Thursday
Read Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
After this the Lord chose another 72l
men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place
where he himself was about to go. 2He said to them, “There is a
large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the
harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest. 3Go!
I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4Don’t take a purse or a
beggar’s bag or shoes; don’t stop to greet anyone on the road. 5Whenever
you go into a house, first say, ‘Peace be with this house.’ 6If a
peace-loving person lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on him; if
not, take back your greeting of peace. 7Stay in that same house,
eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their
pay. Don’t move round from one house to another. 8Whenever you go
into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you, 9heal
the sick in that town, and say to the people there, ‘The Kingdom of God has
come near you.’ 10But whenever you go into a town and are not
welcomed, go out in the streets and say, 11‘Even the dust from your
town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the
Kingdom of God has come near you!’
16 Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and
whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
17 The 72m men came back
in great joy. “Lord,” they said, “even the demons obeyed us when we gave them a
command in your name!”
18 Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan
fall like lightning from heaven. 19Listen! I have given you
authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the
power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you. 20But don’t be glad
because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are
written in heaven.”
Think
I am sending you like lambs among wolves.' - Luke 10:3
Don't be surprised when being a Christian is difficult. Jesus warned his disciples of the dangers.
Pray
Lord when I feel like a lamb among wolves, help me to remain your lamb
with you my shepherd.
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