James, Jr and Bryson

Bryson Monroe Douglas, August 31, 2009, Blessings on the Covenant Children!

Psalm 89: 1-4
I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;

in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

‘I will establish your offspring forever,

and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Grandparent's Prayer....from Psalm 71

O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.

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James D.N. Douglas, Jr, born August 6, 2009....His blessings are from generation to generation. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 145
Great Is the Lord
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I will extol you, my God and King,

and bless your name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,

and his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall commend your works to another,

and shall declare your mighty acts.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty,

and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,

and I will declare your greatness.

They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness

and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

The Lord is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

and all your saints shall bless you!

They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,

to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,

and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.

The Lord upholds all who are falling

and raises up all who are bowed down.

The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food in due season.

You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

The Lord is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;

he also hears their cry and saves them.

The Lord preserves all who love him,

but all the wicked he will destroy.

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,

and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

A Family Wedding

We enjoyed being with my sister and all the Glover family for their first daughter's wedding this past weekend. We are definitely looking forward to their next 9 weddings....this one set the bar pretty high on the "souther style" hospitality bench-mark. Esther married Greg Norman. The wedding was held in The Stanley House in downtown Marietta, a restored antebellum home, the perfect setting to welcome all Greg's family and friends who came down from Chicago. We really enjoyed being with all the Glover and Nettles family and meeting Greg's family. My sister made the wedding cake! It tasted almost like a pound cake with peach filling...yumm yumm.

Communion on the Moon

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/07/20/communion-on-the-moon/

Monday, July 20, 2009, 1:08 AM
Joe Carter
Forty years ago today astronaut Buzz Aldrin made history by being the first man to take communion on the surface of the moon. Eric Metaxas relates the remarkable tale:
The background to the story is that Aldrin was an elder at his Presbyterian Church in Texas during this period in his life, and knowing that he would soon be doing something unprecedented in human history, he felt he should mark the occasion somehow, and he asked his pastor to help him. And so the pastor consecrated a communion wafer and a small vial of communion wine. And Buzz Aldrin took them with him out of the Earth’s orbit and on to the surface of the moon.
He and Armstrong had only been on the lunar surface for a few minutes when Aldrin made the following public statement: “This is the LM pilot. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.” He then ended radio communication and there, on the silent surface of the moon, 250,000 miles from home, he read a verse from the Gospel of John, and he took communion.
Read the rest to hear how famed atheist Madelyn Murray O’Hare prevented Aldrin from reading the communion passage back to the people on earth.

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Church Unity....

Here's a link to our Sunday sermon on the topic of Church unity.

July 12, 2009 Unity (Psalm 133; John 17:20-26; Phil. 2:1-4). For sermon follow-up, click here.

Pray without ceasing.

God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Savior, the Prince of Peace: Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions; take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord; that, as there is but one Body and one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.