Category: Daily Devotional

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 12:22-46 Trust God and be ready

Luke 12:22-34 Trust God

²²Then He said to His disciples, 

“Don’t think about what you will eat or either what you or your clothes look like. ²³This life is about more than food and the body is more than looking good. ²⁴Think about how God has provided for the birds. They don’t sow seeds or harvest, or store grain, but God provides food for them. How much more valuable do you think you are than the birds. ²⁵Who can make himself taller by wishing it? ²⁶If you can’t even make the easiest thing happen by wishing it, why do you worry about anything else? ²⁷Just think about these lilies. They don’t do any work but even Solomon in all his king’s clothes didn’t come close to looking as beautiful as they do. ²⁸If God makes the grass look so beautiful today, which is just going to be burned up tomorrow, don’t you think He will give you the clothes you need? Oh you people who have no faith! ²⁹Do not look for food or drink or even worry about it. ³⁰That’s what the world does. Don’t you think that your Father already knows that you need these things? ³¹Instead, search first for the Kingdom of God, and the things I mentioned will be given to you. ³²Don’t worry, my few followers. It is My Father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell what you have, give to the poor.  Get for yourselves property and riches that do not wear out and where there are no thieves to steal anything from you and where there are no moths to eat it. ³⁴You will put your money where your heart is.

Luke 12:35-46 Be ready

³⁵Keep yourself ready, day and night, ³⁶like men who wait for their lord to return back from his wedding, so that when he knocks at the door, it will be opened immediately. ³⁷Blessed are the servants who their lord finds watching. I tell you that their lord will make them sit down to eat and he will come out and serve them. ³⁸Yes, blessed are the servants if he comes in the middle of the night and he still finds them faithfully watching out for him. ³⁹Think of it this way… If the house-owner knew in advance what time the thief was coming, he would be ready for him to stop him breaking into his house. ⁴⁰Be ready for the Son of man too, as He will come just when you don’t expect Him”.

⁴¹Then Peter said,

 “Lord, are you talking to us, or to everybody?”

⁴²So the Lord said,

“Who is this faithful and wise servant who their lord will put in control of his property, and who will then be given his reward? 

⁴³It is the servant who is found doing just what he should have been doing who is going to be so pleased that he was doing it, ⁴⁴because he will be made ruler over everything his lord has. 

⁴⁵Now suppose the servant was unfaithful instead and beat those under him and spent his time eating, drinking and getting drunk, ⁴⁶then that servant will not be ready when his lord comes back, because it will happen at a time that catches him by surprise, and his lord will kill him and give him what the unbelievers will get. ⁴⁷That servant, which knew what his lord wanted, did not get himself ready or do what he was supposed to do and so he will be punished severely. ⁴⁸Anyone who did things that deserved punishment, but had not been told it was wrong, will only be punished lightly. This is because whoever has a lot, will be expected to give a lot, just as when men give a lot to someone, they will ask a lot from him”.

—-Summary

Luke 12: ³¹Instead, search first for the Kingdom of God, and the things I mentioned will be given to you. ³²Don’t worry, my few followers. It is My Father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

Luke 12: ⁴⁰Be ready for the Son of man too, as He will come just when you don’t expect Him”.

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 12:⁴⁰Be ready for the Son of man too, as He will come just when you don’t expect 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… In Christ Alone…

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 12:1-21 Loyalty and values…

Chapter 12:1-12 Jesus commands loyalty…

Meantime such a huge crowd had gathered that they were treading on each other’s toes. Then He started talking to His disciples again by saying,

“Beware of the Pharisees’ hypocrisy; it is like yeast which ferments the dough. ²Whatever is done in secret will be made known. ³Everything said at night will be heard about when it is day, and whatever is said in private will be public knowledge. ⁴My friends, I tell you this, don’t be afraid of those that can only kill the body and after that do nothing. ⁵But I will give you fair warning now who to fear! Fear Him who after death has the power to throw you into hell; yes, fear Him. ⁶Are not five sparrows sold for just two of the smallest coins? Well, not one of them is forgotten by God. ⁷As God even knows the number of the hairs of your head, do not worry as you are worth more than many sparrows. ⁸I will tell you this; whoever admits that they know Me before men, I will admit that I know them before the angels of God. ⁹But whoever denies that they know Me before men, I will deny that I know them before the angels of God. ¹⁰Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. ¹¹When they bring you to the worship centre, to their judges, and those in power, don’t worry about how to answer their questions, or what to say to them, ¹²as the Holy Spirit will tell you what to say when the time comes”.

