Serving

…but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.                                                                        …

Sacrificial Giving

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she…

Rendering Appropriately

And He (Jesus) said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”                                                                                                            Luke 20:25  Today: Read Luke 20 To render is to provide or give service to something or someone. In scripture, it means to discharge what…

The Evidence Of A Changed Heart

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and…

Receiving Mercy

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.                                                                                                                             Luke 18:14  Today: Read Luke 18…

Forgiveness Flowing

Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”                                                                                                          Luke 17:3-4  Today: Read Luke 17 It’s a common trap. Most of…

Faithfulness

He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.                                                                                                          Luke 16:10  Today: Read Luke 16 Faith is an essential part of the Christian life. Faith in Jesus…

The Prodigal Returns

So he (the prodigal son) got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.                                                                                                         Luke 15:20  Today: Read Luke 15 We have all probably seen…

What Is Required (Pt 2): Priority

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. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.                                                                                                       Luke…

What Is Required (Pt 1): Repentance

And Jesus said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? I tell you,…