Daily Readings (Page 104)

How would you have felt if you were the first batch of labourers hired, being paid exactly as those hired at the last hour?  

How is vineyard or vine used to refer to the kingdom of heaven?  

Jesus draws on various common experiences to describe the coming of the kingdom of heaven (see also Mt 13:24-47; 18:23-35; 22:1-14).  What can we learn from them?

How does understanding what is said in Hebrews 12:1-2 encourage us?  

How important is it that Jesus is “seated at the right hand of the throne of God”?

What does it mean to look at Jesus as the “founder and perfecter of our faith”?  

How do we “run the race that is set before us”?  

What have these witnesses anything to do with “laying aside every weight and sin”?

Who are these “clouds of witnesses”?  What set them apart?  

Paul ended his letter in prayerful hope by addressing them as brothers in spite of their struggles: how may this attitude guide us in dealing with difficult people?