Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Focus Church: Orrick
Pastor: Robert E Sanders and spouse Karen
Prayers for wisdom and guidance for Rev. Kathleen Wilder and the congregation of Centenary Church of St. Louis regarding decisions to be made after high winds blew off the spire of the church’s steeple during a severe thunderstorm early Saturday morning. Notes of care may be sent to Rev. Wilder and the congregation at [email protected].
Please be in prayer for Rev. Barbara McKenzie (Hazelgreen UMC / Sleeper UMC) and her father. Her dad was injured in a car wreck this week. Words of comfort may be sent to Rev. Barbara McKenzie, 23427 Route 66, Lebanon MO 65536
Scripture - 2 Samuel 7:1-7
God’s promise to David
7 When the king was settled in his palace,[a] and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I’m living in a cedar palace, but God’s chest is housed in a tent!”[b]
3 Nathan said to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you are thinking, because the Lord is with you.”
4 But that very night the Lord’s word came to Nathan: 5 Go to my servant David and tell him: This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build the temple for me to live in. 6 In fact, I haven’t lived in a temple from the day I brought Israel out of Egypt until now. Instead, I have been traveling around in a tent and in a dwelling. 7 Throughout my traveling around with the Israelites, did I ever ask any of Israel’s tribal leaders I appointed to shepherd my people: Why haven’t you built me a cedar temple?
