Speaker 1: Luke explained seventeen powerful lessons you need to know Hidden
Speaker 1: prophecy revealed. Have you ever wondered why the Gospel of
Speaker 1: Luke feels deeper, more detailed, and strikingly different from the others.
Speaker 1: Why it includes stories you will not find anywhere else.
Speaker 1: Why it highlights the poor, the outsiders, the women, and
Speaker 1: the gentiles with such compassion and clarity. Luke was not
Speaker 1: one of the Twelve Disciples. He was a physician, a historian,
Speaker 1: a gentile. Yet he was chosen by God to write
Speaker 1: one of the most precise and spirit inspired accounts of
Speaker 1: the life of Jesus. His gospel was crafted to show
Speaker 1: the world that salvation is for everyone, not just for
Speaker 1: the Jewish people, but for the rejected, the forgotten, and
Speaker 1: the unlikely. In this gospel, we encounter a Jesus who
Speaker 1: is both deeply human and fully divine. We witness the
Speaker 1: power of the Holy Spirit, We feel his compassion for
Speaker 1: the lost, We hear the call to repentance, and we
Speaker 1: are confronted with the challenge of true discipleship. Luke makes
Speaker 1: it clear that the Kingdom of God is not built
Speaker 1: by the strong and influential, but by the humble and surrendered.
Speaker 1: The greatest movements of God often begin in the most
Speaker 1: unlikely places. The smallest moments carry the weight of eternity,
Speaker 1: and the ancient prophecies whispered through generations find their exact
Speaker 1: fulfillment in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: In this video, you are about to discover seventeen powerful
Speaker 1: lessons from the Gospel of Luke, each one arranged in
Speaker 1: chronological order, each one filled with deep biblical insight, prophetic connections,
Speaker 1: and practical application for your life. Today. You will not
Speaker 1: only learn the history, you will experience the revelation. You
Speaker 1: will walk with Jesus step by step through the miracles,
Speaker 1: the parables, the Cross, and the empty tomb. And along
Speaker 1: the way you will see why Luke's gospel is known
Speaker 1: as the Gospel of Grace, the Gospel of Restoration, and
Speaker 1: the Gospel of Global Mission. Each lesson includes chapters and
Speaker 1: verses written out in full, so you can dive into
Speaker 1: the Word with depth and clarity. Together, we will uncover
Speaker 1: hidden truths, we will expose the beauty of God's plan,
Speaker 1: and we will learn the principles of a kingdom that
Speaker 1: is invisible to the world but unstoppable in power. By
Speaker 1: the end of this journey, your faith will be stronger,
Speaker 1: your understanding will be deeper, and your heart will burn
Speaker 1: with the same fire that move the first disciples to
Speaker 1: change the world. So prepare your heart, grab your Bible.
Speaker 1: Share this video with someone who needs a fresh word
Speaker 1: from God, and comment below what is your favorite verse
Speaker 1: from the Gospel of Luke. Your response helps us continue
Speaker 1: bringing content that build your faith and stirs your spirit.
Speaker 1: Now close your eyes and pray with me. Lord, speak
Speaker 1: to me through your word. Let every lesson sink deep
Speaker 1: into my heart. Reveal your kingdom, transform my mind, strengthen
Speaker 1: my faith, and teach me to walk as Jesus walked.
Speaker 1: May this gospel mark my life forever in the name
Speaker 1: of Jesus. Amen. Now let us begin. Get ready, because
Speaker 1: you are about to see how God uses the unlikely
Speaker 1: to fulfill eternal promises. God moves through the unlikely, based
Speaker 1: on Luke Chapter one, verses five through thirty eight. Most
Speaker 1: people expect God's plans to begin with the powerful, the famous,
Speaker 1: or the religious elite, but the Gospel of Luke reveals
Speaker 1: a surprising truth. God often begins his greatest movements through ordinary,
Speaker 1: forgotten and unlikely people. In the days of Herod, King
Speaker 1: of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah. He and
Speaker 1: his wife Elizabeth were righteous in the sight of God.
Speaker 1: They obeyed his commands, but they carried a deep sorrow.
Speaker 1: Elizabeth was barren, and now they were both well advanced
Speaker 1: in years. In the eyes of many, they were past
Speaker 1: their time, forgotten, disqualified. But God does not operate according
Speaker 1: to human expectations. Have you ever felt like your time
Speaker 1: has passed or that your prayers have been forgotten? While
Speaker 1: Zechariah served in the temple burning incense before the Lord,
Speaker 1: the angel Gabriel appeared to him with a message that
Speaker 1: would change everything. Gabriel declared that their prayer had been heard.
Speaker 1: Elizabeth would bear a son. His name would be John,
Speaker 1: and he would be filled with the Holy Spirit from
Speaker 1: the womb. He would turn many hearts back to the
Speaker 1: Lord and prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
Speaker 1: Zechariah could not believe it. He questioned how this could
Speaker 1: happen in their old age. Because of his doubt, the
Speaker 1: Angel made him una unable to speak until the child
Speaker 1: was born. Even so, the promise remained. Because God's plan
Speaker 1: is never canceled by human hesitation. What promise from God
Speaker 1: have you doubted because of your limitations? And what if
Speaker 1: God's silence in your life is not rejection but preparation.
Speaker 1: Six months later, the same angel, Gabriel was sent by
Speaker 1: God to a completely different person. Not a priest, not
Speaker 1: a man, not someone of influence, but to a young
Speaker 1: girl named Mary in a small and insignificant town called Nazareth.
Speaker 1: Mary was a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph.
Speaker 1: She had no title, no status, no platform. Yet Heaven
Speaker 1: chose her. Gabriel greeted her with words that echoed through eternity.
Speaker 1: She was highly favored. The Lord was with her. Mary
Speaker 1: was troubled and confused, but the angel explained she would
Speaker 1: conceive and give birth to a son. His name would
Speaker 1: be Jesus. He would be great, He would be called
Speaker 1: the Son of the Most High. He would reign on
Speaker 1: the throne of David, and his kingdom would have no end.
Speaker 1: Can you believe that God's greatest calling can come in
Speaker 1: the most unexpected moment, before you feel ready, before others
Speaker 1: recognize you. Mary asked how could this be since she
Speaker 1: had never been with a man. Gabriel answered that the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit would come upon her, and the power of
Speaker 1: the Most High would overshadow her. The child born from
Speaker 1: her would be Holy, the Son of God. As a sign,
Speaker 1: the Angel revealed that Elizabeth, once called Baron, was also
Speaker 1: pregnant in her old age. Because with God, nothing is impossible.
Speaker 1: What area in your life have you labeled impossible? Could
Speaker 1: it be the very place where God wants to demonstrate
Speaker 1: his glory. In that moment, Mary spoke words that would
Speaker 1: mark her forever. She said she was the service of
Speaker 1: the Lord, and may his word be fulfilled in her life.
Speaker 1: No protest, no resistance, just trust, just surrender. What would
Speaker 1: happen if you said yes to God to day? Without
Speaker 1: knowing all the details, God chose an elderly couple and
Speaker 1: a teenage girl to begin the greatest story in history.
Speaker 1: He bypassed the rich and powerful, the rulers and scholars,
Speaker 1: and went to those who had nothing but faith. The
Speaker 1: plan of salvation did not begin in the palace. It
Speaker 1: began in the secret place, in prayer, in quiet obedience,
Speaker 1: in hearts that were willing to say yes. What does
Speaker 1: this reveal to us today? It shows that God still
Speaker 1: chooses the unlikely. He moves through those who the world overlooks.
Speaker 1: He speaks to those who feel forgotten and calls those
Speaker 1: who feel unworthy. You do not need to be perfect
Speaker 1: to be part of God's plan. You only need to
Speaker 1: be willing. Do you believe that your yes can open
Speaker 1: them door for someone else's healing, salvation or destiny. Mary's
Speaker 1: yes opened the door for the Savior to enter the world,
Speaker 1: Zechariah and Elizabeth's faith made way for the one who
Speaker 1: would prepare the way of the Lord. The lesson is clear.
Speaker 1: When you surrender to God, he can do the impossible
Speaker 1: through your life. God is not looking for status, He
Speaker 1: is looking for surrender. He is not impressed by performance,
Speaker 1: He is moved by faith. If you feel like you
Speaker 1: are not enough, remember that you are exactly the kind
Speaker 1: of person God delights in using. Because the greatest miracles
Speaker 1: often begin in the most unexpected places, and the most
Speaker 1: eternal plans begin with those who simply say yes. So
Speaker 1: the final question is are you ready to say yes
Speaker 1: even when you do not have all the answers, because
Speaker 1: history changes when faith responds the power of a submitted yes.
Speaker 1: Based on Luke Chapter one, verses thirty nine through fifty
Speaker 1: after receiving the divine message from the Angel, Mary did
Speaker 1: not hesitate. She did not allow fear to paralyze her
Speaker 1: or uncertainty to delay her response. Instead, she moved quickly.
