Category: Luke
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The Burning Heart
Luke 24:32 “They said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?’” The account of Jesus speaking to the disciples on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection is one of my favorites stories in all of Scripture. Here…
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Marvelous and Gracious Words
Luke 4:22 “And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth.” Are you ever shocked at what comes out of people’s mouths? Perhaps it’s the nature of the time we live in that very little shocks us anymore. Still, often when we are surprised by someone’s…
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When stress overwhelms
Luke 22:39-46 “And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation.’ And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,…
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The squeeze
Luke 23:43 “And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.’” Quite a few years ago a missionary was in our church talking to us about what he called “the squeeze.” “The squeeze” as he put it, were those times in life when we may be…
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Glorious thoughts
Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” I wonder what Mary thought about as she held her son? The birth of any child is a miracle that brings many thoughts to any parent. But what did Mary think about? She had been told that her son was to…
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Forfeiting the blessings of God
Deuteronomy 5:29 “Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would…
To Encourage You 