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SEPTEMBER 28
Read: Luke 9:1-6
Reflect: What questions do you have after reading this passage?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
SEPTEMBER 29
Read: Luke 9:1-2
1 Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
Reflect: What does healing look like for you?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
SEPTEMBER 30
Read: Luke 9:3-4
3 He said to them, “Take nothing for your jouney, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there.”
Reflect: What is Jesus asking of you today?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
OCTOBER 1
Read: Luke 9:5
5 Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
Reflect: How do you keep disappointments in the past from limiting your future?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
OCTOBER 2
Read: Luke 9:6
6 They departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.
Reflect: What is your story of being changed by the grace of Christ?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
OCTOBER 3
Read: Luke 9:3-6
3 He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there. 5 Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 They departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.
Reflect: Who needs to hear your story of faith?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
OCTOBER 4
Read: Luke 9:1-6
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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Healing: making whole. I am particularly called to help heal the earth, to help make it whole. To do the small things, to encourage but not browbeat others to do the small things. Reduce. Reuse.
I think Jesus is asking us to trust in Him. To trust that He will provide. We just returned from our adventures in WY, MT, and ID. I am always struck by the enormity of our house when we return. How full it is of stuff that we don’t need. How far it is from my bed to the bathroom! I feel like this passage speaks directly to the extra baggage we carry with us, both literally and figuratively.
Renee and Pam, thank you for your beautiful insights into these verses. You’re helping me focus on what’s meaningful to me, and I really needed some help this week!
I really like this comment, Renee. Even as I try NOT to have too much stuff, I still carry it with me both physically and emotionally.