After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
Luke 10:1//
It was more than the Twelve that Jesus sent out. Lord, help me to be a worker and pair me with another worker to spread the Gospel.
44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
Luke 9:44-45//
Am I ever afraid to ask God about things I don’t understand in fear of the answer I may receive?
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”
Luke 8:22-25//
Just because we don’t see God looking doesn’t mean He will fail us.
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
Luke 7:13//
Isn’t it wonderful that we have a Savior who sees our sorrow and reminds us, “don’t cry”?
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
Luke 6:22-23//
When I am admonished for saying, “Merry Christmas,” may I rejoice, instead of being disheartened.
Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:15-16//
In order for me to continue to have energy to spread the Gospel, I need to be alone with God and pray.
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
Luke 4:2,13//
Temptation can be lengthy and Satan will try again and again when we are weak.
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
Luke 3:19-20//
It is not wrong to call out others regarding their sinful ways.
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
Luke 2:10//
Joy quickly overcomes fear when we hear the good news of our Savior coming for us!
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
Luke 1:1-4//
Note there were “many” who wrote down about the life of Jesus. Luke, as a doctor, “carefully investigated” the events from primary sources. The events recorded about Jesus were not made up. They actually happened.