Prayer for Today, Tuesday, March 4

Source of Eternal Love,

Some days the prayers roll easily off our tongues. Other days we feel the heavy burdens of life and the prayers are absent. Help us to come to You, regardless of the circumstances. Help us to realize that You are faithful to us and You invite our faithfulness to You. So here we are, O God. We stand before You in our strength and our weakness. Bless us, we pray, as we honor You. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.

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Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is tomorrow. We will have our traditional Ash Wednesday service at 6:00 p.m. in the SANCTUARY. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please note the change in location.

 

Also, as a personal Lenten discipline, I will be again leading Lenten Morning Prayers at 7:00 a.m. beginning  Thursday, also in the Chapel. As before, these will be brief services of personal prayer, scripture reading, and contemplative music (Taize) lasting around 20 minutes. I will be there every morning, Monday through Saturday, until Easter. You are welcome to join me.

 

Willo Clark received good reports on her surgical biopsy and will go home today.

 

Liz Beaty is home from M.D. Anderson in Houston.

 

Mary Garrison is in St. Mary’s with pneumonia.

 

Marietta Henson is in St. Mary’s hospital recovering from surgeries on her leg and hip.

 

Gary Hula’s father, Otto, is in the hospital in Caldwell, Kansas, and is still very ill.

 

We have been asked to pray for Jill Muegee. She is extremely ill and is in the OU Medical Center.

 

Fig Newton injured his shoulder and is in a lot of pain.

 

Please pray for these family members and friends.

 

Grace and peace,

 

John McLemore