Recommended Reading for July 6 – 12
Sermon Series: Rooted Week 3Sermon Title: Rooted in Community delivered on July 6, 2025
Day 1 READ: Colossians 1:24- Colossians 2:23. How did Paul love the church at Corinth, and what does this teach us about loving God’s people? What is one way you can seek to love people in the Church with greater care and tenderness?
Day 1 PRAY: Lift up your church in prayer and intercede for specific people you love and care about. Pray for the pastors of Shoreline to experience God’s love, care, and power as they serve the people of God.
Day 2 READ: 1 Corinthians 12. What do you learn about how people in the body of Christ (the Church) should grow and serve together? How can you use your gifts more effectively to serve God’s people?
Day 2 PRAY: Invite the Holy Spirit to challenge you to discover, develop, and deploy your spiritual gifts for the glory of Jesus and the blessing of His people. If you have not been serving others by using your gifts, confess this in prayer to Jesus and ask Him to change your heart.
Day 3 READ: Romans 12. In verses 9-21, we read many challenges about how we can love the people of God. Which one really jumps out at you, and what action can you take to live in community as God has called you to?
Day 3 PRAY: Lift up people you know are mourning and ask God to draw near them and show His amazing grace and mercy. Lift up prayers of thanks for the good things happening in the lives of people in the church you care about.
Day 4 READ: Ephesians 1. How does Paul model community in his prayers and faithful service for the church family? How can you pray for the church family at Shoreline with increasing frequency and passion?
Day 4 PRAY: Ask God to bring heavenly wisdom to the church members and leaders of Shoreline. Pray for the members of the Shoreline family to know the hope Jesus promises each of His children.
Day 5 READ: Colossians 2. What does your life of faith look like when you are rooted deeply in Jesus and walking close to the Savior? How does your life look different when you are not rooted in Jesus and when you are wandering away from His care and leadership?
Day 5 PRAY: Ask God to grow the roots of your heart and faith deep in the soil of Jesus’ love and truth. Pray for discipline to practice the markers of spiritual maturity in your life. To go deeper into this, read the following: https://shoreline.church/spiritual-markers/
Memorize and Reflect
Colossians 2:2
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Life Challenge
- Pray for God to place a person on your heart who needs encouragement.
- Think of one way you could encourage this person with your words and also one way you could encourage them with actions of care and support.
- Do these things in the next week.
- Pray that your actions and supplications will make an impact on the life and faith of this person.
Series Challenge
Rooted Series Challenge:1. Pray more often with consistent passion and faith.
2. Grow in community with other believers at Shoreline and in the Monterey community.
3. Focus on what it looks like to reject the ways of the world and live in the will of Jesus.