Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Are You Listening to God? (part 2) –– Luke 8:4-15
March 15, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
With the __________ of the sower, Jesus tells those _______ the gospel that we have __________
possible ___________. Are we ___________ the Gospel of Jesus Christ or are we ____________ it?
The parable of the sower:
(1) The ___________________- 8:4
(2) The ______________ (The seed fell on four kinds of soils and their results are revealed)- 8:5-8
(3) The ___________: 8:9-10, “ 9 His disciples ____________ him what this parable _________.
10 He said, ‘The______________ of the _____________ of the kingdom of God has been ________
to you, but to others I ____________ in parables, so that, ‘though ________________, they may not
___________; though _______________, they may not __________________.’ ”
Acts 28:28, “Therefore I want you to ___________ that God’s _________________ has been sent to
the ____________________, and they will ___________________!”
(4) The _________________- 8:11-15
8:11, “This is the ___________ of the ______________: The _______________ is the ___________
of _______________.”
The meaning of the four kinds of seed- 8:12-15
1. The _______________ of the ________________ person- 8:12
2. The ________________ of the ______________________ person- 8:13
3. The __________________ of the ________________ person- 8:14
4. The _______________ of the _____________ person: 8:15, “But the seed on ___________ soil
stands for those with a _______________ and _____________ heart, who _____________ the word,
________________ it, and by _____________ produce a ________________.”
The ___________ we should want to be ____________ to _________ with a ___________ response
is because _______________ was _____________ to us by dying on the cross for our ___________.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: The Good News of the Kingdom of God–– Luke 8:1-3
March 1, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
When Jesus _____________ to this __________________, he came to bring _____________ news.
The good news of the kingdom of God:
(1) The ___________________: 8:1a, “___________________ this,”
Luke 7:47-48, “ 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many ___________ have been ________________—as
her great ________________ has shown. But whoever has been ___________________ little loves
____________.’ 48 Then Jesus ___________ to her, ‘Your ___________ are _______________.’ ”
(2) The ______________: 8:1b, “Jesus ________________ about from one _______________ and
_________________ to another,”
(3) The ____________________: 8:1c, “proclaiming the ______________________ news of the
_____________________ of ________________.”
(4) The _____________ companions with _________ (revealed by two groups of people) - 8:1d-3
1. The __________________: 8:1d, “The _______________ were with ______________,”
Jesus ______________ twelve ordinary men to _______________ Him. Jesus is still ____________
people like us to ___________ Him. _____________ Christ into your life and _____________ Him.
2. Some ____________: 8:2-3, “ 2 and also some ___________ who had been ____________ of
evil spirits and __________________: __________________ (called Magdalene) from whom seven
___________ had come out; 3 ______________ the wife of Chuza, the manager of _____________
household; ______________; and many ______________. These _______________ were helping to
______________ them out of their _______________ means.”
Jesus Christ ______________ us to _______________ Him, and His calling ________________ to
_____________ of us. It’s often ________________ that we might ___________________ that are
_______________ to __________________ Jesus.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Loving Jesus Extravagantly–– Luke 7:36-50
February 22, 2026
Extravagant means to be overly ___________ in expenditure; ____________; exceeding reasonable
________________; immoderate; _____________________.
I John 4:19, “We ____________ because he ______________ loved ___________.”
Learning to Love Jesus Extravagantly:
(1) The ________________ of _________________- 7:36-37
7:37, “A ______________ in that _______________ who lived a ______________ life __________
that Jesus was ______________ at the Pharisee’s ________________, so she _____________ there
with an alabaster _______________ of __________________.”
(2) The ______________ of _______________: 7:38, “As she _____________ behind him at his
_____________ weeping, she _____________ to ___________ his feet with her __________. Then
she _________ them with her ____________, __________ them and poured __________ on them.”
(3) The ________________ of __________________- 7:39
(4) The __________________ of __________________- 7:40-50
Three ways that the sinful woman’s greeting of Jesus was superior to Simon’s- 7:44-46
1. The woman _____________ Jesus’ ______________ with her _____________ and _________
them with her ________________- 7:44
2. The _____________ has not stopped _________________ Jesus’ ________________- 7:45
3. The _________________ poured _________________ on Jesus’ ________________- 7:46
What can we learn from this woman’s extravagant act of devotion to Jesus?
1. Devotion to ___________ is revealed __________ through our _________ than our ________
2. We are to have an extravagant _________ for Jesus no matter how people _____________
3. We are to give to ________________ our _______________
But our greatest ___________ was for _____________, so God ___________ us a _____________.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Looking to Jesus (part 2) –– Luke 7:18-35
February 15, 2026
John 1:11, “He _______________ to that which was his _____________, but his ____________ did
not __________________ him.”
