love. Following His example means paying attention to both what we do and how we treat the people we serve.

Through the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16, we are invited to see the person behind the circumstances. Jesus gives the overlooked man a name—a reminder that every person has a story and worth.

“Dignity thrives in relationships.”

This week, take time to reflect:

• Who might I be overlooking?

• Do I avoid people or places Jesus intentionally sought out?

• When did I last slow down to listen to someone’s story?

• How often do I serve someone who cannot repay me?

• Have I unintentionally treated someone as a project?

Ask Jesus to help you notice someone, listen with humility, and make room for genuine connection.

KEY SCRIPTURES

Luke 16:19–31

Mark 10:45

Psalm 82:3–4

Isaiah 1:17

Luke 15:1–2

Mark 2:15–17

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

— Mark 10:45, NIV

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What if the interruption you didn’t plan for is an invitation to serve?

In Week 3 of Hands and Feet, we explore what it means to Be Available. Through the story of the Good Samaritan and Jesus’ encounter with two blind men, we discover how compassion moves us to notice people, pause, and respond with practical love.

Sometimes the problem isn’t that we don’t want to serve—it’s that we haven’t left any room. Being available doesn’t mean saying yes to everything. It means creating margin for the people and opportunities God puts in our path.

This week’s challenge:

• Plan to be available.

• Say yes to one interruption.

• Respond with service instead of annoyance.

• Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.

Key Scriptures:

Mark 10:45

Luke 10:25–37

Matthew 20:29–34

What is one way you can make room to serve someone this week? Share in the comments.

“Jesus, help me become available for whatever—and whoever—you put in my path.”

Make room. It is worth it.

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This week we’re talking about Hidden Service—serving others without needing recognition, applause, or even a thank-you.

Jesus teaches in Matthew 6 that the issue is not whether people ever see us serving. The issue is why we want to be seen.

Hidden service gives us an opportunity to examine our hearts and ask:

Why am I serving?

Is it out of love?

Do I need recognition?

Can it be enough that my Heavenly Father sees?

In this message we explore:

• Why our motivation matters when we serve

• The difference between being seen serving and serving to be seen

• How hidden service develops humility and freedom from approval

• Why unnoticed by people does not mean unnoticed by God

• How serving secretly can become a powerful spiritual practice

Jesus said:

“Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” — Matthew 6:4

This week, take the challenge:

Do one intentional hidden act of service.

Meet a need. Ease someone’s burden. Make their life a little easier—and don’t tell anyone.

Then pay attention to what happens in your heart and allow Jesus to use that moment to shape you.

Hidden service is never really unseen.

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