Luke 12:1-3

Hate crimes cannot be hidden for God reveals the intentions of peoples hearts and those who influence others…and He weeps.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Our heavenly Father wants to pour into our hearts His love and desire to redeem this lost world. But where do we start when we look out into the overwhelming brokenness that surrounds us? How can we visualize each person and circumstance through God's eyes of perfect love and infinite hope? 

• We meditate on God's greatest commandment: to LOVE. (Matthew 22:37-39)

• We lift up our spirits in continuous praise and gratitude to our Lord, the Source of all our compassion and comfort for others. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

• We surrender our hearts to our Master's wondrous message of reconciliation     and unreservedly accept His mission to be "ambassadors for Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:19-20).

• We receive His outpouring through the Holy Spirit, which fuels our mission to share Christ with others. (Romans 10:1)

Today, let's pray that God will fill us, like Paul, with a never-ending passion to further His Kingdom on earth! First5 

Billions of people simply cannot see. The scripture says, “The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Max Lucado

Luke 12:1-3

“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. The New King James Version

Leaven here represents the presence of corruption. Unleavened bread is what the Jews ate at Passover. The corruption in view here is hypocrisy. Practicing hypocrisy is senseless because eventually all deeds—both good and evil—will be exposed. All secrets will be revealed by God.

The NKJV Study Bible

Jesus issues a series of warnings for His disciples. Following His condemnation of the Pharisees Jesus now warns His disciples not to be led astray by their hypocrisy. He then tells them not to fear those who threaten violence, but rather to fear God, who will decide their eternal destiny. Faithlife Study Bible

Matthew 10:26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”

Matthew 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.