Lead in: In Luke 12:32, Jesus tells us not to be fixated on things that ultimately are not that important. Keep your eyes on the Kingdom of God at hand and also keep your eyes on the little things that we sometimes miss.Prompt: Can you think of something that, at...

Lead in: In Luke 12, a man wants Jesus to intervene to assure him that he gets his fair share of the family inheritance. Jesus refuses his request. Trying to fix the situation by intervening is a boundary Jesus will not cross. Interfering inappropriately creates a...

Lead in: In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”Prompt: In your life as you know it today, where is it hardest for you to pray “thy will be done”? Lead in: In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.”Prompt:...

Lead in: Spiritual author Virgina Herbers asks a good question, “Yes Lord, sitting with you as Mary does is a beautiful thing. But what about those sitting on their duffs while I am tending to all that needs to be done?” And the Lord’s response, “Yes, do what needs to...

Lead in: Spiritual author Virgina Herbers asks a good question, “Yes Lord, sitting with you as Mary does is a beautiful thing. But what about those sitting on their duffs while I am tending to all that needs to be done?” And the Lord’s response, “Yes, do what needs to...

Lead in: The Good Samaritan stopped and knelt beside the man who had fallen victim to robbers. To kneel at the side of one who lay helpless before you, it’s humbling to see a human life hanging in the balance between life and death. These are but some of the feelings...

Lead in: When Jesus asked the disciples, “What are the people saying about who I am?”, they weren’t quite sure. “Some say you’re the Baptizer back from the dead.” Then he put the question to Peter, “Who do you say I am?”  Peter answers, “You are the messiah, the Son...

Lead in: “As the day was drawing to a close, the twelve approached him (Jesus) and said, ‘Dismiss the crowd so they can go.’” Luke 9:12 Finding themselves miles from nowhere and with nothing to eat, the disciples’ solution was to say to the crowd, “Everybody’s on your...

Lead in: When we’re reunited with those whom we love, we have much to say, such as a soldier coming home to his wife and kids or a college student’s first trip home from school. The night before he died, knowing his time is short, Jesus says to his disciples, “I have...

Lead in: I’ve always been struck by the idea that we never pray alone. The Holy Spirit, our advocate, prays with us even when we don’t know what to say. (Romans 8:26-28) Yet, we’ve all had times when we felt alone in our problems and found it hard to pray.Prompt: What...