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"Strength For Today"
Message summary: God's strength is our ongoing need. Yesterday's strength is inadequate for the challenges of this day though we can build on the foundation that is already laid.
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"O LORD, be
gracious to
us; we long
for you. Be
our strength
every morning,
our salvation
in time of
distress"
(Isaiah 33:2).
In 1941 Thomas
Obadiah
Chisolm wrote:
What
a perspective
from a man who
had served as
a minister for
only one year
before
resigning due
to poor
health. He
could have
easily slipped
into a state
of
unproductive
despair or
even
bitterness.
However
Chisolm wrote
over 1,200
sacred poems
over his
lifetime, the
most familiar
being "Great
Is Thy
Faithfulness"
which he wrote
in 1923, over
100 years ago.
"Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine with ten thousand besides."
Some
of you are
dealing today
with a
distressing
and confusing
season in
life. At times
that season is
short, but at
other times
you wonder if
it will ever
end. You may
be, as the
Apostle Paul
testified, "hard
pressed on
every side and
perplexed"
(2 Corinthians
4:8).
May today's
first Bible
text, which is
a prayer,
bring
encouragement
for today and
reserve for
tomorrow.
The petition
in this prayer
is so simple:
"O
LORD, be
gracious to
us." Our
Lord is always
gracious
toward us even
though the
critical
problem at
hand may
overshadow
God’s gracious
ways toward
His children.
It’s His
nature to be
loving and
gracious.
"We long
for you."
Here we have
the essential
key, a longing
for God.
That's such a
key and yet I
will candidly
admit that I
don't always
long for the
Lord as I
should. There
are so many
distractions
in life, some
good, others
bad!
Jim Gambini, a
former pastor,
writes:
"Be
our strength
every
morning".
God's strength
is our ongoing
need.
Yesterday's
strength is
inadequate for
the challenges
of this day
though we can
build on the
foundation
that is
already laid.
"Our
salvation in
time of
distress."
God is always
our present
help and
salvation in
the time of
any trouble or
distress.
Today be
encouraged by
these truths
as you join us
in crying out
"O Lord" to
the One who is
able and
willing to
provide for
all our needs
because He is
forever
faithful.
Be
encouraged
today, Hebrews
3:13
Stephen &
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, we
look to You
this day to
bring us word
of Your
unfailing
love, for we
have put our
trust in You.
You are our
strength every
morning and
our security
at night. Your
steadfast love
reaches to the
heavens and
Your
faithfulness
fills the
skies. There
is no one like
You that
provides for
our every
need, for You
are our
salvation in
times of joy
and in times
of distress.
It is under
Your
protective
wings that we
will find
refuge and
safely abide.
We thank You
for Jesus in
whose name we
pray. Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
My future is secure
Oh, my Father has spoken
And He keeps His every word
"With feelings of both joy and sorrow, and with abiding gratitude to Jesus, we wanted to let you know that Richard Dresselhaus—husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and pastor—has finished his race and now is in the presence of his Lord and Savior. He has realized his oft-stated desire to be in heaven, meeting face-to-face the One he strove to make preeminent in everything."
Yesterday
we shared a
message about
turning swords
into
plowshares. I
visited with
Glenn Musser
at our
community
luncheon.
Glenn is a
retired
agricultural
engineer who
designed
combines for
Case New
Holland. 
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