Monday, December 2, 2019
Focus Church: Rock Port/Watson
Pastor: Donna Lea Clark Fuller
Prayers are requested for Rev. Barb Hagerla on the recent loss of her sister, Colleen (Hagerla) Pease. Service information may be found here.
Messages of caring may be sent to Barb at Unionville UMC, PO Box 244
Unionville, MO 63565-0244
Please keep the family of Patty Shearer in your prayers. Patty was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Stephen W. Shearer. There will be a Celebration of Life Service on Sunday, December 8, 2019, 6-8pm at Blue Ridge Boulevard UMC, 5055 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Kanas City, MO 64133.
Scripture - Isaiah 11:1-10
A shoot from Jesse’s stump
11 A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse;
a branch will sprout[a] from his roots.
2 The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him,
a spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a spirit of planning and strength,
a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
3 He will delight in fearing the Lord.
He won’t judge by appearances,
nor decide by hearsay.
4 He will judge the needy with righteousness,
and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land.
He will strike the violent[b] with the rod of his mouth;
by the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his hips,
and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the young goat;
the calf and the young lion will feed[c] together,
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow and the bear will graze.
Their young will lie down together,
and a lion will eat straw like an ox.
8 A nursing child will play over the snake’s hole;
toddlers will reach right over the serpent’s den.
9 They won’t harm or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain.
The earth will surely be filled with the knowledge of the Lord,
just as the water covers the sea.
A signal to the peoples
10 On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a signal to the peoples. The nations will seek him out, and his dwelling will be glorious.
