Good Morning Everyone,

Fall is in the air and your pastor and Susan are back from our weekend in Louisville. We had a wonderful time at the National Quartet Convention. We heard a lot of great music, spent some time with friends we don't see often, and worshiped with our pastor friend Tony Rose at LaGrange Baptist Church in LaGrange, Kentucky. I heard we had good services and some really good messages. Thanks, Pastor Shawn, for bringing a challenging message on being a productive follower of Christ. Thanks, Pastor Karren, for your plain and understandable message Sunday night on being sanctified. In fact, thanks to all the staff for filling in for me and having a part in our services. It's great to take a couple days off and have confidence in your staff and know that they will lead the church in a meaningful worship experience. Hopefully both services were recorded and we will have them up on our website sometime tonight. I am anxious to hear them.

For a thought this morning let me share Philippians 4:6 with you. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, present your request to God." Paul is saying don't worry or anguish about things in your life. That means financial things, physical things, or even relationships. But in everything he says we should do 3 things - Pray, Supplicate, and offer Thanks to God for delivering you. When Paul and Silas were in prison, it says at about midnight they began to pray. They began to petition God with a mighty prayer service. They prayed such a prayer that it began to make them rejoice. Your pastor believes true prayer will always do that. Their prayers led to praise and praise led to a mighty deliverance from God Himself.

So in closing remember, that's the kind of prayer you need when you are in your midnight and darkest hour. Pray a prayer that leads you to praise and God will bring you out just like He delivered Paul and Silas.

O Lord, we give you all our hurts and all our fears. You are God and You are more than able take care of us. We praise You this morning for answers to prayer. You are a mighty God. Amen.

Till next time, Pastor Don


P.S. We want to invite all of you to meet at the church tonight at 7pm for Revival Prayer. God is already working and moving and something wonderful is going to happen.

I am also very excited about having missionaries Don & Cheryl Cox with us this coming Saturday and Sunday. You won't want to miss these missionaries and their incredible story. Hope to see you all at the dinner on Saturday at 5:30pm. Saturday's service time is 7pm if you can't make it to the dinner.


JOKE OF THE WEEK:

A LOCAL PRIEST AND A PASTOR STOOD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HOLDING UP A SIGN THAT SAID, "THE END IS NEAR! TURN YOURSELF AROUND NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." THEY PLANNED TO HOLD UP THE SIGN TO EACH PASSING CAR. "LEAVE US ALONE YOU RELIGIOUS NUTS!" YELLED THE FIRST DRIVER AS HE SPED BY. FROM AROUND THE CURVE THEY HEARD A BIG SPLASH. "DO YOU THINK," SAID ONE CLERGY TO ANOTHER, "WE SHOULD JUST PUT UP A SIGN THAT SAYS, 'BRIDGE OUT' INSTEAD?"
 

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