Luke 15:29 “But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.’” One of the greatest struggles of being a parent is having children with attitude. You know what IContinue reading “Attitude – Luke 15:29”
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Estimate the Cost – Luke 14:28
Luke 14:28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? There are two costs that simply have not been calculated: the cost of the lockdown on human life and the cost to our great grandContinue reading “Estimate the Cost – Luke 14:28”
“I don’t know you!” – Luke 13:25
Luke 13:35 “Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’” One of the most difficult things parents have to do is close the door onContinue reading ““I don’t know you!” – Luke 13:25″
Unwanted Guest – Luke 12:3
Luke 12:3 “What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.” In the age of Alexa and Echo, we are always being listened to whether we want to admit it or not. OurContinue reading “Unwanted Guest – Luke 12:3”
Character! – Luke 11:41
Luke 11:41 But now as for what is inside you — be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” If onlyContinue reading “Character! – Luke 11:41”
Hungry Wolves – Luke 10:3
Luke 10:3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Have you ever felt out gunned and out numbered? You step into a situation and the ambush happens, the complaints seem to spring from nowhere, the opposition seems to rise like kudzu enveloping the South. You are taken completely by surprise and haveContinue reading “Hungry Wolves – Luke 10:3”
Sandwiched Report – Luke 9:7
Luke 9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead, Sometimes you want to hide some information, so you stuff it in the middle of something else. But other times the opposite is done. Do youContinue reading “Sandwiched Report – Luke 9:7”
Perseverance – Luke 8:15
Luke 8:15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. One of the greatest commodities that is missing today is perseverance, the ability to stick with a course of action through the difficulties. We see itContinue reading “Perseverance – Luke 8:15”
Future: Destitute – Luke 7:12
Luke 7:12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out — the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Destitute! We don’t hear this word spoken too often here in this country these days. We have life insurance, welfare, Medicare and Medicaid, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, GoFundMeContinue reading “Future: Destitute – Luke 7:12”
Reputation – Luke 6:26
Luke 6:26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. I get the feeling that the American church’s goal has been to be liked by the society at large. They have wanted to be accepted, and to a large degree that acceptance has come.Continue reading “Reputation – Luke 6:26”
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