The day with dianne Louise

Someone in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." "Friend, " He said to him, "who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?" He then told them, "Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one's life is not in the abundance of possessions." Luke 12:13-15 Interesting! That a man would try and use Jesus for his own ends. Apparently the rabbis settled such disputes. The man, obviously the younger brother, sought Jesus to arbitrate on his behalf. However, Jesus recognised the motivation was greed. Do we, today, name greed as it is, or do we coat it with white wash and call it ambition, justice, fairness? Do we go deep enough to recognise our motives are lusts for wealth, or do we justify their presence? Jesus has no problem going to the heart of the matter and calling greed for what it was. He goes on to tell a parable about greed to get the point home, I wonder if it did or if another pers...

"And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the Angels of God, but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the Angels of God. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don't worry about how you should answer. For try a Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said." Luke 12:8-12 I think that being acknowledged before the Angels would be a desirable position to be in, for they who know you will work for your good, because you have favour on you. Conversely, being denied before Angels would not be good at all, it would be like being given a banishment notice to a dry and dusty land. The next verse shows how much Jeus honoured the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit only ever did good and made Jesus known, here He was given highe...

" indeed the hairs on your head are all counted. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows! " Luke 12:7 This morning I covered the verses from 4-7 but as I reviewed the scripture tonight I was impacted on loving a newborn baby so much that you would want to count all its hairs, let alone be able to. I remember that love, seeing my children then my grandchild, my heart grew in size as it flooded with love for this tiny creature, so perfect and needing so much care. We are encouraged to have faith like little children. Last night on Facebook someone put up a video of a baby meeting paper for the first time and it's reaction as the baby's father began to tear strips off the paper. The baby giggled uncontrollably, it's joy knew no bounds. There was no question as to it trusting and loving his daddy in return. Our daddy wants such a relationship with us, His love is the same and more for us as earthly father's have for their infant children. The jo...

And I say to you, My friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will show you who to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear! Aren't five pennies sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight. Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows! Luke 12:4-7 There is much violence in our world. We see the rise of family violence and the killing of women and children or men taking their own lives and that of their children, we see evil men slaughtering thousands all in the name of their god and the lust for blood is not abated. In America the gun lobby is preventing the disarmament of its population believing it is the right of the people to bear arms. Yet bent and twisted young men go into schools and kill all those who have hurt them. In Australia we do not bear arms, yet feel ve...

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisee's, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, nothing hidden that won't be made known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and whatever you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops." Luke 12:1-3 I am quite capable of being a hypocrite, how about you? Just when I think I am going well and keeping my tongue under wraps I find myself judging someone else because they do something I would never do. I did it today. I met a lady I have not seen in a long while and we got talking about our dogs. She was telling me about how her dog is snappy and before I knew it I was telling her the woman I walk with has a dog like that which she allows to walk off the lead. I am constantly...

As He was speaking a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and reclined at the table. When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner. But the Lord said to him: "Now you Pharisee's clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil. Fools! Didn't He who made the outside make the inside also? But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you. But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others. Luke 11:37-42 The Pharisee invited Jesus in. Jesus came in and did something he did not expect and then Jesus took up the challenge, He confronted first. It was not the Pharisee's best day in one respect but if he could humble himself and receive the truth spoken, the best day. Jesus tells the Pharisee that the Father cre...

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness. If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you. Luke 11:34-36 Our eye is so important. What we see and allow affects us. What are you reading? Wha t are you watching? Are you enjoying seeing a couple commit adultery, why are you watching it? By watching it you give it authority to exist. If you are watching a man thieving from his employer or kill his family and neighbours, why are you watching that and calling it fun?  If I am given a book and it errs into these areas, I put it down, not matter how new the book or how compelling the story. If there is foul language I put it down. If people post this sort of thing on Facebook, I hide it and eventually if they keep it up, we are f...