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June 10, 2017

Waving the Flag

Joseph H. Prater IV (North Carolina)

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and 
do not rely on your own insight. - Proverbs 3:5 (NRSV)

Like many other places, my hometown has a maze, cut into a field of corn. This corn maze covers six acres and can be very confusing and difficult to complete. Each person or group who begins the journey is given a flag to carry along the way. Outside the maze...

Today's Prayer
Dear Father, help us to lean on you and not on our own understanding. Show us your love and mercy. As Jesus taught us, we pray, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Luke 11:2-4, kjv). Amen.
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Proverbs 3:5-10

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