Amazing God,
We humbly come to you in prayer, offering our hearts, our minds, our very lives to Your service. Use us we pray. May our actions give glory to You, Loving God. May our words and meditations be acceptable. May our witness encourage others to seek You, to accept You and to love You. Your heart beckons to us and we respond in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
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Please continue to pray for Birdene Schoonover, Jim Walta, Letha McGuire, Bertie Krausse, Lowell Kroeker, and all those others we have mentioned in recent emails. May God’s peace and healing be with them.
The small prayer chapel is open through this Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Come to the church to meditate and pray.
Please pray for Carolyn and me as we travel to the Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor in Dallas today.
There is a Property Committee meeting tonight, a Stewardship Committee meeting tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. and a Board meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
The scripture for today is Philippians 1:18b-30:
What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance. It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which I prefer. I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you. Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in faith, so that I may share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I come to you again.
Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, and are in no way intimidated by your opponents. For them this is evidence of their destruction, but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing. For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well—since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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