Good Morning Worshipers! Rise and shine and give God the glory! Prepare your hearts to enter His courts with praise, His presence with thanksgiving. PTL that He in habits our praise and helps us to worship in Spirit and Truth! Pray for those all to come alive today and for Acts 2:42 to come alive too as we gather, study, worship, fellowship, eat together and pray. Pray for our Two Peas in A Pod crew and for many neighbors to feel His love and care through us and to be drawn to Him and new life or revival of faith. Pray away any hindrances from the enemy keeping those who are being drawn from coming. PTL! for provision, protection, our gifts being used, and for His love, joy and peace as we gather and worship. Come you thankful people, come and worship! And pray we steward well all His blessings (thank Him for them) and sow sacrificially and lavishly into His Kingdom and work around us. Pray He would multiply our offerings and use them for His glory! Amen!

Check out the Upper Room's reminder that all we have is a gift from God to be used by Him through us for His purposes and glory. Pray we have His heart. mind, passion and compassion to go live and love more like Him and for that to draw many. Pray we would offer ourselves to Him out of great gratitude and as an act of worship. May we pour ourselves out as we join Him in advancing His work all around us. Pray for revival and many salvations and new and renewed lives to come alive all around and through us. Pray for His Kingdom to come and will to be done and for you to do your part in that. Pray we become a House of Prayer for the Nations and a disciple making powerhouse as Hid dynamic movement in Emmaus and the Lehigh Valley. Come and worship! Come Lord and be our shepherd today. We worship and adore and thank You! Be glorified in and through us and use us to grow Your Kingdom and to do our parts. Thanks! Amen! (Note: we have a family commitment today and will be unable to stay for brunch. Pray for many to rise up, welcome and fellowship with our neighbors joyfully, and for new connections!)

Upper Room: Freely Given

Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me. - Revelation 3:20 (NRSVUE)

I headed to the front door after hearing an abrupt knock, hoping it hadn’t woken my toddler. I wasn’t happy about the prospect of telling yet another sales representative that I didn’t want what they were offering. So imagine my surprise when I opened the door and instead saw three bouncy, smiling children! One exclaimed, “We’re selling cards!” and held up a few loose greeting cards. When I asked how much they cost, the little boy said, “No, lady, it doesn’t cost money. It’s for free!” They handed me a card, then bounded off, leaving me happy but perplexed. This well-worn and discolored greeting card made me smile, and the pleasant memory of these children knocking at my door has lasted many decades.

Frequently, I think I know who’s knocking at the door. Too often, I expect that cost will be involved. Thankfully that’s not God’s way of giving. God comes to the door with gifts in hand, and they are given freely.

God uses the simplest of gifts to make a lasting impact on our lives. When we give to others and serve God, we can help God to bless others.

Today's Prayer

Lord Jesus, help us to receive with gratitude the gifts that come to us. May we be willing to take time from our schedules and open the doors you knock on today. Amen.

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