Category Archives: Luke

Spiritual Health

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

News about Jesus kept spreading. Large crowds came to listen to him teach and to be healed of their diseases. But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.           … Continue reading →

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THAT is Why

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

Lectionary texts: Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. Later Simon and the others went out to find him. When … Continue reading →

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Hope: Has Arrived!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

[reprinted from January 26, 2010] — Henry Neufeld And God saw everything he had made, and it was very good! There was evening, there was morning, a sixth day. — Genesis 1:31 (HN) Sometimes when things are going bad, as … Continue reading →

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Keep My Candle Lit

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of one small candle. These words were found inscribed on a small headstone after a devastating air raid in Great Britain during World War II. Can … Continue reading →

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We Hope

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

“What things?” He asked them. So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him … Continue reading →

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We Choose

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

The Lord answered, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and upset about so many things,…”    Luke 10:41 (CEV) God speaking to me about being “worried and upset” the week before Christmas is no surprise. This whole story of Martha and … Continue reading →

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Mary’s Testimony

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

[reprinted from December 17, 2009] Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Line?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, but the angel reassured … Continue reading →

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DID you know, Mary?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

[reprinted from December 9, 2010 – It touched my heart again this year.] In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to … Continue reading →

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Plan A

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of … Continue reading →

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