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And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks
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And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks

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Saw the King and I–the Rogers Hammerstein musical-the other day.  Throughout the play, the issue of servants prostrating themselves before their king is discussed.  The Western Anna resists the act while those raised in Siam readily show this level of respect.  In the end Anna wins and the new king ends the practice.  But I am going to suggest that here in the West we should consider falling down at our King’s feet.

Prostration demonstrates either submission or adoration.  In the case of our healed leper, he ran back to the man who healed him.   He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet out of love for what Jesus had done.  I think this man would have been ready to completely submit himself to Jesus.  Christ gave this man back his life.  Before he was a prisoner of his illness; trapped inside a rotting body.  Jesus freed him to live a life among healthy people.  Jesus freed him to love and be loved; to work, to play, to live.

We owe Christ our greatest Thanks, but so seldom do we actually contemplate just how much.  We belong on our faces praising Christ and thanking for our salvation, for the fact he hears our prayers, for the miracles in our lives, and  for the Holy Spirit who is always with us.

In reality, we treat all Jesus has done for us as our birth right.  We go through life to some degree just accepting God’s gift like spoilt kids who think His gift of Grace is no big.  We owe him our everything, but we are like the 9 lepers who did not return to think Jesus.

Luke 17

17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

Exercise

1) Has your faith made you whole?  Have you thanked Jesus for your Salvation and for the answered prayers in your life.  We have been writing and thinking about what God has done in our life. Review what you have written and add other reasons you are thankful.  Now find a quite place for the next few days and fall prostrate before God both in submission and admiration.  Thank Him for what He has done and ask Him to give you a greater faith.
2) Write in your journal does your gratitude to Jesus reach the level of servitude and admiration.  Would you do anything for the one who saved you? Or you more like the other nine?

Playlist

We Bow Down      Twila Paris Twila Paris – Greatest Hits

What the heck does this mean?
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What the heck does this mean?

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Last instruction in level two ‘Glory in His name”  Research was required.  What does it mean to glory?

Well, I have the answer.  We do it a lot more often then you would think.  Just maybe not for God.

Visualize the Super bowl champions when they return home.  The excitement, the joy, the pride, the praises we shout for the winners.  We glory in our team; we rejoice in their victory.  We celebrate their accomplishments.

Now lets think about what that would look like if we Glory in His name.  Think of the phrase in His name as sort of meaning who He is and what He does.  So glory means to exult; to rejoice in triumph.  I have two perfect examples of what I think it looks like.

David:

1 Chronicle 15

25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.

26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of theLord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

My second example is back to our one leper in Luke 17

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

Exercise

Have you ever had a moment of this type of exuberant joy over a blessing from God.  Did you dance and sing and fall on your face before God?  If you have not, why not?  Has God done things in your life deserving this level of celebration?  Think about holding a Party or a Thanksgiving Celebration where you would exult God for who He is and what He has done.  Plan a celebration glorifying God.  Maybe it will be just you and your family, you and a friend, or just you.  But celebrate God for who He is and what He has done.  Include Dancing, singing and shouting praises.

 

Play list

Glory, Glory, Glory

 

He came from Heaven to Earth
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He came from Heaven to Earth

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God’s Deeds laid out in the old Testament provide us with a foundation to know God is mighty, God keeps His promises, and God disciplines and forgives His people.  Praise God, His Love Endures Forever. Thank you God for giving us these detailed explanations of what you did in the past because it reassures us that you are the same today.

But moving forward.

Thank you God for the New Testament which shows us just how much you loved us.

Jesus left heaven where the angels worshiped and obeyed his every command.  He left heaven for one purpose.  He left heaven to seek those who were lost.

Through Jesus the whole world was created.  Yet he came to earth in the form of a baby subject to parents and  other adults.  He followed the rules and studied with the Rabbis.  Jesus played and worked and lived in the world he created.  Then at the appropriate time, he taught us what it meant to live as one with Him, with the Father.

I am thankful he cared enough to step down out of heaven for my sake; for your sake.  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life.

