Prayer for Today, Thursday, September 22

O One Who Holds The Future,

We go through life often wondering what is “around the bend ahead”. We dream. We Plan. We save. We prepare. We worry. We strive to be responsible, yet in our planning we often rely only on the temporal and fail to place our ultimate trust in You. In all of life’s circumstances, O Lord, You are there. As we reflect on the past we can see You sharing the journey with us. Help us to project that expectation into the future. Jesus told us to “Seek first the Kingdom of God”. May we realize when seeking You is our prime objective all the other matters of life fall into place. Today we place our trust in You, O God. We pray You will draw us unto Yourself and Your future. In Jesus’ name. AMEN.

  

Clo Rine is in St. Mary’s hospital. She turns 97 years old today.

Birdene Schoonover has moved from the nursing unit back to assisted living at Greenbriar.

Ruby Manahan and Paul Spratt are still hospitalized. Please pray for Clo, Birdene, Ruby and Paul.

The Women’s Walk to Emmaus begins today.

There is a Stewardship Meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m.

We rejoice in the rain and the cool weather!!!!!!!!!!

The scripture for today is 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13:

But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us—just as we long to see you. ⁷For this reason, brothers and sisters, during all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith. ⁸For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. ⁹How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? ¹⁰Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith.

¹¹Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. ¹²And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. ¹³And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Grace and peace,

John McLemore