Thursday, August 29, 2024

Journal

Please use one of the prompts below to get your journaling started.

  • Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

  • Explore your fears and what’s behind them.

  • Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.

  • List out all that you are grateful for.

Bible Text: Luke 4:28-31 (ESV) 

Reflection & Application 

  • Compare the people’s violent response to Jesus in vv. 28-29 to their original response in v. 15. At what verse does the response of the people turn? How can we explain the townspeople’s change? 

  • Reflect on Jesus’ words “no prophet is acceptable in his hometown” and what this shows about human nature. 

  • What might be the significance of Jesus citing these two well-known stories from the Old Testament? 

  • Think about what Jesus offers (vv. 18-19) and the townspeople’s rejection of him. What lessons for myself can I draw from this?