Thursday, October 15^th, 2020
A weekday e-mailer from
Matt Matthews
 
To Members and Friends of 
First Presbyterian Church
Champaign, Illinois
 
Dear Friends,
 
from Diane Mortensen/Map of USA
 
A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl. She wanted to know what the United States looked like. Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the country.

Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to her and said, ‘Go into the other room and see if you can put this together.

After a few minutes, she returned and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together.
 
The father was surprised and asked how she had finished so quickly..

‘Oh,’ she said, ‘on the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus. When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, then our country just came together.’
 
News

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Humor (Hard times need godly laughter): 
 
You’ve heard this story before about the sixteen-year-old who passes his driving test. He asks his father if he’ll help him to buy his first car. His father makes a deal with his son. “You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible every day, and get your hair cut. Then we’ll talk about the car.’”
 
The boy agreed.
 
After about six weeks his father said “Son, you’ve brought your grades up and I’ve observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I’m disappointed you haven’t had your hair cut.”
 
The boy said, “You know, Dad, I’ve been thinking about that, and I’ve noticed in my studies of the Bible that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair, and there’s strong evidence that Jesus had long hair.”
 
“Did you also notice,” his dad said, “they all walked everywhere they went?”
 
Good Word:
 
Psalm 139
 
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me . . .
 
7 Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.
 
LET US PRAY:
 
Our Father, who art in heaven, 
hallowed be thy name, 
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, 
on earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread; 
and forgive us our debts, 
as we forgive our debtors; 
and lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, forever.   
Amen.
 
Much, much love to you all.
 
Matt Matthews
Cell: 864.386.9138
Matt@FirstPres.Church