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 

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh again
and showed him  Aaron's staff changing into into a snake.

When Pharaoh's magicians were able to do the same thing
Aaron's staff swallowed up the magicians' staffs.

But Pharaoh's heart stayed stubborn
and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron.

So God told Moses and Aaron to go to the river the next morning.
When they saw Pharaoh there Aaron struck the river with his staff
and the river and all water throughout Egypt turned into blood.

But Pharaoh still would not let the Israelites go

Dear God, please soften stubborn hearts  that make life difficult for other people

O God, the nations have invaded your sacred land,
they have profaned your holy temple.
They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

We have become the taunt of our neighbours,
the mockery and scorn of those who surround us.

How long, O Lord, will all this last?
How long will this sorrow keep going?

Do not hold the guilt of our ancestors against us.
If their guilt is somehow influencing our situation now
please give peace and healing to everyone and everything in our  history.

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you.
Let your strong arm reprieve those condemned to die.

O Lord, our God, help us and save us.
Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.

Lord, please heal any problems in my family tree

Late that night in prison, Paul and Silas were praying and singing God's praises, 
while the other prisoners listened to them

Suddenly there was an earthquake that shook the prison.
All the doors opened, and the chains fell from all the prisoners

The main jailer drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
thinking the prisoners had escaped

But Paul shouted to him "Don't hurt yourself. We are all still here"

Trembling, the jailer threw himself at the feet of Paul and Silas.
Then he escorted them out of the prison asking "What must I do to be saved?"

They said "Become a believer in the Lord Jesus,
and both you and your household will be saved"

They explained the word of God to him and his family. He washed their wounds
and then they "washed his wounds" by baptizing him and all his household

They had a meal together in the jailer's home, 
to celebrate the family's conversion to belief in God

Jesus, let more people know the joy of conversion

One day Jesus asked his disciples
"Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

The disciples replied
"Some people say you are one of the famous prophets".

Jesus then asked them
"And what about you. Who do you say I am?"

Peter answered
"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God".

Jesus then said to Peter
"Blessed are you, for my Father in heaven has revealed this to you.

So I now say to you:
you are Peter ('the rock') and on this rock I will build my church.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom."

Jesus, Son of God,  please help the church to continue your work on earth