Friday

Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31 (NLT)

Please pray for Emily Panter and her famiy.
http://www.emilypanter.blogspot.com/

Dr. Council is finally overcoming his cough and cold or whatever he has had lately. Pray he is much better and able to get back to his routine.

Pray for my niece’s husband, Josh, and his family as he leaves Sunday for Marine boot camp.

Frann Clark shared this:

I just learned this afternoon that I will be having an IVIG at Beauregard Memorial Hosp. from 8 a.m. until about 4:30. Please pray that everything will go smoothly.

My daughter Krista talked to Riley today and he sounds fine. He told her it was cool outside and he wasn’t doing much.

My back pain returned earlier in the week but it is better today.

God Bless You
Frann Smith Clark

Pray for Holly K. as she continues her training to become a MK teacher. She will be home December 18th.

KOMpray
(Kids on Mission Pray)

“Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16b

40 DAYS/40 NIGHTS

Missionaries in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa go to a very special program when they move from the United States to Africa. It’s called 40 days and 40 nights. For forty days, they learn how to ride African public buses and bargain in the market. In the U.S., there is a price tag on everything and that’s what you pay. In Africa, the price tag may say one dollar; but if you bargain, you might get it for sixty or seventy cents. The missionaries also show the love of Jesus by working with African pastors, telling Bible stories to children, and helping beggars.

This week, the 40/40 missionaries AND their children will go and live in a Zambian home. They will eat African food, work with the Zambians, sleep in the hut, and go to church with them. Some of the families are nervous about staying with people they don’t really know, but they are excited to give it a try. Pray for the children of missionaries that have fun learning about their new culture. Pray for the adults to be very patient with their children and with each other. Pray for the Zambian families. They are sharing their love and time and homes with the missionaries. Pray they will all be blessed with new friendships that will last their whole lives.

MORE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM MISSIONARY KIDS

I pray that our band “Call of Fire” will be a great influence to people’s lives. ZACH, age 15, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Please pray I will have fun in childcare and pray I will read the Bible. MARC, age 7 (South Asia)

Dear God, thank you for our friends and our family. Please help us to make more Christians in our country. Thank you for the food and thank you for our teachers. I hope we can get along with friends. Amen. GM, age 8 (East Asia)

I need pray for my brother, who is 28 and in the Army. I would appreciate it if you pray for Nathan’s safety. NATALIE, Age 11 (Northern Africa and the Middle East)

I want you to pray for the Balinese that they will come to know God. JOSHUA, age 11 (Pacific Rim)

Pray that Christians in my closed country will be strong and will be safe, so they will be able to tell others about God without being persecuted. LYNSIE, age 12 (Central Asia)

We have a (household) helper named SC. Her Mom died a couple of days ago. Could you please pray for her? CL, age 10 (East Asia)

My brother and I have been sharing with our friends about Jesus. We don’t talk about Jesus a lot because our friends try to change the subject. They have seen the Jesus film, but afterwards they haven’t said a word about Jesus or God. I would like you to pray that our friends’ hearts will be opened to what we have to say and that my brother and I will have the language to share with them. SETH, age 14 (West Africa)

J.P. is a Gadariah man. We preached and he accepted Christ. And he has already shared with family and friend. Pray they will accept Jesus too. ALEXANDRA, age 11 (South Asia)

Well, I moved to Botswana awhile ago and was scared that no one would like me. So that was a prayer that people would like me and that the move would go well—and it did so I am happy. MICAH, age 14, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Baptist Press
November 13, 2008

TEXAS–WRAP-UP: IMB reports cautionary finance news. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29323

GEORGIA–Ga. Baptist policy impacts churches with female pastors. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29324

OKLAHOMA–Okla. elects 1st Native American president. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29325

TEXAS–SBTC celebrates 10th anniversary. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29326

TEXAS–BGCT postpones name change, trims budget. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29327

NORTH DAKOTA–Dakota convention coincides with blizzard. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29328

TENNESSEE–Trespassing activists arrested at Union Univ. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29329

SOUTH CAROLINA–FIRST-PERSON (Melanie Spinks): Forever changed. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29330

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Letters

JOHN KASS, A columnist for the Chicago Tribune, wrote about a waiter he met named Bouch, who worked at a tavern in Chicago…

Bouch decided to write to the king of his homeland, Morocco. King Mohammed VI is immensely popular because he often interacts with his subjects in public, he had freed political prisoners, and he helps the poor and disabled. When Bouch wrote to him from the United States, King Mohammed VI, true to form, wrote back.

“Look at the letters,” Bouch told Kass. “These are letters from the king. If I meet him, I’ll be so happy.”

In his column, Kass mused, “How many guys hauling burgers in a Chicago tavern have a correspondence going with a royal monarch?”

The journalist was intrigued, so he talked to Morocco’s deputy consul general in Chicago. Kass was told that it isn’t unusual for the king to write personal letters to his subjects abroad.

“It happens a lot,” the official told him. “The king loves his subjects.”

We fancy the idea that a king would correspond with a commoner. But there’s something far more incredible. The King of kings, the Creator of the universe, has chosen to correspond with us. He has given us an entire book full of letters, stories, and poetry. (Mike Macintosh)

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” ( 2 Tim. 3:16).

Posted by Mike Benson at October 8, 2008 12:45 PM

Make today a great day! Take time to read some letters from the King of Kings!
Anna Lee