Most Amazing God,
We stand before You as Your children, seeking guidance, encouragement, and comfort. We live complicated lives in a complicated world. Current events are disturbing. The pace of our lives is hectic. It is difficult to maintain focus, regardless of the task. We can't control the news of the day O Lord, but we can reduce the complexity we choose to live in. Forgive us, Loving God, for being so malleable and influenced by a culture without focus. May we allow the Spirit of Christ to guide our lives. May we strip away the superfluous and place our trust in You as a child trusts a parent. You are our God. May we feel You embrace and know Your love. In Jesus' name we pray. AMEN.
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Please pray for the Eck Family. The husband of David's great niece died yesterday. He was in his 20's.
Please continue to pray for Paul Spratt, Paula Redding's father. He had successful major surgery on Monday and is in Bass Hospital ICU.
Tonight is our first WWNF of the fall. The meal starts at 5:15 p.m. There are children, youth and adult activities from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The adult classes are a Bible Study on Jesus' miracles in the Fellowship Hall, ZUMBA in the multipurpose room, and an Unbinding the Gospel Study for Elders in the Parlor.
We will host an ecumenical 9-11 Prayer Vigil on Sunday, September 11th, at 7:00 p.m. This is the tenth anniversary of the attack. Please put this event on your calendar. The service will last from 45 minutes to one hour in the sanctuary.
The scripture for today is Ephesians 2:1-10:
You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.
4But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— 9not the result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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