March 10, 2022

 Good Morning

God with With

Happy Thursday!

9 More Days until Spring 

If you like to garden, it's that time of year....

Psalms 71

God the Rock of Salvation

5 For You are my hope, O Lord God;

You are my trust from my youth.

6 By You I have been upheld from birth;

You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.

My praise shall be continually to You.

From the time of his birth; God was with him. God took him out of his mother's womb. Do not ever think anything about you escapes God. 

Luke cont....

One reoccurring theme taken from the words of Christ is the teaching of Mercy.

Mercy does not ask what did you do to deserve the treatment!

Or why are you being treated in this manner. It simply sees a person in need.

Mercy does not say did you do a 100 good things today.

Mercy does not judge the situation.

Mercy offers help to the person.

Mercy sees the person down and helps pick them up as much as possible.

If your enemy finds themselves having hard times or going through. God says to do good unto them. If they cross your path then have mercy on them despite their own actions. In that moment hopefully they will not remain an enemy. But what if their actions brought them to a dark place. It is not for us to know. God says if your enemy is hungry or thirsty offer to him food and drink. If they don't appreciate it then God will reward you for being a good Samaritan. 

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 

31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 

32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 

33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 

34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 

35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Have a great day!