Text: Luke 9:28-36 Theme: Peter demonstrated his ignorance to God’s plan and presence when he talked rather than listened. Key verses: “…he took Peter, John and James with him and went up to a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became as bright as a flash of ...
Text: Luke 9:23-27 Theme: Dying is only worthwhile when it is for the Christ, the Son of God. Key verses: “Then he said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and fillow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ...
Text: Luke 9:18-22 Theme: Jesus explicitly said he would rise again, yet his disciples missed it. Key verses: “‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’ Peter answered, ‘The Christ of God.\'” (v. 20) “And he said, ‘The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected…and he must be ...
Text: Luke 9:12-17 Theme: Jesus challenged his disciples to meet overwhelming needs. Key verses: “…the Twelve came to him and said, ‘Send the crowds away so they can…find food…because we are in a remote place here.’ He replied, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They answered, ‘We only have five loaves of bread and two ...
Text: Luke 9:10-11 Theme: Jesus constantly ministered on two levels. Key verses: “Then he took them and withdrew by themselves to a town…but the crowds…followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.” (v. 10-11) What God said to me: Notice first that Jesus was interrupted by ...
Text: Luke 9:1-6 Theme: Jesus sent out the disciples to accomplish exactly two things. Key verses: “When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and the heal the sick. He told ...
Text: Luke 8:40-56 Theme: Stopping for the woman with the issue of blood ultimately allowed Jesus to bring someone back from the dead. Key verses: “…a man named Jairus…came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus ...
Text: Luke 8:22-25 Theme: Jesus could be sleeping one moment then commanding nature the next. Key verses: “As they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jerpardy.” (v. 23) “Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the ...
Text: Luke 8:16-21 Theme: Jesus’ truth was to be universally spread, though it would completely illude some. Key verses: “‘There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known…\'” (v. 17) “‘Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will ...
Text: Luke 8:4-15 Theme: Among those in the crowd were people of all four categories of Jesus’ parable. Key verses: “While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some ...
