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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry I'm late...stuck behind an accident trying to get home from work.
It's 10 degrees and headed to no degrees in a few hours.

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ DARE TO DREAM, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.



Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

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[The Mayor]

November 19

Gathering Strength in God

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 11–13
• James 1

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9 Grainger McKoy is an artist who studies and sculpts birds, capturing their grace, vulnerability, and power. One of his pieces is titled <em>Recovery.</em> It shows the single right wing of a pintail duck, stretched high in a vertical position. Below, a plaque describes the bird’s recovery stroke as “the moment of the bird’s greatest weakness in flight, yet also the moment when it gathers strength for the journey ahead.” Grainger includes this verse: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/2%20Cor%2012.9" data-reference="2 Cor 12.9" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">2 Corinthians 12:9</a>).</p> <p>The apostle Paul wrote these words to the church at Corinth. Enduring a season when he was overwhelmed with personal struggle, Paul begged God to remove what he described as “a thorn in my&nbsp;flesh” (v. 7). His affliction might have been a physical ailment or spiritual opposition. Like Jesus in the garden the night before His crucifixion (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/Luke%2022.39%E2%80%9344" data-reference="Luke 22.39–44" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">Luke 22:39–44</a>), Paul repeatedly asked God to remove his suffering. The Holy Spirit responded by assuring him that He’d provide the strength needed. Paul learned, “When I am weak, then I am strong” (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/2%20Cor%2012.10" data-reference="2 Cor 12.10" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>).</p> <p>Oh, the thorns we experience in this life! Like a bird gathering its strength for the journey ahead, we can gather up God’s strength for what we’re facing. In His strength, we find our own.</p> .

Reflect & Pray

Where are you experiencing weakness today? How can you—in that exact weakness—gather God’s strength for your journey?

Dear Father, help me gather my strength from Yours as I face what’s ahead in my life today.

[luvie]

Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~He Is Ever Over Me

Vocal Majority~Deep River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!

[lightman]

Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.

A blessed Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox) to all!

[Songcraft]

Regarding one's dreams...

     "I Know The Lord Will Make A Way" - Dallas Christian Adult Concert Choir

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Sunday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

We had ribs for supper yesterday.

Yesterday at Comanche Lake:

How's everyone doing this morning?