13-21 Our values must mean putting God first…

¹³Then one of the regular followers said to Him, 

“Master, tell my brother to give me half of what our parents left behind when they died”.

¹⁴He replied, 

“Man, when was I made a family courts judge?”

¹⁵Then He said to them,

 “Look out for wanting more.  A man’s life is not about how much he can get.” ¹⁶Then He taught with an illustration, 

“A rich farmer had a bumper crop one year. ¹⁷The farmer thought, ‘how can I keep such a big harvest. It’s too much for me to store’.

¹⁸So he thought to himself, ‘I know what to do. I will pull down my barns and build great big warehouses so that I can keep my harvest and possessions safely’. ¹⁹Then I will say to myself, ‘Soul, you are so rich now, that you can put your feet up and just live for yourself, eating, drinking and making yourself merry’.

²⁰But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight, your time is up. I am taking your soul back, so who will own all the riches then, that you spent your life to get?’ ²¹This is what the man is like who lives to get rich for himself, but not towards God”.

—-Summary

²⁰But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight, your time is up. I am taking your soul back, so who will own all the riches then, that you spent your life to get?’ ²¹This is what the man is like who lives to get rich for himself, but not towards God”.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus and the Holy Spirit? 

¹⁰Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

• Today’s Challenge

 ⁵But I will give you fair warning now who to fear! Fear Him who after death has the power to throw you into hell; yes, fear Him.

⁸I will tell you this; whoever admits that they know Me before men, I will admit that I know them before the angels of God. ⁹But whoever denies that they know Me before men, I will deny that I know them before the angels of God.

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… O Jesus I have promised…

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 11:37-54 Jesus v. religious leaders.

37-54 Jesus v. religious leaders

³⁷ Anyway, a religious leader begged him to go back to his place for dinner, so He went and sat down at the dinner table. ³⁸The religious leaders were surprised that He didn’t have a wash before dinner. ³⁹So the Lord said to them, 

“You wash the outside of the cup and plate but ignore the fact that you are filthy dirty with wickedness inside. ⁴⁰Didn’t the creator who made the outside, also make the inside? ⁴¹It is better to give your money away to those in need and that will show that the inside has become clean. ⁴²You religious leaders will die as you carefully give ten percent of everything you have, but don’t care as much about the coming judgment and the love of God as you do about money. You should have done the one as well as the other. ⁴³You religious leaders will die as you love to be seen to be important and have people greet you  as if you were someone special when you go out shopping. ⁴⁴You religious leaders will die as you are hypocrites. You are the living dead but men come to you and do not know that you are not the real thing, or what you pretend to be.”

⁴⁵One of the lawyers said;

“Master, when you talk like that, it includes us too!”

⁴⁶He replied, 

“You lawyers will die too. You tell others to do the hardest things that you would never dream of doing yourself and you don’t even think of lifting a finger to help them when they try to obey your ridiculous laws. ⁴⁷You will die as you take ownership of the sins of your fathers, like the building of tombs for prophets killed by your fathers. ⁴⁸You are witnesses that you agree with what your fathers did when they killed the prophets, when you take ownership of their actions by remembering it with memorials. ⁴⁹The wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles and some of them will be killed and persecuted’⁵⁰…You people that are still alive now will be held accountable for the murders of all the prophets from the very beginning. ⁵¹The judgment for the first murder, of Abel, until the murder of Zacharias, who was killed between the place of animal sacrifice and the Temple, will be made in this day and age, where the chickens will finally come home to roost. ⁵²You lawyers will die as the truth that was essential for people to know you stopped people from finding. You lawyers were not interested in the truth yourself and you try to stop anyone else from finding it”.