Thank you God for coming to show us the way, coming to be our sacrifice, coming to create a bridge where we can be one with You,

Thank you: the baby in the manger, the great teacher, the passover lamb, the risen savior, the Holy Spirit

John 1

King James Version (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Exercise
Write in your journal what you think heaven is like.  Do you think it was a big deal for Jesus to leave heaven to come to earth and to live in human skin?  Write a thank you note for what Jesus did by stepping down from heaven to become a sacrifice covering your sins if you have asked Him into your life.  Write a detailed note expressing true feelings.
Playlist (what else could it be)

Lord, I Lift Your Name On High       Rick Warren      The Invitation

Last but not least Psalm 107
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Last but not least Psalm 107

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107 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

24 These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.

28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Continue Outline Psalm 106
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Continue Outline Psalm 106

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Psalm 106

King James Version (KJV)

106 Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.

18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:

35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Three Psalms Outlining The Mighty Deeds of God for Israel
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Three Psalms Outlining The Mighty Deeds of God for Israel

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We have three Psalms 105, 106, 107 that give us an overview God’s dealings with the nation of Israel.  It is a good review course.  The God of the mighty miracles to protect Israel remains the God of mighty miracles.  We need to give thanks to God that we know of His mighty deeds reassures us that God acts on behalf of His people.

 

 

Psalm 105

King James Version (KJV)

105 O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

God’s Works…..Everything in the Universe
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God’s Works…..Everything in the Universe

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We’ve learned to remembered those things God has done in our personal life.

Now

David reminds us to be thankful for all God has done from

the beginning of the Universe down through the ages.

So let’s start with the sun in the morning and the stars at night

The shepherd boy David spent his nights and days in the fields watching the beauty of nature.  He wrote Psalms 19 in gratitude and praise of God’s work in the creation of the heavens and earth.  Most of us spend way to much time in our office, homes and cars shielded from the beauty of nature.  And in many ways, I think those walls separate us from realizing the glory of God.

Davids Word’s

The heaven are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring

The beauty of the night sky with stars sprinkled across the expanse far beyond what we can imagine reminds us of the mightiness of our God.  His power and strength are mightier than any force we know; because all forces that we know were created by Him.

 

Exercise 1

Find time to sit outside one night.  Study the heavens and thank God for creating the Heavens and Earth.  Write down in your journal what the vastness of the night makes you thank about God.

Exercise 2

During the day, walk where you can see grass, trees and flowers.  Notice the beauty of the plants and the diversity of life.  Inside all life is a code with specific instructions regarding the design of that specific blade of grass, flower, bug, animal or even person.

God is a God of details.  He counts the hairs on our head and knows when a sparrow falls. (Matthew 10) Praise God that he is not just some Spirit who put the world in motion and left it to spin on it’s own.  Our God cares about the small things.  Our God cares about even the small things in our lives.

 Write down in your journal what thoughts occur to you as you realize that God cares about the details of your life.

Playlist Song

The Heavens Declare (Psalm 19:1-4, 7-9)  Todd Fields        Word of God Speak: The Worship Session

Make known his deeds
Thanksgiving

Make known his deeds

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Let’s venture back to the difference between counting your blessings and thanksgiving.  Counting blessings entails two activities.  The first thinking about what you are happy about.  What people, things, places and activities you are glad exist in your life?  You focus on what pleases you.  You focus on what makes your life happy.

Thanksgiving changes the focus to what God has done in your life.  Look towards those time in your heart of heart when you know God brought blessings into your life.  Yesterday, we redirected what we are meditating upon from general blessing to those times we know God acted directly in our lives.

Today it goes from inside to outside.  David says we are to share with others what we know God has done for us.

Okay, back to our Leper.

Luke 17:15  One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.

So we have our healed leper running down the road praising God and shouting for everyone to hear what God has done for him.  Not one person passing by would not have know what Jesus had done.  But notice something else.  The 10 Lepers know to cry out to Jesus for help.  They know he can heal them.  How would they know this if someone hadn’t been talking about what Jesus had done?

How often do you tell someone about what Jesus has done in your life.  Not share the gospel with them.  Not tell them to come to church.  Not tell them the stories in the bible.  Do you tell them what He has done in your life?

I don’t.  God acts in my life.  He accomplishes mighty works and I know they are from God.  But I seldom if ever share these big and small miracles with people.  Sometimes it doesn’t seem like the right time.  At other times, I don’t believe people will believe me.  I know the truth, but I am sure it sounds wild to others.  Most of the time, it just never crosses my mind to tell my stories.

God demonstrates His power in our lives through life saving giant miracles (and I have had those in my life) but just as often, He simply places a kiss on our cheek.  These are small moments when God acts and you know it was Him.  A God kiss touches your heart, answers a real need and lets you know he cares about you in the little things.

