God is still speaking — but pride, fear, and bitterness can fill the line with static. In this week's message from our summer series The Voice, Pastor Lawrence walks through the book of Micah, an Old Testament courtroom drama where God takes the bench as Judge, His people stand as the defendants, and the verdict bends toward mercy.

We'll meet a small-town prophet with a nation-sized message, name the three barriers that keep us from hearing God's voice, and land on one of the most famous summaries of faith in all of Scripture: "To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). It's a message about getting the static out — and rediscovering the God who casts our sins into the depths of the sea.

In this episode:

• Why we're drawn to courtroom drama — and how Micah reads like one
• The truth that God is a speaking God who wants real conversation with you
• The three barriers to hearing God: pride, fear, and bitterness
• Why "resentment is a self-inflicted wound" — and how to let it go (James 1:21)
• The difference between hearing what we want and what we need
• Micah 6:8 and what God actually requires of us
• The hope of Micah 7:18 — the God who pardons sin

Next steps this week:

• 👉 Pick one barrier — pride, fear, or bitterness — and take one honest step to clear it. If it's bitterness, name the hurt and choose to release it this week.
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Everybody's an expert on what's wrong with the world — but Amos had a harder question. In week 3 of The Voice, our summer series through the Minor Prophets, Pastor Lawrence introduces us to Amos: a shepherd and fig farmer with no prophetic pedigree, called by God to confront a prosperous, comfortable people who loved hearing about everyone else's failures. When Amos turned the spotlight around, his message stopped being popular — and started getting personal. This week, sit with the question Amos leaves for all of us: if someone learned about God only by watching your life, what would they learn?

Show Notes:

• Why God sends "warnings" — and the people He uses to deliver them
• Amos the unlikely prophet: a farmer, not a professional (Amos 7:14)
• How God uses ordinary people whose hearts are turned toward Him
• A warning delivered in a season of peace and prosperity (~800 BC, Jeroboam II)
• The "for three sins, even for four" pattern — and why the crowd cheered
• The turn: when Amos named the sins of God's own people (Amos 2:6)
• Justice for the poor, compromise, and worship without the heart (Isaiah 29:13)
• Living in the world but not of it (1 John 2:15)
• Scripture: Amos 1–4; 7:14; Acts 2:44–45; 1 John 2:15; Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 20:26

Next Steps:

• Reflect this week: what would people learn about God by watching your life?
• Pick one area — words, relationships, work, generosity — to live "set apart" this week
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What if the messiest love story in the Bible is actually the clearest picture of how God loves you? This week on The Voice, we open the book of Hosea — the prophet God asked to marry, lose, and then buy back an unfaithful wife. It's a living portrait of relentless, pursuing love that points all the way to the cross. We'll talk about spiritual adultery, the cost of being purchased back, and why no one is ever beyond God's reach. Listen in, stick around for next steps, and be encouraged.

Show Notes:

• Series: The Voice — a summer walk through the Minor Prophets
• This week's book: Hosea, the oldest of "the 12"
• Big idea: God has set His love on you, and that love cost Him everything.
• Two truths about God's love:
  1. He has set His love on you — He will not let you go (Hosea 11:8)
  2. It cost Him everything — Hosea bought Gomer back; God bought us back (Hosea 3:2)
• Key idea: Spiritual adultery is letting anything take the place God belongs in — revealed by where we turn when we're afraid, stressed, or worried about the future.
• Quotes worth remembering:
  • "The affections of a man cannot be idle; if they do not go out to God, they leak out to worldly things." — A.W. Pink
  • "The pursuing love of God is the greatest wonder in the spiritual universe." — Donald Grey Barnhouse
  • "'Them' always has the potential to be 'us.'"
• Scripture: Hosea 1:2 · 2:5 · 3:1 · 3:2 · 5:13 · 11:8 (NLT)

Next Steps:

1. Respond. A simple prayer of surrender, right where you are, is enough to begin.
2. Connect. New or exploring faith? We'd love to meet you — start at grandpoint.church.
3. Go deeper. Catch the rest of The Voice series and share this episode with someone who needs to hear that they're not out of reach.

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