Category: luke
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The Prayer Jesus Taught
2And he [Jesus] said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.3Give us each day our daily bread,4and forgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.And lead us not into temptation.” Here’s what this prayer teaches me:
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Go and Do Likewise
25And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him [Jesus] to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and…
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Labor in the Harvest
1After this the Lord [Jesus] appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into…
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A Little of Right Better Than A Lot of Wrong
37On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him [Jesus]. 38And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so…
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Your Greatest Idol
23And [Jesus] said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. —Luke 9
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A Story to Tell, A New Life to Live
38The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.–Luke 8 Could you imagine? This guy could…
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The Soil of Your Heart
4And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he [Jesus] said in a parable, 5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6And some fell on the rock,…
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The Power of Jesus and Your Story
39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”… …48And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49Then those who were at table with…
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The Compassion of Jesus
11Soon afterward he [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the…
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The Emotional Either/Or of Your Heart
27“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.—Luke 6
Joel M Bradshaw 