Since today is about making his deeds known.  I will tell you about the most recent God Kiss.

A few months back I had a period of total ditziness.  In about a three month period, I lost two separate credit cards.  I sent to have the first one replaced, but my monthly payments were on the second card.  I just did not want to have to redo all those accounts.  Not a life or death situation.  I watched the account no one was charging on it.

Now doing everything that is wrong,  I spent about a week going back to every place I had used the card around the time it disappeared. Nothing.  Then I prayed to God to get me out of this jam.

As a last ditch effort. I returned to the place where I thought I had lost the card.  I had called this place immediately after I realized it was gone. But they had not found it.

Pulling up at the little store-filling station combination, I locked my car door and went inside.  The people in the store searched everywhere but it was no where to be found.  I accepted it was time to give up and do what adults do.  I needed to report it lost and change all the auto pay accounts.

I unlocked the car door and settled into my seat.  My heart sunk.  I just didn’t want to have to face this problem right now.  Not a big issue.  Nothing of even great consequence would happen if I didn’t find the card.  It just frustrated me.

Then God gave me a kiss on the cheek.  I went to buckle the seatbelt.  You know that step you take every time you drive.  Now a week after I lost it, my credit card set across the latch of my seatbelt.  I could not latch the belt without removing it.

I knew God did it.  I knew God gave me a ‘here is something to make your day better’ miracle.

But I don’t tell people because I assume they won’t believe me.  They will argue that someone had my card. They kept it but did not use it.  I some how forgot to lock my car even though I thought I had.  This person heard me ask about the card.  They still had it on them, but did not want to just say it was in a drawer or back behind the counter or anything like that.  But they snuck to my car.  They chanced someone seeing them open my car door. They then slipped the credit card on the seat belt latch so I would find it..

If all that happened, and I find this scenario is a stretch, or  if God just made it appear, it was a God kiss that brighten my day and my week   I praised God all day for his helping me.  But I sure didn’t share His deed until now.

Exercise

Tell someone about something personal God has done in your life.  Or write about it on one of the social media pages.

Play list

I Love To Tell The Story         Barbara Mandrell            Precious Memories

I was going to put  “I’m So Happy and Here’s the Reason Why” , but it is hard to find versions of this one.

 

 

 

Thanksgiving

10 Little Lepers Heading to the Temple

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As mentioned in an earlier post, our ten lepers cried out to Jesus to cure their horrible disease.  They hoped he might cure them.  Jesus healed the lame and the blind.  Maybe just maybe, he would heal 10 lepers as well.

So our 10 guys meet the criteria for a person of Thanksgiving.  They were ten desperate people crying out to Jesus for help.  They were helpless on their own.

Jesus tells the men to go into Jerusalem and present themselves to the Priest.  The writings of Moses gave instructions regarding leprosy.  They had specific guidelines for determining if a person was infected and when these people were to be removed from society.  But they also had specific instructions regarding what to do if a leper was healed.  They had to go to the Priest in order to be declared free of the disease.  No one had ever been declared free of leprosy.  Many believed this would be a sign of the Messiah.

Jesus tells them to go and they go.  The sores still cover their bodies as they move toward the temple, but they go towards the place where they will be declared clean.  They walk hoping the sores will disappear.  I suspect more doubt than belief fills them.  They walk.

A spot disappears.  Was it ever really there?  The skin across their body regenerates as they walk.  Where there was once oozing masses of flesh there is now clean healthy skin.

They know Jesus healed them now.  They know the leprosy is healing.

Exercise

Be honest with yourself as the sores heal over what would you do?

Would you reaction be to walk slowly afraid the healing would stop?  Would you be trying to rationalize how this could be happening?  No one is ever healed of leprosy.

Would you rush to the priest to see if they would declare you healed?  Not really believing it was true until the priest said it was so.

Or would you be afraid that if you didn’t go straight to the temple the healing would stop?  Jesus said go to the priest.  You skin is healing as you go.  Shouldn’t you do just what Jesus said.  Obedience seems like a logical reaction.  What if you didn’t obey and the healing reversed itself?

Maybe you would rush home to you family instead of heading straight to the temple?  You have been isolated and missing your love ones for years.  You just want to hug them and hold them.

Would you turn around and run back to thank Jesus.

Try describing what you would do and why in your journal being as honest as you can be with yourself?

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Case Study from Luke 17 (here are the verses)

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11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.