Speaker 1: She traveled to the hill country of Judea to visit
Speaker 1: her relative Elizabeth. This was not just a family visit.
Speaker 1: It was a prophetic encounter between two women carrying something holy.
Speaker 1: Both were pregnant with promises. Both were vessels of God's
Speaker 1: supernatural plan. When Mary arrived and greeted Elizabeth, something powerful happened.
Speaker 1: The baby in Elizabeth's womb leaped. Elizabeth was filled with
Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, and in that very moment she spoke
Speaker 1: words that she could not have known by natural means,
Speaker 1: without explanation, without a report. She recognized the truth. She
Speaker 1: knew that Mary was carrying the Messiah. She proclaimed Mary
Speaker 1: as blessed among women and declared that the child she
Speaker 1: carried was Lord himself. But Elizabeth did more than celebrate
Speaker 1: the miracle. She honored the faith. She said, blessed is
Speaker 1: she who believed that the word spoken by the Lord
Speaker 1: would be fulfilled. That simple declaration is one of the
Speaker 1: most powerful truths in all of scripture. Have you ever
Speaker 1: received a word from God that felt too big for
Speaker 1: you to believe. What if your breakthrough depends not on
Speaker 1: your ability to understand, but on your willingness to trust.
Speaker 1: Mary did not need all the answers. She did not
Speaker 1: ask for a full map. She simply said yes, and
Speaker 1: Heaven responded. A baby leapt, a womb was filled with fire,
Speaker 1: a woman prophesied, and the kingdom began to unfold. Mary
Speaker 1: then opened her mouth, not to question or complain, but
Speaker 1: to worship. She sang one of the most powerful and
Speaker 1: prophetic songs recorded in the Bible. Her soul magnified the Lord,
Speaker 1: her spirit rejoiced in God, her savior. She declared that
Speaker 1: the Mighty One had done great things for her, and
Speaker 1: wholly was his name. But her praise was not self centered.
Speaker 1: It was kingdom centered. She proclaimed that God scatters the
Speaker 1: proud and brings down rulers, that he lifts up the lowly,
Speaker 1: that he feeds the hungry and sends the rich away empty.
Speaker 1: Her voice carried the rhythm of Heaven's justice. She was
Speaker 1: describing the very structure of the kingdom that Jesus would bring.
Speaker 1: What kind of kingdom do you belong to? One built
Speaker 1: on pride? And performance, or one rooted in humility and
Speaker 1: holy surrender. Mary's song was not just poetry, It was prophecy.
Speaker 1: It revealed the character of God. It showed us that
Speaker 1: greatness in the Kingdom comes not through position, but through submission,
Speaker 1: that real power is released through humility, That God does
Speaker 1: not look for the strongest, he looks for the most surrendered.
Speaker 1: Her yes became a key that unlocked the move of God.
Speaker 1: Her faith became a doorway for the Savior to enter
Speaker 1: the world. What if your yes is the missing link
Speaker 1: for some one else's miracle? What if your surrender is
Speaker 1: the spark for some one else's salvation. This divine moment
Speaker 1: between Mary and Elizabeth teaches us something Eternal. Submission to
Speaker 1: God does not silence your voice. It amplifies it. It
Speaker 1: releases prophetic vision, It opens generational blessing. Elizabeth's voice confirmed
Speaker 1: what Mary carried. Mary's voice declared who God is, and
Speaker 1: together they show us that when Heaven moves, it often
Speaker 1: starts in a womb, a quiet, hidden place, carried by
Speaker 1: some one willing to believe. Mary was young, she had
Speaker 1: no fame, She came from a forgotten town. But she
Speaker 1: said yes, and her yes shaped eternity. What is God
Speaker 1: asking of you that feels beyond your ability? What promise
Speaker 1: has He planted in you that has yet to grow?
Speaker 1: Will you say yes, even if you do not know
Speaker 1: how it will unfold. The power is not in having
Speaker 1: all the answers. The power is in surrender. When you
Speaker 1: say yes to God, even when it costs something, it
Speaker 1: becomes worship. When you believe His word, even when it
Speaker 1: seems impossible, it becomes a testimony. Your yes may feel small,
Speaker 1: it may feel quiet, but in the hands of God,
Speaker 1: it becomes a key that unlocks destinies. Because every time
Speaker 1: some one says yes to Heaven, something shifts in the earth.
Speaker 1: And when the humble submit, the Kingdom of God advances
Speaker 1: with unstoppable power. The birth of Christ and Glory revealed
Speaker 1: to the humble. Based on Luke Chapter two, verses one
Speaker 1: through twenty, the Savior of the world did not arrive
Speaker 1: with the sound of trumpets in a golden palace. There
Speaker 1: was no royal parade, no thrones, no curtains parting in
Speaker 1: the halls of the rich or the religious. Instead, God
Speaker 1: chose to step into human history through the quiet of
Speaker 1: a stable. A feeding trough became the cradle for the
Speaker 1: King of kings, straw and cloth the backdrop for the
Speaker 1: redeemer of all creation. His arrival was wrapped not in
Speaker 1: luxury but in humility. And the first to hear this
Speaker 1: world shaking news were not kings or scholars. They were shepherds,
Speaker 1: men of the field, workers of the night, viewed by
Speaker 1: many as unclean, simple, and socially unimportant. Have you ever
Speaker 1: felt overlooked? Have you ever wondered if God could truly
Speaker 1: see someone like you? That night under the open sky,
Speaker 1: something extraordinary happened. An Angel of the Lord appeared before
Speaker 1: the shepherds, and the glory of the Lord surrounded them
Speaker 1: with light. Heaven interrupted their ordinary night, and though fear
Speaker 1: seized them, the angel brought a message that still echoes
Speaker 1: through eternity. Do not be afraid. I bring you good
Speaker 1: news of great joy that will be for all people
Speaker 1: to day in the city of day David, A savior
Speaker 1: has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord.
Speaker 1: Why did Heaven choose to deliver this message to the
Speaker 1: lowly and not the lofty? What does this say about
Speaker 1: the heart of God. The Angel did not appear in
Speaker 1: the courts of Caesar. He did not announce the birth
Speaker 1: in the temple to the priests. He went to the fields,
Speaker 1: to the forgotten, to the humble. With this divine choice,
Speaker 1: God made it clear his glory is not limited to
Speaker 1: those with status. It is revealed to those with open hearts.
Speaker 1: Suddenly the sky irrupted with a multitude of heavenly beings
Speaker 1: praising God. Glory to God in the highest and on earth,
Speaker 1: Peace to those on whom His favor rests. That night,
Speaker 1: peace was not a concept, it was a person. It
Speaker 1: was not the end of conflict. It was the beginning
Speaker 1: of redemption. And that peace that favor rested not on
Speaker 1: the powerful, but on those willing to receive him. Could
Speaker 1: it be that the peace your soul is longing for
Speaker 1: is fe found not in achievement, but in surrender, not
Speaker 1: in being seen by the world, but in being known
Speaker 1: by God. The shepherds did not hesitate. They left their flocks.
Speaker 1: They moved quickly to Bethlehem. There, just as the Angel
Speaker 1: had said, they found Mary and Joseph and the baby,
Speaker 1: wrapped in cloth, lying in a manger, and their response
Speaker 1: was immediate. They became messengers. They shared what they had seen.
Speaker 1: They glorified and praised God. Without training, without titles, They
Speaker 1: were the first to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: Their encounter turned them into evangelists. What if your encounter
Speaker 1: with Jesus is meant to become someone else's miracle? What
Speaker 1: if your testimony is the light someone else is waiting for?
Speaker 1: The Birth of Christ is more than a Nativity scene.
Speaker 1: It is a declaration that God comes near to the broken,
Speaker 1: that his glory is not reserved for temples, but for tents,
Speaker 1: fields and everyday people. He invades humble spaces with holy presence.
Speaker 1: What space in your life feels too low for God
Speaker 1: to enter? What if that is the exact place He
Speaker 1: wants to fill with his glory. This moment reminds us
Speaker 1: that no one is beyond the reach of grace, that
Speaker 1: even when the world pushes you aside, God calls you forward.
Speaker 1: He does not measure you by your status. He sees
Speaker 1: the posture of your heart. Jesus was born in humility,
Speaker 1: so that no one could ever say they were too far,
Speaker 1: too small, or too unworthy to receive him. The manger
Speaker 1: became a throne of mercy, and the shepherds became the
Speaker 1: first to worship at his feet and now over two
Speaker 1: thousand years later, the invitation remains, Come and see behold
Speaker 1: the Savior, receive the peace only he can give. And
Speaker 1: once you have seen him, do not keep it to yourself.
Speaker 1: Go and tell the world that hope has come, that
Speaker 1: joy has arrived, that glory has touched the earth, because
Speaker 1: the birth of Christ was not just a moment in history.
