In The Word Read: Luke 15 The Lost Sheep 15 Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. 2 Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So He told them this parable, saying, 4 “What man among you, if he […]
Month: March 2019
Discipleship Tested
In The Word Read: Luke 14:25-35 Discipleship Tested 25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever […]
Christ Sees You
In The Word Read: Luke 14:1-24 Jesus Heals on the Sabbath 14 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. 2 And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 And Jesus answered and spoke […]
True Followers
In The Word Read: Luke 13:18-35 Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven 18 So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds […]
Ready and Steady
In The Word Read: Luke 12:35-59 Be in Readiness 35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master […]
My or Thy Kingdom?
In The Word Read: Luke 12:13-34 Covetousness Denounced 13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; […]
The Holy Spirit Will Be Filled in Your Mouth
In The Word Read: Luke 11:53-12:12 53 When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, 54 plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. God Knows and Cares 12 Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that […]
Inside Out
In The Word Read: Luke 11:37-52 Woes upon the Pharisees 37 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. 39 But the Lord said to […]
He Knows Your Heart
In The Word Read: Genesis 20:1 – 21:21 Abraham’s Treachery 20 Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar. 2 Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech […]
Don’t Settle
In The Word Read: Genesis 11:10-13:4 Descendants of Shem 10 These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; 11 and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters. 12 Arpachshad […]