His Time – ACTS of Love Early Childhood Education Center, “Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon”

1. ACTS of Love Early Childhood Education Center

Katie Evans, Director of ACTS of Love Early Childhood Education Center, a nonprofit, state-licensed early-childhood education and childcare facility started by ACTS church in Leander, Texas, talks about how the center serves the community. A special program cares for children for no cost who have parent/s enrolled in the Leander Independent School District. Learn more about ACTS of Love Church at actschurchleander.com and the Childhood Center at actsofloveecec.com.
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2. Daily Lectionary

Rev. Chad Philipp from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Gillett and St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in DeWitt, Arkansas, studies Matthew 17:14-27.

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3. Morning Prayer Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is given by Rev. Chad Philipp from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Gillett and St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in DeWitt, Arkansas.
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“The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid.” – Martin Luther

Matthew 17:14-27

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon,[a] and it[b] came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.[c] 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”[d]

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

22 As they were gathering[e] in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.

The Temple Tax

24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.[f] Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

Footnotes:

Matthew 17:18 Greek it

Matthew 17:18 Greek the demon

Matthew 17:18 Greek from that hour

Matthew 17:20 Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting

Matthew 17:22 Some manuscripts remained

Matthew 17:27 Greek stater, a silver coin worth four drachmas or approximately one shekel

English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.