Praising the Lord!!

Many blessings to recount this morning! And I hope your day is going well, too. Yesterday's class blessed me, even though I couldn't get the monitor going with the computer. We nearly had a room full! We had visitors that we knew not of :-). Folks were in town for a soccer tournament and dropped in. Several visitors came at the invite of class members. God blessed my heart during each service, too. It is great to see the Lord working. Had some visitors at church who returned from last week. PTL! God is still on the throne, and is not fixin' to vacate any time soon.

We can still squeeze some more into our classroom. It did get kind of warm in there, but we will survive.

Be praying for those who were mentioned during our prayer time Sunday. Especially all of our parents who are getting older and facing health issues. Pray that the Lord will enable us to be an encouragement to them as they have been a blessing to us throughout our lives. Also pray for Harold, Francis' brother, and the difficulties he is facing as a dairy farmer. Other people are needing jobs or are looking for better jobs. Keep each of our church families in your prayers as the devil would love to divide and destroy from within. James says, "Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you." So let's all focus on getting as close to the Lord as we possibly can. Maintain the prayers for all of our recently elected governmental officials. Pray as well for the Haas family, Brother Tom has to do some medical tests in the near future for work purposes. He also is recovering from being attacked last week while down in Hattiesburg.

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. I am very thankful for the wonderful grace God extends to us and also for His abundant mercy. I am thankful that there is hope for our children in the tough times in which we live. It is also good to know that even though we might not see an immediate victory, when we serve the Lord victory is coming. Our Bible study for next week comes from the life of Abraham, Father of the faithful. You can read ahead by checking out Genesis 12 - 22.

Pray for our outreach efforts this week, and lend a hand where you can. God bless you all and have a wonderful, godly week!