Missouri Shared Prayers [link removed] Thursday, July 18, 2019
Focus Church: Camdenton
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Mark A Magana
Prayers are requested for the family of Rev. Delbert Earlywine. Rev Earlywine’s father, Merlin was recently admitted to the hospital. Words of comfort may be sent to Clarence UMC, 301 S. Center, Clarence, MO 63437-0128
Please keep Cathy Hinklin, Grace (Greenville), and family in prayer as she travels to Florida for her grandmother, Maria Kretschmayer’s funeral. Messages of caring may be sent to: Cathy Hinklin, Rt 1 Box 16527, Patterson, MO 63956 or mailto:[email protected] [email protected]

Scripture - Colossians 1:15-28
Hymn about Christ’s work
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God,
the one who is first over all creation,[ [link removed] a]
16 Because all things were created by him:
both in the heavens and on the earth,
the things that are visible and the things that are invisible.
Whether they are thrones or powers,
or rulers or authorities,
all things were created through him and for him.
17 He existed before all things,
and all things are held together in him.
18 He is the head of the body, the church,
who is the beginning,
the one who is firstborn from among the dead[ [link removed] b]
so that he might occupy the first place in everything.
19 Because all the fullness of God was pleased to live in him,
20 and he reconciled all things to himself through him—
whether things on earth or in the heavens.
He brought peace through the blood of his cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and you were enemies with him in your minds, which was shown by your evil actions. 22 But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death, to present you before God as a people who are holy, faultless, and without blame. 23 But you need to remain well established and rooted in faith and not shift away from the hope given in the good news that you heard. This message has been preached throughout all creation under heaven. And I, Paul, became a servant of this good news.
Paul’s service for the church
24 Now I’m happy to be suffering for you. I’m completing what is missing from Christ’s sufferings with my own body. I’m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25 I became a servant of the church by God’s commission, which was given to me for you, in order to complete God’s word. 26 I’m completing it with a secret plan[ [link removed] c] that has been hidden for ages and generations but which has now been revealed to his holy people. 27 God wanted to make the glorious riches of this secret plan[ [link removed] d] known among the Gentiles, which is Christ living in you, the hope of glory. 28 This is what we preach as we warn and teach every person with all wisdom so that we might present each one mature in Christ.


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