Author: John Dunning

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

 Luke 20: v.45 – 21: v.4 The heart

Luke 20: 45-47 Warnings against religious leaders

⁴⁵Then in the hearing of everyone He said to His disciples,

⁴⁶“Beware of the religious teachers who like to walk about in their long coats, and go for a walk where people are in the marketplace in order to receive lots of greetings, and have the highest seats in the worship centre and the best rooms at feasts. ⁴⁷They take widows houses, and try to make themselves look good with long prayers. It’s this kind of person who receives even harsher judgement”.

Chapter 21: 1-4 God looks on the heart.

He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the money box. ²He then also saw a poor widow casting into it the two smallest mite coins. ³He said,

“I am telling you that this poor widow has put in more money than all those others. ⁴For all these have only given what they didn’t have any other use for, but she has given what she needed just to stay alive”.

—-Summary

“I am telling you that this poor widow has put in more money than all those others. ⁴For all these have only given what they didn’t have any other use for, but she has given what she needed just to stay alive”.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the money box. ²He then also saw a poor widow casting into it the two smallest mite coins. ³He said,

• Today’s Challenge

⁴⁶“Beware of the religious teachers who like to walk about in their long coats, and go for a walk where people are in the marketplace in order to receive lots of greetings, and have the highest seats in the worship centre and the best rooms at feasts. ⁴⁷They take widows houses, and try to make themselves look good with long prayers. It’s this kind of person who receives even harsher judgement”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

You may like to pray along with this hymn…IN CHRIST ALONE

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 20:20-44 Spies, tricks and traps…

²⁰So, they watched Him, using spies pretending to be of the common people, looking for something He said, to be used as the evidence they needed to have Him arrested by the governor. ²¹These spies said,

 “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly. You don’t take anything at face value but only teach God’s true way. ²²So should we, or should we not be paying taxes to Caesar?”

²³But He saw their trick question, and said to them,

²⁴“Find me a coin…Now whose face is on it?”

They replied, “Caesar’s”.

²⁵And His reply to them was,

 “Then give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God”.

²⁶In public they couldn’t find any of His words that they could use against Him. They were amazed at His answer and had nothing they could say. ²⁷Then those religious leaders who deny that there is such a thing as a resurrection, asked Him a question. ²⁸They said,

“Teacher, Moses wrote down that if a man’s married brother dies without children, then the brother marry her and give her children. ²⁹There were seven brothers. The first married and died without children. ³⁰The second married her and died without children. ³¹The third married her and so on, up to the seventh, all dying without children. ³²Finally, the woman died. ³³So, as she was wife to all seven brothers, whose wife will she be in the next life?”

³⁴And Jesus answered them,

“The children of this world marry and are given away to get married, ³⁵but the ones considered to be worthy to have the resurrection from the dead, do not marry or are given to be married. ³⁶And they cannot die again either, as they are equal to the angel messengers, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. ³⁷The dead are raised now, for example Moses who presented himself at the bush and called on the Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ³⁸For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him”.

³⁹The religious writers said, 

“Ideal answer, Teacher”.

⁴⁰And after that, they didn’t dare ask Him any more questions.

⁴¹Then He said to them,

 “How come some say, that Christ is David’s son? ⁴²David himself said in the Psalms, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, ⁴³until I put your enemies under your feet’. ⁴⁴As David therefore called Him, ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”

—-Summary

Who is Jesus?  “How come some say, that Christ is David’s son? ⁴²David himself said in the Psalms, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, ⁴³until I put your enemies under your feet’. ⁴⁴As David therefore called Him, ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”

• Today’s Verse…

Who is Jesus?  “How come some say, that Christ is David’s son? ⁴²David himself said in the Psalms, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, ⁴³until I put your enemies under your feet’. ⁴⁴As David therefore called Him, ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”

• Today’s Challenge

³⁸For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn…I will sing the wondrous story…

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Chapter 20:1-8 Jesus is challenged…

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple and bringing the message that heals, the religious leaders came to Him ²saying at Him,

“What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

³He answered

“Well, let me ask you something. Answer me this… ⁴Was the water immersion of John from heaven or men?”

