Today’s Scripture

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 100:2 (KJV)

(Did you find yourself singing those words?”

Prayer Focus

Let’s start with some prayers of Thanksgiving and end with specific prayer requests. Add the prayers you choose:

Thanksgiving:

Requests:

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 11
• II Chronicles 6-8

Obituaries

There are no new obituaries listed early this morning.

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Pray for people around the world experiencing troubles we cannot imagine.

Sunday School Lesson

• August 16
• “Compromise”
• Judges 16: 16-31

“And now we thank you, Our God, and praise your glorious name.”

1 Chronicles 29:13

Missions

We have several mission projects at church that are yearly. The Georgia Barnette Offering is a focus each fall on missions in Louisiana. I’m sure we all know those who live in the Kentwood area and even in our families who need to hear about and choose Jesus. Helpping in building new churches, outreach in campgrounds, disaster relief are all small parts of what is done here through Georgia Barnette. The people focused on by this area look like us and grew up in the same areas as we did. The difference is they do not KNOW Jesus.

Another Scripture

“That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!” Psalm 30:12

Coming Soon – Grief Support

The four Sundays of September from 4:00-5:00 P.M., lesson about grief support will be taught. Call the church office at 229-8111 or sign up in the church foyer.

In closing, …

Today, spend some time thinking of and praying for those we know around us, but who have not crossed our path recently.

Anna Lee

Scripture for Today

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

Thankfulness:

Bro. Darryl’s good report last week

George Bales was able to be at church yesterday.

Ora Lee Wilson’s surgery is scheduled for a week from today.

Ferrie Gene Blackmon is better.

Add some of your own thankfulness to the list.

Prayer Focus

Update your personal prayer list. Be sure to include the many boys and girls who will be beginning classes this week.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 10
• II Chronicles 2-5

No New Obituaries This Morning

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Choose the articles to read this morning.

Sunday School Lesson

The lesson yesterday told about how unpredictable and effective God’s plans can be. God greatly reduced the number of men going into battle and gave some very unpredictable plans for overcoming the enemy! God’s plan worked!

Devotional Thought

“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God,

that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.”

Hebrew 13:15

Fall Food Round-up at the LA Baptist Children’s Home in Monroe

Currently Most Needed Food Items

• Sugar: Regular, brown, and powdered sugar.
• Cooking Oil: Standard vegetable or canola oils.
• Canned Meats: Tuna, chicken, and spam.
• Pantry Staples: Peanut butter, cereal, pasta, and rice.
• Baking & Seasoning: Seasonings like taco or sloppy joe mixes, spices, and cake mixes. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Most Needed Household & Non-Food Items

• Paper Goods: Bathroom tissue and paper towels.
• Cleaning Supplies: Clorox bleach wipes, kitchen and bathroom disinfectant sprays, and dishwasher detergent.
• Laundry Needs: HE liquid laundry detergent and stain removers.
• Storage: Gallon and two-gallon freezer bags. [1, 2]

The pick-up at First Baptist Church (FBC), Kentwood is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

With the list and the pickup date, you should be able to make purchases of the most needed items and be able to get them to church for the correct date. At FBC, you can leave your purchases at the north end of the front hallway of the Fellowhip Hall.

You are probably like me and know of several children who have been placed in the Children’s Home due to less than ideal family situations. The children age-out better able to provide for their needs and needs for the family.

Make some good memories today.

Anna Lee

Happy Sunday morning. I hope this is the start of another great Lord’s Day for you!

A Scripture for Us Today

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 

 John 15:16

Prayer Focus for Today

I pray that the you will be able to apply the Scriptures you study in Sunday School and church today today to your life.

Read the Bible in 2028

• August 9
• I Chronicles 28:-29 and II Chronicles 1

Obituary

Hollis Eugene Raborn, Jr.

Mar 14, 1936 — Aug 7, 2026

Hollis Eugene Raborn, Jr.

