Lisa G Akins
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Lisa G Akins
read Luke 18
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart....
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
read Luke 18
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart....
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:29-30 NLT
“Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:27 NLT
He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:25 NLT
In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:17 NLT
I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:13 NLT
“But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:7-8 NLT
Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 18:1 NLT
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
read Luke 16
He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions....
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 16:18 NLT
“For example, a man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 16:17 NLT
But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 16:8 NLT
“The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 16:9 NLT
Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
read Luke 15
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him....
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Luke 15:10 NLT
In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
read Luke 14
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully....
about 6 years ago
Lisa G Akins
read Luke 13
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices....
about 6 years ago