Saturday, March 26, 2022
Prayer for Week 4
O God, you have called your servants to
ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through
perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we
go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Luke 10:1-12
After this the Lord appointed seventy others
and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself
intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers
are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his
harvest. Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of
wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road.
Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if anyone is
there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it
will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they
provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to
house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set
before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God
has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome
you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings
to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of
God has come near.’ I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom
than for that town.
What would be some challenges for you if you were one of the 70 Jesus called and sent?
Who,
besides Jesus, would you want to be your partner in ministry if Jesus gave you
that assignment today?
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