When God Shows Up in Your Life
Selected Scriptures
1. Jesus Wants to Walk with You
Luke 24:13-16 (NIV)
Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.
2. Jesus Wants You to Know Why He Came
Luke 24:17–19 (NIV)
He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.”
Luke 24:27 (NIV)
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 19:10 (NIV)
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
3. Jesus Wants to Be Invited into Your Life
Luke 24:28–29 (NIV)
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
Revelation 3:20a (NIV)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in!
4. Jesus Wants to Transform Your Life
Luke 24:30–34a (NIV)
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen…”
