Author Archives: L. Lyden

Seek to touch Him And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.  Luke 6:19 Have you ever wondered why we sometimes hear great testimonies of healings and deliverance and then other times it seems like it just doesn’t happen for some people?  It is oftenContinue reading “October 7, 2022”

He prayed all night Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 I struggle with this portion of scripture.  I have questions like:  Did Jesus really need to pray all night before He chose His twelveContinue reading “October 6, 2022”

To do good or evil? Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?”  Luke 6:9 Have you ever considered that not doing good is doing evil?  For example, if you have an opportunityContinue reading “October 5, 2022”

New Wine And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. Luke 5:37 In the past, this passage has always been a struggle for me to understand. It has only been recently, that I now have aContinue reading “October 4, 2022”

He’s calling you After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.”  Luke 5:27 Have you ever noticed Jesus called His disciples right where they were?  He didn’t go to the synagogue or the temple to find students andContinue reading “October 1, 2022”

He is willing Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13 For many years, I knew in my heart that God could do anything, but I wasn’t convinced that He would.  I didn’t know if He would help me out of my struggles just because IContinue reading “September 28, 2022”

Called “Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” Luke 5:10 Did you know that you have been called to more in this life?  Yes, we are called to God’s great salvation through the blood of Jesus, but there is more.  Many people receive that salvation and thinkContinue reading “September 26, 2022”

Speak to your problems “So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her and immediately she arose and served them.”  Luke 4:39 Jesus spoke to many things during His ministry.  He spoke to a fig tree. (Mark 11)   He spoke to storms (Mark 4) and in today’s passage, He spoke to aContinue reading “September 23, 2022”

Our Mission “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19 This scripture that Jesus read from the bookContinue reading “September 22, 2022”

Power of the Spirit Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.  Luke 4:14 Jesus came out of the wilderness after fasting for 40 days in the power of the Holy Spirit.  This was when He began to minister in theContinue reading “September 21, 2022”