If you've read Matthew and Mark with us this school year, you've already read these parables and stories of Jesus' life. * The Good Soil * The Lamp Shining Bright for All to See * Jesus' Family - Those Who Obey God's Words * Jesus Calms the Storm * Jesus Heals the Demon Possessed Man * Jesus Has Power Over Death * Jesus Heals a Woman The thing that really stood out to me today is found right at the beginning. Not only did the twelve disciples follow Jesus as he went from town to town sharing the good news of the kingdom of God, so did many women. These women did not just go with them, they are helped fund and supply what Jesus needed. Jesus' influence was passing into more places than just the common people. One of the women who followed Jesus was married to the man who managed Herod's household. These women had so much to be grateful to Jesus for - Jesus had healed many of them, cast demons that would have been caused so much anxiety and stress ...
Many times Jesus' message was confusing to the people who were listening, because Jesus was talking about eternal things. Our lives should be lived in the light of eternity; these earthly things will pass away, but God's Word will last forever. We can hold so tightly to things we are not able to keep. Instead, let's invest in things that will last for eternity. Luke 9 Dear Heavenly Father, let us seek You with our whole heart and share Your message with the world around us. In Jesus' name, Amen.
God created human beings to have a relationship with each person who has ever lived and who ever will live and has always been the one pursuing us; He's not willing that anyone perish, but that all come to repentance. He was willing to enter time as we know it and become a human himself. In today's reading, Zacchaeus wanted to see him and Jesus wanted to hang out with Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus realized he was a sinner and after encountering Jesus, he wanted to make things right with the people he had taken advantage of financially. People like Zacchaeus ( all people, because all people are sinners ) are why Jesus came. Jesus came to seek and save the lost ! Luke 19
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