Lay Down Your Coat

Hope Unlimited Church

Luke 19:30-36 NLV

He said, “Go into the town ahead of you. There you will find a young donkey tied. No man has ever sat on it. Let it loose and bring it to Me. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you letting it loose?’ say to him, ‘Because the Lord needs it.’”

32 Those who were sent found everything as Jesus had told them. 33 As they were letting the young donkey loose, the owners said to them, “Why are you letting the young donkey loose?” 34 They answered, “The Lord needs it.” 35 Then they brought it to Jesus. They put their coats on the donkey and they put Jesus on it.

36 As Jesus was going, they put their coats down on the road.

Key #1 - Cast your Cares

1 Peter 5:7 NLT

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

Matthew 6:25-27 NIV

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

Key #2 - No Offense

Proverbs 19:11 ESV

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

1 Corinthians 13:5 AMPC

“Love . . . takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]”

Key #3 - Your Attitude sets your Altitude

Ephesians 4:22-23 NLT

Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

Key #4 - Don’t make Things a Thing

Mark 10:21-22 NLT

Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22 At this the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.