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O Father God in Heaven above, Come & teach us how to love! 
Because of this, You died alone. Tonight we pray, Thy Kingdom come! 
Come visit us, our hearts are still; Teach us Lord, to do Thy will. 
We've come together, left our home; Lord, visit us: Thy Kingdom come! 

O give us Lord, Your bread to eat! Let us approach Your mercy seat! 
Forgive us all our sins at last. Thy Kingdom comes: Our sin is past! 
Let us forgive as You do Lord! In willing obedience to Your Word. 
Thank you Lord, Your work is done! We can FEEL your Kingdom come! 

Do not tempt us Lord, we pray, but keep us strong in You each day. 
Deliver us from the evil one, who does not wish Thy Kingdom come. 
When two brothers reconcile; embrace each other with a smile, 
Apologize for what they've done, Then we know God's Kingdom's come! 

Thy Kingdom is not empty words, but unity with our sweet Lord; 
And with one another, too. Teach us Lord, to know what's True! 
Thy Kingdom Lord, is deep within: The Peace we find, forgiven of sin. 
Thy quiet Voice has healed our pain. During worship Lord,
Your Kingdom came! 

PRAYING HANDS Story

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg,
lived a family with 18 children. In order merely to keep food on
the table, the father, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost
18 hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could
find in the neighborhood. Despite their condition, two of
Albrecht Durer the Elder's children wanted to pursue their talent
for art, but they knew full well that their father would never
be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to
study at the Academy. 

After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out a pact.
They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby
mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended
the academy. Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his
studies in 4 years, he would support the other brother at the academy,
either with sales of his artwork, or also by laboring in the mines.
They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church.
Albrecht Durer (Junior) won the toss and went off to Nuremberg.

Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next 4 years,
financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate
sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far
better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he
graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his
commissioned works. 

When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held
a festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant
homecoming. After a long and memorable meal, punctuated with music
and laughter, Albrecht rose from his honored position at the head
of the table to drink a toast to his beloved brother for the years
of sacrifice that had enabled Albrecht to fulfill his ambition.
His closing words were, "And now, Albert, it is your turn. Now you can
go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."

All heads turned in eager expectation to the far end of the table
where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, shaking his
lowered head from side to side while he sobbed and repeated,
over and over, "No, no, no, no." Albert rose and wiped the tears from
his cheeks. He glanced down the long table at the faces he loved,
and then, holding his hands close to his right cheek, he said softly,
"No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me.
Look; look what 4 years in the mines have done to my hands!

The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and lately
I have been suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I
cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less make delicate
lines on parchment or canvas with a pen or a brush. 
No, brother ... for me it is too late." 

More than 450 years have passed. By now, Albrecht Durer's hundreds of
masterful portraits, pen and silver-point sketches, watercolors,
charcoals, woodcuts, and copper engravings hang in every great museum
in the world, but the odds are great that you, like most people,
are familiar with only one of Albrecht Durer's works. More than merely
being familiar with it, you very well may have a reproduction
hanging in your home or office. 

One day, to pay homage to Albert for all that he had sacrificed,
Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's abused hands with
palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his
powerful drawing simply "Hands," but the entire world almost
immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and
renamed his tribute of love  "The Praying Hands." 

The next time you see a copy of that touching creation,
take a second look.  Let it be your reminder,
if you still need one, that no one ever makes it alone! 


A CHILD's PRAYER 



Although the above is commonly called The Lord's Prayer, 
the REAL Lord's prayer is found in John 17. 
This beautiful chapter shows the relationship of Jesus to 
His Father, God, and their love and concern for us. 
Jesus prayed we would be ONE, not 101

ANOTHER WAY to PRAY

An old gentleman was strolling through the park one beautiful day,
when he came upon a child sitting on a bench.  The 6 year old was
very busy saying his ABCs.  The old man waited till he was through,
then said, 
"I SEE YOU'RE PRACTICING YOUR ALPHABET"

The boy looked up at the old man & replied, 
"NO, I WAS PRAYING!"  

Praying?  The old gentleman asked. 

"Yes" said the boy, "You see I don't know how to pray very well,
so I just give GOD the letters & He puts them into the right words!
 
We do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself
intercedes for us, He searches the Mind of God. - Romans 8:26

Formula for Success
Read the Holy Scriptures, Pray, & TITHE

   

GOD's NEWS




THIS IS THE JUDGMENT
that the Light has come into the world, 
and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, 
for their deeds were evil.  

GOD so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
Eternal LIFE. For God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

He who believes in Him is not judged;
he who does not believe has been judged already, 
because he has not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God.  John 3:16-19