The Voice of Luke: Part II – “Catching People”

“Live in the Power of His Resurrection”

Philippians 3:10 (NIV). Easter is about the power of the resurrection. Today’s text focuses on this one verse and challenge you to “live in the power of His resurrection. Do you want to feel the power of the resurrected life? The resurrection of Jesus doesn’t automatically erase all the problems of this world; but it gives us true life in the midst of all that is around. If you have been blessed from hearing this message, please consider sowing into this ministry with a love offering. Amen. https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch] Support the show [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch]

The Voice of Luke: Part VI – “Christ Weeps Over Jerusalem”

Luke 19: 41-44 (NRSV). Luke’s account of the gospel is the only one in which Jesus sees the city and weeps. If tears and weeping are Jesus’ entry into Holy Week, maybe tears and weeping should be our entry into Holy Week. Pastor Wallace challenges us in this text to understand that although the city is Jerusalem, but it’s not about only a particular city. It’s more about a condition. It’ about our ignorance of “the things that make for peace,” and blindness to “the time of (our) visitation from God.” In our faith walk, it is important to know why Jesus wept. If you have been blessed from hearing this message, please support us by giving. Thanks and Amen. https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch] Support the show [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch]

The Voice of Luke: Part V – “Seeking and Saved”

Luke 10:1-10 (NIV). You are very important to God. Let that sink into your heart this morning. You are very important to God and that’s what this story tells us this morning. Zacchaeus was a lonely, very short little fellow, but he wanted to see Jesus. And then he was in for the surprise of his life, for as the Lord passed by, the Lord stopped, and he said, “Zacchaeus…come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” The same is for us today. The Lord sees you today. He really sees and knows you – and Pastor Wallace can guarantee you on the authority of the Word of God, He wants you, because He loves you! Amen. Please donate to our ministry.  https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch] Support the show [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch]

The Voice of Luke: Part III – “The Gracious Gardner”

Luke 13:1-9 (NIV). Karl Barth, the renowned Swiss Reformed Theologian, famously said “take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.” This is so, because faith isn’t something we live in isolation. It’s not separate from real life. The gospel speaks into our world – into war and injustice, into the everyday struggles of ordinary people. Out today’s text speaks into our life today and we find ourselves asking: What does this mean? Where is God in this? How should we respond. And that’s not a new question. It’s the same one people brought to Jesus in today’s gospel. Listen to Jesus’s response. If you are blessed from hearing this message, please feel free to donate today! Amen.   https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch] Support the show [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch]

The Voice of Luke: Part II – “Catching People”

Luke 5:1-11 (NRSV). The lesson from today’s text is a story of Jesus calling four fishermen to be fishers of people. The purpose of this miracle was not to meet a human-need. It was a teaching miracle. We will see five aspects of Christ’s divine nature and glory manifested: 1) disciples love to hear the word of God taught; 2) disciples obey Jesus even when it doesn’t make sense; 3) disciples are aware of their own sinfulness; 4) disciples are fishers of people; and 5) disciples are willing to forsake all and follow Christ. If you have been blessed from hearing this message, please feel free to sow a financial seed into this ministry. Thanks and amen.  https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch] Support the show [https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch]