Prayer for Today, Sunday, April 3

Come to us Lord Jesus,

You are the personal face of God. In You we find our comfort and hope. You are our brother and together we are joint heirs as children of God. Bless us with Your Spirit as we open our hearts to You. AMEN.
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I received the following email from Eilene Crites:
Chuck went to Bass Hospital ER, Fri. eve. with aorta and ventricular arrhythmia which caused his heart to stop. After a lot of work in the ER by some wonderful medical professionals, he is alive but tired. He is still undergoing tests to try to find the reason for this sudden onset. He is in room 227. Please pray for Chuck’s healing & my stamina. Thank you, Eilene
Please offer special prayers for Chuck.

Willow Clark is continuing to improve. Shannon reported they have removed the NG tube and she is drinking clear liquids. Please pray for her continued recovery.

Today is the Blood Drive and the Horn of Plenty food drive.

The scripture for today is Matthew 16:21-28:
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? “For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

The Psalm for this week is Psalm 131:
O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time on and forevermore.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore