21 Days of Prayer – Day 10
DAY 10
NEW SUPPORT
TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit
eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” The expert answered,
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all
your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; Do this, and you will live.” But the expert, wanting
to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of
robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a
priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other
side. So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But
a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt
compassion for him. He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on
them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next
day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and
whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’
Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the
robbers?” The expert in religious law said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to
him, “Go and do the same.”
—Luke 10:25-37 (NET)
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING
PRAYER + REFLECTION
1. Ask God to make you attuned to the needs you encounter “on the way.”
2. Pray that you would invite the rhythm of interruption.
3. Pray that you would never avoid or pass by someone clearly in need.