For Such A Time as This – September 15, 2020 – Price and Besig

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To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,
 
Joys and Concerns
If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text, or email it to me.  If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning. 

  • Yesterday, September 14th, was Betty Schell’s 75th birthday!Happy birthday to Betty!Betty is a blessing to her family, church family, friends, and many others.
  • Prayers of celebration and for continued recovery for John Grace.John’s quadruple by-pass heart surgery yesterday was successful.His condition is critical for the next couple of days while in intensive care at HMC.He will be discharged in about one week for an additional week of recovery at the Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital.
  • Prayers for those in harm’s way due to the fires in Washington, Oregon and California, due to the hurricane impacting the Gulf Coast, and due to the ongoing Corona Virus pandemic.
 
Thank You:
To all who call others to check in on them and to share our emails and devotions.
 
Today’s Devotion:
I am thankful to Dee Ann Daniels who has shared another music video from Nancy Price and Don Besig.  If you wish to respond to Nancy, Don or Dee Ann, you can email Dee Ann at dawdaniels@gmail.com.
 
Shalom,
Dennis
 
SCRIPTURES (all are taken from NIV)
Psalm 30:4
Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name.
 
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
 
Psalm 100
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
 
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
 
Thoughts
Once again, we turn to the Psalms for our scriptures, closing with a verse from Colossians reminding us to always show our gratefulness to God for all that we have and for all that we are.  Just now I am grateful to my friend Don Besig who has gifted us with another video, “Thanks Be to God!”  Don’s own words express the feelings of all of us,  “With all of the chaos in the world, it seems like we should take a few moments to be reminded of God’s great gifts - and pause to give thanks.”
 
Link to video:   https://youtu.be/q5lUz9PdiUc
 
Prayer
Eternal and Loving God, help us always to show our gratitude to you for your many blessings, even in this time of trials.  Amen.
 
 
 

 

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