THOSE FORGIVEN LOVE When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”…

THEY DO NOT KNOW… After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. —Judges 2:10 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” The…

LOVE GOD So be very careful to love the Lord your God. —Joshua 23:11 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” —John 14:21 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. —I John 2:3-5 “Why do you call…

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Pray One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles. —Luke 6:12-13 Prayer… Are you spending time in prayer or just going through your days in your own strength and power? If Jesus spent time with His Father in prayer, surely we need to be doing the same thing! Jesus spent all night in prayer before He picked the twelve that would be with Him over the next few years. Surely it would be wise for us to spend time in…

YOU ARE FOLLOWING SOMEONE “Follow me” —Luke 5:27 Everyone will follow someone… There are those who listen to certain news media and will follow whatever they say. There are those who follow sports teams, Hollywood personalities, gamers and other groups. People follow cults and cultures. Yes, people will follow somebody… even if it is themselves! Jesus told Matthew and others to follow Him. Matthew, like so many others, immediately left what he was doing and started following Jesus. Now Jesus is either fully trustworthy to be followed or He is not worthy to be trusted to follow at all. Well, He is fully trustworthy and He is the only One…

BE OBEDIENT IN FISHING When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away…

SHINE! For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. —Luke 2:30-32 Light dispels darkness. Darkness cannot be in the presence of light nor can it overcome the light. Darkness can only exist when light is absent. Jesus is the Light of the World (John 8:12). Without Jesus the world and individual lives are darkness. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come…

NAMED BEFORE CONCEPTION On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. —Luke 2:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picInhsTXng Jesus’ birth was supernatural, a miraculous birth by God’s design (Luke 1:26-38). He was named Jesus even before His conception. Jesus “was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:1-3). Jesus, “being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his…

PROCLAIM! …to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace. —Luke 1:77-79 As John the Baptist was to bring the “knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of sins” to “those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, so we are also to do the same. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How, then, can they call on…