Dear Creator God,
We seek a quiet place where we can commune with You, but our lives and our world don’t easily accommodate that desire. Help us to be intentional about our prayer and devotional life, Loving God. We yearn for You out of the depths of our being. May our hearts be open and our schedules fixed, so that we honor You with moments of prayer and meditation. The spiritual walk is not an easy one, yet Your blessings flow abundantly on us as we accept Your grace and turn into Your embrace. Fill us, O Lord. We pray in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
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Willo Clark is recovering from her surgery in Room 241 at Bass. She is alert and said her pain was 4 on a scale of 1 – 10, but she also commented that she “hadn’t moved yet”. Her daughter , Shannon, is with her. Please pray for Willo as she makes this journey to recovery.
Charlie Heller has been sick. Please pray for Charlie and Glennis.
Tonight is WWNF. The Bell Choir will also rehearse at 8:00 p.m.
May God bless us all as we seek to be loving, forgiving, supporting and caring members of this community of faith.
The scripture for today is Judges 16:23-31:
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.” When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us.” And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, and let him entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars; and Samson said to the attendant who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, so that I may lean against them.” Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson performed. Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “Lord GOD, remember me and strengthen me only this once, O God, so that with this one act of revenge I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.” And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” He strained with all his might; and the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So those he killed at his death were more than those he had killed during his life. Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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