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 Maewyn Succat had Good News… and it has nothing to do with good luck. On March 17, each year many people
celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by wearing green clothes, drinking green beer, participating in parades, dyeing rivers green, and thanking the luck of the Irish.  Who is Saint Patrick and why is there a holiday to honor
him? What about the Luck of the Irish? Well, the word “luck” does not occur anywhere in
scripture. This is evidence that nowhere in the Bible does it give place to “luck”. “LUCK” is an
acronym that stands for some truths from scripture… as opposed to placing your hope in a force that brings good fortune or adversity.  Click here to listen to the lesson on St Patrick. Be sure and download the handout as well! 
L = Love of God.
Rom 5:6-8 KJV
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will
one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 8:35-39 KJV
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Eph 2:4-8 KJV
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
U = Under Grace
Rom 6:12-15 KJV
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your
members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
C = Christ Jesus
1 Tim 2:5-6 KJV
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Eph 3:19 KJV
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Col 1:1-6 KJV
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in
Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We give
thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard
before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it
doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
K = Keep What’s Been Given to You
Gen 2:15 KJV
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Prov 3:19-23 KJV
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 My son, let not them depart from
thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Eph 4:3 KJV
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:13 KJV
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Phil 4:4-7 KJV
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
In Summary
Let St. Patrick’s Day be an opportunity to be a witness to the “LUCK” of Christ and tell other’s of the hope that is in Christ
Jesus. You don’t have to be named “Patrick” to be a Saint for Christ!
Eph 1:17-23 KJV
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling,
and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him
from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might
, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all
things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Eph 2:18-19
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 3:14-21 KJV
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and
earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be
able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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