June 12, 2026
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Reading along with us in 1 Chronicles and Luke? Here’s today’s reading:
Luke 11 (NIV)
Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“ ‘Father,
hallowed be your name,…..Continue Reading
Again always so much in these chapters so I feel like the things that stood out for me today (which I think is cool that when I read these chapters at different points and times in my life different things seem to catch me…love that!) Jesus teaches them to pray and shows the importance of a childlike confidence in those prayers. We are praying to our Father and we should never have reservation that He wants anything other than the best for us. We may not see things happening the way we want or expect, but He is working and we need to trust He is who He says He is, He can do what He says He can do, and He loves us….that is the confidence we have and when we ask in prayer He is listening
Well said Kelly. Luke 11
It is amazing that the God of the universe comes to us and says ask, seek and knock and you will receive the result that you are looking for. Now from our experience, we know that God does not give us everything we ask for, but only that which is good for us and consistent with His plan. But these statements still show the absolute gracious and giving nature of our Father in heaven and He is able and willing to act in this way when it is right. And we can trust Him for that. And yet so many people gave Him a hard time and challenged Him at every turn because He contradicted the way that they thought. And so we shouldn’t be surprised if we point to and represent His ways, that people will disagree with us and come at us as well. And yet we are to live and let our light shine and keep sharing the gospel and declaring His goodness to those around us.
Luke 11
Luke 11
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.“ God considers people to be against him if they do not believe and follow the him. “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” When we read, listen, study, meditate, practice and obey God’s Word, we are blessed. “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light.” Keep our focus on the Lord, do not let words, images, sinful acts, and the goings on of unbelievers into our personal lives so that we can move forward each day with a light that shines in the darkness.
I am still beyond elated that the only one true God, Creator loves to hear from me! To me there is nothing on this earth of more value besides grace. I was told in catholic school I was never good enough to be heard by God. But when the Holy Spirit filled my soul and spirit, I knew immediately my prayers were accepted before my Father. No better news. To be persistent in prayer is key: to never give up asking. Keeps our focus and faith sharp. The door will be open. Vs 11. Good fathers who love their children make mistakes. But treat their children well. How much better a perfect heavenly father treats his children.!! Vs 24. If an unclean spirit comes out of a person that void must be filled by the Holy Spirit. Vs 46. Nails it! The religious leaders load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and they will not lift one finger to help them. To me, that defines religion.
I have always been a little confused by this scripture, about the “eye” being the lamp of the body. Is this about what you let in by viewing? How is the eye good or bad? How can the light in you be darkness?
““No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.””
Luke 11:33-36 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.11.33-35.NKJV
Our eyes are what perceive the world. And so when we seek to look at good things, ourselves are exposed to good things and vice versa.
Thanks, Pastor.
Luke 11
Luke 11
Forgive us Our Sins for we also
Forgive “everyone” who sins against us. Hmm
Good to know if your whole body is in the light with no darkness, it will be completely lighted as when the light of a lamp shines on you! We need to be so careful to stay in the word when we are saved because evil will only be too happy to fill the space. The Holy Spirit will keep this from happening since we are not to grieve the Holy spirit and follow God’s word continually and repent immediately when we sin. Ask seek and knock. What a privilege we have been given.