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 * __November 20th, 2014 Gospel__**


 * __Luke 19: 41-44:__**  As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace but now it is hidden from your eyes." For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”


 * __Summary:__** When Jesus was coming toward Jerusalem, he looked at the city and was disappointed at it, saying, "If this is what you people think peace is then you are completely wrong." He also told them in the next few days your enemies will come and surround the city, they will pass through the gate and kill all your citizens. and they will not give you any mercy because you ignored God.

We can live out the teaching of the Gospel by whenever we need help we need to ask God instead of taking it head on by yourself. We need to live out this message because God loves us, and he is willing to do this for us. If he didn't then God wouldn't have sent Jesus to die for our sins. Jesus is a living example that God is willing to take huge loads onto his shoulders just for us. Since God wants us to ask him for help, we need to know how to. We can do this very easily. All we need to do is when we are in a tough situation, and we feel like giving up is pray to God. We need to do is ask him through our orayer to take our problems and lighten the load for us. He will and we will eventually find an answer.
 * __Reflection:__**  The message Jesus is trying to teach us is that Jerusalem was completely consumed by sin, but they weren't praying to God so he couldn't forgive them. So Jesus was trying to teach them that when you are in times of great corruption you should pray to God. They didn't turn to God and because the citizens of Jerusalem didn't, Jesus said that they were going to be over taken by the enemy. The enemy would surround the city, and take it over by killing every person in it until there weren't any citizens left and all of this because they didn't pray to God. Praying to god for help is a immense problem people have nowadays. **Sometimes I'll need help with personal problem, but I will try and solve myself not with God's help.**

Dear God, please help us to ask you for help. Even if the problems we are facing are tremendous, and we don't think about praying to you for help. Guide us and remind us you are there to help, and want us to unload our problems on you. After we offer our problems up to you, I know I will think clearly and solve the problem, and the result will be positive. If it isn't positive and it's bad, please be there for us and help us handle it. I know everything happens for a reason. Amen.
 * __Prayer:__**