This month in your On Track Devotions, you will be studying the Gospel of Luke. Here is a look at October 1st, Thursday, for a preview into the study. For those of you who would still like to sign up for these monthly devotions please see me asap. The cost is 25$  (includes notebook & sermon notes & youth talk sheets).  – Pastor Derek

Passage: Luke 1:1-4

As you begin reading the book of Luke, what are you hoping to get from it? How do you want to be different after having read it? One goal you may have chosen is found in the introduction to this book. In fact, you might want to make it your prayer each day you read this month. Luke began the book by explaining why he wrote it. Although there were others who had written about these same events, Luke wrote his own account to Theophilus. Luke tells us that he had researched and investigated everything that took place in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and wanted to record it for this man. Why? – So that Theophilus could be certain of what he had been taught. In other words, this book was written so that we can know for sure that what we have been taught is true. It is exciting to discover that we can gain greater certainty and confidence in what we believe. It is so easy to read the gospels and wonder if it is reality or fiction. As you read through this book this month, ask God every day to give you an even greater certainty that what you are reading is true. Pay very close attention and let it change your life!

• Observation: What do I see?
• Interpretation: What does it mean?
• Application: How does it apply to me?
• Implementation: What do I do?