O Great God,
There is so much darkness in the world, in our lives and in our souls. Forgive us, Dear Lord, when we choose those actions and thoughts which lead to darkness. The Gospel of John records Jesus as saying “I am the light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Today, O God, empower us with Your Spirit so that we might choose light and life! In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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Cindy Carlson sent me the following email yesterday morning:
Gene came home yesterday. Still in pain w/recovery ahead. One of his visitors from church left a straw golfing cap. I brought it home w/me & will try & drop it by church office this wk. Cindy
Please pray for Gene’s successful recovery from hip surgery.
L.V. Powell isn’t doing well. Please pray for L.V. and his family. L.V. is in St. Mary’s.
There are WWNF activities this evening. Come for the meal at 6:00 p.m., the “Connect All” game night, or the Bible Study.
The new Young Adult Bible Study meets at 6:30 tomorrow night at the Wheelers. If you have questions or want directions, call John or Sally at the church 233-1214.
Carolyn and I are off to points east tomorrow morning. Please pray for us as we travel.
The scripture for today is Romans 2:1-16:
Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. You say, “We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is in accordance with truth.”Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. For he will repay according to each one’s deeds: to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be anguish and distress for everyone who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, to which their own conscience also bears witness; and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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