O God Our God,
We live in a world that is focused on the present moment. While we live, work, and play in the here and now, there is so much more to human experience. We are defined by the past, our individual and communal history, and all those situations that bring us to today. We also plan and dream for the future. While it is unknown, we find hope in the new possibilities that lie ahead. Forgive us we pray, for being one dimensional. Help us to understand that You, O God, are the with us in the past, through the present and into the future. You hold all time and experience in Your hands. We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before and we are building a legacy for those who will follow. May our memories of You sustain us. May we experience You in the present, and may we be drawn into the future of Your reign. This we pray in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
Our prayers go out to the family of Lucille Melot, Larry’s mother. Her funeral will be Friday at First Methodist Church.
We pray for the family of Carol Layman, Sandra Justice’s sister-in-law. Her funeral will be Friday at the Lutheran Church in Covington.
Tonight is WWNF. Pancakes will be served at the meal.
The Chancel Bell Choir will rehearse tonight at 7:30 p.m.
The youth are having a Garage Sale this Saturday from 8 until 1. If you have items for the sale, please bring them to the Fellowship Hall.
Sunday is the Horn of Plenty Food Drive. Pick up your routes.
Sunday the Adult Bible Study Small Group will host a series entitled “Does God Exist?” at 6:00 p.m.
The scripture for today is 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12:
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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