1. Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

2. FOLLOWING JESUS from heaven

3. Luke 1:4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. Luke wRites for the truth

4. Luke 1:3 Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, to Theophilus

5. Luke 1:1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, fulfilled

6. Luke 1:1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, A proclamation of grace What God has promised God has done

7. Luke 1:4 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, A proclamation of grace Among us!

8. Deuteronomy 8:3.. to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. breaking the silence

9. Isaiah 50:4-5 He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. breaking the silence

10. John 10:1-3...The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep... the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

11. Luke 1:5-6 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. A posture of listening breaking the silence

12. Luke 1:5-6Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. A posture of listening breaking the silence

13. Psalm 139:23-24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. A posture of listening breaking the silence

14. John 1:5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. A posture of listening breaking the silence

15. Luke 1:46-47And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,” A posture of listening breaking the silence

16. Deuteronomy 11:19-21Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates... A posture of listening breaking the silence

17. Luke 1:78-79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace." A praise never ending something unstoppable had begun