Podcasts about Luke 18

God promised that if we call on Him in prayer, He will listen to us. How is your prayer life? The sad reality is that many of us tend to struggle with prayer. In this encouraging message from Pastor Jeff Schreve, called, THE PRAYER LIFE OF A GOOD SOLDIER, you'll discover four simple but important truths concerning prayer. This message is from the series, SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS.

Sermon 07-13-25 "God Loves the Humble” – Luke 18:1-14 – Pastor Mark de Kluyver The morning sermon of First Baptist Church of Kearney, Nebraska.

As part of our The Point of the Story series. Delivered by Michael Alford. This sermon is also available to watch on YouTube.

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The next in our series through Luke.For more info or to get in touch head to www.lakemacchurch.com.au

Pastor Jon Noyes preaches out of Luke 18:18–30, where Jesus challenges a rich young ruler to surrender his wealth and follow Him, revealing that entry into the kingdom of God is not earned by status or morality but received through childlike dependence and grace. This sermon calls us to examine the idols we cling to and reminds us that what is impossible with man is possible with God.

One might wonder if Jesus is the Son of Man or Eeyore, always bringing people down right when his mission gains potential momentum.  We see an example of this when a rich ruler seeks eternal life, affirming Christ as God. He leaves sad, but why? Because Jesus exposed the one thing the man couldn't surrender: his status. Though he claimed obedience, his identity was rooted in his accomplishments.  It might be his wealthy status or his righteousness, but it was not in Christ. Jesus, who never denies His divinity, challenges this man and us to move beyond performance and status.  We are called to be humble, empty ourselves, and embrace humility and daily dependence on Christ who is the sole source of life and eternal status.

Does Prayer Work?Luke 18:1-14The Village Chapel - 07/06/2025Does God actually hear our prayers—or is prayer merely wishful thinking and positive self-talk?In a world that sometimes feels the weight of heaven's silence and is drowning in the hopelessness of skepticism, Jesus told two parables—one about a widow and a judge, the other about a Pharisee and a tax collector. These stories speak directly to our own questions about prayer. And they're more than just lessons about talking to God or at God—they're revelations about the heart of the One we pray to, and about the condition of our own hearts when we pray.Join Pastor Jim as he helps us explore what our prayer life reveals about who we really trust. Come and discover how Jesus reveals a God who is righteous, just, and welcoming—and how that changes everything about the way we approach Him in prayer.To find more resources like these, follow us:Website: https://thevillagechapel.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVTzDbaiXVUAm_mUBDCTJAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tvcnashville/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tvcnashvilleX: https://twitter.com/tvcnashvilleTo support the ongoing mission of The Village Chapel go to https://thevillagechapel.com/give/. If you are a regular giver, thank you for your continued faithfulness and generosity!

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This sermon was preached by Jared Mellinger at Covenant Fellowship Church on July 6, 2025. Series: What a Savior! - Seeing Jesus in the Book of Luke Scripture: Luke 18:9-17

The take-home notes can be downloaded from the BRBC website https://www.brbc-horsham.org.uk/ At the BRBC website; click on Resources at the top menu, then click on Downloads; then Sunday Service Files. On the next page click on the folder Files of Previous Services and click on the sub-folder 2025-07-06.

An unhurried daily meditation using the Bible, prayer, and reflection led by Pastor Jon Ciccarelli, Discipleship Pastor of Crosswalk Church in Redlands, CA, and Director of Discipleship for Crosswalk Global.If you are enjoying the podcast please go to Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify and share your rating and a review as your input will help bring awareness of this discipleship resource to more listeners around the world.To learn more about Abide and discipleship go to www.crosswalkvillage.com/discipleshipPlease feel free to reach out to us at jon@crosswalkvillage.com any time with your comments and questions. Thanks and blessings!

Pastor David preaches from Luke 18:15–17, showing how Jesus welcomes even the smallest children into His kingdom, not because of their worthiness but to reveal the radical grace and dependence required of us all. In a world that either idolizes or discards children, this passage calls us to welcome them and to become like them, utterly dependent, if we are to receive the kingdom of God.

An unhurried daily meditation using the Bible, prayer, and reflection led by Pastor Jon Ciccarelli, Discipleship Pastor of Crosswalk Church in Redlands, CA, and Director of Discipleship for Crosswalk Global.If you are enjoying the podcast please go to Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify and share your rating and a review as your input will help bring awareness of this discipleship resource to more listeners around the world.To learn more about Abide and discipleship go to www.crosswalkvillage.com/discipleshipPlease feel free to reach out to us at jon@crosswalkvillage.com any time with your comments and questions. Thanks and blessings!

Luke 18:1b

A sermon by Pastor Ryan Proudfoot. Listen along as ACC Downtown continues in our series titled "Devoted".

Exposition of Luke 18:9-14

2025.06.29 Always Pray and Never Lose Heart | Luke 18:1-8 | Kevin Galloway by EP Church Annapolis

Recover Your Sight Luke 18:31-43 All rights not specified here are reserved to and for the benefit of the copyright owner. Used by Permission. CCLI License CSPL163010

Pastor David Deutsch preaches out of Luke 18:9–14, exposing the deadly danger of self-righteousness and the subtle pride that can even hide in our humility. He calls us to abandon all trust in ourselves and instead look entirely to Christ, whose righteousness alone justifies sinners.

