Computer Cud            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 

After about 300 years, 
when the Israelites had grown to a huge number,
the Egyptians began to see the Israelites as a danger to Egypt .

So they forced the Israelites into slavery
and made their life miserable.

The Egyptians forced the Israelites to make bricks
and build cities.

But the more the Israelites were oppressed,
the more they increased in number.

So the Egyptian king told the  Israelite midwives
to kill all new-born boys.

But the midwives let the baby boys live
and God was pleased with the midwives and blessed them.

Pharaoh then ordered all Israelite baby boys
to be drowned in the river.

Dear God, please stop people, especially children, 
 from being used as slaves

Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck.
I am sinking fast and can't keep afloat much longer.

So many people hate me without cause.
I have no more strength to resist them.

May my situation not cause anyone to lose faith in you.
May people realize that it is for your sake that I am taunted.

Taunts have broken my heart.
No one shows me any compassion.

For food they give me poison.
In my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

Lord, do not hide your face from your servant.
Answer quickly for I am in distress.

You are my rescuer, my help, O God.
O Lord, do not delay to help me.

O God come to our  assistance. Lord make haste to help us

Some Jewish Christians came to  Syrian Antioch from Judea
and said that non-Jewish Christians should be circumcised.
Paul and Barnabas argued against such an idea, 
and decided to go to Jerusalem to discuss this issue with the apostles there

During a long meeting, Peter reminded everyone
how the Holy Spirit had been poured out on non-circumcised people.

James  spoke of how all peoples are meant to be consecrated to the Lord

James then issued a teaching for non-Jewish believers:
"All we ask you to do is to abstain 
- from food sacrificed to idols
- from blood from the meat of strangled animals
- from fornication. Avoid these, and you will do what is right"

Jesus, please don't let me make unreasonable demands on other people

After feeding the crowd with 5 loaves and 2 fish,
Jesus told his disciples to go by boat across the nearby lake.

Jesus stayed to send the crowds away.
Then he went up into the hills to pray.

When darkness came, the boat was far from land,
but it was battling large waves caused by a strong head-wind.

Jesus then walked on the water towards the boat.
He called out to his disciples "Courage.  It is I.  Don't be afraid."

Peter answered "Lord, if it is you, tell me to walk on the water to you."
 Jesus said "Come".

Peter then started walking on the water,
but he became afraid and began to sink.

"Lord, save me" he called out.
Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to keep walking on the water.

"Man of little faith, why did you doubt?" asked Jesus.
As they got into the boat, the wind stopped.

The men in the boat bowed to Jesus and said
"You really are the Son of God".

Jesus, please help me not to lose faith in you