Speaker 1: It was the beginning of eternity breaking into time. And
Speaker 1: that same glory is still being revealed every time some
Speaker 1: one humble enough dares to believe the boy who already
Speaker 1: knew his mission. Based on Luke Chapter two, verses forty
Speaker 1: one through fifty two, every year Mary and Joseph made
Speaker 1: the journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of the Passover.
Speaker 1: It was a tradition deeply rooted in their faith and identity,
Speaker 1: and when Jesus was twelve years old, he joined them
Speaker 1: for what seemed like another familiar pilgrimage. But what happened
Speaker 1: during that visit would mark a turning point. It would
Speaker 1: be the first recorded moment when Jesus publicly revealed that
Speaker 1: he already understood who he was and why he had come.
Speaker 1: After the celebration ended, Mary and Joseph began their return
Speaker 1: home like any parent, in a caravan full of family
Speaker 1: and friends. They assumed Jesus was somewhere among the travelers,
Speaker 1: but after walking for an entire day, they realized he
Speaker 1: was not there. Panic set in. They turned back. They
Speaker 1: searched for three days, three days of worry, three days
Speaker 1: of fear, three days of not knowing where the Son
Speaker 1: of God had gone. And then they found him, not
Speaker 1: weeping in a corner, not frightened or lost, but seated
Speaker 1: in the temple, surrounded by teachers, listening intently and asking
Speaker 1: profound questions. And everyone who heard him was amazed. A
Speaker 1: twelve year old boy speaking with the wisdom and clarity
Speaker 1: of someone far beyond his age. When Mary asked him
Speaker 1: why he had caused them such distress, Jesus responded with
Speaker 1: a question of his own. Did you not know that
Speaker 1: I must be in my father's house? That single question
Speaker 1: carried eternal weight. In that moment, Jesus revealed what many
Speaker 1: people spe spend a lifetime trying to find. He knew
Speaker 1: who he was, he knew where he belonged, and he
Speaker 1: knew what his life was meant for. What about you?
Speaker 1: Do you know who you are not according to the world,
Speaker 1: but according to the voice of your heavenly Father. Jesus
Speaker 1: did not stumble into his identity. He walked in it
Speaker 1: with confidence and clarity. Even at twelve years old, he
Speaker 1: understood that his life was not his own. He belonged
Speaker 1: to the mission of the Father. He was not just
Speaker 1: a gifted child. He was the son of God, aware
Speaker 1: that every step he took had eternal significance. And yet
Speaker 1: what Jesus did next is just as powerful. He returned
Speaker 1: to Nazareth with Mary and Joseph. He lived in submission.
Speaker 1: He honored his earthly parents, even though his ultimate allegiance
Speaker 1: was to his father in heaven. He did not demand attention,
Speaker 1: He did not rebel. He grew quietly, faithfully, steadily, in wisdom,
Speaker 1: in stature, in favor with both God and men. Could
Speaker 1: it be that your calling begins not with being seen,
Speaker 1: but with being surrendered, not with being known by crowds,
Speaker 1: but with being rooted in obedience. This passage teaches us
Speaker 1: something profound about spiritual maturity. It is not about age,
Speaker 1: it is not about talent. It is about identity. Jesus
Speaker 1: knew who he was, and because of that, he was
Speaker 1: not distracted. He was not insecure, He was not confused.
Speaker 1: When was the last time you stopped striving to be
Speaker 1: something for others and rested in being a child of God.
Speaker 1: When you know who you are, you stop chasing applause
Speaker 1: and start walking in purpose. You no longer live trying
Speaker 1: to be enough. You live knowing that in Christ you
Speaker 1: already are. That kind of identity brings clarity, It brings peace,
Speaker 1: It brings direction. But Jesus also teaches us something more.
Speaker 1: Identity and obedience are inseparable. Even though he was the Messiah,
Speaker 1: he submitted. Even though he carried the authority of heaven,
Speaker 1: he honored earthly authority. True greatness does not need to shout,
Speaker 1: It does not need to dominate. It flows from humility.
Speaker 1: What would your life look like if you chose submission
Speaker 1: over self promotion. What if your hidden years are not
Speaker 1: delays but preparation. Jesus's response in the temple was not defiance,
Speaker 1: It was revelation. He was not rebuking his parents. He
Speaker 1: was inviting them into the reality that his life was
Speaker 1: guided by a higher purpose, And even when they did
Speaker 1: not understand, he continued to walk with them in grace,
Speaker 1: in patience in honor. So what is the lesson? When
Speaker 1: your identity is clear, your decisions become intentional. When you
Speaker 1: know you are a son or daughter of the Most High,
Speaker 1: you stop living for the world's approval and start living
Speaker 1: from the Father's affirmation. And when you honor God in
Speaker 1: the hidden years, he prepares you for the appointed ones.
Speaker 1: Because those who know who they are never live lost.
Speaker 1: They live aligned, focused, rooted, ready. Repentance prepares the way
Speaker 1: for the kingdom. Based on Luke Chapter three, verses one
Speaker 1: through twenty, in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Speaker 1: Tiberius Caesar, during a time when the Roman Empire ruled
Speaker 1: with iron power and the religious atmosphere in Israel had
Speaker 1: grown dry and lifeless, the voice of God did not
Speaker 1: thunder from the temple or echo from a throne. It
Speaker 1: broke through the silence of the wilderness. There, far from
Speaker 1: the cities and synagogues, a man named John, the son
Speaker 1: of Zechariah, emerged. He had been set apart by God
Speaker 1: from the womb, and now, in his appointed time, he
Speaker 1: carried a word that would shake the nation repent, for
Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Heaven is near. John's message was not
Speaker 1: crafted to entertain It was not designed to comfort the uncommittee.
Speaker 1: It was fire, It was urgency. It was a call
Speaker 1: that broke through dead religion and awakened dry bones. He
Speaker 1: preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
Speaker 1: just as the prophet Isaiah had declared, a voice crying
Speaker 1: in the wilderness, prepare the way for the Lord, make
Speaker 1: his paths straight. Could it be that the first step
Speaker 1: to break through in your life is not more activity,
Speaker 1: but true repentance. People came from every region. They left
Speaker 1: their towns and traditions to hear this wild prophet in
Speaker 1: camel's hair, and John did not hold back. He did
Speaker 1: not flatter. He confronted. When the crowds asked what should
Speaker 1: we do? His answers cut to the heart. If you
Speaker 1: have two coats, share with the one who has none.
Speaker 1: If you have food, give to the hungry. If you
Speaker 1: collect taxes, do not take more than what is required.
Speaker 1: If you are in authority, do not use it to exploit.
Speaker 1: Be content, be honest, be just. Is your faith producing fruit?
Speaker 1: Or have you settled for appearance without transformation? John made
Speaker 1: one thing clear. Repentance is not a feeling. It is
Speaker 1: not an emotional moment. It is a change of mind,
Speaker 1: a change of direction, a change of life. It is
Speaker 1: not about shame. It is about alignment. When your heart
Speaker 1: turns back to God, your hands, follow your words, follow
Speaker 1: your habits follow True repentance always produces visible fruit, and
Speaker 1: John did not shy away from calling even the powerful
Speaker 1: to repentance. He confronted King Herod directly rebuking him for
Speaker 1: his immoral behavior and exposing his sin publicly. It cost
Speaker 1: John his freedom, it would eventually cost him his life,
Speaker 1: but he understood something many of us avoid. Repentance is
Speaker 1: not safe. It is not polite, It is not comfortable.
Speaker 1: It is courageous. It shines light into darkness. It calls leaders, systems,
Speaker 1: and cultures to bow before the holiness of God. Are
Speaker 1: you willing to be corrected? Or have you built walls
Speaker 1: to protect your sin from the voice of truth. John
Speaker 1: was not only a prophet, he was a forerunner. He
Speaker 1: knew his role was not to gather attention for himself,
Speaker 1: but to prepare the people for some one greater. He said,
Speaker 1: I baptize you with water, but one is coming after me,
Speaker 1: who is far more powerful than I. I am not
Speaker 1: even worthy to untie his sandals. He will baptize you
Speaker 1: with the Holy Spirit and with fire. John's baptism cleansed
Speaker 1: the outside, but Jesus would baptize the soul. The spirit
Speaker 1: would not sprinkle, it would saturate. The fire would not
Speaker 1: burn with destruction, but with purification. This was not symbolic religion.
Speaker 1: This was divine encounter. Do you want to be washed
Speaker 1: or do you want to be filled? Are you ready
Speaker 1: for more than surface change? This is where repentance leads,
Speaker 1: not to condemnation, but to transformation, not to ritual, but
Speaker 1: to revival. Before the spirit fell at Pentecost, repentance cleared
Speaker 1: the room before the power came. Brokenness made space. The
Speaker 1: Kingdom does not enter where pride lives, It moves where
Speaker 1: hearts have been made low. Is there anything in your
Speaker 1: heart that needs to be made straight? Any place? God
Speaker 1: is calling you to surrender, but you have resisted. Repentance
Speaker 1: is not a punishment, It is a preparation. It is
Speaker 1: the mercy of God making a way for his glory
Speaker 1: to enter. So what does this mean for you today?
