Prayer for Today, Wednesday, June 1

Most Amazing and Loving God,

So much of the time we think about You, we study about You, we debate about You, and we even write statements about what we and others are to believe about You; but we don’t prepare ourselves to experience You. Forgive us, O Lord. May we organize our lives in ways that set aside time to open our hearts to You. May our worship, meditations, prayers and Holy pauses, bring us closer to You. We are surrounded by Your grace. Stir us we pray. May we experience the peace, presence and love that comes only from You. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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Eric Koegel’s funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday (tomorrow) at the First Christian Church in Edmond. Please pray for his family.

Abe Preston’s funeral will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. in our chapel. Please pray for Abe’s family.

The Bell Choir will rehearse this evening at 5:30 p.m. They will play in the 10:15 a.m. traditional service this Sunday.

I hope everyone had a joyful Memorial Day holiday. Carolyn, her sister, and I took a quick trip to McPherson County, Kansas, to find some old graves of their ancestors and then went on to Kansas City to see the Diana Exhibit at Union Station. We got back yesterday evening.

The scripture for today is Matthew 24:45-51:
Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed, ‘and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore