Prayer for Today, Sunday, June 6

Dear God,

Our prayer today is for the church: the Church Universal and our congregation. It is always difficult to transition into a new age and this time of unprecedented change in our culture is impacting Christ’s church in profound ways. We pray for wisdom and courage so that our participation and leadership in Your church might bring hope to this post-modern era. Remind us, O Lord, of our mandate: to make disciples who make disciples. Gather is us and then send us forth as Your faithful witnesses. This is our prayer in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
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We celebrate eight new members who have recently joined our congregation. Mike and Tammy Skaggs joined during our traditional service two weeks ago. The Scott family and Katie and Luke Anton joined in the R & R service yesterday. May we warmly welcome these eight new members.

Joan Petersen is back in St. Mary’s hospital. She was admitted on Saturday.

Please pray for Randy and Michael Johnson. They leave on a European music tour this week.

Please pray for our families who are vacationing.

Chi Rho I Camp begins today and we have a number of junior high youth who are participating. Please pray for a wonderful, spiritual, and joyful experience for them.

Our Special Gifts Committee meets this evening at 7:00 p.m.

Congratulations to our newly elected officers and board members.

The scripture for today is 2 Kings 4:8-17:
One day Elisha was passing through Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to have a meal. So whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for a meal. She said to her husband, “Look, I am sure that this man who regularly passes our way is a holy man of God. Let us make a small roof chamber with walls, and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there. He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him. He said to him, “Say to her, Since you have taken all this trouble for us, what may be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered, “I live among my own people.”He said, “What then may be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood at the door. He said, “At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son.” She replied, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.”The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore