February 19, 2017

Devotion: Use this resource at home to guide your household’s daily devotions.

Pray: Light a candle and open your devotion time with a prayer.

Merciful Lord, Your forgiveness surpasses our wildest imaginations. Challenge us again and again to match your extravagant mercy, in the name of Christ, Amen.

Read: Read the following daily. After the reading, ask the follow-up questions.

Sunday: Forgiven at Jesus’ Feet, Luke 7:36-50

Monday: Jesus Feeds the 5,000, Luke 9:10-11

Tuesday: Jesus Feeds the 5,000, Luke 9:12-17

Wednesday: Peter’s Confession, Luke 9:18-22

Thursday: Jesus Talks of Death and Resurrection, Luke 9:23-27

Friday: God Provides Quail, Exodus 16:1-13

Saturday: God Provides Manna, Exodus 16:14-21

How does Jesus challenge the people around him?

Connect: Discuss the following questions.

What was a high point of your day? What was a low point?

How far would you go to show repentance for a sin you committed? What might happen if you made amends for all the ways you have damaged your relationships? How might such reconciliation free you?

Do: By doing, we make God’s word come alive. Do the following activity this week.

Go out of your way this week to offer hospitality to an acquaintance or a stranger

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