- Luke 1:28 (Gabriel to Mary) - You are beautiful with God's beauty...
- Luke 1:45 - Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true!
- Luke 1:58 - ... God had overwhelmed her with mercy...
- Luke 6:26 - There's trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests ... Your task is to be true, not popular.
- Luke 6:30 - If someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life.
- Luke 6:37 - Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier.
- Luke 6:47 - These words I speak to you are not mere additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundation words, words to build a life on.
- Luke 7:16 - They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful - and then noisily grateful ...
- Luke 9:3 - He said, "Don't load yourselves up with equipment. Keep it simple; you are the equipment..."
Sep 5, 2010
Amens: Luke
Notables from The Message from the book of Luke.
Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier... so true and such an interesting application of Luke 6:37.
ReplyDeleteI also LOVE the imagery of quietly worshipful, noisily grateful.
I especially liked the "quietly worshipful" and "noisily grateful" images, too.
ReplyDeleteThe "Be easy on people" one is put simply/bluntly enough for me to get ... and I certainly need that reminder sometimes. Lighten up, Kimmie. Lighten up.