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

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

Nebuchadnezzar summoned his top general Holofernes
and gave him a huge army to punish the nations
that had not joined him for the war against Arphaxad.

Nation after nation, people after people, fell to the sword of Holofernes.

Some places  made peace with Holofernes
by giving him all their possessions and then becoming slaves of Nebuchadnezzar,
worshipping Nebuchadnezzar as a god.

As the army of Holofernes approached Israel,
the Israelites fasted and  prayed to God for help.
They also blocked the mountain passes to delay Holofernes' advance.

Dear God, please help nations  which have been invaded by other nations

Ring out your joy to the Lord, all good people,
for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.

For the Lord loves justice and right;
he fills the earth with his love.

By his word the heavens were made,
he spoke and the universe came into being.

They are happy, whose God is the Lord,
he is the source of all true  joy.

May your love be upon us, O Lord,
since we place all our trust in you.

Lord, we trust in your precious love

Only faith can keep us going. Only faith kept Abraham going.
Only faith gave perseverance to famous people in the Scriptures

So many of them were weak people who were given strength by God,
to be brave when life became difficult

With so many witnesses in a great cloud all around us,
we too should keep running in the race we have started.
We should get rid of  everything that slows us down

Keep focusing on Jesus. He is running beside us.
His example going to the cross gives us courage

Try to live at peace with everyone.
Don't let any seed of bitterness begin to grown and make trouble. 
This can poison a whole community

Jesus, help me remember your presence in my heart

Jesus then took his disciples out of Jerusalem to the village of Bethany

Lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 
As he blessed them, he was carried up to heaven

They worshipped him, then went back to Jerusalem full of joy

They were continually in the Temple praising God

Jesus, thank you for the Gospel of Luke. 
Please increase my faith in you as the One who came down from heaven, and went back to heaven