⁵³Then it was the turn of the other angry religious leaders that were shouting at Him, because all they wanted to do was to try to provoke Him into saying something that would trap Him. ⁵⁴This whole conversation, with witnesses present, was a trick to try to trap Him into saying something so that they could accuse Him.

—-Summary

Luke 11:44 ”You religious leaders will die as you are hypocrites. You are the living dead but men come to you and do not know that you are not the real thing, or what you pretend to be.”

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

Luke 11:43 You religious leaders will die as you love to be seen to be important and have people greet you as if you were someone special when you go out shopping. ⁴⁴You religious leaders will die as you are hypocrites. You are the living dead but men come to you and do not know that you are not the real thing, or what you pretend to be.”

Jesus is the judge…

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 11:53 ”Then it was the turn of the other angry religious leaders that were shouting at Him, because all they wanted to do was to try to provoke Him into saying something that would trap Him.”

Their questions turned to anger and conspiracy… 

What is your response to His challenge?

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… Thy hand O God has guided…

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Luke 11:13-26 Teaching on the spiritual war

¹⁴One day He was casting out a demon that was making a man unable to speak. He got rid of the demon and the man spoke, so that really gave the people something to think about. ¹⁵Someone said, 

“The only way He can get rid of devils is through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils”.

¹⁶Others tried to tempt Him into giving them a sign from heaven. ¹⁷As He knew what they were thinking He said to them, 

“Any kingdom that has civil war comes to an end and any house that has a divided family also comes to an end. ¹⁸Now listen; you say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub, but if Satan is divided against himself, how could his kingdom survive? ¹⁹If you were right that I could only cast out demons using Beelzebub, then who are your sons using to cast them out? They will judge you for what you are saying. ²⁰But if I am casting out demons by the hand of God, then you have to recognise that the kingdom of God has come to you. ²¹No-one can steal from a man who is stronger and is on guard against robbers. His stuff is safe, ²²unless another man attacks him who is even stronger and who beats him up and then he will lose all his stuff. 

²³Anyone who is not with me is against Me, and anyone who is not part of the solution is part of the problem. ²⁴When a demon is cast out of a man, it goes around looking for another victim, and if it doesn’t find one, will say, ‘I’ll go back to the one I left’. ²⁵On its return it will find everything nice and tidy, ²⁶and so will go and get seven more spirits who are even more evil than himself, and so the man’s condition will be far worse at the end than it was at the beginning”.

Luke 11:27-28 A woman interrupts Him

²⁷As He was speaking a woman interrupted and said,

 “God bless the woman who brought you into the world and fed you with her milk”.

²⁸But He replied, 

“Those that are blessed are the ones who hear and obey the word of God”.

Luke 11:29-36 Spiritual warfare lesson, continued…

²⁹When a crowd had gathered, He said,

“This is an evil generation that wants to see a sign, but the only one that they will be given will be the one that the prophet Jonah gave. ³⁰Just as Jonah WAS the sign, (which the people of Nineveh believed,) so in the same way, the Son of Man IS the sign to this generation. 

³¹The queen of the south will be a witness at the judgement and condemn this generation, because she travelled from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon, but someone greater than Solomon is here. 

³²The men of Nineveh will be a witness at the judgement and condemn this generation as they turned from their sin when Jonah brought God’s message to them.

³³No-one lights a candle and then hides it, but it is put up on a candlestick to give light to those coming in. ³⁴The eye allows the body to have light. In the same way, when the windows of your heart are clean, the light can come in, but when the windows of your heart are black, no light can come in. ³⁵So, check that what you think you see as light in you, is not really the darkness, pretending to be the light. ³⁶If the light in you gets rid of all of the darkness, then you will be really living in the light, like a candle burning helping you to see clearly by its light”.

—-Summary

Luke 11:34 “The eye allows the body to have light. In the same way, when the windows of your heart are clean, the light can come in, but when the windows of your heart are black, no light can come in.”

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus?

Luke 11:14 One day He was casting out a demon that was making a man unable to speak. He got rid of the demon and the man spoke, so that really gave the people something to think about. 

