Dear Lord of All,
Your have extravagantly blessed us. We are overflowing and we give You thanks. May the generosity You exhibited in the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ live through us. May we, O God, extravagantly bless others. In Jesus’ name we pray. AMEN.
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Alta Mae Birkenbile is in the last days of her life. Please pray for Alta Mae and her family.
Joan Petersen is back in St. Mary’s hospital. Please pray for Joan.
Congratulations to Letha McGuire on her 90th birthday
We have a wonderful day before us at Central Christian Church:
8:00 a.m. Chapel Service
9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
10:15 a.m. Convergence Worship in the sanctuary. The R & R and traditional services join together for a unique worship experience.
5:00 p.m. Trunk or Treat on the north side of the church
6:00 p.m. “Does God Exist?” study in the Fellowship Hall
7:15 p.m. Stewardship Committee
The scripture for today is Colossians 1:1-10
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.
The Psalm for this week is Psalm 18:20-30:
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;
with the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.
For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
By you I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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