This Sunday

Luke 14:15 NLT

“What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God.”

Jeremiah 23:5 NLT

“For the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will raise up a righteous descendant 

from King David’s line.  He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just 

and right throughout the land. 

Isaiah 9:7 NIV

Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on

David’s throne over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and

righteousness from that time on and forever.”

Isaiah 25:6-8 NLT 

In Jerusalem, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the

people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice 

meat. There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the

earth. He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. . . 

The Lord has spoken!

Luke 14:16-21

Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many

invitations. When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, 

the banquet is ready.’ 

Luke 14:18-21 NLT

But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and

must inspect it. Please excuse me. Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, 

and I want to try them out. Please excuse me. Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t 

come.’ “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was 

furious . . .

Luke 14:21 NLT

His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and 

invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’  

John 9:1-3 NIV 

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, . . . 

Luke 14:22-24 NLT

After the servant had done this, he reported, ‘There is still room for more.’ So his master said,

‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so

that the house will be full. For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”

1 Timothy 2:3-4 NIV

This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a

knowledge of the truth.  

Mark 1:15 NIV

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the

good news!” 

John 3:16 NIV

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him 

shall not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 13:29

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the 

feast in the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT 

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for 

those who love him.” 

Psalm 107:9 NLT

For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. 

Psalm 34:8 NLT Taste and see that the LORD is good.

Even good things can become distractions or excuses that keep us from the best thing: to “sit at His table,” to enjoy a personal life-changing, life-enriching relationship with Jesus. 

1. What is one thing in your life—even a good thing—that has become a distraction or excuse that keeps you from spending time in the Lord's presence?   

2. What specific step can you take this week to limit or eliminate that distraction?