The Lord Jesus is coming again! We don’t know the day or the hour, but we do know how we’re called to live. Paul reminds us to stay awake, live with purpose, encourage one another, pursue holiness, and go with the Good News!

Live ready to welcome our returning King.

This week we continue our journey through Unstoppable Joy by looking at the joy found in grace-centered relationships through Philemon 1. Paul reminds us that the gospel doesn’t just change our relationship with God—it transforms how we relate to one another. Grace enables forgiveness, reconciliation, and genuine Christian fellowship. When Christ is at the center of our relationships, we experience a joy that goes beyond circumstances and reflects the love we have first received from Him. May we be people who extend grace freely, just as grace has been freely given to us.

In Galatians 3, Paul reminds believers that God’s blessings were never meant to stop with us. Through faith in Jesus, we become part of the family of Abraham, and God’s promise is extended to all nations. We have received the greatest blessing, the gift of salvation, not because of what we’ve done, but because of what Christ has done for us.

When we understand the grace we’ve been given, it changes how we live. We become people who freely bless others with our time, encouragement, generosity, and the hope of the gospel. There is unstoppable joy in knowing that God uses ordinary people to share His extraordinary blessing with the world.

Joy grows when the blessings we’ve received become blessings we give away.