Jesus and John’s relationship:
(1) Jesus’ ___________________ to John- 7:18-23
(2) Jesus’ _________________ about __________________- 7:24-28
(3) The ___________________ of ________________ and __________________- 7:29-35
7:29-30, “ 29 (________________ the people, __________________ the tax collectors, when they
______________ Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was ____________, because they had
been _______________ by _____________. 30 _____________ the _________________ and the
_______________ in the law ________________ God’s ______________ for themselves, because
they had not been _________________ by _______________.)”
7:31-32, “ 31 _____________ went on to ____________, ‘To what, then, can I _______________ the
people of this _______________? What are they like? 32 They are like _____________ sitting in the
marketplace and ______________ out to each other: ‘We ____________ the ____________ for you,
and you did not _______________; we sang a _______________, and you did not ____________.’ ”
7:33-34, “ 33 For _____________ the Baptist came neither ______________ bread nor ___________
wine, and you say, ‘He has a _______________.’ 34 The ___________ of Man came ____________
and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a ______________ and a ______________, a ______________
of tax _________________ and __________________.’ ”
7:35, “But _______________ is proved ______________ by ___________ her _______________.”
Jesus was _______________ by _______________, so that we could be ________________ by God
_______________. But to have the _____________ of ______________, you must _____________
by turning from your _____________ and ________________ in Christ.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Looking to Jesus (part 1) –– Luke 7:18-35
February 8, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
_______________ God is all about ________________, which includes a relationship with _______
and a relationship with _________________ people.
Luke 3:3, “He went into all the ___________________ around the ________________, preaching a
________________ of ___________________ for the __________________ of ______________.”
Luke 3:19-20, “ 19 But when _____________ rebuked _______________ the tetrarch because of his
______________ to Herodias, his brother’s ___________, and all the other _________ things he had
___________, 20 Herod _____________ this to them all: He locked __________ up in __________.”
Jesus and John’s relationship:
(1) Jesus’ _______________ to John- 7:18-23
7:20, “When the _____________ came to _______________, they said, ‘_____________ the Baptist
____________ us to you to ____________, ‘Are you the ___________ who is to _____________, or
should we ___________________ someone else?’’”
7:22-23, “ 22 So he _____________ to the _______________, ‘Go ___________ and ___________ to
______________ what you have ____________ and ____________: The ______________ receive
__________, the __________ walk, those who have ___________ are __________, the __________
hear, the __________ are ____________, and the ____________ news is ________________ to the
_________. 23 ____________ is ____________ who does not ___________ on account of _____.’ ”
(2) Jesus’ _________________ about ________________- 7:24-28
7:28, “I tell you, among those born of _________________ there is no one _________________
than _________________; yet the one who is ________________ in the ________________ of
God is _________________ than he.”
To be a _______________ and to ______________ Jesus, you must _________________ from your
_______________ and turn to God for ____________________.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Jesus Helps the Desperate–– Luke 7:11-17
February 1, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
In God’s _______________, we hear many times of God’s _________________ looking for God for
help during __________________ times.
Jesus heals a widow’s son:
(1) The ______________: 7:11, “Soon _____________, Jesus went to a __________ called Nain,
and his _________________ and a large ________________ went along with ______________.”
(2) The ____________: 7:12, “As he approached the ____________ gate, a ____________ person
was being ______________ out—the only __________ of his mother, and she was a ____________.
And a large _______________ from the town was with ________________.”
(3) The ________________ of ____________: 7:13, “When the Lord ________________ her, his
________________ went out to ______________ and he said, ‘Don’t ____________.’ ”
(4) The ____________ by _________________: 7:14-15, “ 14 Then he went up and ____________
the ____________ they were carrying him on, and the _______________ stood ____________. He
said, ‘_____________ man, I say to you, get ___________!’ 15 The ___________ man ________ up
and ____________ to ___________, and Jesus __________ him _________ to his _____________.”
(5) The two __________________ to Jesus’ ___________________- 7:16-17
1. Filled with ______________ and _____________ God: 7:16, “They were all ___________
with ____________ and ____________ God. ‘A great ______________ has appeared among us,’
they said. ‘______________ has come to ______________ his people.’ ”
2. The ___________ about ____________ spread: 7:17, “This _______________ about Jesus
_______________ throughout Judea and the surrounding _______________.”
Of the _____________ major world religions, ______________ Christianity claims its ___________
rose from the __________________ and is ________________ alive ________________.
