From Northwest Community Church UCC in Las Vegas, NV

Holy One, Emmanuel, God with Us…We come into Your presence today with prayers for those who matter most to us.  We seek guidance, comfort and hope in an upside down world that needs You to turn it right side up.   Today millions of voices and thoughts race past us but we need to hear only one.  We need to hear the Word of God speak truth into our lives.  The truth that is the sacrifice of the cross and the joy of the resurrection of Jesus Christ separated us from our transgressions.  And as we confront the reality of Jesus, in our lives today, we need to understand that we are not defined by our sins or mistakes.  We are defined in Christ as children of the most-high God.   Let’s give thanks to Him because we don’t know how many more tomorrows we have, but we do know that we are citizens of heaven and not products of this world.   So let’s do something special…let’s do something great, right now, for God and His Kingdom here on earth because if we don’t plant the seeds of faith in Christ, so that others will know of the good news, then who will?  If not now, then when will we start to just give what we have been given?  We have been grace-sufficient for every obstacle in this life.  Amen.