God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
‘But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.’ Luke 6:35 (NIV) We have all heard it. We repeat the words often. ... Continue Reading →
Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20 (NIV) Jesus starts on one of His most famous lessons. He looks at His followers and starts to call down all kinds of blessing upon them. He tells them they are blessed because of... Continue Reading →
who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all. Luke 6:18-19 (NIV) Here He is. People are coming from all around. They seek out Jesus. They... Continue Reading →
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" Luke 6:9 (NIV) It may be difficult for us to place ourselves there that day in the synagogue. Do we have trouble imagining it? All the people... Continue Reading →
Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." Luke 6:5 (NIV) Jesus and His followers are walking through the fields. They pluck some heads of grain and remove the chaff to eat the grain. It seems like such a harmless little act, doesn´t it? How could this be a... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast." Luke 5:34-35 (NIV) The Pharisees and religious leaders are questioning Jesus. They want to know why His followers are attending... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:31-32 (NIV) Jesus finds a once greedy tax collector sitting at his booth. Jesus calls the man. The man leaves his shady business and his former life,... Continue Reading →
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." Luke 5:24 (NIV) Jesus is in a crowded house. People have come from all around to see Him and hear Him. ... Continue Reading →
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13 (NIV) Jesus is moving around teaching and healing people. Then one day a man with a terrible disease comes to Him. This ailment that the man has is terminal. It is... Continue Reading →
Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11 (NIV) Jesus is teaching the people near the lake. He sees some boats and asks to use one to preach from. The fishermen oblige. After... Continue Reading →
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