For You
For You
Have you ever had someone in your life you just knew, with every fiber of your being, was for you? No matter what? It’s a remarkable thing. It changes you. It strengthens and encourages you, and it brings you joy and hope.
Jonathan Edwards, one of America’s most important and original theologians famously wrote: “All doctrine is application, and all application is doctrine.”
In other words, what you fundamentally believe about God affects everything about how you live; how you live is evidence of what you fundamentally believe about God. How you manage your anxiety, how you deal with your insecurities, how you handle adversity, how you wrestle with a guilty conscience, how you relate to people, how you view your work, and so on.
And what Paul wants you to fundamentally know about God in this week’s epistle reading is this: He is for you.
See you Sunday.
Steve+
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Final Sunday: Christmas in July for the Salvation Army
Need knows no season and our local Salvation Army Corps (church) continues meeting the needs of our neighbors, in Jesus’s name, year-round. Please support and welcome their new Corps officers, Lieutenants John and Candace Lawrence, by donating items to restock their supplies. They need:
Diapers, especially sizes 4–7.
Pullups, especially larger size.
Hotel and medium-sized toiletries and hygiene items.
Gently used (or new) shoes—all ages and sizes.
A box for contributions will be available in the Narthex today.
Chesapeake Baysox Baseball and Fireworks—Friday, August 21, 7:05pm.
Annual Volunteer Training—Saturday, August 22, or Saturday, August 29.
Discovery/Membership Luncheon—Sunday, August 23, following worship. Email Kaarin if you’d like to attend.
5th Sunday Potluck/Membership Sunday—August 30, following worship.
Weekly:
Around the Table—A prayer time for women, Thursdays, 9:00am, at the Wishart’s. Email Lauren for details.
Morning Prayer—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:00–8:30am on Zoom.
Men’s Bible Study—Thursdays, 7:00am at 1309.
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