What is the parable of the great banquet about? In Luke 14, Jesus is dining at a pharisees house with many prominent pharisees and Jewish leaders. Jesus had just healed a man on sabbath and talks about serving others. Jesus mentions to not reserve one's hospitality to only those who can return so in kind …
Praising God in Trying Times
It is easy to praise God when we are winning at life, but what does it look like when things are not going our way? It is easy to see God in triumphant moments but not so much when we feel He is silent. As people of God we are called to honour Him, trust Him …
Press on!
Philippians 3:12-14 "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and …
Focused or Fuzzy?
As we navigate through life, we have our days of highs and lows. Days when we are strong in our faith and days when we struggle to trust. Days we feel victorious and days we feel discouraged. Doubt in the midst of a trial is a stranger to no one. We all experience doubt at …
Tune in to God
1 Samuel 3:1-10 "The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. One-night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, …
A Father Celebrates and a Brother Grumbles
This post is a continuation of the parable of the lost son, the first part of the parable can be found here. Today we will dig deeper into the father's and brother's response to the return of the prodigal son. The Heart of the father (Luke 15: 20-24) Verse 20 says "while the son was …
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It is Never too Late
Found in the gospel of Luke 15:11-32, the Parable of the Lost son is a touching and well-remembered story of a father's love for His wayward son. Jesus used parables to illustrate a spiritual point and this parable along with the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin was said in response to …
