{"id":8088,"date":"2011-06-07T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=8088"},"modified":"2011-06-06T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T22:03:36","slug":"blogging-through-the-gospels-luke-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/blogging-through-the-gospels-luke-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Through the Gospels: Luke 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reading for Wednesday is Luke Chapter 14<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here is what I heard:<\/p>\n

Help others. Help those who cannot help you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scripture: Luke 14: 12-14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n12Then Jesus said to his host, \u201cWhen you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Observation:<\/strong>
\nGenuine hospitality is that which is offered to those who cannot return the favor. Offer that, not social obligation.<\/p>\n

Application:<\/strong>
\nDon\u2019t just reach out to those who can help you- or those whom you feel obligated to invite due to social reasons. Reach out to those whom you can help and who cannot repay you.<\/p>\n

Think about this:
\nHow can I help others?
\nWhat can I do to reach out?
\nEveryone can help someone else in SOME way. What can you do? If you don\u2019t know, ask God to reveal what you can do to you.<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/strong>
\nThank you for giving me the ability to help others in different ways. Please guide me in finding more ways, or being better at the ways I am helping now.
\nHelp me to see the real motivation each time I reach out and help me to correct that when my motives are not pure or honoring you.
\nI want to honor you. I want to be guided by you. I know that you, alone know the right way. Help me to follow that.<\/p>\n

What about you? What did you see and hear in your reading of Luke 14? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/strong>
\nBe sure to record your own <\/em>SOAP observations<\/a> and feel free share your own thoughts or a link to your thoughts, here, too.<\/p>\n

<\/em>Didn’t start reading or Blogging Through\u00a0 the Gospels<\/a> with us? That’s okay, join in anytime. Each Sunday evening I post the reading schedule for the week ahead and each evening I post the next day’s reading assignment and devotional. Feel free to jump in where we are anytime and blog or journal along using the SOAP format<\/a><\/em>. <\/em> Feel free to share your thoughts on Twitter using the #Gospels hashtag, too.<\/em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>If you would be interested in sharing your own SOAP observations on MomsToolbox as a guest SOAP’er, please send me an email using the contact button on the top right. I’ll be in touch soon to discuss the details.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reading for Wednesday is Luke Chapter 14. Here is what I heard: Help others. Help those who cannot help you. Scripture: Luke 14: 12-14 12Then Jesus said to his host, \u201cWhen you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[682,136,672],"class_list":["post-8088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-through-the-gospels","tag-blogging-through-the-gospels","tag-luke","tag-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8089,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088\/revisions\/8089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}