Wednesday, September 4, 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 5:12-16 (ESV)

Luke 5:12-13

“The regulations concerning leprosy are in Lev. 13-14. The most terrible thing about it was the isolation it brought. The leper was to cry ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ wherever he went; he was to dwell alone; ‘in a habitation outside the camp’ (Lev. 13:45-46). He was banished from the society of men and exiled from home. The result was, and still is, that the psychological consequences of leprosy were as serious as the physical.”2

  • Note that the leper does not doubt Jesus’ power but his willingness.  Is there some aspect of the leper’s doubt that I can relate to?

  • What is the significance of Jesus touching the leper in response to his request?  

Luke 5:15-16

  • What can I learn from Jesus from these verses?

 

2 William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke, Daily Study Bible Series, Rev. ed. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1975).