The image from Proverbs is the invitation from Wisdom: Come and eat my bread and drink my wine.

Jesus says HE is the living bread from heaven. Eat his flesh; drink his blood.

What?!

Are we searching in all the wrong places for significance and deep meaning to life?

The Israelites in the wilderness and the recently fed crowd following Jesus couldn’t see past the "rumbly in their tumbly". They failed to see the larger reality. Are our eyes bigger than our stomachs? Can we see past our need to God’s presence and the new reality being offered?

Jesus is leading the way of pressing into the Kingdom of God. In God’s kingdom there’s plenty to go around, but not in the kingdoms of this world. Jesus is inviting us to position ourselves as people who trust in God’s plenty for our lives.

Glenn Anderson shares his battle on the urge to commit suicide as well as how taking off his mask of pretending to be "just fine" has allowed him to confront his battle head-on with his family, his Christian brothers, and God right there by his side. We invite anyone else looking for a safe place to open up about any struggles they have to reach out to us here at Hilltop Church. We also would like to share the National Suicide Prevention Hotline for anyone looking for an avenue for help - 800-273-8255.

How does the woman healed of hemorrhages help us see our restored relationship to God and have God’s image renewed in us? What does it mean for us to have God’s image restored in us?