Speaker 1: It means that revival begins in secret, It begins in surrender.
Speaker 1: It begins when you stop blaming others and start examining
Speaker 1: your own soul. The Holy Spirit is not looking for performance.
Speaker 1: He is looking for repentance, and where there is repentance,
Speaker 1: there will always be renewal. The same voice still calls
Speaker 1: from the wilderness. Prepare the way for the Lord, make
Speaker 1: his path straight, turn your heart, leave what is unclean,
Speaker 1: lay down what is fake, and rise up in holiness,
Speaker 1: because when repentance is real, the Kingdom comes in power.
Speaker 1: The temptation of Jesus and Victory in the Wilderness based
Speaker 1: on Luke Chapter four, verses one through thirteen. Before Jesus
Speaker 1: ever preached a single sermon, healed a single body, or
Speaker 1: cast out a single demon, he was led by the
Speaker 1: spirit into the wilderness for forty days. He fasted, isolated, hungry,
Speaker 1: physically weakened, and there in that barren place, he faced
Speaker 1: a direct confrontation with Satan. To many, the wilderness looks
Speaker 1: like a place of desolation, but for Jesus it was
Speaker 1: a place of preparation. What seemed like isolation was actually
Speaker 1: divine positioning. Before the public victory, there was private obedience.
Speaker 1: Before the anointing was revealed, It was refined, and Jesus
Speaker 1: was not tempted at his strongest, but at his weakest.
Speaker 1: Yet even then he overcame. He did not just endure
Speaker 1: the wilderness, he conquered it. Satan came with three temptations. First,
Speaker 1: he targeted the physical need. If you are the son
Speaker 1: of God, command these stones to become bred. In other words,
Speaker 1: take matters into your own hands. Solve your hunger your way.
Speaker 1: But Jesus responded with scripture it is written, man shall
Speaker 1: not live by bread alone, but by every word that
Speaker 1: proceeds from the mouth of God. Have you ever felt
Speaker 1: pressured to meet a real need in the wrong way?
Speaker 1: Have you ever tried to fix something in your life
Speaker 1: without waiting on God. Jesus shows us that the word
Speaker 1: of God is more essential than immediate relief, that trusting
Speaker 1: the voice of God is more powerful than feeding a
Speaker 1: temporary appetite. Next, Satan took Jesus to the pinnacle of
Speaker 1: the temple and challenged him to throw himself down. He
Speaker 1: even quoted Scripture, twisting it to justify the temptation. It
Speaker 1: was a call to test God, to force him to act,
Speaker 1: to demand a miracle. But again Jesus responded with the
Speaker 1: word it is written, do not put the Lord your
Speaker 1: God to the test. Have you ever tried to manipulate
Speaker 1: God's will? Have you ever said, if God really loves me,
Speaker 1: he will prove it by doing this one thing. This
Speaker 1: moment reminds us that faith does not force it trusts.
Speaker 1: Real trust does not test God, It waits on him.
Speaker 1: Then came the third temptation. Satan offered Jesus all the
Speaker 1: kingdoms of the world, all authority and splendor, if he
Speaker 1: would bow and worship. It was the short cut, glory
Speaker 1: without the cross, power without the process, influence without sacrifice.
Speaker 1: But Jesus answered with finality, it is written, worship the
Speaker 1: Lord your God, and serve him only. How often are
Speaker 1: you tempted to take short cuts, to compromise truth for
Speaker 1: fast success, to trade obedience for opportunity. At the core
Speaker 1: of every temptation is this question, will you do things
Speaker 1: your way or God's way? Will you settle for what
Speaker 1: looks good or wait for what is truly from him?
Speaker 1: Jesus overcame not by will power, but by the word.
Speaker 1: He did not argue with Satan, he did not negotiate.
Speaker 1: He spoke truth. Scripture was his sword. When you are
Speaker 1: under pressure, what flows out of you are you filled
Speaker 1: with the word or filled with worry when lies hit
Speaker 1: your mind, do you have truth ready to fight back.
Speaker 1: Jesus did not defeat Satan as God in heaven. He
Speaker 1: defeated him as the son of Man, filled with the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, armed with the Word of God. And that
Speaker 1: is good news because it means you can overcome too.
Speaker 1: If Jesus, the sinless sun, needed to be filled with
Speaker 1: the spirit to stand in victory, how much more law
Speaker 1: do we. Victory does not begin on the stage. It
Speaker 1: begins in the secret place. It is not shaped in crowds,
Speaker 1: but in quiet. It is not born in ease, but
Speaker 1: in obedience. The wilderness is not punishment, It is training.
Speaker 1: It is the gym of the spirit, the forge of identity.
Speaker 1: It is where your calling is tested and your character
Speaker 1: is built. In the silence. God is not absent, He
Speaker 1: is working. Are you in a wilderness season right now?
Speaker 1: Do you feel alone, tested or spiritually dry? Could it
Speaker 1: be that God is preparing you for what is next.
Speaker 1: Jesus walked into the wilderness full of the spirit, but
Speaker 1: he walked out in power, and he walked out ready
Speaker 1: to begin his ministry. Because those who win in private
Speaker 1: are trusted in public. Those who worship in weakness carry
Speaker 1: power in battle, and those who overcome in the desert
Speaker 1: become unstoppable in destiny. So do not despise you your wilderness.
Speaker 1: Learned to fight in it, learned to trust in it,
Speaker 1: and like Jesus, come out of it with fire in
Speaker 1: your voice and authority in your spirit. The Rejected Prophet
Speaker 1: and the Unstoppable Mission based on Luke Chapter four, verses
Speaker 1: fourteen through thirty. After his triumph in the wilderness, Jesus
Speaker 1: returned in the power of the Holy Spirit. He came
Speaker 1: out of the silence with authority, and soon his reputation
Speaker 1: began to grow. News spread throughout the entire region. Crowds gathered,
Speaker 1: people were amazed at his teaching. His words carried weight,
Speaker 1: and his presence stirred hearts. But then he returned to
Speaker 1: his home town, Nazareth, and what happened there would unveil
Speaker 1: the painful contrast between admiration and true acceptance. On the Sabbath,
Speaker 1: Jesus entered the synagogue, just as he had done growing up.
Speaker 1: It was a familiar place, the faces were familiar, the
Speaker 1: customs were routine, but this day would be different. He
Speaker 1: stood up to read they handed him the scroll of
Speaker 1: the prophet Isaiah with divine purpose. He unrolled it and
Speaker 1: found the portion that was not about history but destiny.
Speaker 1: The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he
Speaker 1: has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
Speaker 1: He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to
Speaker 1: proclaim liberty to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind,
Speaker 1: to set free those who are oppressed, and to declare
Speaker 1: the year of the Lord's favor. Then he rolled up
Speaker 1: the scroll, sat down, and said, to day this scripture
Speaker 1: is fulfilled in your hearing. In other words, he was saying,
Speaker 1: I am the one Isaiah was writing about. At first
Speaker 1: they marveled. They were amazed by his eloquence, But amazement
Speaker 1: quickly turned to a fence. They said, is this not
Speaker 1: Joseph's son? Have you ever dismissed something God was doing
Speaker 1: because it came in a familiar package. Have you ever
Speaker 1: rejected a word from heaven because because it came from
Speaker 1: someone you thought you already knew. They could not reconcile
Speaker 1: the power of his declaration with the simplicity of his background.
Speaker 1: They wanted them miraculous, but not the messenger. They longed
Speaker 1: for deliverance, but not through someone they had grown up with.
Speaker 1: They admired his wisdom until it confronted their hearts. Jesus,
Speaker 1: full of the spirit, did not shy away from the truth.
Speaker 1: He exposed their expectations. He reminded them that no prophet
Speaker 1: is accepted in his own hometown. And then he did
Speaker 1: something even more provocative. He pointed to their own scriptures.
Speaker 1: He reminded them that Elijah was sent to a gentile
Speaker 1: widow during a famine, not to the people of Israel.
Speaker 1: That Elisha healed a Syrian leper, not any of the
Speaker 1: lepers in Israel. Both miracles were done for outsiders, foreigners,
Speaker 1: people they would have considered unworthy. What happens in your
Speaker 1: heart when God blesses someone you thought did not deserve it?
Speaker 1: Do you celebrate his grace or resist it because it
Speaker 1: offends your pride. The crowd's admiration turned to rage. They
Speaker 1: drove Jesus out of the synagogue, out of the town.