Because Jesus ___________ and ___________ again, we have the __________ of ___________ life.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: Jesus Heals and is Amazed by a Person of Great Faith ––
Luke 7:1-10, January 25, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
Jesus said in John 15:14, “You are my _____________ if you do what I _______________.”
Jesus heals a centurion’s servant:
(1) The ___________: A _____________ informs Jesus that his son is _________: 7:1-2, “ 1 When
Jesus had _______________ saying all ____________ to the people who were ______________, he
_______________ Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s _______________, whom his _____________
valued highly, was sick and about to ____________.”
(2) The ______________ for _____________ to ______________ the ________________- 7:3-5
7:4-5, “ 4 When they _____________ to _______________, they ________________ earnestly with
him, ‘This man ________________ to have you __________ this, 5 because he _____________ our
_______________ and has _________________ our _______________________.’ ”
(3) The ______________ of ____________: 7:6a, “So _____________ went with ___________.”
(4) The centurion’s ___________: 7:6b-8, “He was not ___________ from the __________ when
the centurion __________ friends to ___________ to him: ‘____________, don’t ______________
yourself, for I do not _______________ to have you come under my ____________. 7 That is why I
did not even consider myself ______________ to ______________ to you. But _____________ the
__________, and my _______________ will be _______________. 8 For I myself am a man under
___________, with _____________ under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he ___________; and that
one, ‘_________,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘________ this,’ and he ____________ it.”
(5) The _______________: 7:9, “ 9 When _____________ heard this, he was ______________ at
him, and turning to the ________________ following him, he said, ‘I tell you, I have not found such
great _________________ even in ________________.’ ”
(6) The _______________: 7:10, “Then the _____________ who had been sent ______________
to the ________________ and found the servant __________________.”
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: The Test If Jesus is Lord of Your Life –
Luke 6:46-49, January 18, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
The ___________ of how much ___________ we know is _____________ by how we _________.
James 1:22, “Do not merely ________________ to the word, and so ________________ yourselves.
_________________ what it _______________.”
Luke 6:48, “They are like a ____________ building a ______________, who dug down _________
and laid the _____________ on ___________. When a ___________ came, the ___________ struck
that ______________ but could not ______________ it, because it was well _______________.”
How do you know if Jesus is Lord of your life:
(1) The _______________: 6:46, “____________ do you _____________ me, ‘___________,
Lord,’ and ____________ not do what I _________________?’ ”
(2) The _____________________: the ________________ of __________________ men that
__________________ houses on __________________ foundations- 6:47-49
The comparisons of the two men
1. The same ______________________- 6:48, 49
Both men had a _________________, a _______________; they wanted to build a _____________.
2. The same ____________________- 6:47-49
3. The same ____________________- 6:48, 49
The contrasts of the two men
1. Different ______________________- 6:48, 49
2. Different _____________________- 6:48, 49
3. Different _____________________- 6:48, 49
Consider Jesus Christ, who did not just ________________ the _______________. He lived a life of
perfect __________________ to God. We should follow Jesus’ __________________ as we seek to
be _____________ of the _______________.
Learning from the Ministry of Jesus: What Kind of Fruit are You Producing? Luke 6:43-45
January 11, 2026, by Pastor Kenny
John 15:5, “I am the __________; you are the ____________. If you _____________ in me and I in
you, you will bear much _____________; apart from me you can do ___________________.”
Matthew 3:8, “Produce _______________ in _________________ with ________________.”
Good and bad trees and fruit:
(1) The _____________ bearing ______________: 6:43, “No ___________ tree bears _________
fruit, nor does a _____________ tree bear ________________ fruit.”
Fruit reveals ________________, showing what is in our ______________. A _____________ tree
bears bad fruit; a good tree reveals _________________ fruit.
Christian living ________________ a new kind of ______________. We are ___________ people
in Christ and are to put ____________ the ______________ way of life and put ____________ the
______________ way of life.
(2) The ______________ is recognized by its _____________: 6:44, “_____________ tree is
________________ by its own _____________. People do not ___________ figs from thornbushes,
or _________________ from _________________.”
(3) The fruit ______________ to the ______________ of people: 6:45, “A ______________ man
brings ________________ things out of the good stored up in his ______________. For the mouth
_______________ what the __________________ is ______________ of.”
Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, __________________ your ________________, for everything you
___________ flows from it.”
The only _________________ we can __________________ any __________________ for God is
_____________________ Jesus died and rose ____________________ on our behalf. ___________
Christ today.