O Transcendent One,
In the midst of our busy lives You invite us to slow down and commune with You. Lent is a season of reflection and contemplation, but it is uncomfortable for us. We are not used to silence and the inner thoughts that come to the surface. Reflecting on our sinfulness does not set easy with us. We would rather bluster our way through life, because that is what we have seen and usually experienced. Calm our spirits, O Lord, with Your soothing Presence. Help us to find those quiet places and quiet moments where we experience You. May we understand there is no place dark enough that Your light cannot illuminate. We pray in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
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Goldia Rasmussen and Ona Lee Drassen have been dismissed from the hospital. Charlie Heller was dismissed from the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, but he and Judi will stay with David Larrison in Edmond for a few days.
Barb Newton received good news on her follow-up tests yesterday.
Megan Barr has asked for prayers for her uncle who is very ill.
Harry Hammonds will be traveling back to Texas for the funeral of his uncle.
Maude Purnell’s funeral will likely be late this week or early next week.
May we pray for all of this people and their families.
The Stewardship Committee meets tonight at 6:00 p.m. The Worship Committee meets at 7:00 p.m.
The Board Meeting is tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
If you are going to the Regional Men’s Retreat this Friday and Saturday, please call the church office and let us know. You can register online at www.okdisciples.org.
The scripture for today is Matthew 15:10-20:
Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?” He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.” But Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” Then he said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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