He said to them, ‘Whenever you pray, say, Father, your Name be honored as Holy. Your kingdom come.’ Luke 11:2 Jesus starts out in this model prayer with three very important things. First, God is our Father. This is a recognition of His position as Creator. He is the Prime Mover, the First Cause, the…

He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.’ Luke 11:1 Jesus prayed. He is from heaven. He proceeds from the Father. He is God in all His fullness. Yet, He prayed. If He…

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her. Luke 10:42 Jesus was not about to deprive Mary of the position of the learner that she had chosen. Though Martha was busy, the things she had chosen to take care of could wait. The…

The Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things,’ Luke 10:41 The way Jesus addresses Martha here speaks volumes. The repeating of her name does two things. First, it is meant to calm Martha. Second, it reveals Christ’s love and concern for her. Jesus doesn’t want us to be burdened…

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.’ Luke 10:40 It is amazing how often Jesus was asked to give commands that other people wanted. Martha could have…

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said. Luke 10:39 Mary was a very attentive learner. She was one of those people who always want to be in the front row. Even the Lord didn’t always have interested hearers like Mary. Heavenly Father,…

While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Luke 10:38 It is easy to forget that it was Martha who we see initiating the relationship between Christ and her family. Regardless of whatever else we may have to say about her, that invitation of Christ…

‘The one who showed mercy to him,’ he said. Then Jesus told him, ‘Go and do the same.’ Luke 10:37 The lawyer of course got the answer to the question correct. The Samaritan was the neighbor of the man who was hurt. And, in his answer, the lawyer gives expression to the compassion presumably found…

Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? Luke 10:36 Read this very carefully. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most well-known passages in the Bible. But that doesn’t mean it is well understood or interpreted.…

On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him,`Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ Luke 10:35 It is difficult to pinpoint the exact value of the two denarii that the Samaritan gave…