We can see troubles that were happening in the early churches of the New Testament. Over the centuries, things did not change much in the church with rules, regulations and self interests dominating, when what should have been shown was love to others. Today, when facing issues in the church, we need to determine what God wants. We need to show love to others by what we do - love in action! How will you react when faced with a difficult situation?

As these two disciples travel from Jerusalem to Emmaus we get to see the journey that every Christian needs to make. That is, as we read the scriptures, we allow Jesus to open our eyes and hearts to how the words speak of him and respond in faith to those words.

As we continue to look at God's up-side-down Kingdom, we learn a lot from the story of Zacchaeus. We see a man become a child, the one who was seeking becomes found, the small become big, the rich become poor, the poor become rich and the host becomes the guest. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. How about you, have you been found by the Saviour?

In this passage we get to see a Christian virtue that is often overlooked and easily neglected in our life. The virtue of THANKFULNESS. Jesus performed an amazing healing in the lives of 10 men that were afflicted with leprosy. Jesus tells them to show themselves to the priest and on the way all 10 were healed. The point of this story is that only one out of those 10 came back to thank Jesus and give praise to God for his healing. Are we quick to pray, but slow to give thanks? God wants us all to be thankful people.

We are all sinners in need of a Saviour, some of us know this and others don't see their need. The woman saw her need for forgiveness and saw the Saviour, whereas Simon the Pharisee couldn't see his need or see the Saviour.