Has anyone asked you about Jesus this week? Louie Giglio shows us how to live a life that leads to people asking why we live the way we live, and how those questions can lead to the opportunity for you to share your faith.
Scripture References
Elijah Announces a Great Drought
1.Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
Elijah Fed by Ravens
2.Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3.“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4.You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
5.So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6.The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7.Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8.Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9.“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10.So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11.As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12.“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13.Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14.For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ”
15.She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16.For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
17.Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18.She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
19.“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20.Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” 21.Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
22.The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23.Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
24.Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”
15.But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
1.Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2.A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3.He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4.So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.5.When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6.So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.7.All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”8.But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”9.Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10.For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
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Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21
39.But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40.And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41.If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42.Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
About the Contributor
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute. View more from the Contributor.