Luke 3

Luke 3

• We should be baptized to demonstrate we have repented of our sins
• Prove BY THE WAY YOU LIVE, that you have repented (not what you say, post or preach
• Bad fruit producing trees will be cut down and burned. Yikes!
• Give to the poor
• Feed the hungry
• Receive only what is required
• Be honest

• Be content with your provision
• Jesus baptized with the Spirit and fire,

• Yet He also burns the chaff, or unused, unneeded remainder of the what
• Lineage of Jesus points to the beginning. What a miracle!

♥ Questions to Ask

• Does the way I am living my life PROVE I have repented (continue to repent) of that which is not pleasing to God in my life?
• Am I producing “good fruit”? Fruits of the Spirit like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control? Are my actions and efforts yielding to God’s will or mine?
• Am I giving and nurturing as Christ needs me to, similar to what was learned in John 10 and Ezekiel 34 and 35?
• Do I understand and accept I can either live a life fueled by the fire of the Holy Spirit, or risk having my efforts burned away?

Prayer: Lord, it can be difficult to read a non, or poor, fruit bearing tree will be cut and burned away. It can conjure fear in the heart and create distance, hardness of heart, or confusion. Lord, I pray that doesn’t happen! I pray these Words draw me closer, soften my heart and compel Your Spirit to burn even hotter in my life. So hot, the flame You create cannot be anything but seen in my life. Seen so brightly by the way I reach out to others, nurturing, covering, and providing. Proving I live for You, rather than myself. Lord, I pray I never try to snuff out Your flame, so all the fruits of Your Spirit are made manifest in and through this life You have given me. Lord, thank You also for sharing Your lineage in Your Word. This is a GREAT REMINDER of all You have moved through, to get to ME – to get to ALL those who read or hear Your Word. The generations of imperfect, human beings whom did the best they could to keep the faith, before Your arrival, and the centuries of believers following Your death, burial, resurrection and ascension – continued to live life as PROOF of Your Life intertwined with theirs, ultimately reaching me is simply amazing! How amazing it is to visualize the journey you have been on. How amazing it is for me to see and accept I am now a part of Your journey. Thank You!