Greetings Family,

Ponder these thoughts …

“Whatever the need of the moment, the answer is to be found in Scripture, if we take the time to search for it.” (Page 1 - The Bible Promise Book)

For this week (July 30 through August 5), we beseech you (once again) to ‘pray and meditate on the prayer themes, scriptures, and the words from these beautiful songs. Trust and Engage. If possible, let's pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

  • Believe, God has the answers
    • Hebrews 12:28 (NRSV) 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe

Before The Throne
Before the throne is where we come
To offer praise and seek wisdom
You have torn the veil that separates
No more outside now in Your grace.

Before the throne is where we come
To offer praise and seek wisdom
You have torn the veil that separates
No more outside now in Your grace

So we bow as we enter the throne room
And we cast ourselves down at Your feet
We cry holy, thou art holy, there is none like thee.
In Your presence is where we must be

Prepare our hearts for service now
When we fall short please show us how
Guide us with Your truth, ancient of days
Renew our hearts and cleanse our way

So we bow as we enter the throne room
And we cast ourselves down at Your feet
We cry holy, thou art holy, there is none like thee
In Your presence is where we must be

So we bow as we enter the throne room
And we cast ourselves down at Your feet
We cry holy, thou art holy, there is none like thee
In Your presence is where we must be.
Credited to Shekinah Glory Ministry

  • Believe, God has the answers – Submission To God's Will
    • Psalm 143:10 (NIV) 10 Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
    • Romans 12:2 (KJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
    • Ephesians 6:6 (KJV) 6 not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Give Me A Clean Heart
Give me a clean heart
so I may serve thee.
Lord, fix my heart so that I
may be used by thee.
For I'm not worthy
of all those blessings.
Give me a clean heart,
and I'll follow thee.
Author Margaret J. Douroux, 1970

  • Sunday School Lesson (8/05) – God’s Justice
  • Romans 2:1-12 (NRSV) 1 Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. 2 You say, “We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is in accordance with truth.” 3 Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 For he will repay according to each one’s deeds: 7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be anguish and distress for everyone who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no partiality. 12 All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

[Come join us, as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s Sunday school lesson]

As we continue seeking the will of God and His discernment through the processes of prayer and meditation, we invite you to not only incorporate our Scripture & Meditation Focus into your daily life via the weekly newsletter insert, but also the entire archive on the Church website (Allen-Temple.org; click Pastoral Transition on the top blue bar of the home page), but to also join us at our Thursday Pastoral Transition Prayer Hours in the Sanctuary. The Prayer Hour will be followed by Thursday Evening Bible Study taught by Pastor Smith and Reverend Olu Bereola. Dates and times are:

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, August 9 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, August 23 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, September 6 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, September 20 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, October 4 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm


God Bless!!!