Precious Lord,
Take our hands and lead us on. The way, at times, seems unclear and the road is difficult. We pray for Your comfort and guidance. Forgive us, O Lord, when our arrogance and self righteousness blind us to the power and truth of Jesus’ message to us. Forgive us, Loving God, when our understanding of the faith is misguided and is used as motivation for separating ourselves from those in need. Their speck is always bigger than our log. We stand before You as sinners. We pray for forgiveness. May Your love live in us as we share it with others. In Jesus name, AMEN.
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Kim Price has been released from Mercy Hospital in OKC and is recovering at home.
Willo Clark is showing continued improvement.
Maggie Bartlett will likely be dismissed from St. Mary’s in the next few days.
Chuck Crites is in Bass Hospital undergoing tests and observation.
Laura Deatherage fell in church yesterday. There is a broken bone but it is immobilized and she is home with pain medication. Laura will need a lot of assistance over the next few weeks.
Please pray for all our sick and hospitalized.
Next Sunday we will vote on a new logo for the church. We will also take a congregational picture after the 10:15 a.m. services.
The scripture for today is Matthew 17:1-13:
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.”And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”And the disciples asked him, “Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”He replied, “Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.”Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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