Pentecost (53)
  1. In the kitchen of Jesus, God gathers individuals who live on the margins. Their lives do not fit the dress code of a five-star restaurant. Their language offends and their behavior dismays and, deep down, like the disciples, we may just want Jesus to send them away.
  2. No matter how far down you fall into the wavering waters of “If you are...” prayers, Jesus is there.
  3. Jesus is the One leading and teaching God’s people, who sustains them when they hunger in the wilderness.
  4. Jesus fills us with the Spirit and sends us as sources of living water into the thirsting world.
  5. As the church year ends, we are not give a vision of Jesus on His throne, ruling over a new creation. Instead, we see Jesus ruling from the cross. His grace comes in the midst of suffering and pain.
  6. When God does not give you a life free from suffering, He calls you to look for Him in the midst of suffering. There you find Him doing His work, giving you words to speak and promises to hold onto.
  7. In the text, Jesus enters a Pharisee’s house for dinner. Between the invitation and the meal, however, Jesus transforms this man’s home into a place of God’s care.
  8. When offering encouragement to His disciples to follow Him, Jesus did not promise a pain-free life in this world. Instead, He highlighted the struggle and the difficulty. Why?
  9. This is true discipleship. We live with Jesus, we hold on to Jesus, we suffer with Jesus, because Jesus brings a divisive peace that saves.
  10. We are loved by our heavenly Father. When the Creator and Giver of all good things is caring for you, suddenly, you are free to care for others.
  11. Trust in the midst of trouble. That is what our Lord calls us to experience today.
  12. Everywhere we look, there is suffering. But Jesus is not calling us to look. He is calling us to listen.
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