Wednesday

There are three things that will endure –

faith, hope, and love –

and the greatest of these is love.

~1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT)~

Pray for families who have lost loved ones through death recently.

  • Benefield family
  • Williams family
  • Dunn family
  • etc.

Pray for the lost family members that they may find salvation through Jesus.

  • Supply you personal family list.

Pray for many who have been housebound or requiring medical care lately.

  • Charley and Katherine Kuss
  • Nat McKinney
  • Hannah Shockley
  • Susie Wales
  • Annie Bell Harrell
  • etc.

Benefield, Jerry Nell McGeehe

East Fork Baptist Church, Kentwood, at 10:30 a.m.

Baptist Press

September 23, 2008

TENNESSEE–Hunt calls for a ‘Great Commission resurgence.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28973

TENNESSEE–Excellent progress at home & abroad, Chapman says. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28974

CALIFORNIA–Calif. Southern Baptist board endorses marriage amend. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28975

TEXAS–Ike recovery heads into long-term phase. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28976

LOUISIANA–ADVISORY: Hurricane deductibles threaten church budgets. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28977

GEORGIA–Despairing refugees find hope in feeding ministry. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28978

FLORIDA–FIRST-PERSON (James A. Smith Sr.): Saudi textbooks, religious freedom and why it matters. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28979

WEDNESDAY WINDOW ON THE WORLD – September 24, 2008

SHAN DAI OF CHINA, THAILAND AND LAOS (shawn-DIE). Most of the local workers are back from traveling to test the translation made of the Scriptures and to encourage other believers. Praise the Lord for answering your prayers for their safety and success in travel. In one area, the worker discovered 100 new Shan Dai believers! This is an awesome discovery. The local church in that area has really been evangelistic, and more Dai are believing than ever before. They are hungry for discipleship and the Word in their language. There are some issues that make it difficult to minister to these brothers and sisters. Please pray that there will be good relationships with the local government, and that these people will be strong in their newfound faith.

ASHENINKA OF PERU (ah-SHIN-uh-kah). The Asheninka Strategy Group writes: “Changes in our team makeup due to a loss of national workers has led to a decrease in our activity in the vast Ucayali River area where there are many Asheninka communities in need of a witness. Pray for the Lord to send help either through national or IMB workers to renew and sustain the work of church planting in this challenging region of central Peru’s jungle.”

BIBLE SCHOOLS OF TANZANIA. You are a father of five. In the middle of the night, your family was forced to run or be killed by rebels. You all walked for days and miles, wearing only the clothes on your backs. You had no food and worried every day that your children would die. One day you arrived at a refugee camp. You had a place to live, food to eat, and medical care. There were even schools and churches. It was not home, but it was safe and there were others there like you. You became a Christian and were growing in your faith. There was even a Baptist Bible school for you to attend when God called you to be a pastor. Now they have decided to close the refugee camp. You and your family are homeless–again. You wonder, “What will we do? Where will we go? We are afraid to return to our homeland because it is still not safe. What is God thinking?” This is the plight facing the pastors of the Mishamo Baptist Bible School. Pray for these pastors, their families, and other believers who are being displaced again. Pray that they will trust in God and that they will know that He will protect them and provide for them. Pray that their faith will be strong and that they will have opportunities to witness boldly to others who have lost all hope.

  • Have you ever had to run from your home at night to save your life?
  • Have you ever had just the clothing on your back?
  • Have you ever had no food and no way to prepare food if you had some?
  • Has your church home ever had to close down?
  • Be thankful if you can answer “No” to these questions.
  • Pray for those who can answer “Yes” to all of the questions.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Anna Lee

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