Joey's Tuesday Devotional
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BUMC Mini-Blast October 7, 2025
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Luke 17: 11-19
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’s feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? So where are the other nine? Did none of them return to give glory to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.” |
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In Everything Give Thanks by Joey Capuano |
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I was inspired by the scripture lesson from last Sunday’s service, which was from Luke. So, I was even happier when I saw that we were staying in Luke for one of our lesson for this week! And the message in Luke 17: 11-19 is something that is very important for us to live by as we are in Stewardship month and as we focus on our charity and donation drives from now until the end of the year: giving thanks to God! Many times, in our fast-paced and competitive world that always is looking to put out the “new thing” or the “latest fad,” we can get caught up in the attitude of always wanting more. This is very harmful because it results in us forgetting to be thankful for what we have. Even more, it often impedes us from remembering and thanking God for all of the blessings He has given us. We all do it. It’s a natural human feeling. And wanting nice things isn’t a bad thing. It’s normal to want the best that we can get for our family and ourselves. But where it becomes a bad thing is when this “wanting” leads to selfish feelings. We can find ourselves being demanding of and rude to people in our lives. We can lose patience with workers at the store, wait staff at restaurants, people who work at call centers, and the list goes on and on. The people in these situations are very rarely the cause of whatever “problem” we may be having. But, if we begin treating more and more people this way, we can easily find ourselves beginning to treat God this way, too. We may question Him, start to feel doubt or anger towards Him, or feel like He isn’t listening to or answering us. We know as Christians that this can’t be further from the truth, but we still feel it. How can we stop this negative mindset, feeling, and way of acting? With one idea, as we see from the example of the Samaritan who was healed by Jesus in today’s reading from Luke: thanks, gratitude, and praise! Although Jesus healed ten people that day, only this one humble man thanked Him. Jesus loves to see his humble faith and gratitude, though, and calls him a model for us all to follow. Let’s remember to recognize the blessings that we have been given by God in our lives, especially during this time of stewardship, Thanksgiving, and in preparation for the Advent and Christmas seasons. When we live our lives with this mindset, we start realizing that we don’t always need “the latest fad.” Rather, we just need the Love of friends, family, and most importantly, God! Thank you, God, always! Your friend in Jesus, |
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