A resident of Greensburg, LA, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Hammond Nursing Home in Hammond, LA. He was born March 14, 1936 in Greensburg, LA and was 90 years of age. He is survived by his 2 sons, Ricky Raborn and wife, Pam and Brian Raborn; 1 daughter, Cheryl and Joe Apostle; grandchildren, Joseph R. Lancaster, Sr. and Kristen Raborn; great-grandchildren, Joseph R. Lancaster, Jr., Benjamin Raborn Smith, Maddox Rineheart, and Henry Raborn Cothern. Preceded in death by his wife, Patsy N. Raborn; father, Hollis E. Raborn, Sr.; and mother, Lena Raborn. Visitation at First Baptist Church of Greensburg from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Services conducted by Bro. Shawn Ostoj. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

(I taught two of his three children. I enjoyed knowing them.)

Additional Scripture for the Lord’s Day

“Let’s come before him with thanks! Let’s shout songs of joy to him! The Lord is a great God, the great king over all other gods.” Psalm 95:2-3

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Sunday School

I hope we will all enjoy and learn from today’s lesson. “Trust”.

Missions

I hope you will encourage and support at least one form of missions through your church today. Enable others to hear of and learn about Jesus. “Pass it On”!

COMING SOON

A special class for four week of study on “Grief”. You can sign up today at church.

Closing Scripture

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.  Isaiah 43:2

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Scripture for Today

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

Prayer Focus

Today let’s pray for people around the world who are struggling with sickness, housing problems, relationships, etc. May they turn in God to help with their problems.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 8
• I Chronicles 25-27

Obituary

Lydia Grace McKnight

Aug 2, 1984 — Aug 11, 2026

Brandon, MS

Lydia Grace McKnight, 42, passed away on Tues. Aug. 4, 2026. Visitation will be held on Tues. Aug. 11, 2026, from 10am-11:15am at Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 11:30am on Tues. Aug. 11, 2026, at Crossgates Baptist Church with burial in the Alford Cemetery in Kentwood, LA. Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS is handling arrangements.

Lydia was born on Aug. 2, 1984, in Baton Rouge, LA. She graduated from Nursing School in 2016 and served as a nurse for 10 years, in which she earned several Daisey Awards for her care and support. Lydia’s favorite color was green, she enjoyed Harry Potter movies, making jewelry, crocheting, singing and listing to music. Most of all she loved traveling to the mountains and spending time with her daughter. She was greatly loved by her family and will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her daughter, MaKayla Moon; parents, Michael & Gina McKnight; sister, Sara McKnight (Seth Graham) and her nephews, Samuel Graham, Seth Michael Graham and Henry Graham.

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Sunday School Lesson (August 9)

• “Trust”
• Judges 7:1-8, 19-23

Prayer Request

George Bales is at home. Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Pray for Ora Lee Wilson as she awaits surgery.

Devotional

“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.”
Isaiah 58:10

Coming Soon – Pine Ridge Ladies Bible Study based on The Girl’s Still Got It by Lizz Curtis Higgs. September will be here soon.

Also coming in September – Study on Grief at FBC, Kentwood. The classes will be on Sunday afternoons. Contact the church office for additional information.

One More Scripture

“Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.”  1 Thessalonians 5:15

Have a wonderful day!

Anna Lee

A Scripture to Start Our Day

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men. Isaiah 29:13 (KJV)

Prayer Focus

Today, each of us can choose our own prayer focus according to what is on our hearts and written in our prayer journals..

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 7
• I Chronicles 22-24

No New Obituaries for our Area Today

Obituary for a Former Roseland Resident Many of You May Remember:

Wilton Earl Hughes

January 7, 1940 – August 3, 2026

IN THE CARE OF

Drum Funeral Home – Conover, North Carolina

Wilton Earl Hughes passed on August 3, 2026, at the age of 86.

Wilton lived in Claremont, North Carolina.

A Graveside Service will be held at Oxford Baptist Church , 5965 Springs Rd., Conover, North Carolina 28613, on August 15, 2026, at 10:00 am.

(I knew the family when I was a child and later taught both of his daughters.)

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Sunday School Lesson (If you have not already begun to prepare for Sunday, you may want to do so today.)

• “Trust”
• Judges 7:1-8,19-23

A Devotional Thought

“Let’s come before him with thanks! Let’s shout songs of joy to him! The Lord is a great God, the great king over all other gods.” Psalm 95:2-3

Have a wonderful day including times of pray periodically as He leads you.

Anna Lee

A Scripture for Today

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ. 

