Nothing will stop the grace of God from accomplishing its purpose if we entrust our lives to it - Daily Bible Readings October 23,2014

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If we are disciples of Jesus, we should dream big. Nothing will stop the grace of God from accomplishing its purpose if we entrust our lives to it. Dreamers who accomplish their dreams realize that they have to pay a price in order to do so. This is why it is essential that we grasp the dream and vision for our lives so that we will embrace the cross and pay the price it demands of us.

 

Ephesians 3:14-21

14 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

 

P S A L M

 

Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19

R: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

1 Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. 2 Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. (R) 4 For upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. 5 He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. (R) 11 But the plan of the Lord stands forever; the design of his heart, through all generations. 12 Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. (R) 18 But see, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, 19 to deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. (R)

 

GOSPEL

 

Jesus knows there is a greater plan for His life than mere human existence and He wants to pay the price to accomplish it. In fact, Jesus yearns to pay the price because He knows that nothing is won without the pain and discipline of discipleship. Where do we stand in this regard? Have we embraced the call of Jesus on our life yet? Are we willing to pay the price that it will exact from us?

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

I consider all things so much rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him.

 

Luke 12: 49-53

49 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

 

think:  Nothing will stop the grace of God from accomplishing its purpose if we entrust our lives to it.

 

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