Sunday

“But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself

him who is godly;

the Lord will hear when I call to Him.”

~Psalm 4:3~

Linda Williams shared this request:

Kathy McDaniel Dyer, speech therapist at Spring Creek Elementary, has been on medical leave this school year. She will have intestinal surgery Monday morning in New Orleans and needs our prayers for healing.

Sherry Cummings asks that you pray for her family.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD

“Then he said to his disciples,

‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,

to send out workers into his harvest field.'”

Matthew 9:37-38, (NKJV)

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the International Prayer Strategy Office, joining you in prayer for laborers.

In April, five hopeful men flew deep in the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to seek out Ngando people, an unreached people group. They found the people but very few food choices: bananas, papayas, peanuts, brown beans and rice or fried cassava plus free-range chickens. A videographer was with the five and took footage for a new video on the five top unreached people groups in the DRC. Pray for a couple or a family to join the Congo Team, working with the Ngando people.

The Maluti Mountains in Lesotho are massive and cold, towering over hundreds of small, remote villages that are only accessible by horseback or foot. Please pray for the Basotho of the Maluti Mountains, asking the Father to break down the barriers of distance and isolation in order to bring the Good News of salvation to these villages.

In Brazil, eight strategic positions need to be filled. Strategy coordinators, team leaders and church planter strategists are needed to form, train and lead teams to reach large rural areas and strategic cities throughout Brazil.

Workers who are willing to learn are needed to reach the Jat Sikhs of India. Pray that they will faithfully pass along what they learn. Ask God to provide all that is needed to see a core group of such “church-planting movement catalysts” begin working within the next year.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the time appears to be right for a young male short-term worker to come and teach English as a Second Language (ESL), provide computer training, and be part of the “Coffee World” seeker discipleship meetings.

Team Bulgaria is praying for English teachers, computer teachers, rural outreach strategists and others

* Please pray with all these teams that the Lord will send out workers into His harvest field.

Tesshe Mae Hutchinson Travis
(July 14, 1927 – August 22, 2008)

U.S. Veteran Died at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, August 22, 2008 at Tangi-Pines Nursing Home in Amite. She was a native of St. Helena Parish and a resident of Amite. Age 81 years and a veteran of the U. S. Navy. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2008 and at First United Methodist Church, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2008. Services conducted by Rev. Brady Whitton. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg. She is survived by her husband, Monroe Madison Travis, Amite; brother, Preston Hutchinson, New Orleans; aunt, Mary Tibbits, Denison, TX. She was preceded in death by her son, James Monroe “Jim” Travis; parents, Jake Simpson Hutchinson and Rose Branch Hutchinson.

Mrs.Lucille A. Morgan
(August 16, 1915 – August 22, 2008)

Mrs. Lucille A. Morgan born August 16, 1915, passed away at 9:55AM, Friday, August 22, 2008 at the Kentwood Manor Nursing Home, Kentwood. She was 93, a native of Tangipahoa Parish and a resident of Kentwood. She was the daughter of the late Bennie & Ora H. Strickland.

Mrs. Lucille is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eddis Axvig and husband, Bob, Kentwood, a son, Lloyd Morgan and wife, Elizabeth, Dallas, TX, 2 brothers, Buel Strickland, Kentwood & J T Strickland, Kentwood, a step-mother, Mrs. Jewel Strickland, Kentwood, 2 half sisters, Mrs. Rose Rohner, Kentwood, & Mrs. Sissy Mixon, Kentwood, a half brother, Ben Strickland, Kentwood, 2 grandchildren, Rene’ McDaniel, Kentwood & Duane Morgan, McComb, MS, a great grandson, Iley McDaniel, Kentwood, & 4 great great-grandchildren, Austin, Jon Jon, Joey & Alexis McDaniel, and numerous nieces & nephews.

Also preceded in death by her husband, James H. Morgan, and a brother, D. V. Strickland.

Visitation will be Monday, August 25, 2008 at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite from 9:00AM until Religious Services in the Funeral Home Chapel at 12 noon with the Rev. Bill Galloway, officiating. Interment in the Lewiston Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W next to Coggins-Gentry Ford.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

 

Here is a list of:
Rules For Dealing With Women

* The female always makes the rules.
* The rules are subject to change at any time without prior
notification.
* No male can possibly know all the rules.
* If the female suspects the male knows all the rules, she must
immediately change some or all the rules.

* The female is never wrong.
* If the female is wrong, it is due to a misunderstanding which
was a direct result of something the male did or said wrong.
* If the above applies, the male must apologize immediately for
causing the misunderstanding.
* An apology without flowers is not an apology.

* The female may change her mind at any time.
* The male must never change his mind at any time without the
expressed consent of the female.
* The male may not point out that the female has changed her mind.

* The female has every right to be angry or upset at any time.
* The male must remain calm at all times, unless the female wants
him to be angry or upset.
* The female must, under no circumstances, let the male know
whether or not she wants him to be angry or upset.

* No anger or emotional outburst on the part of the female may be
blamed on PMS. This will result in swift and extreme retribution.
* The male may not inquire if the female is angry or upset.
* The male may not inquire when the female will be ready.
* The male is expected to mind-read at all times.

* Any attempt to document these rules may result in bodily harm or
death to the male.

Relationships are complicated! When I do pre-marital counseling, I always spend some time talking about the expectations that each one has of the other as they enter into marriage (“I expect her to do all the cooking”, “I expect him to stay home and work in the yard on Saturdays”). Sometimes without even realizing it, we expect a certain behavior from others. And if they don’t exhibit that expected behavior, then we let them know that they have disappointed us.

God has expectations for us as well, though certainly nothing unreasonable. And, as in human relationships, when we fail to meet His expectations, we let Him down. Listen to these words spoken to the people of Judah:

“My Well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. He dug it up and cleared out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, and also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, please, between Me and My vineyard. What more could have been done to My vineyard That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?” (Isaiah 5:1b-4)

Just a question for your consideration today: Is God finding in your life what He expects to find?

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Is God finding in my life what He expects to find?

Is God finding in your life what He expects to find?

Anna Lee