Speaker 1: They pushed him toward the edge of a cliff, intending
Speaker 1: to kill him. But Jesus, undeterred, walked right through the
Speaker 1: crowd and continued his mission. Why because rejection does not
Speaker 1: cancel calling silence does not remove anointing, and opposition cannot
Speaker 1: stop what Heaven has sent. The Gospel does not exist
Speaker 1: to affirm our comfort zones. It comes to disrupt pride,
Speaker 1: to confront self righteousness, and to bring freedom, but only
Speaker 1: for those who were willing to receive. The people of
Speaker 1: Nazareth wanted a messiah made in their image, one who
Speaker 1: honored their tradition, one who blessed without challenging, one who
Speaker 1: stayed in his place. But Jesus came to turn the
Speaker 1: world upside down. He came for the poor, not the proud,
Speaker 1: for the broken, not the self ss offce efficient, for
Speaker 1: the captives, not the comfortable. He came to fulfill prophecy,
Speaker 1: not popularity, to bring justice, not applause, to rescue the lost,
Speaker 1: not reward the religious elite. Are you open to the
Speaker 1: real Jesus or only to the one who fits your expectations?
Speaker 1: Do you want a savior who heals your heart, even
Speaker 1: if he confronts your pride? The people of Nazareth missed
Speaker 1: their moment. They had waited for centuries, but when the
Speaker 1: fulfillment stood in front of them, they rejected him. Will
Speaker 1: you miss yours? Or will you recognize the voice of
Speaker 1: the Lord, even if it comes through someone unexpected. The
Speaker 1: mission of Jesus continues. The same spirit that anointed him
Speaker 1: still moves to day, calling, healing, restoring, and sending. But
Speaker 1: the anointing only flows where there is surrender. Jesus calls
Speaker 1: the unlikely to follow him. Based on Luke Chapter five,
Speaker 1: verses one through thirty nine, when Jesus as began calling disciples,
Speaker 1: he did not go to the synagogue to find the
Speaker 1: most educated. He did not approach religious leaders or political influences.
Speaker 1: He went to the shoreline. He entered the places of labor, pain,
Speaker 1: and routine, and there he found those who the world
Speaker 1: had overlooked, fishermen, tax collectors, and people marked by failure.
Speaker 1: Peter had just finished an exhausting night of fishing without results.
Speaker 1: He was tired, discouraged, and washing empty nets. But Jesus
Speaker 1: stepped into his boat, and from that ordinary platform he
Speaker 1: began to teach the crowds. Then he turned to Peter
Speaker 1: and said something unexpected. Put out into the deep and
Speaker 1: let down the nets for a catch. Peter responded with honesty, Master,
Speaker 1: we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But
Speaker 1: because you say so, I will let down the nets,
Speaker 1: and what followed was nothing short of a miracle. The
Speaker 1: nets filled to the point of breaking. The boats began
Speaker 1: to sink under the weight of the fish. Peter fell
Speaker 1: at jesus feet, overwhelmed, saying, depart from me, for I
Speaker 1: am a sinful man. Have you ever felt too broken,
Speaker 1: too flawed, or too unworthy to be used by God?
Speaker 1: Jesus did not walk away from Peter's confession. He embraced it.
Speaker 1: He said, do not be afraid. From now on you
Speaker 1: will catch people. Jesus saw beyond Peter's failure, he saw destiny,
Speaker 1: and Peter, James, and John left everything and followed him.
Speaker 1: Then Jesus did something even more radical. A man full
Speaker 1: of leprosy approached him, someone considered unclean and untouchable. He
Speaker 1: fell to the ground and said, Lord, if you are willing,
Speaker 1: you can make me clean. Jesus reached out his hand,
Speaker 1: touched him, and said, I am willing be clean. In
Speaker 1: one moment, Jesus broke through cultural, religious, and social barriers.
Speaker 1: He did not just heal the man, He restored his dignity.
Speaker 1: He redefined what holiness looks like. Holiness does not move
Speaker 1: away from the broken, It moves toward them. Later, Jesus
Speaker 1: walked by a tax booth and saw a man named Levi,
Speaker 1: also known as Matthew. Tax collectors were hated, considered traitors
Speaker 1: and thieves, but Jesus simply said, follow me. Levi got up,
Speaker 1: left everything and followed him. Then he hosted a banquet
Speaker 1: for Jesus, inviting other tax collectors and sinners. When the
Speaker 1: Pharisees saw this, they were shocked, but Jesus answered with
Speaker 1: one of the most powerful statements in all of Scripture.
Speaker 1: It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but
Speaker 1: the sick. I have not come to call the righteous,
Speaker 1: but sinners to repentance. The truth is, Jesus does not
Speaker 1: call the perfect, He calls the available. He does not
Speaker 1: wait for people to clean themselves up before inviting them in.
Speaker 1: He steps into the mess, speaks identity over brokenness, and
Speaker 1: builds his kingdom with unlikely vessels. Peter the impulsive fisherman,
Speaker 1: a leper cast aside by society, Matthew the outcast tax collector.
Speaker 1: These were not accidents. They were divine appointments, and each
Speaker 1: one said, yes, what about you? Are you willing to
Speaker 1: let Jesus step into your boat, into your wounds into
Speaker 1: your failures, because when you do, you will find that
Speaker 1: He does not see what others see. He sees a disciple,
Speaker 1: he sees purpose, he sees someone worth using to transform
Speaker 1: the world. Radical faith moves the supernatural based on Luke
Speaker 1: Chapter seven, verses one through ten. After finishing his teaching
Speaker 1: to the crowds, Jesus was on his way to Capernium
Speaker 1: when he received an urgent message. A Roman centurion, a
Speaker 1: military officer, had a beloved servant who was sick and
Speaker 1: about to die. But this would not be an ordinary healing.
Speaker 1: In fact, this moment would become one of the most
Speaker 1: extraordinary revelations of faith recorded in the entire Gospel. The
Speaker 1: centurion was not a Jew. He was a gentile, a
Speaker 1: Roman commander living in enemy territory. Yet somehow he had
Speaker 1: come to believe something that even many in Israel had
Speaker 1: not grasped. Jesus carried not just compassion, but authority, divine, unlimited,
Speaker 1: sovereign authority. So when the centurion sent word to Jesus,
Speaker 1: he did not ask him to enter his house. He
Speaker 1: said something that stopped Heaven in its tracks. Lord, I
Speaker 1: am not worthy to have you under my roof. But
Speaker 1: speak the word, and my servant will be healed. He
Speaker 1: explained further, saying, I too, am a man under authority.
Speaker 1: I command soldiers. When I say go, they go. When
Speaker 1: I say come, they come. I do not have to
Speaker 1: be present for my word to have impact. In this,
Speaker 1: the centurion revealed something profound. He understood how the kingdom works.
Speaker 1: Authority flows from identity, and when you truly know who
Speaker 1: Jesus is, you do not require proof. You respond in faith.
Speaker 1: What about you? Can you believe God's word even when
Speaker 1: you do not feel anything? Can you trust what he said,
Speaker 1: even when you do not yet see what he promised.
Speaker 1: When Jesus heard the Centurion's message, he was amazed. He
Speaker 1: turned to the crowd and said, I tell you the truth.
Speaker 1: I have not found faith like this, not even in Israel.
Speaker 1: Only two times in all the gospels do we read
Speaker 1: that Jesus was amazed. Once he marveled at unbelief, And
Speaker 1: here he marveled at bold, unwavering, radical faith, the kind
Speaker 1: of faith that did not need proximity, the kind that
Speaker 1: did not require Jesus to show up in a certain way,
Speaker 1: the kind that believed that his word alone was enough.
Speaker 1: And in that very hour, without Jesus ever stepping into
Speaker 1: the house, the servant was completely heal. Have you been
Speaker 1: waiting for God to move a certain way? Could it
Speaker 1: be that your breakthrough is not about his movement, but
Speaker 1: your faith in his wordsd This encounter teaches a foundational truth.
Speaker 1: Faith that understands authority is the kind of faith that
Speaker 1: unlocks the supernatural. The centurion did not need a sign,
Speaker 1: He did not require a ceremony. He recognized that when
Speaker 1: Jesus speaks, heaven moves. Faith is not merely emotion. It
Speaker 1: is alignment. It positions your heart under the lordship of
Speaker 1: Jesus and says you do not need to prove yourself.
Speaker 1: I already believe you right now. Is there an area
Speaker 1: in your life where you need to say, Lord, just
Speaker 1: speak the word. Maybe it is healing, Maybe it is provision.
Speaker 1: Maybe it is restoration in your family, or breakthrough in
Speaker 1: your calling. Whatever it is, the power is not in
Speaker 1: the performance. It is in the faith. And this kind
Speaker 1: of faith is not loud, it is not showy, It
Speaker 1: is humble. It is rooted in deep trust. The centurion
Speaker 1: did not even feel worthy for Jesus to enter his
Speaker 1: head home, Yet his simple belief carried more spiritual weight
Speaker 1: than the traditions of an entire nation. Jesus is still
Speaker 1: moved by that kind of faith, not because it impresses him,
Speaker 1: but because it reflects the truth of who he is.
