“And they continued steadfastly
in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers…
and the Lord added to the church daily
those who were being saved.”
~Acts 2:42-47~
Mrs. Margaret Callihan has pneumonia and is in Hood’s for a few days. Please add her to your prayer list.
Jimmy Harrell has eye surgery today. Please pray for all to go well.
Thank you for praying for Wes’ dad (Charlie Banks). I’m forwarding an e-mail from Wes with the latest updates.
Jennie
Hello,Well, Dad is out of the Euroclinic and in the Bucharest house with us. Praz the Lord! Thank you all so much for your pryers and support We have set Dad up with a hospital bed and other equipment for his extended recovery. The physical therapist will start coming by tomorrow to help Dad with the walker. We have to give Dad his anti-blood clot shots each day (eek!). The doctor said that the next 12 days are critical as he still runs the risk of infection and blood clots. We cherish your pryers and we have felt His presence through this entire situation.
We really appreciate the funds that you collected to get Dad out of the Euroclinic. This has been a humbling and a faith building experience for all of us, to say the least!
We love you!
Psalm 20!
The Banks’ Family
Leon “Pete” Broussard Jr.
Mr. Leon “Pete” Broussard Jr. was born Nov. 5, 1927, and passed away at 12:50 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at his home in Kentwood. He was the son of the late Leon B. and Mathilda Broussard. He was 80 and a native of Baton Rouge. Mr. Pete is survived by his wife, Beverly Morgan Broussard, Kentwood; daughter, Donna Blevins, Jackson; three stepdaughters, Barbara Lee Bourgeois, Atlanta, Constance “Connie” Headrick, Tampa, Fla., and Amanda Juneau, Greensburg; three stepsons, John Wayne Smith, Mount Hermon, Glenn Headrick, England, and Gary Headrick, France. Paw Paw Pete was a loving grandfather to 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Geraldine Legé; previous wives, Vera Doucet and Barbara Headrick; a sister, Gertrude Spracklen; and two brothers, Arthur Broussard and Earl Broussard. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Jude Catholic Church, Greensburg, on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Joe Camilleri, celebrant. Arrangements by McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite. An online guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com.
A friend shared this:
When we were in Georgia a few weeks ago we received the prayer guide below at church. We live in a sinful world surrounded by people who don’t know the Lord. They are looking for personal gain and power. Personally I look at most politicians and wonder why are they really running for a government office. As we prepare to vote not only for a new president but also for positions at the local and state level please pray for the persons who are God’s choices. Yes I know it is hard to tell at times.
The prayer guide began in August but please go back and pray and read the scripture that is listed.
The Lord has blessed us with a wonderful country to live in. Yes it has many problems now but as we look back at our history we can see how God has lifted us out of despair before and healed the land. Pray for him to heal this land again so the peoples can see God is the true leader and only through him can we be truly free!
Prayer Guide for the Presidential Election
It is critical that Christians pray for the coming presidential election. There is amazing power in united prayer.
PRAY DAILY UNTIL THE ELECTION (and continue to pray for the newly elected afterwards)
Pray with others whenever possible. The power of prayer can overcome any obstacle or ungodly influence and, indeed, do great things!
Granted, these dates are past, pray them anyway!
08/01-08/07 Psalm 32:6-7 Pray that Christians will be motivated to pray faithfully for this election and that the Lord would deliver us from the wrong leaders.
08/08-08/14 Psalm 16:7-8 Pray that the Lord would give wise counsel and guidance to His choice for president in this campaign.
08/15-08/21 Proverbs 16:13 Pray that our nation will listen to the truth and not be led astray.
08/22-08/28 Psalm 18:32-36 Pray that the Lord would arm the man of His choice with strength; that He would guide him in battle (this election), and that He would sustain him and give him victory.
08/29-09/04 Hebrews 11:32-34 Pray that God’s man, through faith persevere and maintain his courage throughout this election.
09/05-09/11 Psalm 125 Pray that those who trust in the Lord will not be shaken.
09/12-09/18 Psalm 86:14-17 Pray that the Lord would defeat those who have no regard for Him in this election.
09/19-09/25 2 Corinthians 12:9 Pray that the Lord would empower and enable His man in any area of weakness.
09/26-10/02 2 Kings 13:16 Pray that the Lord would put His hands on the man of his choice for president (and his team) and guide them in this election.
10/03-10/09 Proverbs 1:5-6 Pray that God’s man will listen with discernment, add to his knowledge, and receive wise counsel in this campaign.
10/10-10/16 John 16:33 Pray that the man of God’s choice would be given wisdom and ability from the Lord to overcome any obstacle or difficulty during this campaign.
10/17-10/23 Acts 17:30 Pray for repentance for yourself and for our nation.
10/24-10/30 Luke 12:54-57 Pray that God’s man and our nation will be discerning and do what is right.
10/31-11/06 Philippians 4:13 Pray that the Lord’s choice for President will have special strength and unusual ability from God.
Habakkuk 1:5 and 3:2 Pray that the Lord would do some thing that would utterly amaze us and give His servant ability.
During the last days of October and through the week of the election, be encouraged to set aside a time of fasting these days to commit this election to the Lord in whom we put our trust. Acts 14:23
Remember 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
KNOWING
I heard about a preacher who was talking with a man, and he asked him, “Do you know the Bible?” The man said, “Yes, sir.” He said, “What part of the Bible do you know the best?” The man said, “The New Testament.”
The preacher went on to ask him what part of the New Testament he knew the best. The man said, “Well, I suppose I know the story of the Good Samaritan best of all.” The preacher said, “Tell me that story.”
The man said, “Well, as best as I can recall, there was a good Samaritan traveling down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among the thorns and they sprang up and choked him and left him half dead.
“But a man came by feeding his swine and he said to the man, ‘I will arise and go to my father.’ So he took up his bed and walked. But while the soldiers were chasing him through the forest, he got the hair of his head caught up in the trees and he hung there 40 days and 40 nights, and the ravens fed him.
“Just then, Delilah came along with a big pair of shears and she cut off his hair and he fell on stony ground. But the good master of the house resurrected the man and he journeyed on his way.
“All of a sudden, he came to the wall of Jericho and there’s Jezebel sitting on the wall and she mocked him. And he said, ‘Chunk her down to the dogs.’ And they chunked her down 70 times 7, and great was the fall thereof, and of the fragments that remained they picked up twelve baskets full, and whose wife shall she be in the resurrection?”
Now I would hope that your Bible knowledge is not quite as bad as that, but I think it’s safe to say that few of us know the Bible as well as we should. In the last TFTD message, I spoke about three pillars of spritual growth — knowing, doing and becoming. God has always stressed the fact that his people need to know His word. And contrary to popular opinion, when it comes to spiritual matters, ignorance is not bliss.
In the days of Hosea, God said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest for me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” (Hosea 4:6).
What was the problem? It wasn’t that they didn’t have access to God’s Word. They just simply didn’t care enough about it to listen to it. Does it scare you just a bit to realize that God could possibly say the same thing about us – “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge… because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Folks, we need to once again become known as a people of the book, a people who study and know and love the Bible. Throughout the Bible, God’s repeated command to the people of God is “learn, study, grow.”
92% of households in this country have a Bible. We have the Bibles, but we don’t pay much attention to them. A Gallup poll from 2000 shows that only 59% of Americans read the Bible at least occasionally. The percentage of Americans who read the Bible at least once a week is 37%.
Contrast this with the people of Berea. We read in Acts 17, “These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:11)
May we continue to study and learn and grow in our knowledge of God and our responsibility before Him.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Have a teriffic Thursday!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 