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 11:35 So, check that what you think you see as light in you is not really the darkness, pretending to be the light.

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 by Graham Kendrick, “Shine Jesus shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory…”

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

10: 38-42 Martha and Mary

³⁸Now he entered a village and a woman called Martha opened her house to Him. ³⁹She had a sister called Mary who sat at Jesus’ feet to hear His every word. ⁴⁰But Martha was busy making the meal. She asked Jesus,

“Lord, don’t you care that my sister is leaving all the work for me to do? Tell her to come and help me.” 

⁴¹Jesus answered,

 “Martha, Martha, you try hard and worry about everything. ⁴²Really, there is only one thing that’s needed and Mary has found it, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Chapter 11:1-12; Jesus teaches on prayer

One day after Jesus had finished praying, his disciples asked,

“Lord, please can you teach us how to pray, just like John taught his disciples?” ²

So, He said,

“When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. May your Kingdom, come. May your will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven. ³Give us today our daily bread. ⁴Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who have sinned against us and deliver us from the time of trial”.

⁵He added, 

“If you went to a friend at midnight asking, ‘Please can I have three loaves of bread ⁶for a friend who has come as I have no food to offer him.’ ⁷The friend will say, ‘Go away, stop disturbing me. The house is locked up and we’ve all gone to bed. I’m not getting up just to help you’. ⁸I tell you that although he will not get up to help him, out of friendship, he will eventually get up and give him what he wants, just in order to get some peace and sleep. ⁹So I tell you, ask and you will receive, look and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰Everyone who asks will receive, and everyone looking will find, and anyone knocking, the door is opened. ¹¹To you fathers; if your son asks for bread, would you give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish would you give him a snake? ¹²Or if he asks for an egg would you give him a scorpion? ¹³If you who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him”.

—-Summary

• Today’s Verse… “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. May your Kingdom, come. May your will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven. ³Give us today our daily bread. ⁴Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who have sinned against us and deliver us from the time of trial”.

• Today’s Challenge;- “Lord, please can you teach us how to pray, just like John taught his disciples?”

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’.)

Jesus said, “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26:40,

As our blog on the homepage is about James’ teaching about faith without works being dead, think about this song with Cliff singing of the example set by the Salvation Army of putting their faith IN ACTION…

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Chapter 10: 25-37. The heart (The Good Samaritan)

²⁵A religious lawyer trying to be clever, stood up and asked Him;

“Master, tell me, what do I have to do to have eternal life?”

²⁶Jesus replied, 

“What does the law say? How do you understand what is written?”

²⁷He answered;

“You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind and your neighbour as much as you love yourself.”

²⁸In reply He said, 

“Yes, well, just do that then and you will live”.

²⁹The man needing to put himself in the right said to Jesus,

“Who is my neighbour?”

³⁰Jesus gave this answer, 

“A man went from Jerusalem to Jericho and was attacked by thieves. They took his clothes, beat him up, and ran away, leaving him half dead.

³¹A religious leader, a priest, came by, and saw him, but crossed over on the other side. ³²Then another religious leader, a Levite, came by, and saw him and also crossed over to the other side. ³³Then a non-Jew came by and saw this dying Jew on the road and wanted to help him. ³⁴He did something practical by going to him, treating his wounds with oil and wine, put him on his own animal, took him to a hotel where he looked after him. ³⁵The next day when he had to go, he paid the bill, and said to the owner, ‘look after him and I will pay you whatever it costs, when I come back.’ ³⁶Now, which of these men do you think was a neighbour to the man who was beaten up?” 

³⁷The lawyer replied, 

“The one who had mercy on the man”.

Jesus said,

“Well, do it”.

38-42 Martha and Mary

³⁸Now he entered a village and a woman called Martha opened her house to Him. ³⁹She had a sister called Mary who sat at Jesus feet to hear His every word. ⁴⁰But Martha was busy making the meal. She asked Jesus, 

“Lord, don’t you care that my sister is leaving all the work for me to do? Tell her to come and help me.” 

