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As you read the Lord's Prayer, is there a rekindling of how you once learned to pray? Are these new ideas for you and your prayers? Perhaps these words continuously give structure to your own prayers, guiding your heart when you sit to talk with God. Jesus, as a dear Rabbi to his followers, answers their question with a model of prayer that guides his disciples to name and revere the one true God, to ask for God’s glorious redemptive work here and now, while teaching how to depend on Jesus in the day-to-day tasks he gives each one of us. He is not only the Good Father and Creator of All, he is our LORD who provides and is trustworthy. Turning to him in prayer is our blessed gift.

We continue this week’s sermon series, The Gospel of Luke, Part III: A Journey through Galilee, with the passage on Mary & Martha. The overarching theme today teaches us about the most necessary thing in life for a healthy heart. While conventional and worldly wisdom point towards the physical aspects of what helps to keep a heart healthy (diet, exercise, sleep, limited exposure to smoke and alcohol, etc.), they often leave out the key ingredient. While these physical aspects are worthy pursuits, there is a greater spiritual pursuit that remedies our hearts above all other things. Luke 10:38-42 helps us to see three different types of hearts, and the primary pursuit for a truly healthy heart. Everything else is secondary.

This week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part III: A Journey through Galilee, The 70 Sent Out, provides yet another opportunity for us to hear from God directly through the Scriptures. (The Scriptures are the most important words we ever hear.) Today’s message helps us to see the heart of God, the message of God, and our participation with God in His story of Redemption. In Luke 10:1-24, Tyler preaches on the 70 sent out and reveals four essential things that every person needs to know. Not only are we the recipients of God’s gracious lovingkindness through the gospel, we also, like the 70, have the privilege and joy of being gospel bearers and messengers in this fallen world.

This week’s sermon series, The Gospel of Luke, Part III: A Journey through Galilee, Exacting Discipleship, Newley continues telling the story of Jesus’ transition from the years of teaching about the Kingdom of God, healing, and performing miracles to Jesus setting his way towards Jerusalem and talking with others along the way. In Luke 9:57-62, there is an emphasis placed on discipleship, the cost, and what it looks like to follow Him.

This week’s sermon series, The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee, A Mission of Mercy Towards Sinners, signifies a great transition in the ministry of Jesus Christ from His authentication to His mission of mercy. Up through this point in the book of Luke, the emphasis has been on the authentication of Christ in various ways: His genealogy and life, His own testimony, the testimony of God The Father, others’ testimonies, and through many miraculous signs and wonders. In Luke 9:51-56, Jesus pivots towards Jerusalem to fulfill the final acts of His earthly life and His ascension into heaven. In this passage, Jesus reveals His purpose, rebukes the two disciples, and extends the invitation of acceptance and involvement in His mission of mercy.

As the world measures greatness in terms of power, position, and possessions, this week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee reveals to us the true measure of greatness as exhorted and exemplified by Jesus Christ. Sacrificial service, not status, emerges as the path to true significance and satisfaction within the kingdom of God. As we love one another, we more fully realize the blessing of our union with Christ and His Church.

Reading Luke’s account of Jesus healing a demon-possessed boy compels us to consider the greatness of God and our own faith.

As stressed throughout our sermon series, the identity of Jesus Christ remains the most significant matter in all of human history. This week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee presents the unveiling of Jesus’ glory through His transfiguration. In response to the unquestioned identity and matchless majesty of our Messiah seen through these events, we are to dedicate our lives to knowing Jesus and sharing Him with others.

After we have declared who Jesus is, what does that do to our lives? What is next? Continuing our series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey Through Galilee, AJ Neely walks us through what Jesus tells us life after a true encounter with him looks like.

As different images of Jesus continue to circulate throughout our culture, this week’s sermon series, "The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee", magnifies the true identity of Jesus Christ. More than 2,000 years after Jesus posed the question to His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?”, the same question lingers today posing both earthly and eternal implications.