Luke 4:14-21 NLT

14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 

15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

16 When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures. 

17 The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written: 

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, 

19 and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.” 

20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. 

21 Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

Read/Meditate the Scripture: Luke 4:14-21 NLT

• Imagine yourself sitting in the audience watching and listening to Jesus. Which action or words capture your attention? Why do you pay attention to these actions or words now?

• Meditate on verse 21, “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”  What did Jesus reveal regarding his identity?

Pray

• Worship Jesus, the Messiah, the fulfillment of God’s ancient promise.

• Pray for a person in your circle of relationships:
• who is poor (spiritually or economically) to receive Good News
• who is a captive of a bad/sinful habit to be released from it
• who is disabled by a physical ailment to be healed
• who is involved in an oppressive/abusive relationship to be freed

• Pray for ACC to be representative of the body； hands, and feet of Jesus in Arlington and Southlake to minister to the people physically and spiritually.