His Name on Your Boot

In one paragraph

Brian walked through the first three verses of 1 John 3, building a conversation with the congregation around one central question: if you looked at the sole of the boot of your heart, whose name would be written there? The passage opens with the word "see," and Brian pointed out that the Greek behind it carries the sense of expectant, joyful consideration, not just a glance but a taking in. He...

Read together

1. 1 John 3:1-3 primary passage read aloud by Zoe and discussed throughout the sermon
2. Matthew 21:44 Brian cites it when talking about falling on the rock and being broken or being crushed flat
3. Habakkuk 3:3 read aloud as a prophetic picture of Jesus returning through the desert toward Jerusalem
4. Isaiah 49:16 referenced at the close as the verse about God writing our names on the palm of his hand
5. Revelation 1 Lissa describes John falling as if dead when he saw the glorified Jesus, referencing details like eyes of fire and hair like wool

Talk about it

1. Brian talked about the tension of being already saved and not yet fully seeing what we will become. Where do you feel that tension most in your own life right now?
2. The sermon pointed out that the world does not recognize us as God's children because it does not know him. Has there been a time when someone tried to give you an identity or a label that did not line up with who God says you are? What did that look like?
3. Brian used the image of a diamond with many facets to describe the attributes of Jesus, and Amanda connected that to why the angels keep crying holy, holy, holy. Is there a facet of who Jesus is that you have not spent much time with yet? What has kept you from it?
4. The sermon raised the idea that if we refuse to be conformed into the image of Jesus, we end up reshaping Jesus into our own image instead. What does that drift look like in practical everyday life, and how do you catch it happening in yourself?
5. Brian asked what name is written on the sole of the boot of your heart, and he mentioned names like not good enough, failure, or broken that the world tries to write there. Which of those names, or a different one, has felt most real to you, and what would it mean to let God rub that paint off?