As we begin this new series titled LifeHacks: 4 Secrets of a Healthy Soul, we are examining the power of words. Our words matter, and they can be used as weapons for good or weapons for evil.

Jesus knows each and every one of us by name. No matter how closely you follow him, or how far from him you may be, he knows you and he calls you by name!  

In our final week of this series we are looking at a story of how Jesus called Zacchaeus by name and went to dine with him even though he was a chief tax collector. He would have been hated by his own people for working with the Roman government and gaining his riches by stealing from them, and yet Jesus saw him, called him by name, and left him forever changed.

When the crowds told a blind man to stop calling out to Jesus he did not stop. Not only this, but the scriptures tell us that his cries intensified. You see, the blind man that Jesus encounters in Luke chapter 18 understood a couple of things that we would be well served to remember ourselves... He knew that it wasn't enough to just be around the crowds surrounding Jesus, he wanted to be close to Jesus himself, and he knew that just because he couldn't see Jesus didn't mean Jesus couldn't see him. What happens next is a great example of how Jesus really is the Friend of Sinners.

Borders and barriers are everywhere. Some borders help to protect us or keep us safe, but other borders only serve to separate and isolate us from others. Tune in as guest speaker Pastor David Doerner digs into a passage from the gospel of Luke where Jesus reaches beyond cultural borders to heal a group of outsiders, and the incredible life change that occurred for one of them men healed.

When a woman entered the home of a Pharisee uninvited and poured expensive perfume on Jesus' feet I bet your could have heard a pin drop. Everyone there knew who she was. She had all kinds of labels on her, and in their minds they were rightly judging her as far from worthy to sit at the feet of Jesus... But JESUS had a very different reaction. He saw through the labels, through her appearance, and through her past.   

Join us as we start this new series looking at the book of Luke and how Jesus' interactions show us he truly is the Friend of Sinners.