⁴¹Jesus answered,

“Martha, Martha, you try hard and worry about everything. ⁴²Really there is only one thing that’s needed and Mary has found it, and it will not be taken away from her.”

—-Summary

⁴²Really there is only one thing that’s needed and Mary has found it, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

²⁵A religious lawyer trying to be clever, stood up and asked Him

“Master, tell me, what do I have to do to have eternal life?” …

²⁸In reply He said, 

“Yes, well, just do that then and you will live”.

Today’s Challenge

Jesus said,

“Well, do it”.

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’.)

Jesus said, “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26:40, Pray along with this hymn… Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

 Luke 10: 1-22 Mission of the seventy.

Luke 10: 1-16 The Mission 

After this, the Lord appointed another seventy disciples to be His messengers to go ahead of Him into every city and place that He was coming to, ² saying,

 “The harvest is so great that we don’t have nearly enough workers. Pray to the owner of the harvest that He will send more workers to help with the harvest. ³Go where I told you. I know that I am sending you out like lambs being put where the wolves are.  ⁴Don’t take any money with you, don’t carry anything, like shoes, and don’t spend time greeting people on the journey. ⁵When you enter a house, say, ‘Peace be to this house’. ⁶If a son of peace lives there, let your blessing stay on the house. If you are not welcome there, then your blessing of peace will come back to you. ⁷Stay in the same house, eat and drink whatever is put in front of you as it is payment for your work. Don’t move from house to house. ⁸If a city receives you when you come to it, eat whatever they give you. ⁹Then, heal the sick, and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near.’  ¹⁰And if a city does not want you, go on your way, ¹¹saying, ‘You can even have the dust of your city back that is on our shoes, but know this, the Kingdom of God is near. ¹²I warn you now that on that day, Sodom, (the city destroyed by God,) will be better off than you’.

¹³Destroyed will be Chorazin and Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had seen the miracles done in you, they would have repented a long time ago. ¹⁴At the judgement, it will be  easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you. ¹⁵And Capernaum, which everyone thinks is so great, will be thrown into hell. ¹⁶Anyone who listens to you, listens to me. Anyone who looks down on you, looks down on me. Anyone who looks down on me, looks down on Him who sent Me”.

Luke 10:17-22 The seventy report back.

¹⁷The seventy disciples returned from the mission with joy, saying, 

“Lord, in your name, even the devils had to obey us.”

¹⁸And He said,

 “I was watching Satan fall suddenly, just like lightning falls from heaven.

¹⁹From now on serpents and scorpions will not hurt you, and the enemy will have no power over you, in fact, nothing will be able to hurt you. ²⁰But don’t get excited because you have power over the spirits, but you should be happy that your names are written in heaven”. 

²¹Jesus was full of joy and said, 

“I thank you O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that you didn’t show all this to the wise and careful, but to the ignorant. This was the way you wanted to do it. ²²My Father has given everything to me. No-one knows who I am except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone the Son chooses to reveal Him to”.

²³He turned to His disciples and told them in private, 

“Blessed are those who see what you have seen. ²⁴I can tell you now that prophets and kings have wanted to see what you have seen, but haven’t been able to. They wanted to hear what you have heard and have not been able to do that either”.

—-Summary

¹⁸And He said,

“I was watching Satan fall suddenly, just like lightning falls from heaven.

• Today’s Verse…Who is Jesus? 

v.22 “No-one knows who I am except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone the Son chooses to reveal Him to”.

• Today’s Challenge

v.2 “The harvest is so great that we don’t have nearly enough workers. Pray to the owner of the harvest that He will send more workers to help with the harvest. ³Go where I told you. I know that I am sending you out like lambs being put where the wolves are.  ⁴Don’t take any money with you, don’t carry anything, like shoes, and don’t spend time greeting people on the journey.”

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’.)

Jesus said, “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26:40.

Pray along with this hymn… Seek ye first the kingdom of God… 

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Luke 9:37-62  It’s all about the heart…

Luke 9: 37-43 Epileptic healed

³⁷The next day they came down the hill to find a crowd of people waiting for Him. ³⁸A man from the crowd cried out,

“Please help me, Master. Take a look at my son, who is my only child. ³⁹A demon has possessed him, making him shout, cut himself, foam at the mouth, and bruise himself. It almost never stops. ⁴⁰I asked your disciples to get rid of the demon but they couldn’t^“.

