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Loving God. Loving People. Bringing The Two Together.
VOLUME 35 Nov. 22, 2009 NUMBER 44
From your minister: I can’t believe that it’s already Thanksgiving week!
We all have great lists of what we are thankful for. But notice these from Paul.
Rom 6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,
Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
1 Cor 15:57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
2 Cor 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Amen, brother. Thanks be to God for the abundance of spiritual blessings!!
Here and There: Welcome back to Kathy and Jo Ella who had a wet week in
We thank Don and Olga for a wonderful potluck at their home last Sunday.
Our progressive dinner is Dec. 6. We need more host families!
We thank the McGarrys for putting together our Thanksgiving baskets. If you weren’t able to bring anything, Stan is collecting money today.
Jana Vaughn is collecting for kids for Christmas. See her soon!
Today’s Quotes: If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. ~Will Carleton
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J.Cameron
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men, but be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude.
~E.P. Powell
There Is No Tomorrow by Bill Sherrill
We spend so much time worrying about those things over which we have little or no control and so little time doing the things which we can do to insure the future. We have no real control over the length of life, but tremendous opportunities to provide for the quality of the
life we have.
Jesus spoke to his listeners from the mountain concerning this very
matter. "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:27). His conclusion is, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" (Matthew 6:34).
Still, we continue to allow the anxieties of those things we cannot
control draw from us the energy we need to enjoy the productive life
that we could have. We always seem to concern ourselves with predicting our own future. And we are seldom, if ever, accurate! Again, James addresses he plans for the coming day this way:
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or
that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then
vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we
will live and do this or that" (James 4:13-15).
James' words give us an interesting commentary on the words of Jesus. It is not a matter of being thoughtless about tomorrow, but rather we are to keep things in proper perspective. The rule then is this: Be free from anxiety by trusting God to oversee the matters of your life. And even when making the everyday plans for an orderly life, remember that you are always in the will of God. The most significant matter is to always be willing to live in the Father's will!
So, for today, determine what you can do that will last forever. Don't
put that matter off. One of the best ways to be free from anxiety is to
not only know that you are in the hands of God, but to be certain that
you are prepared to meet Him face to face. After all, there is no
tomorrow, there is just today.
“We can always find something to be thankful for, no matter what may be the burden of our wants, or the special subject of our petitions.” ~Albert Barnes
Prayer Time: Faithann Hodorowicz had her second brain surgery on Wednesday in
Prov 15:8 The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
