SPRING FORTH NOW 2026

July 22

Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life in your neighborhood so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.

I Peter 2:11-12 (MSG)

What if the most convincing sermon you preach today is the life someone quietly watches you live? In 1 Peter 2:11–12 (MSG), Peter reminds us that we are God's people living with a higher purpose, calling us to resist the impulses that diminish our souls and to live so honorably that even those who misunderstand us are compelled to recognize God's goodness, revealing that Encountering The Holy transforms both our inner lives and our public witness. What is High And Lifted Up is not withdrawing from the world but walking through it with such wisdom, compassion, excellence, and integrity that our lives become evidence of God's presence in places where words alone cannot reach. For a people who have often been judged before being understood, this passage is both an affirmation and a challenge: let your life answer every false narrative by reflecting the strength, dignity, resilience, and grace that God has placed within you. Dream Big, because your influence will always extend beyond the rooms you enter, and the life you faithfully live today can inspire generations you may never meet. Decide To Become someone whose character is as compelling as your calling, then Demonstrate Your Power by choosing kindness over cynicism, purpose over distraction, and faithfulness over popularity, because every life that reflects Christ becomes a living invitation for the world to encounter the Holy and rise High And Lifted Up.