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 

April 23, 2012     


Numbers 6

God said to Moses and Aaron:
"This is how you are to bless the people. Say to them:

May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord let his face shine on you  and be gracious to you.
May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace."

Dear God, please bless everyone in the world


Psalm 124

"If the Lord had not been on our side",
this is Israel's song.

If the Lord had not been on our side
when people rose against us,

then would they have swallowed us alive
when they were angry with us.

Blessed be the Lord who did not let us become
a prey for their teeth.

Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the hunter.

Indeed the snare has been broken
and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of the Lord
who made heaven and earth. 

Thank you, Lord,
for all the times you have rescued me from trouble

Romans 7

Even though I'm on God's team, I don't always play as well as I should.
At times I cannot understand my behavior. 
I fail to do good things, and I find myself doing bad things

It's as if there is a battle going on inside me. 
In my heart I dearly love God, but my will is weak, and I do things that I know are wrong

Who can help me keep going? Who can fix up things in my life?

Jesus can. He is the one who sorts out things in my life, 
and changes chaos into order, by the working of the Holy Spirit

Jesus, my life is in your hands. Please arrange my life the way you want to

Mark 1

A leper came to Jesus and on his knees pleaded
"If you want to, you can heal me".

Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand,
touched him and said "Of course I want to heal you. Be healed!"

The leprosy left him at that moment and he was healed.

Jesus told the man not to tell people what had happened
(in case people misunderstood Jesus' spiritual mission and tried to use him politically).
But the man told everyone.

Soon Jesus could not go openly into any town
(for fear the crowds would become unruly) so he stayed in remote places.

Even so, people from all around the district would come to him.

Jesus, please heal people who are lepers