Meditating Luke 16-18 (Jan 5)

Be Faithful & Prayerful Disciples

With His gaze fixed in Jerusalem 
    Band the consummation of his
  earthly ministry, Jesus intensifies
     His final training of the disciples.
 Stewardship is the central theme for
the disciples will soon be entrusted
with the message of the gospel.
Jesus outlines the duties of a servant
and underscores importance of
prayer that is persistent & humble.

Lord, thanks for lessons in Lk13-18
where U intensify training of the 12.
Help us be Compassionate to those
in need and have passion for the lost.
Help us Be Faithful Stewards.
Help us Look to You with Faith.
Help us Pray Persistently.
                    We seek your enabling so that we
can be Your worthy disciples. Amen

Lord, we will Be Faithful Stewards:
  Use your worldly resources to
    benefit others and make friends…
Unless you are Faithful in Small
Matters, you won’t be faithful in
large ones… (So), if you have not
been Faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your
trust the true riches? (Luke 16:9-11)
Lord, help me to be a Faithful
     person, one who keeps my word.
Help me to live life by your Word
 rather than by the way of society.
  Help me to be a faithful steward
doing the work You call me to do. 
  Help me to Be Faithful in the Small
Things as worship before You. Amen.

Lord, we will Look to You with Faith:
And the apostles said to the Lord:
Increase our faith. So the Lord said:
If You had faith even as Small
 as a mustard seed, You could say
to this mulberry tree: May you be
 uprooted and thrown to the sea, 
and it          would obey you (Luke17:5-6)
Lord, Your Spirit will give us the
necessary faith and we need just
 to act upon it. Help us to pray
 with perseverance, trusting You
to move even things that look
 immovable      and impossible.
For faith come from looking at
 God and not at the mountain.
In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

Lord, we will Pray Persistently:
          One day Jesus told his disciples
 a story to show that they should
 always pray and never give up…
There was a widow; and she came
to the judge, saying: Get justice for
me from my adversary… And shall
God not avenge His own elect who
 cry out day & night to Him(Lk18:1-7)
Lord, sometimes in prayer, we may
feel like the widow, being ignored.
 Help us Lord to be like the widow
 to keep knocking in spite of how
 discouraged we may feel. For
 prayer is not overcoming God’s
 reluctance but laying hold of His will. And we’ll find our Father has
 indeed heard. For Lord You are
cour hope and our salvation. Amen.