Devotional Sharing, Submitted by Karen Maghamil, Waypoint Community Church
Count the number of times the words “I” and “my” appear in this passage.  What does this reveal about this man?  11 times. His life completely revolves around himself and his own thinking. He doesn’t consult anyone. He doesn’t see his connection with other people, especially God. [...]

Devotional Sharing, Submitted by John Ko, Gracepoint Berkeley
Life is more than food and the body is more than clothes in the ways that these are purely physical things.  Just as man does not live on bread alone so we don’t live just by food and clothes although most would say these are the most basic [...]

Devotional Sharing Submitted by Conrad Chu, Gracepoint Berkeley
What relevance for life is there from the fact that the return of the Son of Man is unknown?
In a way, it’s really peculiar that the time of Jesus’ return is unknown to all except the Father.  The particular time of His return is even hidden to [...]

Devotional Sharing, Submitted by Christina Park, Gracepoint Berkeley.
What warning does this parable provide for all those who deliberately remain ignorant?  In our legal system, we punish people for the acts that they committed as well as acts omitted.  We punish people for failure to act which causes harm to others because they knew better and [...]

Devotion Questions:
Luke 12:49-53

What kind of peace does Jesus refer to in v.51?
Reflect on the close relationships listed here which Jesus says will be divided because of him.  How might this have happened during Jesus’ days and the early church?  How might this sort of division happen today?  Have I embraced the absolute priority of Jesus’ [...]

Devotion Questions:
Luke 13:1-5

What false notion was Jesus addressing by asking the two rhetorical questions about the victims of these tragic events?
Why might the crowd have thought that they were exempt from the need to repent?

Luke 13:6-9

What is frustrating about this fig tree, and in what ways is this a picture of sinful man?
Why was the [...]

Devotional Sharing, Submitted by Andrew Iskandar, Gracepoint, Hsinchu, Taiwan
What is surprising about the synagogue ruler’s response to the healing?
What is surprising about the the syangogue ruler’s response to the healing is how cold-hearted it was. There was no regard for the plight of this woman who had been crippled for over 18 years! All he [...]

Devotional Sharing, Submitted by Jacob Chang, Gracepoint Berkeley
The mustard seed and yeast both start off as something small and grow to become something much larger than you would think is possible.  And Jesus chooses, out of all the possibilities, to compare the kingdom of God to these two small items.  What does that say about [...]