Led to the savior- Blind Bartimaeus would not miss the opportunity to cry out for healing when he heard Jesus was passing by. Some people are too proud to cry out to Jesus and admit their need for forgiveness from sin.

Blind Bartimaeus- There is a difference between seeing and perceiving. Although Bartimaeus was physically blind, he was able to perceive that Jesus was in his presence. What good is sight if you are blind to spiritual realities?

The rich young ruler- The rich young ruler had what so many people strive for: money, power, and wealth. He kept the commandments of God the best he could, but he was still empty inside. Jesus, in love, helped the rich young ruler to see what was missing in his life.

We are quick to take credit for the things that God does, and fail to see our daily need of the Lord's mercy. It begins by acknowledging that while we should celebrate God's redemptive work in our lives, we often overestimate our righteousness and underestimate our brokenness. This self-reliance can lead to arrogance and contempt for others, especially those we deem less worthy or more sinful.We need to be careful, as we are prone to trust in our own systems, plans, or perceived moral superiority. The problem with this is that we fail to see our need for Christ and the redemption that he gives us.Christ drives home this point through the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, which contrasts two attitudes in prayer. The Pharisee, confident in his religious achievements, thanks God for his superiority over others. He is not like the other people so he is distant from the rest by his superiority.Christ summarizes the tax collector's prayer, which confesses and relies on the Lord's mercy. Jesus' teaching shocks our expectations: it is the humble, repentant sinner who goes home justified, not the self-assured religious leader. One would think that the pharisee is in the right because he has done all the right things. However, the point is not about the specific words of prayer, but the posture of the heart. One needs to see and have a humble reliance on God, and not self-exaltation. The tax collector is separate because he sees himself as a sinner who needs mercy. We see the continuation of the parable in Luke 19.Jesus connects this parable with Jesus' welcoming the little children. Children were insignificant in society. The disciples do not want Jesus bothered by these insignificant ones. Just as children receive the kingdom with dependence and humility, so must we. The kingdom of God is not earned by status, achievement, or self-sufficiency, but is received by those who recognize their need and come to Christ with childlike trust. In God's economy, the “nobodies” who humbly seek His grace are the ones truly exalted.

Faith like a child- What does real faith look like? Many people who claim to have genuine faith in God only have religion. Because of our human nature we strive to be accepted by God based on our performance, but what we need is childlike faith.

Luke 18:9-14 (Noah Martin) Respectable SinsHarvest is a church where we love to worship God together, where the transforming message of the Gospel is preached weekly, where authentic community can be found, and where we are intentional about making disciples of Jesus Christ. We'd love for you to join us on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. For more information you can visit harvestmemphis.org

This sermon was preached by Jared Mellinger at Covenant Fellowship Church on June 22, 2025. Series: What a Savior! - Seeing Jesus in the Book of Luke Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

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Pastor Jon Meenk preaches from Luke 18:1–8, reminding believers that in the midst of a broken and unjust world, they are called to persistent, hope-filled prayer to a God who is nothing like the unjust judge. Though justice may seem delayed, God's response will be swift and sure, and His people must not grow cynical or distracted, but keep their eyes fixed on the day when all things are made right.

Justified Luke 18:9-17 All rights not specified here are reserved to and for the benefit of the copyright owner. Used by Permission. CCLI License CSPL163010

Luke 18: Persistent Prayer

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”15 Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 17 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,' ‘Do not murder,' ‘Do not steal,' ‘Do not bear false witness,' ‘Honor your father and your mother.' ”21 And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.24 And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”26 And those who heard it said, “Who then can be saved?”27 But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”28 Then Peter said, “See, we have left [b]all and followed You.”29 So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”31 Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be [c]accomplished. 32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33 They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. 36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?”He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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Lord, Open My Lips is a daily devotional produced by Fr. Josh Fink and John Caddell in association with All Souls Church in Lexington, South Carolina. New devotionals are available every day. More information can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠allsoulslex.org/dailyprayer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Original music is composed and recorded by John Caddell. Our liturgy is based on "Family Prayer" from the Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Rev James Harper preaches on Luke 18:31-43 as part of the continuing Following Jesus sermon series on the book of Luke.  In Luke 18:31-43, we see a powerful contrast between spiritual blindness and true sight. While Jesus' disciples, who had spent years with Him, failed to understand His clear predictions about His coming death and resurrection, a blind beggar in Jericho immediately recognized Jesus as the Messiah. Despite never having seen Jesus, this man's faith allowed him to perceive what the disciples could not. When Jesus healed him, He emphasized that the man's faith had made him spiritually whole, not just able to see. This story challenges us to examine whether we truly see Jesus with eyes of faith or merely know facts about Him.

Today's sermonette based on Luke 18:35-19:10 is given by Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek. This is a rebroadcast from May 29, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day's Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: listener@kfuo.org

Lord, Open My Lips is a daily devotional produced by Fr. Josh Fink and John Caddell in association with All Souls Church in Lexington, South Carolina. New devotionals are available every day. More information can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠allsoulslex.org/dailyprayer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Original music is composed and recorded by John Caddell. Our liturgy is based on "Family Prayer" from the Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Luke: The Stories | The Pharisee and Tax Collector | Luke 18:9-14 Sermon from June 1, 2025 – Deron Spoo, Pastor Part 4 of 4 of the series Luke: The Stories

Rev. Pete Jackson preaches on Luke 18:15-34 in his sermon “Jesus & The Rich Young Ruler”.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025