⁵They discussed it by saying, 

“If we say ‘From heaven’, He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’. ⁶However, if we say ‘From men’, the people will stone us, as they believe that John was a prophet”. ⁷They answered, “We don’t know”.

⁸Jesus said to them,

 “Then I too will not tell you by what authority I do these things”.

Luke 20:9-19 Vineyard tenants

⁹He turned towards the people and taught them with this meaningful story.

“A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to a farmer of vines, and then went far away to another country for a long time. ¹⁰The time came to get the rent and he sent a servant to the tenant farmer, to receive the fruit of the vines. Instead, the farmer beat him up and sent him away with nothing. ¹¹So, he sent another servant and he was beaten up too and treated in a way that was shameful. ¹²So he sent a third one and again they beat him up and threw him out. ¹³Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What can I do? I will send my son that I love. Maybe they will respect him’. ¹⁴But when the tenant saw him, they said this to themselves; ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and then we will have his inheritance’. ¹⁵So they threw him out and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy the tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others”. 

Those who heard him say this, said,

“No! May this never happen”.

¹⁷He looked at them and said,

“What does it mean then when it says, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the foundation stone’. ¹⁸Whoever falls on that stone, will be shattered. Whoever the stone falls on will be crushed”.

¹⁹Then the religious leaders wanted to lay their hands on Him as they saw that the story was about them, but couldn’t find any way of doing it as they were afraid of the people.

—-Summary

¹⁷He looked at them and said,

“What does it mean then when it says, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the foundation stone’. ¹⁸Whoever falls on that stone, will be shattered. Whoever the stone falls on will be crushed”.

¹⁹Then the religious leaders wanted to lay their hands on Him as they saw that the story was about them, but couldn’t find any way of doing it as they were afraid of the people.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

 ¹³Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What can I do? I will send my son that I love. Maybe they will respect him’. ¹⁴But when the tenant saw him, they said this to themselves; ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and then we will have his inheritance’. ¹⁵So they threw him out and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy the tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others”. 

• Today’s Challenge

Chapter 20:1-8 Jesus is challenged…

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple and bringing the message that heals, the religious leaders came to Him ²saying at Him,

“What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

³He answered

“Well, let me ask you something. Answer me this… ⁴Was the water immersion of John from heaven or men?”

⁵They discussed it by saying, 

“If we say ‘From heaven’, He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’. ⁶However, if we say ‘From men’, the people will stone us, as they believe that John was a prophet”. 

⁷They answered, 

“We don’t know”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn… Breathe on me breath of God…

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 19: 29-48 A mixed reception in Jerusalem…

²⁹When He came up to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His learner disciples, ³⁰saying, 

“Go into that village. As you enter you will find a colt tied up. It is not yet tamed but untie it anyway and bring it to me, ³¹and if anyone asks why you are untying it, tell him, ‘Because the Lord needs it’.”

 ³²Those He sent found it just as He had said, ³³because just as they were untying the colt, the owners said, 

“Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴So they replied, 

“The Lord needs it”.

³⁵They brought the colt to Jesus, then put clothes on it and helped Jesus onto it. ³⁵As He rode on, they spread their clothes in front of Him. ³⁶When He was at the bottom of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of followers were so full of joy that they started making a lot of noise praising God for all the great things that they had seen, ³⁷saying,

“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

³⁸Some of the Pharisees who were in the crowd, said, 

“Teacher, rebuke those learning from you”.

³⁹He replied, 

“I tell you that if they held their peace the stones would cry out immediately”.

⁴⁰When He had nearly arrived, He looked at the city and cried over it, ⁴¹saying, 

“Oh, if only you had known this late in the day how to get peace. But it’s too late now as it is hidden from you. ⁴²The time will come when your enemies will dig a trench around you and surround you on every side to keep you in. ⁴³They will level this place to the ground with your children still in it. They will not leave one stone on top of another, because you did not know when your hope had come”.

