Thanks Pat for sharing this with us.  I am continuing to pray for Vernon and 
you.

Hugs,

Virgie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:31 AM
Subject: We are In This Together


> >Hi Loving Ones,
>
> I really like this, and I know some of you already receive Donnie Parretts 
> Daily Bible Readings, but this one is excellent. I wanted to share it with 
> those of you who don't receive it.
>
> We need to keep praying for our Churches, and all the people who attend 
> them. I love them all! <squeeze>
>
> You are all Loving! <squeeze>
>
> Please read below.
>
> Lovingly,
>
> Pat Ferguson
>
>
>>WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
>>
>>
>>"But now
>>God
>>  has set the members, each one of them, in the
>>body
>>just as He pleased"
>>I Corinthians
>>  12:18
>>I have noticed a disturbing trend among
>>Christians.
>>More and more I hear people say things like, "The church would be better 
>>off without so and so" or
>>"Why don't they just leave, we'd all be better off."
>>I've even heard Christians say they wished other people dead. I Pray that 
>>they were exaggerating,
>>but still underlying all of this talk is a serious sense
>>that many of us feel we can do without the others.
>>
>>I hate to be the one to break this to you, but, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. 
>>We can't just pick and
>>choose who we go through life with and we certainly can't
>>pick and choose who God has decided to put us into fellowship with in the 
>>church.
>>
>>Paul has a wonderful way of putting this into focus in I Corinthians 
>>12:21-26 "And the eye cannot
>>say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the
>>head to the feet, "I have no need of you." No, much rather, those members 
>>of the body which seem to
>>be weaker are necessary. And those members of the body
>>which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and 
>>our un-presentable parts
>>have greater modesty, but our presentable parts have
>>no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that 
>>part which lacks it, that
>>there should be no schism in the body, but that the members
>>should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all 
>>the members suffer with
>>it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice
>>with it."
>>Can you get this picture of one part of the body arguing with the other 
>>telling it to leave. What
>>kind of life would we live if that were the case. Likewise,
>>if we are going around thinking that another member of the body of Christ 
>>is expendable then we
>>cause the body to suffer and when the body suffers we suffer
>>along with it. I might also add this goes for those who are not yet 
>>members of the body. We must
>>never "write off" someone as too bad to be saved. We all
>>need each other. Once we lose sight of that we have lost sight of the 
>>Gospel of
>>Jesus Christ
>>  who died for us all and not just those we like to have around. Amen and 
>> Amen.
>>
>>~~~~~
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>>Skype Prayer Time.
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>>
>>
>>Contact Me At:
>>Donnie Parrett
>>1956 Asa Flat Road
>>Annville, Kentucky  40402
>>Home Phone:  606-364-3321
>>Church Phone:  606-364-PRAY
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