Wednesday, February 28 | Luke 11:37-53
Again, Jesus is invited to dine with a pharisee – Simon in Luke 7:36-50, and an unknown Pharisee here in Luke 11:37-53. His host is astonished because Jesus does not wash his hands before eating.
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Monday, February 26 | Luke 11:29-32
Jonah never wanted to be a prophet. When the Word of the Lord came to him asking him to call on the great city of Nineveh to repent of their evil ways, he got straight on a boat to go as far as he possibly could in the opposite direction.
Wednesday, February 21 | Luke 10:38-42
This is the story where Martha is busy with preparations and her sister Mary sits at the Lord’s feet.
Sunday, February 19 | Luke 9:18-27
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Messiah of God.”
Friday, February 16 | Luke 9:51-56
“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.”
Thursday, February 15 | Luke 8:1-3
In this little section of Luke’s Gospel, we hear expressly that there were some women who accompanied Jesus and ministered out of their resources.
Ash Wednesday: February 14 | Luke 4:1-15
Still wet from the waters of his baptism, the Holy Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness. The wilderness is a dangerous place where you go if you must. In Scripture, the wilderness is often the dwelling place of forces hostile to God. In the wilderness, you experience the chaos that menaces human life. The wilderness is a place of crisis—induced by the fear that God is absent.
