Prayer for Today, Wednesday, December 29

Dear God,

Words and sentiments come to us easily, but actions do not. Jesus told his followers to show the world they were his disciples by the way they loved one another. The words easily roll off our tongues like, “We are a loving people”; “We are a friendly church”; “God loves you and I love you too”; but our actions often betray our words. Forgive us, O God, when we harden our hearts toward one another. Forgive us, Dear Lord, when we hurry past a stranger at church to greet a longtime friend. Forgive us, we pray, when we judge a person by their appearance and wonder what they are doing at our church. Forgive us, Loving Father, when we focus on the speck in our neighbors eye and fail to see the log in our own. You are the God of all people and You do love all those You have created in Your image. Help us to realize if we don’t love them in Your name, You will find others who will and we will be the ones saying, “Lord, when did we see you…”. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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Please pray for the Brant, Moore (Holler) and Wichert families as they grieve the loss of loved ones.

There will be a Church Visitor this week, but the office is closed on Friday for the holiday.

We are back to a regular Sunday morning schedule next Sunday, January 2.

Carolyn and I are safely back in Enid. The trip to Baylor had a few hitches, one being that I couldn’t have one of the tests which I will have here in Enid tomorrow. The visit with the oncologist was very encouraging. Not much has changed with the cancer since my last series of tests four months ago. He reiterated the prognosis is very good with the treatments we will be doing, once again using the term “years”. We were concerned by what we perceived as a long delay since our initial consultation. Needless to say, we are very pleased by what we heard. I go back to Dallas next week, now probably Wednesday, to begin the trial drug.

I am planning to take a few days of vacation for the remainder of the week. I can be reached through the office if there is an emergency.

Please pray for our friends and family at Central Christian Church as we begin a new year. May the entire congregation have hearts open to the Spirit of God in our midst.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore