Hi friend I am Annie F Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'm going to read three chapters to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible and then I'll pray and that's it.

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We'd love to hear what is standing out to you in these three chapters.

Today is day 10 and I'll be reading Luke,

chapters 7 through 9 in the new living translation.

And if you've got your Let's read the Gospel's Guided Journal, we are on page 73.

Luke 7. When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people he returned to Capernum at that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death.

When the officer heard about Jesus he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come

and heal his slave.

So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. If anyone deserves your help, he does, they said,

for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us. So Jesus went with them.

But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some

friends to say, Lord, don't trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I'm not worthy of such

an honor. I'm not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are and my

servant will be healed. I know this because I am under the authority of my superior

officers and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say go and they go or come and they come.

And if I say to my slaves do this they do it. When Jesus heard this he was amazed.

Turning to the crowd that was following him he said, I tell you I haven't

seen faith like this in all Israel. And when the officer's friends returned to his house they found the

slave completely healed. Soon afterward Jesus went with his

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