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Jesus Sends Out the Seventytwo
1After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
5"When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 7Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
8"When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you. 9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.' 10But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11'Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.' 12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13"Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths.[b]
16"He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name."
18He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
21At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
22"All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
23Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two silver coins[e] and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
At the Home of Martha and Mary 38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
41"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed.[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."



I love Jesus. He is the most rad guy ever. He has really been helping me these last couple weeks.

So...Jesus sent out 72 messengers. He basically told them, "go." Thats all he had to do. He told them that they were sheep among wolves, and to go. I don't know if you know this, but wolves eat sheep. I'm just sayin that these people must have some strength to do what they're told, after they are told that they would be eaten.
Jesus told them to take nothing with them. They had to completely rely on God to take care of them. I read this book one time, and this man had a problem. So he went to his pastor and told him that he felt like he was being streched to thin, and that he was having so much trrouble just coping with life. So his pastor told him one thing, "Good." So the man started freaking out, he asked the pastor if he understood what he was saying, if he understood the seriousness of this. And the pastor said "Did you think it would be easy having to rely on God." ...That is so true. We have to understand that the only reason that we are even hear is by the grace of God. And the best way to realize that is by leaving everything behind. Am i telling you to leave your hose naked and go some where, No. What i'm saying is that you can't rely on earthly things to get you through life, all you have is trust in God.
He told us to have do good in towns that except you. He says that we should eat their, heal them, and tell them the good news. But for the towns that don't except you that we need to dip out. And don't just say "no i have to leave" you have to intentionally make a statement on why. That is not easy. I have a friend, who i love, and he has been my best friend for so long now. But lately i have been getting so angry at him, for just no having any respect for my life style. And i feel like it is about time for me to wipe me feet off and leave.
Then Jesus gives the biggest "ifso facto" Statement i've ever heard. He says that if they don't beleive you they wont beleive me, and if they don't beleive me they don't beleive God. Thats pretty basic, but it's pretty intense. That lets me know that i am a direct messenger for Christ. Plain and Simple. And if people don't accept what the word has to say, they don't accept anything, God has to offer.

When they messengers came back they were stoked. I would be too. They said that even the demons were listening to them. And Jesus is so happy that they are happy and he tells them not just to be joyfull about the demons obeying their name, but to be happy that their names are insured in heaven. That is So RAD. Jesus is telling us not just to be happy about people beleiving us about him, but that we have a spot in heaven. Praise God. That is amazing stuff.
Then Jesus reveals somthing to me, through one of his prayers. He says that the truth was revealed to the childlike, not the ones who think they are wise. That tells me that i need to slow down, cus i'm getting a little to big for my britches. He says that we need to have childlike faith. That means that we don't question it, and try to find the answers. Do you know why, WE CAN'T FIND THE ANSWERS. At church on sunday my pastor was talking about how so many Christians will try to tell people why they are going through hard times, and that makes God angry. Like when Job was going through all those hard times, his friends tried to tell him why, and they were wrong. When we try to find out why somthing is going on, we miss the whole point. We just need to be like kids, and beleive without question.


I love Jesus's parables. You can always get somuch from them. The one about the Good Samaritan is one that i have been familiar with for my whole life. I also love them because they tell me how i can live. Jesus always told us that we need to be servants. And this is another good example. When we see someone in need, we need to help them. And i've always wanted to be the guy who helps. So whenever i get the oppurtunity to help someone, i try to take it. Expecially when it comes to girls. If it were up to me, my girl friend and her mom would never have to lift a finger. I love carrying stuff for them, or just trying to do all the little things that can make their life easier, but thats just because i like to help and because i was brought up that way. But i love it when i do something whether it is big or little, that shows someone how good God is, because i know that my Jesus is smiling at me when i do. So i just hope that we can live in that. Everyone helping each other. Because i am a strong beleiver that this world can run on love.


In Christ,
Stewart Ryall


p.s. thank you all for praying. This past week, so many prayers have been answered for me. My friend who i talked about last blog, is back walking with Jesus. I still want y'all to pray that he stays that way.

On that note, i need y'all to pray for me. I don't know what it is, but i am feeling really weird lately. It's like none of the big things get to me, but all the little things are starting to drive in. So i feel like i am in some kind of spiritual slump. So thank you for your prayers. I love all of y'all.