GO INTO THE LORD’S HARVEST FIELDS AND WORK! The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. —Luke 10:2 The workers in the harvest fields are few. Who is in charge of the harvest? The Lord is and so therefore we are to ask Him to send more workers into His fields. He is in charge of the harvest. The fields are His. We need to be praying that He will send more workers into His fields to work in the great harvest. Workers that work in the field…

FOLLOW JESUS As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.” He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead!l Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.” Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.” But…

LISTEN TO HIM! “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.” —Luke 9:35 Listen to Him! It is what He has to say that is important and should be our top priority. This next Sunday is Palm Sunday. We will look at “What would you do if you knew you had one week to live?” Then we are going to look at what Jesus did with His last week before He was crucified. “He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. At harvest time he sent a servant to the…

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO GOD’S WORD “So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.” —Luke 8:18 Dear Father, I want to hear what You have to say. That is what is important. You tell me that if I listen to You, then You will give me more understanding. I am trusting You for that. Oh, that I would truly listen to what You have to say and do so in the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the…

GREAT FORGIVENESS BRINGS GREAT CAPACITY TO LOVE! “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” — Luke 7:47 Those who understand that they have been forgiven much will love much. But those who think they have been forgiven little will love little. As followers of the Lord Jesus Christ we need to understand that we have been forgiven an eternal debt— one we could never pay off… never! How grateful should we be? It is truly astounding that Jesus paid that eternal debt for us and now “Everyone who calls…

DISCIPLE! After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel. —Judges 2:10 One generation is all it took for people to “not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.” One generation! One generation who acknowledge the Lord and knew what He done apparently did not take the advice to “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your…

CLING TO HIM! Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now. —Joshua 23:8 Cling to what is good (Romans 12:9). Don’t cling to deceit (Jeremiah 8:5). Nor cling to worthless idols (Jonah 2:8). Cling to His Word (Luke 8:15). Cling to your faith in Christ (I Timothy 1:19). A child clings to their mom’s leg for security and comfort. A grieving couple clings to each other for comfort and encouragement. Soldiers cling together in the heat of battle. A man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife. Clinging… we are to cling to the Lord God Almighty. Are you clinging to…

I LOVE HIM! “But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the Lord your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.” —Joshua 22:5 We are to love God, walk in His ways, obey His commands, hold firmly to Him and serve Him with all our heart and all our soul— with all our heart and all our soul! How many times in God’s Word are we reminded of this? (Deuteronomy 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 13:3; 26:16; 30:2, 6, 10; Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30,…

FORGIVEN! Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.” But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!” Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you…

THE SCRIPTURES SAY! But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.” Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’” —Luke 4, 8, 12 The priority communicative importance is not what you or I have to say. The priority communicative importance is what the Lord God Almighty has to say to us. We must understand that everything stands or falls on the revealed Word of God, the Bible. All that we can intimately know about God comes through what He says and…