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Jesus’s teaching is full of practical wisdom. Jesus made a very practical suggestion in this section for the guest to take the most humble seat to avoid embarrassment and to be honoured. He also suggests that inviting those who are poor to attend such a banquet, is more blessed than if you simply invited the rich. This is because the poor, who are in need, will not be able to return the invitation in contrast to the rich. Such gracious humility and lavish hospitality to those in need is in fact the life style of Jesus in the world and the purpose of incarnation. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 14:01-14. ✝️ #Unleashedforchrist 📆 #21Mar2023 🛐🌱 #Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCxAblvREH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Only in Luke’s gospel does Jesus describe most vividly the harsh reality of the words, ‘Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside the door and knock..’ So repent and put your faith in Jesus while you still can. You cannot appeal to your church membership, your family’s Christian heritage, your knowledge of Christian traditions, your denominational loyalty, even to your frequent prayers, and large donations to the poor. The door is Jesus. There is only one way through – renounce your old and wicked ways, and turn to Jesus. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 13:22-35. ✝️ #Unleashedforchrist 📆 #20Mar2023 🛐🌱 #Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAS482vTO9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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In the little parable of the barren fig tree, we easily assume that the man who owned the vineyard represents God. But in fact the vinedresser is the one who urges patience for a little while longer. This is the divine reaction that Jesus is pointing to.The fruitfulness of repentance and faith is what Jesus came for, and it is what God looks for in us all. God is still patient for a time. But time is running out for us and everyone to be found fruitful in this way. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 13:1-9. ✝️ #Unleashedforchrist 📆 #19Mar2023 🛐🌱 #Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp9TMOJvGGB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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God has a plan and moves in our lives. And yet, our actions, for good or for bad, have an impact on what happens to others and us. Therefore, at least some of life is made up of a combination of what we have to work with and what we do with those resources and opportunities! God knows and cares what we do and what happens to us. True happiness is never measured in what we have, but is a byproduct of trusting God to give us what we need. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 12:13-34. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆 #18Mar2023 🛐🌱 #Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp72qxXvs_0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jesus laid down some challenges for His disciples. He laid down the challenge of integrity – everything that we might well prefer hidden will be revealed one day, so integrity is the only logical option. He laid down the challenge of fearless devotion to him in the face of opposition and persecution. Only then we can be called as disciples. He laid down the challenge of accepting the testimony of the Spirit. If we set our hearts and minds against the Spirit, the one who brings us to Jesus, then we should not be surprised that we end up far away from Jesus and unforgiven in our hardhearted rebellion. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 12:01-12. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆 #17Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4jYSbvqJS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We all carry some wounds in our lives that go undiagnosed and untreated simply because we don’t allow God’s light to shine on them. You need God to help you either the hidden pain, hurt, guilt, or regret. God’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. When we hear it and obey it, we will see clearly and shine. And when we shine, those things that once lurked in the darkness to harm us will be revealed, and healing can then take place. Let him shine his light and bring healing to your life right now. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 11:27-52. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#16Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2FVLPvY8m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Lord commissions 70 disciples to go ahead of him, preparing the way. He gives them clear guidance and prepares them for what they are certain to face as they speak his message and show his love: both acceptance and rejection. We, too, are called to be ‘preparers’ for the Lord in our workplaces, in our families, in our relationships. The Lord has given us the responsibility and the privilege of representing him, of ‘living’ for him in a world that desperately needs his presence. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 10:1-24 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#14Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpzWzswP6dO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We live in a world where things are not often what they seem and where there always seems to be a ‘catch’ to everything. We are always surprised by something undisclosed or misleading. But throughout the gospels, Jesus is always very upfront about the cost of being His disciple…He does not want us to be confused or misled. Jesus tells us very clearly that to be His disciple, we must commit ourselves completely…with our whole being, and it needs to be the most important thing for us. 📖 Bible reading: Luke 9:57-65. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#13Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpx6ghfvKQR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray and gives three important points for how to approach our Heavenly Father. He teaches how to start our prayer with worship; how to learn to receive the daily living word for our life, and receiving the bread of life. He also highlights the importance of asking for forgiveness and releasing forgiveness through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The whole passage is about a relationship with God through Jesus. 