 Colossians 2:8

Prayer Focus

George Bales had a better day yesterday. Only God know abouts the day any of us is facing today!

Use your prayer list and the list in the church’s Wednesday night bulletin to guide your prayers today. There are many in need of prayers on any given day.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 6
• I Chronicles 18-21

Obituaries

There are no new local obituaries this posted this morning.

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Choose the articles you wish to read today.

Sunday School Lesson

• August 9 – “Trust”
• Judges 7:1-8,19-23

Additional Scriptures for Today

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

  Matthew 25:40

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ‘God is a consuming fire.'”

Hebrews 12:28-29

“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.”

Psalm 107:8-9

Blessing of the Backpacks

Sunday, we will have the blessing of the backpacts during the Children’s Moment. Parents, you are asked to allow your child to bring their backpack to church this Sunday for a very special prayer time for this this school year.

Thank-you for checking in and for praying!

Anna Lee

Today’s Scripture

“These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me…And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.”

Matthew 15:8-9

Prayer Focus

Pray for George Bales who is in ICU at North Oaks. As you pray for him, pray for his family and the medical staff.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 5
• I Chronicles 15-17

No New Obituaries for Our Area this Morning

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Now that America is 250, how should Christians keep standing for their faith?

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/now-that-america-is-250-how-should-christians-keep-standing-for-their-faith

Scripture about Thankfulness

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Colossians 3:16

Scripture about Service

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’   Matthew 25:40

Today, and any day, is always a good day to work on your personal prayer list and to pray.

Anna Lee

Today’s Scripture

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 

 John 14:23 (KJV)

Today’s Prayer Focus – Loving God

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 4
• I Chronicles 12-14

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Sunday School Lesson

• August 9
• “Trust”
• Judges 7:1-8,19-23

Death

Wilton Hughes, a former resident of Roseland, died yesterday. (David saw a post from one of his daughters.) Wilton was 86 years old. I’ll share more when the information is available.

Devotional Thought

“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.”   

Colossians 3:23-24

Mission Involvement

If you are involved in an ongoing mission project, great! Keeping working.

If you are not involved in a hands on and ongoing mission project, gather some information and make a choice. Then, get involved. You’ll be blessed,

Coming Soon

A four Sunday class about dealing with grief will begin in September. Call the church office for more information and to sign up.

Closing Scripture

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. 

Proverbs 23:17-18

Be an encourager today. There are folks who need you today.

Anna Lee

Good Morning. Let’s start the day with this Scripture.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.

Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you.

Yes, I will help you.

Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

 Isaiah 41:10

Prayer Focus

Please continue to pray for George Bales who has been hospitalized at North Oaks since Friday. He is scheduled for medical tests today.

Also, pray for Ora Lee Wilson as she has waited a long time for a procedure she needs.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 3
• I Chronicles 9-11

Obituaries

This in early on Monday, so there are no new obituaries listed at this time.

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I’ve already found several articles I plan to read later.

A Verse of Thanksgiving

Some of the things you might want to thank God for today:

• Family
• Little children
• God’s Word

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Special Prayer Request

Pray for teachers as they begin a new school year today. I can easily imagine all they have to do today. Pray for the teachers you know by name.

I am so thankful God chose teaching for my career and for the many students I had the opportunity to teach. Thank God for allowing us to have our chosen careers. Some, but not all, are blessed to become teachers.

I understand students will begin classes next week. I’m sure many are still enjoying their summer vacation….

Coming Soon

The Pine Ridge Bible Study will resume next month. We will be studying about the Biblical character, Ruth. Contact Kathy Wales if you need more information.

Have a wonderful Monday.

Anna Lee

Thank-you, God, for waking me up this morning.

A Scripture for Today

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father.” Romans 8:15

Prayer Focus

Let pray for Bible study and worship in churches today – your church, my church, churches along the highways, and churches in little settlements on the backroads all through the countryside.

Read the Bible in 2026

• August 2
• I Chronicles 7-8

Obituaries

There are no new obituaries listed for today in our area.

Baptist Press

Perhaps there is an article here that interests you today.

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A Verse of Thanksgiving

“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.”

Ephesians 1:16

I’m excited to see and hear what God has planned for us today.

Anna Lee