God: *It’s time to get into the ark* 🌊

**God Saved His Creation Then, and He Saves Us Now.**

Just like God saved Noah and his family on the ark, the church is our 'boat' today. 🌍⛪

The flood waters that lifted the ark also remind us of our own salvation through baptism. 💧

In the church, we are protected, even when the storm outside rages. 🌧️

God sealed Noah's ark to keep them safe—and He seals us in His grace through baptism, saving us from the storm of sin and death. 🙏⚡

Just like Noah, we aren’t perfect builders. 🛠️

But God makes sure the ship is strong enough to carry us. 🕊️🌊

Stay in the boat—God continues to save, cleanse, and uphold us, no matter how rough the waters get. ⚓️

Contributor Rev. Harrison Goodman is the Higher Things Content Executive.

Contributor Michelle Bauman is the Director of Y4Life.

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What does Jesus say about wisdom?

Proverbs 4…

"🌿 What does Jesus say about wisdom?

What do you do with what you know about the word of God?

When the Lord talks about sin, what do you do with that information?

When the Lord talks about goodness, what do you do with that information?

Here’s the thing…

Wisdom isn’t just being the winner at Bible trivia.

Nope!

Wisdom = applying God’s Word to our lives. 💡

Wisdom is actually knowing what to do with both the law and the gospel of God.

The law absolutely comes to show us our sin. It shows us the dangers of evil.

And just when we begin living in that darkness of sin and evil and knowing we are so broken, the gospel reminds us yet again that we belong to God.

In Christ, we're baptized.

That's our place. That's where we belong.

You’re not the sum of your sins.
You do not belong to darkness.
You belong to Jesus.

Contributor Rev. Harrison Goodman is the Higher Things Content Executive.

Contributor Matt Richard is Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Minot, ND.

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