Grace Lutheran Church

            JUNE 28-29, 2025:  3RD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

 

PRAYER:Sovereign God, ruler of all hearts, you call us to obey you, and you favor us with true freedom. Keep us faithful to the ways of your Son, that, leaving behind all that hinders us, we may steadfastly follow your paths, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

 

 GOSPEL                                LUKE 9:51-62
⁵¹When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. ⁵²And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; ⁵³but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” ⁵⁵But he turned and rebuked them. ⁵⁶Then they went on to another village.
⁵⁷As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” ⁵⁹To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” ⁶⁰But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” ⁶¹Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” ⁶²Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

                                       DAILY BIBLE READINGS

 Sat., June 28               Deuteronomy 32:15-27, 39-43

Sun., June 29              Acts 12:1-11

Mon., June 30            Genesis 24:34-41, 50-67

Tue., July 1                 Jeremiah 3:15-18

Wed., July 2                Jeremiah 23:16-22

Thu., July 3                 2 Kings 21:1-15

Fri., July 4                  Jeremiah 51:47-58

Sat., July 5                  Zechariah 14:10-21