Day 29: Shalom
WEEK 5, DAY 29: SHALOM Scripture Reference: Luke 13:10-17 The word shalom is spoken frequently throughout the nation of Israel and around the world. This blessing of peace, health, wholeness and completeness is released every time the Jewish people meet and depart. Instead of hello and goodbye, they simply say, “Shalom.” With every new encounter, a […]
Day 30: Transformation
WEEK 5, DAY 30: TRANSFORMATION Scripture Reference: Luke 14:25-35 As I read the words of this passage in Luke 14:25-38 I am compelled to wonder at the strong language Jesus uses as He talks to this crowd that followed Him. These are His potential disciples—people who would become His loyal subjects. And the same people […]
Day 31: Wholeness
WEEK 5, DAY 31: WHOLENESS Scripture Reference: Luke 15:11-31 What do you when you have lost something valuable like your wallet? You search. The search becomes a journey of overturned couch cushions, rifled through drawers and automobile glove boxes. You go through every purse or worn pair of pants. And you look in jacket pockets […]
Day 32: Peacemaking
WEEK 5, DAY 32: PEACEMAKING Scripture Reference: Luke 16:1-15 They sized up one another as they stood in the middle of the room. Silence fell on the crowd as step by step they got closer and closer, meeting nose to nose with fire in their eyes. No words were spoken or needed to be. In […]
Day 33: Self-Control
WEEK 5, DAY 33: SELF-CONTROL Scripture Reference: Luke 17:1-10 “Where there is no vision; the people perish.” (Proverbs 29:18) This is the verse most quoted at leadership conferences, secular and Christian. It’s a great thought, probably true, but it is not what the verse says. Literally the verse says: “Where there is no revelation; the […]
Day 34: Wisdom
WEEK 5, DAY 34: WISDOM Scripture Reference: Luke 18:1-14 & 18-30 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, Psalm 111:10 According to scripture, fear or awe of the Creator will produce a human being who can function well in the world, a man who is wise. The […]
Day 35: Unity
WEEK 5, DAY 35: UNITY Scripture Reference: Luke 19:28-44 The other day I heard the PING! of my phone. I looked at the message and it was all to familiar and depressing. “Leaders in South Sudan (the Dinka and Nuer tribes) sign a new Peace Agreement.” Like the boy who cried, “Wolf!” we’ve heard it […]
