July 26, 2025

God’s Extravagant Generosity

Rolf Nolasco, Jr. | Read Colossians 2:6-12

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Lectionary Week

July 21–27, 2025

Scripture Overview

This week our meditations take us on a journey where our spiritual infidelity and impoverishment is met with God’s steadfast faithfulness and diffusive love. It starts with God’s pronouncement of restorative judgment toward Israel’s unfaithfulness in Hosea. We then turn to Psalm 85 which describes in vivid and soul-nourishing ways what this promised restoration looks like. The theme of God’s extravagant and generous character carries us to Luke’s Gospel and Colossians, where we see it exemplified fully and incarnationally in the person of Jesus Christ.

Questions and Suggestions for Reflection

• Read Hosea 1:2-10. What does it mean to be faithful to God in this current moment of our personal and collective lives?
• Read Psalm 85. How have you experienced God’s faithfulness and restoration?
• Read Luke 11:1-13. How has praying regularly changed you? If you do not pray regularly, start a practice now. Look for the ways it changes you.
• Read Colossians 2:6-19. How might a life lived in the fullness of Christ influence a world mired in spiritual bankruptcy?

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God, help us to stay anchored in Christ and to live like Christ. Amen.

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