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JUNE 28
Read: Luke 17:11-19
Reflect: What questions do you have after reading this passage?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JUNE 29
Read: Luke 17:11-13
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”Reflect: Who is asking you for mercy? Are you willing to give it?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JUNE 30
Read: Luke 17:14
14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean.Reflect: Why did Jesus send these lepers on to the priests after he met them?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JULY 1
Read: Luke 17:15-16
15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16 He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.
Reflect: Do we make time to thank God for our blessings?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JULY 2
Read: Luke 17:17-18
17 Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? 18 Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Reflect: When have you felt that you were the only one to be thankful?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JULY 3
Read: Luke 17:19
19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”
Reflect: Why do you think the nine lepers didn’t praise God when they were cured?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
JULY 4
Read: Luke 17:11-19
Reflect: How will this message influence what you do this week?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
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I think that, like me all too frequently, where something that brings me enormous joy or relief from suffering happens, the lepers were so caught by surprise and happiness that they forgot by whose grace they were healed. Lord, stop me. Fill me with gratitude at your surprising grace.