V 2 asks us to read the Bible every day,   'to have a burning love'   for the Word of God              Resolution

This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:    reading + psalm + reading + gospel            From www.simplebible.info 

O Holy Spirit, please guide me as I read these passages for today. 
May these passages give me hope, strength, wisdom, courage and peace for my daily life 

January 13, 2012   


Genesis 18
One day at Mamre, God and two angels appeared to Abraham.
At first, God and the angels looked like men.

Following the ancient custom of hospitality
Abraham prepared a feast for them.

God told Abraham that the town of Sodom was going to be destroyed  because of the evil done there.

Abraham pleaded with God not to destroy Sodom.
God agreed to postpone Sodom's destruction for a while.

Dear God, please help people avoid sodomy

Psalm 16

Please protect me, Lord, I take refuge in you.
You are the only source of all true happiness.

I bless you, Lord, who guide and lead me.
Even at night you direct my heart.

And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad.
My body shall rest in safety now and always.

You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand, happiness for ever

Thank you, Lord, for the little joys you give us each day
....and the big joy you've prepared for us in Heaven.

Acts 4 

While Peter was talking to the crowd, some religious leaders and soldiers came and arrested Peter and John

The next day the leaders held a meeting and asked the prisoners: "By what power and by whose name did you heal the crippled beggar?"

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied "The cripple is able to stand up perfectly healthy because he was healed by Jesus the Nazarene, the one you crucified, whom God raised from the dead

Salvation comes no other way. 
Only by the name of Jesus can we be saved"

Jesus, your name means "God saves", 
you are indeed the Saviour of theorld

Matthew 6

Jesus said to the crowds:

When you do a bit of fasting,
don't run round telling the world what you are doing.
Secret fasting is spiritually powerful.

Your most  important account  is with the Bank of Heaven.
Build up your deposit with lots of good deeds and prayers.

Physical blindness is a great tragedy.
Greater still is spiritual blindness.

God must be number one in your life.
Don't let money or anything else replace God

Jesus, please be Number One in my life