📖Bible reading: Luke 11:1-26 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#15Mar2023 📆🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuEthBPwBj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Discipleship is not built on spectacular visions but on the inspired and unchanging word of God.’ The important thing is not only seeing wonderful sights, but also hearing God’s Word. ‘This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.’ In other words, we must follow and obey him. The dazzling light on the Mount of Transfiguration shines in our hearts as we encounter Jesus Christ through the word. Jesus has shared this glory with us as his followers, and he promised a glorious home forever. 📖Bible reading: Luke 9:28-45. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#12Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CprrkfYP3rp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Salvation is a kind of free gift. Christ has already purchased it with his own blood. There is nothing more we need to do to obtain what he has given to us freely. However, accepting this free gift is going to cost us something and the cost is the cross… to deny self, take up our cross, and follow him. Our salvation is free, but it is not cheap. It cost Jesus everything. He made the payment in full simply because he loved us. 📖Bible reading: Luke 9:11-27. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#11Mar2023 🌱🛐#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpp6IHaPgCb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jairus approached Jesus for his beloved daughter. An unnamed woman reached to touch Jesus to be healed. Jesus is not flustered by these people’s needs. He accepts their desperate faith. He does not turn them away. Because their faith led them to Jesus, they are rewarded with healing and salvation. Just as they approached Jesus needing to be helped, we, too, can be confident that Christ will not reject our desperate faith. 📖Bible reading: Luke 8:40-56 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#10Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpmvvDKvRdc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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After commanding the forces of nature to be still, Jesus commanded the forces of evil to be gone. Both incidents caused fear in those who witnessed them. It is difficult to be friends with those who have great power and authority. The disciples, who were in awe of Jesus, continued to follow and became effective under his authority. The town’s people asked him to leave, anticipating trouble from their earthly authorities. Great power and authority often causes great opposition. 📖Bible reading: Luke 8:26-39. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#09Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpk-hIVP6H4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jesus did not reject the sinful woman’s ministration of anointing his feet with fragrant oil. But it did not go well with the Jews around Him. The woman realized she could come to Jesus and be made whole. She risked public rejection by entering the Pharisee’s home uninvited to get close to Jesus. Jesus showcased the woman’s humble demonstration of repentance, her faith and great love. In his grace, he restored her social status by publicly announcing that she was forgiven. In this era of equality and modernization, women often forget to humble themselves before God. This women's day let's remember that humility is also an important virtue of us. Let's be humble in all what we achieve and give glory to God alone. Happy Women's Day. 📖Bible reading: Luke 7:36-50 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#08Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CphpNF8Ppq6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The gospel Jesus is preaching is the gospel of the kingdom of God. In the parable of the sower, the revelation of the kingdom of God is a heavenly mystery. Jesus uses a parable to explain this to us. To understand this mystery, we cannot use our intellectual ability, which only lets us see things that are comprehensible. Jesus says that we must use our ‘heart’ to understand, a spiritual heart to understand the mystery of the heavenly kingdom. This mystery is only revealed to those who are followers of Christ. 📖Bible reading: Luke 8:4-15 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#07Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpeehcRvaZK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Christianity has often had an uneasy relationship with doubt. We may take great comfort from the fact that even John the Baptist was not always sure about Jesus’ identity. He doubted. So do we. When we doubt, the antidote that Jesus prescribes is to look again at the evidence for who he is. The blind did receive their sight. The dead were raised. And so we can be sure that Jesus is who he said he was – the one worthy of all our worship, devotion and love. Will we believe the evidence that Jesus gives? 📖Bible reading: Luke 7:18-35 ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#06Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpcAoMkPcOM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jesus enters the town at the same time a widow and mourners are proceeding out towards the final burial place of her only son. Luke tells us ‘his heart went out to her’, and out of this compassion he does three things – he speaks comfort to her, acts to change her situation, and restores her joy. This is the wonderful power and awe of our God, that he holds the whole universe in his hands and yet still has time to care deeply for his people - to meet us in our need. Do you believe Jesus can change things? 📖Bible reading: Luke 7:11-17. ✝️#Unleashedforchrist 📆#05Mar2023 🛐🌱#Lenten https://www.instagram.com/p/CpZv9lTPpjX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=