Fri, 18 Jan (1 Samuel 8:20)

We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us.
1 Samuel 8:20

Devotion snippets: "Have you resigned yourself to settling for less than what God envisioned for you? Have you embraced some other king? It's easy for pride, greed, or apathy to usurp the throne of our hearts." by Phillis Harris-Brooks

Saint's Day: I mistakenly referenced yesterday as the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua. As St. Anthony of Padua is known for helping Christians find lost things, he apparently helped me find this correction :). Yesterday was actually the feast day of St. Anthony the Abbot who is known as the Father of Christian Monasticism. Read more about this extraordinary Christian at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_the_Great.

LIFE Prayers blog: We have a separate prayer request blog to "post" prayers and use "comments" to update the prayers. Here is the link to sign up: LIFE Prayers blog. The header of the LIFE Devotions blog has a link for the LIFE Prayers blog. Let us strive to integrate daily prayer into our lives..."prayer changes things"!

Liz Curry posted this prayer request yesterday: "A family friend, David, was severely burned over 80% of his body in Nov. God has done a mighty healing in David, he has received all the skin grafts needed and is currently @ home to finish the healing process. This happen so quickly, the doctors are amazed, all the praise goes to Our Almighty God, our Healer! Please keep David in your prayers to complete his healing in minimal time and with no pain."

Sr. Francelle's Faith blog: If you want to see her wonderful weekly faith application messages, simply accept the blog invite that Rich sends out or click this link: Sr. Francelle’s Faith blog. I sent out a Sr. Francelle example message yesterday.

LIFE Devotions blog: These daily devotion e-mails are posted on the LIFE Devotion blog. To sign up, please click this link: LIFE Devotions blog.

Through Christ Our Lord,
Pat
Phil 4:13