Prayer for Today, Monday, June 13

O God of the past, present and future,

We stand before You today wondering if You get angry with us. There are times in our lives when anger overwhelms us: anger at family, friends, leaders, politicians, situations, and so on. Often we feel justified in our anger, then we reflect on Your anger toward us. The Old Testament pictures You many times as an angry God who punishes Your unfaithful children. We often deserve Your anger, O Lord, and there are times when we don’t deserve Your grace. In our eyes, Your anger is justified. We seek Your grace and favor, not Your anger. Please forgive us Lord. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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We received word from Betty Unruh asking prayers for her great-granddaughter, 2 year old Kinason Schieber. She is in Children’s Hospital in OKC for tests to determine the source of an infection.

Jana Davis sent the following email:
Hi, friends! Mother (Joan Ingmire) is now settled into her apartment in the Trinity part of the Commons, room #3025. If you would, please print this in the Visitor/bulletin. Thanks! Jana

We are glad Joan is settled. Please continue to pray for her.

The funeral for Bettie Linton will be Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Ladusau-Evans with a family meal at the church. Please pray for Bettie’s family.

The scripture for today is Matthew 26:6-13:
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste? For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor.”But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.”

Grace and peace,

John McLemore