Speaker 1: And when you acknowledge his authority, you make room for
Speaker 1: his power. The tears of a sinner and the silence
Speaker 1: of the religious based on Luke Chapter seven, verses thirty
Speaker 1: six through fifty, Jesus was invited to dine at the
Speaker 1: house of a pharisee named Simon. On the surface, it
Speaker 1: seemed like an honorable invitation, but behind the gesture, something
Speaker 1: vital was missing honor. There was no greeting kiss, no
Speaker 1: water to wash his feet, no oil to anoint his head.
Speaker 1: It was a table prepared with customs, but not with love,
Speaker 1: religion without reverence, proximity without worship. And then something sacred
Speaker 1: broke the silence. A woman from the city entered the room.
Speaker 1: Everyone knew who she was. Her reputation followed her like
Speaker 1: a shadow. She was labeled, whispered about, judged, but she
Speaker 1: did not come to be seen. She came to surrender.
Speaker 1: In her hands was an alabaster jar, filled with costly
Speaker 1: perfume and in her heart was something even more valuable, repentance.
Speaker 1: Without a word, she knelt at the feet of Jesus.
Speaker 1: Tears streamed down her face, falling like rain on to
Speaker 1: his feet. She wiped them away with her hair, an
Speaker 1: act of humility, of honor, of pure devotion. She kissed
Speaker 1: his feet again and again, and then she broke the
Speaker 1: jar and poured the perfume, anointing him with everything she had.
Speaker 1: Every tear was a cry of surrender, every gesture an
Speaker 1: act of worship, Every drop of perfume a declaration you
Speaker 1: are worthy. Have you ever wondered what true worship looks like?
Speaker 1: Not rehearsed, not filtered, but raw, honest and coft. Mostly.
Speaker 1: Simon watched silently, but not without judgment. He thought to himself,
Speaker 1: if this man were truly a prophet, he would know
Speaker 1: what kind of woman is touching him. Simon knew the scriptures,
Speaker 1: he understood the law, but he could not recognize grace.
Speaker 1: Kneeling at his table, his heart was full of pride,
Speaker 1: and his silence spoke louder than any word. Jesus, knowing
Speaker 1: Simon's thoughts, told him a story. Two men owed money,
Speaker 1: one owed fifty denari. The other owed five hundred. Neither
Speaker 1: could repay, and both debts were forgiven. Then Jesus asked
Speaker 1: which of them will love more? Simon answered the one
Speaker 1: who had the greater debt canceled. You have judged correctly,
Speaker 1: Jesus said, Then, turning toward the woman, Jesus revealed the contrast.
Speaker 1: Simon gave no water, but she washed his feet with tears.
Speaker 1: Simon offered no kiss, but she had not stopped kissing
Speaker 1: his feet. Simon gave no oil, but she poured out
Speaker 1: costly perfume. Where there was silence, she brought song where
Speaker 1: there was indifference. She brought fire where there was distance,
Speaker 1: she brought intimacy. And then Jesus spoke words that transformed everything.
Speaker 1: Her Many sins are forgiven. That is why she loves much.
Speaker 1: But whoever has been forgiven little loves little. Let me
Speaker 1: ask you this, how deeply do you love Jesus? Could
Speaker 1: it be connected to how much you remember what he
Speaker 1: has done for you? Have you forgotten the weight of
Speaker 1: grace that was poured over your life? Then he turned
Speaker 1: to the woman and said, your sins are forgiven. Your
Speaker 1: faith has saved you. Go in peace. She came into
Speaker 1: that house broken, she left restored. She entered with a past,
Speaker 1: she walked out with a future. She was judged by men,
Speaker 1: but justified by the son of God. This moment reveals
Speaker 1: something timeless. That religion without love is empty, that knowledge
Speaker 1: without compassion is powerless. That pride will always criticize is
Speaker 1: what it does not understand. But mercy always welcomes what
Speaker 1: the world casts away. The resurrection of the widow's son
Speaker 1: the touch that brings life. Based on Luke Chapter seven,
Speaker 1: Verses eleven through seventeen, Jesus was on his way to
Speaker 1: a town called Nine. As he approached the city gate,
Speaker 1: he encountered a heart breaking scene. A funeral procession was
Speaker 1: coming out. A young man had died, the only son
Speaker 1: of a widow. She had already lost her husband, and
Speaker 1: now she was burying her last remaining family. She walked
Speaker 1: behind the coffin, surrounded by a crowd, but completely alone
Speaker 1: in her pain. No one called for Jesus, no one
Speaker 1: pleaded for a miracle. But Jesus saw her. When the
Speaker 1: Lord saw her, his heart was moved with compassion. He
Speaker 1: did not ignore her sorrow. He did not pass by quietly.
Speaker 1: He walked toward her pain. Have you ever felt invisible
Speaker 1: in your grief? Do you know that Jesus sees you
Speaker 1: even when you do not have the strength to pray.
Speaker 1: He looked at the widow and said, do not weep.
Speaker 1: Then he stepped forward and did something unthinkable. He touched
Speaker 1: the coffin. In Jewish law, touching something associated with death
Speaker 1: made a person ceremonially unclean. But Jesus was not concerned
Speaker 1: with appearances. He was moved by mercy. He said, young man,
Speaker 1: I say to you, arise. And the dead man sat
Speaker 1: up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back
Speaker 1: to his mother. This was not just a miracle. It
Speaker 1: was restoration, It was resurrection. It was the compassion of
Speaker 1: God's stepping into human tragedy and rewriting the story. What
Speaker 1: in your life feels lifeless? What dream? What relationship? What hope?
Speaker 1: Have you already buried? Because the touch of Jesus still
Speaker 1: brings life. He does not need you to impress him.
Speaker 1: He does not require perfect faith or eloquent prayers. Sometimes
Speaker 1: all he needs is your brokenness. The crowd that witnessed
Speaker 1: the miracle was filled with awe. They glorified God and said,
Speaker 1: a great prophet has risen among us. God has come
Speaker 1: to help his people. When God moves, it is not
Speaker 1: only for the one who receives the miracle, it is
Speaker 1: for every one watching. The resurrection of the widow's son
Speaker 1: became a testimony for the entire region. What looked like
Speaker 1: the end became the beginning of revival, and the same
Speaker 1: is true to day. Jesus still walks toward payne, He
Speaker 1: still stops funeral processions. He still touches what others avoid,
Speaker 1: and when he speaks, even death has to obey. So
Speaker 1: if you are carrying grief, disappointment, or loss, know this.
Speaker 1: Jesus sees you, He cares, and one word from him
Speaker 1: can raise what you thought was gone for ever do
Speaker 1: you believe he can still speak life into what is dead,
Speaker 1: Because when Jesus touches a situation, even what seemed final
Speaker 1: can begin again. The Good Samaritan true religion is love.
Speaker 1: Based on Luke Chapter ten, verses twenty five through thirty seven,
Speaker 1: a teacher of the law stood up to test Jesus.
Speaker 1: He asked, teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Speaker 1: Jesus turned the question back to him, what is written
Speaker 1: in the law? The man replied, love the Lord your
Speaker 1: God with all your heart's soul, strength and mind, and
Speaker 1: love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus affirmed his answer, but
Speaker 1: added a challenge, do this and you will live. Then
Speaker 1: came the real question, and who is my neighbor? To answer,
Speaker 1: Jesus told a story. A man was traveling from Jerusalem
Speaker 1: to Jericho. Along the way, he was attacked by robbers, stripped, beaten,
Speaker 1: and left half dead. A priest came down the road,
Speaker 1: saw him and passed by. Then a levite, a temple
Speaker 1: assistant came, looked at him, and also passed by two
Speaker 1: religious leaders, two men who knew the law, but neither
Speaker 1: one stopped. Then came a Samaritan. Samaritans were despised by
Speaker 1: the Jews, viewed as religious outsiders and cultural enemies. Yet
Speaker 1: it was this man who saw the wounded traveler and
Speaker 1: was moved with compassion. He approached the man. He bandaged
Speaker 1: his wounds. He poured oil and wine on them to
Speaker 1: heal and disinfect. He lifted him onto his own animal,
Speaker 1: brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Speaker 1: The Next day, he gave two dinari to the innkeeper
Speaker 1: and said take care of him. When I return, I
Speaker 1: will reimburse you for any extra expense. When you see
Speaker 1: someone hurting, do you cross the street or do you
Speaker 1: come close? Jesus asked the Teacher of the Law, which
Speaker 1: of these three was a neighbor to the man who
Speaker 1: fell into the hands of robbers. The answer was clear,
Speaker 1: the one who showed mercy, and Jesus said, go and
Speaker 1: do likewise. This story is not just about kindness. It
Speaker 1: is about kingdom. It is a confrontation against cold religion
Speaker 1: that sees but does not act. It is a declaration
Speaker 1: that love is the highest law. Mercy is not optional,
Speaker 1: It is the evidence of true faith. How often do
Speaker 1: we admire holiness but avoid compassion. The priest and the
Speaker 1: Levite had theology, but the Samaritan had love. He gave
Speaker 1: his time, his resources, his comfort, and expected nothing in return.
