Missouri Shared Prayers [link removed] Friday, December 20, 2019
Focus Church: Ozarks District
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Jon Lee Thompson and spouse Nona

Scripture - Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,
shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Awaken your might;
come and save us.
3 Restore us, O God;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
4 How long, Lord God Almighty,
will your anger smolder
against the prayers of your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6 You have made us an object of derision[ [link removed] b] to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.
7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive us, and we will call on your name.
19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.

Saturday, December 21, 2019
Focus Church: Aldersgate (Nixa)
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Dennis Carl Miller and spouse Lorie
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Joshua Brannon Buchanan and spouse Victoria
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Sarah Elizabeth Fotopulos and spouse Dave
Mozambique Church: Fagine
Pastor: Moises Juliao Vilanculo

Scripture - Romans 1:1-7
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[ [link removed] a] was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[ [link removed] b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from[ [link removed] c] faith for his name’s sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Sunday, December 22, 2019
Focus Church: Alton/Thayer/Pleasant Grove
Pastor: mailto:[email protected] Pamela Kay Ekey
Mozambique Church: Mnyawusela
Pastor: Eusebio

Scripture - Matthew 1:18-25
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[ [link removed] a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[ [link removed] b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[ [link removed] c] because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[ [link removed] d] (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.


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