Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Focus Church: First (Mt Vernon)/Damascus Road Church
Pastor: John M Hansche and spouse Susan
Prayers are requested for the family of Nadine Meyer, on her recent passing January 8, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. George Meyer. Notes of caring may be sent to the Family of Nadine Meyer, 6354 State Rt. M, Union Star MO 64494.
Prayers are requested for Rev. Jackie Asher on the recent death of her daughter Rebecca “Becky” Asher. Words of Comfort may be sent to Rev. Jackie Asher, 9567 County Rd 460, Steedman, MO 65077.
Scripture - Isaiah 49:1-7
The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen to me, you islands;
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born the Lord called me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.
2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow
and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,
and my reward is with my God.”
5 And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to himself,
for I am[a] honored in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength—
6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel—
to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
