"Call to me and I will
answer you and tell you great and
unsearchable things you do not know."
(Jeremiah 33:3)
“Beautiful
Savior” arr. By F. M. Christiansen, St. Olaf Choir
Hi
Family!!!
How’s
your celebration going at home, the celebration of our risen Lord? It has been
quite interesting days as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus with
cold days with snow, cloudy days with fog and shiny clear days with blue sky
for the last several days since Easter Sunday. Seems like all kinds of weather
is gathering and dancing as we stay at home!!! Are they celebrating this season
for us too!
Anyway,
another question for you. Are we getting used to being OC Christians as we deal
with all those unseen enemies in our life, being clean and keeping distance
from those? It is truly a great day when all of those unseen enemies, sin and
death, are completely defeated by the power of Jesus Christ, his resurrection
power! We all believe that this unseen enemy COVID 19 will be also defeated by
the grace of God, our powerful protection and guide. It will be another day of
resurrection! We are looking forward to that day!
However,
that is not all. Through our OC Christian practices so called safe distancing
and washing against all those unseen spiritual enemies, we will move toward the
Kingdom of God eternal much closer every day! Even though it has not been easy
and it will not be easy until the COVID 19 situation is cleared, our never
ending steps with our risen Lord, Christ Jesus, will take us into the place
where God wants us to be!!! Isn’t that wonderful? Yes it is!
Now,
again, I would like to remind you a few things this week. Until all of the
dangers from COVID 19 are cleared, we will take this challenging time as our
opportunity to grow deeper and stronger in the presence of God in truth and
spirit. In other words, we will pray together more, we will sing together
more, and we will read the words of God more, making those our habits as our
Christian character.
So
let us not forget to tithe our time, our energy, our heart and all other
resources that God has given us as we set aside those for our God first … each
and every day as we continue to celebrate the season of Christ’s
resurrection!!!
Sounds
like we are trying to thrive on this new challenging environment through
gathering online to worship together, to pray together as well as to meet
together. So please keep connected with each other and with our web site for
useful information as you practice your faith daily. And also don’t forget to
communicate with each other through those social media if possible.
Web Site (Online Worship)
If
you have any questions or prayer concerns, please also don’t hesitate to share
with me or through the office. We will be happy to answer you and include you
in our prayer list.
If
you’d like to keep that in private, please call me, email me or message me and
let me know. I will love to hear from you all!
Now
we have our prayer list updated for this week. Let us continue to call upon the
name of the Lord as we continue to celebrate the power of Jesus' resurrection!
Be
clean and keep your distance!!
pk
- - -
Markesan &
Princeton Emmanuel Prayer List
(The Week of April 13,
2020)
This
week's New Prayer Request: Bob G.'s mother is now on hospice. Please remember
Bob and his family as they are going through this time of deep darkness... for
God's comfort and guidance as well as strength.
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