Speaker 1: This parable destroys every excuse. It challenges, ever teaches that
Speaker 1: our neighbour is not just the one who looks like us,
Speaker 1: believes like us, or lives near us. Our neighbour is
Speaker 1: anyone in need, and we are called to respond the
Speaker 1: prayer that moves heaven. Based on the Gospel of Luke,
Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, verses one through thirteen. One day after Jesus
Speaker 1: finished praying, one of his disciples came to him with
Speaker 1: a humble and honest request, Lord, teach us to pray.
Speaker 1: These men had grown up hearing formal prayers in the synagogue.
Speaker 1: They knew the words, they knew the rituals, but when
Speaker 1: they watched Jesus pray, they saw something different. There was intimacy,
Speaker 1: there was authority. There was a connection between heaven and
Speaker 1: earth that stirred something in their souls, and they realized
Speaker 1: they were missing something deeper. Jesus did not respond with
Speaker 1: a theological lecture. He gave them a model, a spiritual
Speaker 1: blueprint that we now know as the Lord's prayer. Our
Speaker 1: Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name, your Kingdom. Come.
Speaker 1: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Speaker 1: Give us each day our daily bread, forgive us our sins,
Speaker 1: as we also forgive those who are indebted to us,
Speaker 1: And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us
Speaker 1: from evil. This was more than a memorized prayer. It
Speaker 1: was a doorway into relationship. Jesus was showing them how
Speaker 1: to approach God, not just as a distant ruler, but
Speaker 1: as a loving Father, to begin with worship, to align
Speaker 1: their desires with the Kingdom, to depend daily on God
Speaker 1: for every need, to walk in forgiveness, both received and given,
Speaker 1: and to live with spiritual alertness in a world full
Speaker 1: of temptation. Let me ask you, when you pray, are
Speaker 1: you repeating words out of habit or are you connecting
Speaker 1: from your heart? Do your prayers sound like a script
Speaker 1: or like a conversation with your father? Then Jesus told
Speaker 1: a story. Imagine going to a friend's house at midnight
Speaker 1: asking for bread because an unexpected guest has arrived. At first,
Speaker 1: the friend says no, But if you keep knocking, if
Speaker 1: you are persistent, he will eventually get up and give
Speaker 1: you what you need, not only because of friendship, but
Speaker 1: because of your boldness. Jesus said, Ask and it will
Speaker 1: be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock
Speaker 1: and the door will be opened. This is not about manipulation.
Speaker 1: It is about endurance. He was teaching them that consistent
Speaker 1: prayer unlocks powerful answers. Breakthrough often comes to those who
Speaker 1: simply refuse to stop believing. How many times have we
Speaker 1: given up one prayer too soon? What miracle might be
Speaker 1: waiting behind the next knock. Then Jesus took it even further.
Speaker 1: He said, if you, who are imperfect, know how to
Speaker 1: give good gifts to your children, how much more will
Speaker 1: your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who
Speaker 1: ask him. God is not stingy, he is not reluctant.
Speaker 1: He is not looking for perfect words. He is listening
Speaker 1: for persistent hearts. And the greatest answer he offers is
Speaker 1: not a material blessing, but his very presence. The Spirit
Speaker 1: of God is the gift that satisfies every hunger, fills
Speaker 1: every emptiness, and empowers every believer to live in vs victory.
Speaker 1: So what is prayer really? It is not just asking,
Speaker 1: It is a lining. It is not just speaking, it
Speaker 1: is seeking. It is not a ritual, It is relationship.
Speaker 1: And Jesus was not just teaching them how to pray.
Speaker 1: He was inviting them to know the Father the way
Speaker 1: he did. If your prayer life has grown cold or mechanical,
Speaker 1: return to this pattern. Start with worship, submit to his will,
Speaker 1: trust him for your daily needs, release forgiveness, and lean
Speaker 1: into his spirit for strength. Then keep knocking, keep seeking,
Speaker 1: keep believing, because the door always opens to those who
Speaker 1: knock in faith and the heart that refuses to give
Speaker 1: up in the place of prayer is the one that
Speaker 1: moves heaven on earth. The Kingdom grows in the hidden place.
Speaker 1: Based on Luke, Chapter thirteen, Verses eighteen through twenty one,
Speaker 1: Jesus often used simple, everyday images to communicate deep spiritual
Speaker 1: truths about the Kingdom of God. On one acainsion, he asked,
Speaker 1: what is the Kingdom of God like? And to what
Speaker 1: shall I compare it? His answer did not point to thrones, armies,
Speaker 1: or political power. Instead, he spoke of a mustard seed.
Speaker 1: The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds in
Speaker 1: any garden, barely visible, easy to ignore. Yet when planted,
Speaker 1: it becomes a tree large enough for birds to find
Speaker 1: shelter in its branches. Jesus was revealing a powerful principle.
Speaker 1: The Kingdom of God does not begin with spectacle. It
Speaker 1: begins in secret, in what seems small, hidden and unimportant.
Speaker 1: He continued by comparing the Kingdom to yeast. A woman
Speaker 1: took it and mixed it into sixty pounds of flour
Speaker 1: until it permeated all the dough. There was no sound,
Speaker 1: no visible transformation at first, but something irreversible was taking place, quiet, steady, transformative.
Speaker 1: In both illustrations, growth begins invisibly, the seed is buried,
Speaker 1: the yeast is hidden, but over time both expand far
Speaker 1: beyond their original form. Jesus was showing us that the
Speaker 1: work of God often starts beneath the surface. It may
Speaker 1: be unnoticed by the world, but it is never unnoticed
Speaker 1: by Heaven. Many people to day grow discouraged because their
Speaker 1: spiritual progress feels slow, their prayers feel unanswered, their obedience
Speaker 1: feels unseen. But the Kingdom does not measure success by
Speaker 1: speed or visibility. It honors consistency, faithfulness and trust. A
Speaker 1: whispered prayer at midnight, a private act of forgiveness, a
Speaker 1: decision to believe when nothing changes. These are the seeds
Speaker 1: of the Kingdom. They carry power, not because they are loud,
Speaker 1: but because they are surrendered. You may not see immediate results,
Speaker 1: but that does not mean God is not working. What
Speaker 1: he starts in the hidden place always grows in the
Speaker 1: right season. What he plants in faith will rise in power.
Speaker 1: Jesus wanted his disciples and us to know that the
Speaker 1: Kingdom expands from the inside out. It does not force
Speaker 1: itself in. It transforms everything it touches, beginning with the heart, first, quietly,
Speaker 1: then completely. Have you underestimated the value of small beginning?
Speaker 1: Have you lost sight of the power hidden in daily obedience.
Speaker 1: The mustard seed does not look impressive, but it holds
Speaker 1: a tree inside. The yeast is barely visible, but it
Speaker 1: has the capacity to change an entire batch of dough.
Speaker 1: That is how the Kingdom of God works. Not with noise,
Speaker 1: but with depth, not with speed, but with strength. So
Speaker 1: do not give up when no one notices your progress.
Speaker 1: Do not despise the quiet seasons where God seems silent.
Speaker 1: That is often where the roots grow deepest, where character
Speaker 1: is formed, where the greatest miracles begin. The Kingdom is growing,
Speaker 1: even if you cannot see it yet. And when the
Speaker 1: time is right, what again, in secret will become a
Speaker 1: shelter for many. Keep believing, keep sewing, keep trusting the process,
Speaker 1: because in the Kingdom of God, nothing planted in faith
Speaker 1: ever stays small. The Prodigal Son and the Scandalous Grace
Speaker 1: of the Father based on Luke Chapter fifteen, verses eleven
Speaker 1: through thirty two, Jesus told a story that shook the
Speaker 1: religious leaders and pierced the hearts of the humble. It
Speaker 1: was not just a parable it was a revelation of
Speaker 1: the father's heart. A father had two sons, and one
Speaker 1: day the younger came to him with a shocking request.
Speaker 1: He asked for his share of the inheritance before his
Speaker 1: father's death. In that culture, such a request was deeply offensive.
Speaker 1: It was as if the son said, I want what
Speaker 1: you can give me, but I do not want you.
Speaker 1: Yet the father did not resist. He divided his wealth
Speaker 1: and allowed the son to go. The young man left
Speaker 1: for a distant land and quickly squandered everything on reckless living.
Speaker 1: What began as freedom turned into slavery. Pleasure gave way
Speaker 1: to poverty. When famine struck, he found himself feeding pigs,
Speaker 1: something no Jewish man would do, and longing for the
Speaker 1: food they ate. He had fallen as low as one
Speaker 1: could go. But then something happened. He came to himself.
