Pastor Randy Leitzel

"Thankful Prayers"

A new pastor, eager to make sure the church's employees would like him, called them together shortly before Thanksgiving Day approached and told them that each of them would receive a turkey, "In fact," he added, "as long as I'm around, you will always have a turkey."

I'm not giving out any turkeys for Thanksgiving but I do want you to know that as long as I'm around I will, with thankfulness, remember you in my prayers.  I would like to echo the works of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:3-6, 9-11:

I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and my be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God.

May this month be one of blessing and thanksgiving in Christ Jesus!

~Pastor Randy