God of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love,
Each year the holiday season interrupts the normal activities of our lives, often sooner than we expect, yet we are so thankful. As we celebrate Thanksgiving Sunday may we look ahead with eager anticipation to the Thanksgiving holiday, then Advent and Christmas. We are so blessed, loving God. May our blessing overflow to others during these holidays and may Your grace abound. In Jesus’ name we pray. AMEN.
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I received the following email from Kayte Anton:
“Yesterday morning we received the tragic news that my sister-in-law, Rebekah, died unexpectedly. She was 30 years old. We are devastated and very concerned for the well-being of my brother, Stephan, and their daughter, Emma. Our family needs to be lifted in prayer please.”
Please pray for Kayte’s family during this very difficult time.
Butch Phillips sent the following email:
“John, Not sure if you received my text messages yesterday regarding Linda Jones. She had a heart cath and is scheduled for a triple bypass Monday morning @ Bass Hospital. Dave says it's OK to share this information.”
Linda is well known in the Emmaus Community. Dave is the minister at Waukomis Christian Church. Please pray for Linda.
Birdene Schoonover appears to be in her last days. Please pray for Birdene.
Goldia Rasmussen had surgery to repair her broken leg. She is in St. Mary’s ICU 347. Please pray for our 103 year old member.
PLEASE JOIN US TODAY FOR WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND A WONDERFUL LUNCHEON. IT IS THANKSGIVING SUNDAY.
The scripture for today is Philippians 3:2-11:
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh— even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
The Psalm for the week is Psalm 135:1-14:
Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; give praise, O servants of the Lord, you that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious.
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
For I know that the Lord is great; our Lord is above all gods.
Whatever the Lord pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both human beings and animals; he sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings— Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan— and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
For the Lord will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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