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 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 This verse never really hits home until we go through times of pain and loss. There are families right now in our community of faith that are dealing with massive challenges beyond what a person normally faces in life. COVID is gripping their family or they are unable to leave their home because the risk is far greater than the reward. Some are losing loved ones and while it's difficult to lose anyone at any time, it's truly a tragedy to lose someone under these circumstances. Over the past three weeks I personally know of four people who have passed who impacted my life in some shape form or fashion. I have felt the pains of their families and the sorrows of their losses. Sometimes these feelings of the pains and losses are just too much to bear so we begin to ask the one question that's impossible to answer: why? I could tell you a lot of christianese that would try to answer this question for you, but I won't. There's not an answer that will suffice or a solution so astounding to this age-old question. We live in a world that is full of tragedy and unfortunate circumstances. From the moment Adam and Eve decided to change the trajectory of our lives we were guaranteed to face hardship. We cannot change this fact and no eloquently stated answer as to why things happen will bring ultimate comfort to our world. It's why we turn to this verse in Philippians when we face unimaginable loss and grief. There is something in us that knows the problems of the world cannot be completely solved but that in our grief or pain we need comfort of which we cannot attain on our own. Comfort that can only come from a source beyond our own making, comfort from our Heavenly Father. The writer writes from what I believe are from their own experiences to tell us to go to God with all our troubles, especially in our darkest hour of need. Because there is a peace in God that cannot be explained, found, or achieved in any other way. Confessing our pains and grieving over our losses are part of the process but we were never meant to do that alone. We were meant to live in the loving arms of Christ as he comforts us in our need. He guards us with his overwhelming grace so that we do not lose ourselves mentally, spiritually, or emotionally. He emphatically loves us and desires peace for us not just in eternity but in the here and now. He is everything we need even when we feel like nothing can bring us the comfort we desire. He can be our hope, he can be our peace, and he can even be our joy when we need it the most. Prayerfully confessing our lives to him and supplicating our prayer life in His Word with other like-minded believers is crucial as we process our pains and losses. Here is where he uses the Church for the benefit of His Glory; to be his physical hands and feet. He calls us to love those who are suffering in their pain and loss; to care for the widows and orphans, to comfort those who grieve, and to bless those who have little. Then we are blessed with his peace, but not just any peace. Peace that is beyond our own understanding of how loving and generous He is. Peace that surrounds us when we are in our most desperate hour. Peace that overwhelms us in all the good ways. His peace that loves us ever abundantly even when we are dealing with the most traumatic events in life. I will not tell you it's easy because it's not. I will however say that it's possible because I believe in His saving grace and power. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he can provide the peace we need because He is bigger than our greatest pains and losses. Keep The Faith, Pastor Tommy 

We will hold a Safe Sanctuary Training in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, September 26, after the 1030a service… lunch will be provided. This training is for Staff, anyone working with children or youth and anyone who is interested in working with children or youth. Please call Katie at 478-397-5243 or the office at 478-953-3090 to sign up so we’ll know how much food to have 

• Children's Director 
• Nursery Worker/Coordinator 
• Audio Video Coordinator 

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