The Most Excellent Way: As You Wish
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME – We follow Jesus in the practice of service done with intentionality and interruptibility.
TEXT – Luke 10:25-37
OUTLINE – Two attitudes of the most excellent way:
- Intentionality.
- Ephesians 2:8-9.
- Deuteronomy 6:4-9
- Leviticus 19:18
2. Interruptibility.
- Luke 10:25-37
- Hebrews 13:2
- Philippians 2:3
NEXT STEPS
- Ask: Who is my neighbor?
- Go: Love your neighbor.
JOURNAL
- Intentionality: How do I purposefully order my life around God’s way?
- Interruptibility: How can I be more willing to stop and meet a need when I see it?
GOOD SAMARITAN PRAYER
Lord God,
Help us see the world through the eyes of the Good Samaritan and be filled with your deep compassion.
Help us to be merciful neighbors even when it is inconvenient, when we don’t have time, or when we have other responsibilities.
Help us understand the need in those around us, the wisdom to know how to respond, and the strength to do so willingly.
Lord God, We pray for those we might cross the road to avoid – the poor, the vulnerable, the stranger, the broken who have been stripped, beaten and left for dead.
Lord God, give us all that we need to love those who ask from us more than we feel we have to give.
Give us all we need to love well so that we will not walk away from those who are in need.
May our love of you and love of neighbor shape us to be like the Good Samaritan, so we will ‘go and do likewise’.
Amen.