⁴¹Jesus said;

 “You have no faith and do not follow God. How much longer do I have to put up with you? Bring your son to me”.

⁴²As Jesus came near the son, the devil threw the child to the ground and hurt him. Jesus told the demon to go away and cleaned the child of the evil spirit and gave the healed child back to his father. ⁴³Everyone was amazed that God could do such a thing!

Luke 9: 43-48 Jesus teaches His disciples

But while they spent their time talking about it, Jesus said to His disciples, 

⁴⁴“Remember carefully what I am telling you now, the Son of Man will be taken and handed over to men”. 

⁴⁵But they didn’t know what He was talking about, because it didn’t make sense to them and were afraid to ask Him.

⁴⁶After this, the disciples started to argue about who was the greatest.

⁴⁷Jesus knew the thoughts of their hearts and took a child and placed him next to Himself, ⁴⁸and said,

“If you receive this child, you receive Me. If you receive Me, then you receive Him that sent Me. The most humble servant is the one who will be great.”

Luke 9: 49-61 The disciple’s hearts.

⁴⁹John said, 

“Master, we saw someone else also healing someone of devils in your name, so we told them to stop, because he wasn’t one of us.” 

⁵⁰Jesus said; 

“No, don’t order them to stop. Anyone who is not against us is for us”.

⁵¹When it was time for Him to die, He started going to Jerusalem. ⁵²He sent messengers ahead, who arrived in a village of Samaria, where the people would not receive Him. ⁵³They refused to give Him recognition as He was going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴When James and John saw this, they said,

“Lord, can we bring down fire from heaven and burn them up, like Elijah did?” 

⁵⁵This made Him turn round, sharply criticising them, saying,

“You don’t know the kind of spirit that has you. ⁵⁶The Son of Man has not come to destroy anyone, but to save”. 

So they moved on towards the next village. ⁵⁷On the way, they met a man who said to Him, 

“Lord, I will follow you anywhere”.

⁵⁸ Jesus replied,

“Foxes have holes to live in, and birds of the air have nests to live in, but the Son of Man doesn’t even have a place to sleep”. 

⁵⁹To another man, He said,

“Follow me”.

The man said,

“Lord, first wait until my father has died, so that I can take care of my funeral responsibilities.”

⁶⁰Jesus replied, 

“Let those without life, bury the dead, but as for you, spend your time telling others about the Kingdom of God”.

⁶¹Another man said, 

“Lord, I will follow you, if you wait for me to go and say goodbye to the family at home.”

⁶²Jesus said, 

“You are not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven if you still want to keep your past life, after you have started following Me.”

—-Summary

“Follow me”.

Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

⁵⁶The Son of Man has not come to destroy anyone, but to save”. 

Today’s Challenge

“You are not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven if you still want to keep your past life, after you have started following 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’.)

Jesus said, “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26:40.

Pray along with this hymn…O JESUS, I HAVE PROMISED

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Luke 9: 18-27 Jesus is “the Christ of God”.

¹⁸While He was praying alone with His disciples, He asked them, 

“Who do people say that I am?”

 ¹⁹They answered

“Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say one of the prophets come back to life.”

²⁰So Jesus asked them directly,

 “But who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered, 

“The Christ of God”.

 ²¹Then He ordered them not to tell anyone.

²² He told them, 

“The Son of Man must suffer so much and be rejected by the religious leaders and killed, and then He will rise again from the dead on the third day. 

²³If anyone wants to follow me, He must deny Himself, take up His own cross every day, and then he can follow Me. 

²⁴If you save this life for yourself, you will not get eternal life given to you by God, but if you give up this life to God, you will have eternal life given to you by God. ²⁵How does it help you if you get the whole world, only to lose your soul which lives on, by having it thrown away? 