 ⁴⁵And He went into the temple, and threw out all those selling and buying, ⁴⁶saying, 

“It’s written, (*Isaiah 56:7*) ‘My house is a house of prayer’. But, what you did is to make it a cave of robbers”. 

⁴⁷And He taught daily in the temple, but both the religious and community leaders looked for ways to kill Him, ⁴⁸but they couldn’t find how they could do it, as the people hung on His every word.

—-Summary: Luke 19:37

“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

• Today’s Verse…Who is Jesus?

“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Luke 19:37.

• Today’s Challenge

 ⁴⁵And He went into the temple, and threw out all those selling and buying, ⁴⁶saying, 

“It’s written, (*Isaiah 56:7*) ‘My house is a house of prayer’. But, what you did is to make it a cave of robbers”. 

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn… The Old Rugged Cross…

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 19:1-28 The Kingdom of God

Luke 19:1-10 Those wanting salvation…

Jesus was just passing through Jericho, ²where there was a rich tax collector called ‘Zacchaeus’, ³who was trying to see Jesus but couldn’t because of the crowd and he was too small. ⁴So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree in order to catch a glimpse as He was passing by. ⁵When Jesus came to where he was, He looked up and saw him and said,

“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, as I am going to stay at your house.” 

⁶He was so excited he came down as fast as he could. ⁷But everyone grumbled that He had chosen to stay with a sinner. 

⁸But Zacchaeus said to the Lord, 

“Look Lord, half of everything I have I will give to the poor and if I have forced anyone to give me too much, I will pay them back four times over”. 

⁹And Jesus said, 

“Today salvation has come to this house so he too is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰The Son of man has come to seek and save the ones being destroyed.”

Luke 19:11-28 Different rewards

¹¹As they heard these things He added this meaningful story because they thought that the kingdom of God was about to come. 

¹²He said, 

“A nobleman went far way to get himself a kingdom and then return. ¹³He gave them ten mina dollars and said, ‘Go into business until I come back’. 

¹⁴But His citizens hated him and sent this message; ‘we will not have him as our ruler’. ¹⁵But he came back after he had received his kingdom, and ordered the slaves who had received the silver to come before him, to tell him how each of their businesses had done. 

¹⁶The first said, ‘Your mina made ten more minas’. 

¹⁷He replied, ‘Well, you good servant, because you have been faithful in a little, you will be over ten cities’. 

¹⁸The second said, ‘Lord, your mina has made five more minas’. 

¹⁹So, in a similar way he said to him, ‘Be over five cities’. 

²⁰Another said, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept in my handkerchief ²¹as I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you didn’t put down and harvest what you didn’t plant’. 

²²So, he replied, ‘I will judge you from your own words, you wicked slave. You knew I was a harsh man, taking up what I didn’t lay down and I harvested crops that I didn’t plant. ²³So why didn’t you put my money in the bank so that when I came back you could give it back with interest?’ 

²⁴Then he told the others, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who made ten minas’. 

²⁵They said, ‘But Lord he already has ten minas’. 

²⁶I tell you that everyone who has, will be given the share of the one who is having his share taken away. The one who made nothing will lose even what he had’. 

²⁷As for my enemies that would not have me reign over them, bring them here and kill them before me’.”

²⁸When He had finished speaking, He went up to Jerusalem.

—-Summary

Luke 19:10 ^“The Son of man has come to seek and save the ones being destroyed.”

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

Luke 19:10 “The Son of man has come to seek and save the ones being destroyed.”

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 19: “I tell you that everyone who has, will be given the share of the one who is having his share taken away. The one who made nothing will lose even what he had’. 

²⁷As for my enemies that would not have me reign over them, bring them here and kill them before me’.”

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn…

Seek ye first the kingdom of God