Speaker 1: He remembered the goodness of his father, and he made
Speaker 1: a decision. He would go back, not as a son,
Speaker 1: but as a servant. Have you ever believed that your
Speaker 1: mistakes have pushed you too far from God that you
Speaker 1: must earn your way back into his presence? As the
Speaker 1: son walked home, broken and rehearsing his apology. The father
Speaker 1: saw him from a distance. He ran to him, not
Speaker 1: with judgment, but with joy. He embraced him, he kissed him,
Speaker 1: and before the son could finish his confession, the father
Speaker 1: interrupted with grace. Bring the best robe, put a ring
Speaker 1: on his finger, sandals on his feet, kill the fattened calf.
Speaker 1: Let us sell a, for this son of mine was
Speaker 1: dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.
Speaker 1: There was no delay, no probation period, no speech of disappointment,
Speaker 1: only restoration, only celebration. That is grace, not earned, not deserved,
Speaker 1: but poured out at the first sign of repentance. Now
Speaker 1: pause and consider, are you still trying to prove yourself
Speaker 1: worthy of love? God has already offered freely? But the
Speaker 1: story does not end there. The older brother, faithful and
Speaker 1: hard working, hears the music and becomes furious. He refuses
Speaker 1: to enter the celebration. He accuses the father of injustice.
Speaker 1: I have served you all these years, he says, and
Speaker 1: yet you never gave me a party. The father comes
Speaker 1: out to him as well. He reminds him you are
Speaker 1: always with me, and all that I have is yours.
Speaker 1: But we had to celebrate because your brother was dead.
Speaker 1: And is alive again. One son was lost in rebellion,
Speaker 1: the other was lost in resentment. Both were distant from
Speaker 1: the Father's heart in different ways. So the question is
Speaker 1: not only have you run away, but also have you
Speaker 1: grown cold while staying close. The younger son thought he
Speaker 1: was too dirty to be loved. The older son thought
Speaker 1: he was too righteous to need grace. But both missed
Speaker 1: the point. The Father's love is not earned by effort,
Speaker 1: it is received by humility. In this parable, Jesus shows
Speaker 1: us the shocking nature of grace. The robe was placed
Speaker 1: before the son could prove anything. The feast was prepared
Speaker 1: before the wounds had healed. The celebration began not after perfection,
Speaker 1: but at the first step toward home. And it still
Speaker 1: happens to day. God is not standing at a distance
Speaker 1: with arms crossed. He is running toward you with arms
Speaker 1: wide open. Whether you are the wanderer or the one
Speaker 1: who stayed, He wants your heart, the cross, the forgetness,
Speaker 1: and the resurrection. Based on Luke Chapters twenty three and
Speaker 1: twenty four, The crucifixion of Jesus is not just the
Speaker 1: darkest moment in human history. It is the greatest expression
Speaker 1: of divine love. On a Roman cross between two criminals,
Speaker 1: the spotless son of God was lifted up. The world
Speaker 1: saw weakness, but heaven saw victory. What looked like the
Speaker 1: end was the beginning of redemption. As soldiers mocked and
Speaker 1: nails pierced his flesh, Jesus did not curse or retaliate. Instead,
Speaker 1: he lifted his voice and prayed, Father, forgive them, for
Speaker 1: they do not know what they are doing. Mercy was
Speaker 1: his first response. One of the criminals beside him joined
Speaker 1: the mockery, but the other saw truth. He confessed guilt,
Speaker 1: defended Jesus and asked, remember me when you come into
Speaker 1: your kingdom, and Jesus replied, to day you will be
Speaker 1: with me in paradise. One sentence of surrender opened the
Speaker 1: door to eternal life. That moment reveals a powerful truth.
Speaker 1: No one is ever too far gone. One act of faith,
Speaker 1: even in your final breath, is enough to change everything.
Speaker 1: Jesus died and the sky went dark, the earth shook.
Speaker 1: His body was buried in a tomb, sealed and guarded
Speaker 1: for three days. Hope seemed lost, but early on the
Speaker 1: third day, everything changed. When the women arrived at the tomb,
Speaker 1: they found the stone rolled away, and the grave empty.
Speaker 1: Angels appeared, saying, why do you look for the living
Speaker 1: among the dead. He is not here, He is risen. Later,
Speaker 1: Jesus walked with two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Speaker 1: As they shared their sorrow, he opened the scriptures to them,
Speaker 1: revealing how the Messiah had to suffer and rise again.
Speaker 1: Their hearts burned within them, and when he broke bread,
Speaker 1: their eyes were opened. They recognized him. The resurrection is
Speaker 1: more than a moment in history. It is the living
Speaker 1: power of Christ, still walking beside us to day, opening
Speaker 1: our eyes and filling our hearts with burning purpose. Jesus
Speaker 1: did not rise just to prove who he was. He
Speaker 1: rose to bring us with him. The same spirit that
Speaker 1: raised him from the dead now lives in those who believe.
Speaker 1: The Cross was never about loss. It was Heaven's plan
Speaker 1: to restore what sin had broken. At the cross. Shame
Speaker 1: was silenced at the tomb, death was defeated, and through
Speaker 1: the resurrection, the door to eternal life was opened forever.
Speaker 1: So now the invitation stands not as a question, but
Speaker 1: as a call. Do not stay in sorrow, do not
Speaker 1: live As if the story ended on Friday, Sunday came.
Speaker 1: The tomb is empty. Jesus is alive, and because he lives,
Speaker 1: you can too. The cross was not the end. It
Speaker 1: was the beginning of everything, the great commission and the
Speaker 1: empowering of the disciples based on Luke Chapter twenty four,
Speaker 1: Verses forty four through fifty three. After the resurrection, Jesus
Speaker 1: did not simply appear to prove he was alive. He
Speaker 1: came to prepare his disciples for what was ahead. He
Speaker 1: met them not only with peace, but with purpose. What
Speaker 1: happened in these final moments of the Gospel of Luke
Speaker 1: is not a farewell. It is a commissioning. Jesus gathered
Speaker 1: his disciples and said that everything written about him in
Speaker 1: the Law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms had
Speaker 1: to be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand
Speaker 1: the scriptures. He revealed that his suffering, death, and resurrection
Speaker 1: were not accidents. They were the fulfillment of divine prophecy.
Speaker 1: Everything had happened exactly as the Father intended, but revelation
Speaker 1: was only the beginning. Understanding was meant to lead to action.
Speaker 1: Jesus declared that repentance for the forgiveness of sins would
Speaker 1: be preached in his name to all nations, starting in Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: And then he looked at his disciples and said, you
Speaker 1: are witnesses of these things. They were not just students
Speaker 1: of truth, they were carriers of it. They had seen
Speaker 1: what Jesus had done. Now they were to proclaim it.
Speaker 1: But he knew they would need more than conviction. They
Speaker 1: would need power. So he told them stay in the
Speaker 1: city until you have been clothed with power from on high.
Speaker 1: This was the promise of the Holy Spirit, not just
Speaker 1: a comforter, but a divine empower, the Spirit who would
Speaker 1: fill them with boldness, wisdom, and authority to continue what
Speaker 1: Jesus had begun. Then, in an unforgettable moment, he led
Speaker 1: them to the area near Bethany, lifted his hands and
Speaker 1: blessed them. And as he was blessing them, he was
Speaker 1: taken up into heaven. But they did not weep or retreat.
Speaker 1: They worshiped. They returned to Jerusalem filled with joy, and
Speaker 1: they stayed continually in the temple praising God. This is
Speaker 1: what happens when you understand the resurrection. You do not
Speaker 1: stand still. You are moved to worship, to witness to
Speaker 1: walk in purpose. You were not saved to sit, You
Speaker 1: were saved to be sent. The same spirit that empowered
Speaker 1: the disciples has been given to every believer to day.
Speaker 1: Your life carries a message, Your story holds power. Your
Speaker 1: obedience becomes the instrument through which Heaven touches earth. The
Speaker 1: Great Commission is not optional. It is the heartbeat of
Speaker 1: the risen Christ. You have just walked through seventeen powerful
Speaker 1: lessons from the Gospel of Luke, Seventeen divine moments that
Speaker 1: reveal the heart of God, the mission of Jesus, and
Speaker 1: the unstoppable power of the Kingdom. From the hidden wombs
Speaker 1: of obedience to the empty tomb of resurrection, from the
Speaker 1: cry of repentance in the wilderness to the fire of
Speaker 1: the Spirit that sends us into the world. Every chapter
Speaker 1: was a reminder that God uses the unlikely to do
Speaker 1: the unimaginable. So now the question is not what you
Speaker 1: have learned, but what you will do with what you
Speaker 1: have received. Which of these seventeen lessons spoke the loudest
Speaker 1: to your heart? What is your next? Yes to God?
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Speaker 1: moment from this video. We want to hear from you,
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