²⁶If you do not live for Me and the words I speak in this world, I will have nothing to do with you in the next world, where I share glory with My Father and the holy angels. ²⁷I am speaking the truth to you when I say that some of you standing right here will actually get to see the very Kingdom of God which I am talking about, before they die”.

Luke 9:28-36 The Kingdom of God is seen.

²⁸Just eight days later, this happened when Jesus went up a mountain to pray with Peter, James, and John. ²⁹As He prayed He shone as if a light was glowing through Him from the inside out. ³⁰Then Moses and Elijah came and talked with Him, ³¹shining brightly, talking about the death that He had to suffer in Jerusalem. ³²Peter and James had fallen asleep but when they woke up, they saw Jesus as He really was, in His glory, along with the two men standing with Him. ³³As the two men were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, 

“Master, it’s fantastic that we saw this. Let’s build something for each one of you”. 

He was speaking without thinking. ³⁴At this, he was interrupted by a cloud which came down on them, which now made them afraid, ³⁵and a voice spoke from inside the cloud saying,

“This is my Son and I love Him, listen to what He is saying”. 

³⁶After the voice stopped, they found Jesus no longer had anyone with Him. At that time they did not tell anyone the things they had seen.

—-Summary

 ³⁵and a voice spoke from inside the cloud saying,

“This is my Son and I love Him, listen to what He is saying”. 

Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

²⁰So Jesus asked them directly,

 “But who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered, 

“The Christ of God”.

 ²¹Then He ordered them not to tell anyone.

Today’s Challenge

²⁰So Jesus asked them directly,

 “But who do you say that I am?”

Prayer, Praise and Worship

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

b). Jesus said, “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Matt.26:40

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… O Jesus I have promised… 

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 9: 18-27 Jesus is “the Christ of God”.

¹⁸While He was praying alone with His disciples, He asked them, 

“Who do people say that I am?” 

¹⁹They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say one of the prophets come back to life.”

²⁰So Jesus asked them directly, 

“But who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered,

“The Christ of God”. 

²¹Then He ordered them not to tell anyone. ²² He told them, 

“The Son of Man must suffer so much and be rejected by the religious leaders and killed, and then He will rise again from the dead on the third day. 

²³If anyone wants to follow me, He must deny Himself, take up His own cross every day, and then he can follow Me. 

²⁴If you save this life for yourself, you will not get eternal life given to you by God, but if you give up this life to God, you will have eternal life given to you by God. ²⁵How does it help you if you get the whole world, only to lose your soul which lives on, by having it thrown away? 

²⁶If you do not live for Me and the words I speak in this world, I will have nothing to do with you in the next world, where I share glory with My Father and the holy angels. 

²⁷I am speaking the truth to you when I say that some of you standing right here will actually get to see the very Kingdom of God which I am talking about, before they die”.

Luke 9:28-36 the Kingdom of God is seen.

²⁸Just eight days later, this happened when Jesus went up a mountain to pray with Peter, James and John. ²⁹As He prayed He shone as if a light was glowing through Him from the inside, out. ³⁰Then Moses and Elijah came and talked with Him, ³¹shining brightly, talking about the death that He had to suffer in Jerusalem. ³²Peter and James had fallen asleep but when they woke up, they saw Jesus as He really was, in His glory, along with the two men standing with Him. ³³As the two men were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, 

“Master, it’s fantastic that we saw this. Let’s build something for each one of you”. 

He was speaking without thinking. ³⁴At this, he was interrupted by a cloud which came down on them, which now made them afraid, ³⁵and a voice spoke from inside the cloud saying, 

“This is my Son and I love Him, listen to what He is saying”. 

³⁶After the voice stopped, they found Jesus no longer had anyone with Him. At that time they did not tell anyone the things they had seen.

To think on…

A summary note…

³⁵and a voice spoke from inside the cloud saying, 

“This is my Son and I love Him, listen to what He is saying”. 

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

³⁵and a voice spoke from inside the cloud saying, 

“This is my Son and I love Him, listen to what He is saying”. 

• Today’s Challenge

²⁰So Jesus asked them directly, 

“But who do you say that I am?”

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…

“Love Divine, All Love Excelling”,

at this link… from the Royal Albert Hall,

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