Prayer for Today, Friday, July 8

Lord of Life and Love,

We humbly come before You with our personal and private prayers. You know us, O God, and that thought frightens us, because we know what can be found in the deep recesses of our lives. We are humbled and ashamed when those thoughts, attitudes, and experiences come under Your scrutiny. We pray for forgiveness. May we be assured that there is more grace in You than sin in us. Today we turn into Your embrace and seek to lives of joy, hope and peace. In Jesus name we pray. AMEN.
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I received the following update fro Kandy:
John, here is an updated hospital list, as dictated by Don.
Sue McClendon moved from St. Mary’s ICU to rm. 223 on Wed. to rm. 586 on Thurs.
Elbert Wheeler hospitalized since the 4th of July—Don doesn’t know what the issue is- some sort of infection---in
St. Mary’s 225.
Robert Shaw—successful gallbladder surgery on the 7th at St. Mary’s –will be released the 8th.
Phil McCoy—released from ICU to rm. 237 on Wed. with no side effects from stroke. Released to home on Thurs.
Both he and Vickie in good spirits.
Kandy

Carolyn and I spent the night in eastern Arkansas. We should be in Nashville by mid afternoon.

The scripture for today is Romans 3:1-8:

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.”But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

Grace and peace,

John McLemore