Humble yourself to be exalted

                                                              The Parable of the Wedding Feast
Luke 14:7-11 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
8  “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 
9  and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 
10  But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 
11  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” 

Be strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit

                                                         Prayer for Spiritual Strength
Ephesians 3:13-21 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15  from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16  that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18  may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19  and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20  Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
21  to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Do Not be anxious

                                                DO NOT BE ANXIOUS

Matthew 6:25-34  “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 
26  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27  And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 
28  And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 
29  yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
30  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 
31  Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 
32  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 
33  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 
34  “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 

Don't forget to be THANKFUL

     
                                             Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

Luke 17:11-19  On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
12  And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
13  and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
14  When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.
15  Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
16  and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
17  Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 
18  Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 
19  And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”