Author Archives: L. Lyden

Opposite World But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Luke 6:35 The next section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is what I like toContinue reading “October 10, 2022”

Blessing vs. Woe “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Luke 6:24 As I look at the list of Woes in this chapter, it makes me think of the story Jesus told about the rich fool.  It goes like this: The rich fool’s land produced a great crop soContinue reading “October 9, 2022”

Blessed Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20 This is going to sound strange and maybe even hard to believe, but I did not realize that the Beatitudes that Jesus taught His disciples were also written in theContinue reading “October 8, 2022”

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”