Text: Luke 6:12-16 Theme: Jesus prayed all night before he chose His twelve apostles. Key verses: “…He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: Simon…and ...
Text: Luke 6:1-11 Theme: Jesus demonstrated the real purpose of the Sabbath. Key verses: “Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them.” (v. 1) “Jesus answering them said, ‘Have you not even read this, what David ...
Text: Luke 5:27-39 Theme: Jesus introduced new ways when He attended a feast in honor of sinners. Key verses: “…He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, ‘Follow Me.’ So he left all, rose up and followed Him. Then Levi gave a great ...
Text: Luke 5: 17-26 Theme: When Jesus got through with the crippled man, everyone was thinking, “Paralized, my butt!” (NOTE: Stephen, my 12-year-old, and I are doing this devotion together today, and this theme was his idea!) Key verses: “Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house and lay him ...
Text: Luke: 5:12-16 Theme: Jesus often went to lonely places to be with His Father. Key verses: “Jesus reached out his hand adn touched the man, ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him. Then Jesus ordered him, ‘Don’t tell anyone.\'” (v. 13-14) “Yet the news about him spread all ...
Text: Luke 5:1-11 Theme: When Peter simply obeyed Jesus, he was astonished, humbled and compelled to follow Him. Key verses: “He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he ...
Text: Luke 4:31-44 Theme: Jesus meet people’s needs as he went and he went to meet people’s greatest need. Key verses: “Then he went down to Capernaum…and on the Sabbath began to teach the people. (v. 31) “In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon…” (v. 33) “‘Be quiet!’ Jesus said sternly. ...
Text: Luke 4:14-30 Theme: The Holy Spirit caused people to spread the news about Jesus, though some talk wasn’t so good. Key verses: “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he ...
Text: Luke 4:1-13 Theme: Satan tempted Jesus in all three areas of potential weakness. Key verses: “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit…was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this ...
Text: Luke 3:23-38 Theme: Clear signs from above set Jesus apart from us at his baptism. Key verses: “When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from ...
