Wednesday

“But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out there tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!” 2 Chronicles 20:17 (NLT)

Mrs. Faye Price: “Miss” Faye will have heart surgery at North Oaks today. The surgery will be lengthy. Pray for the medical staff as they care for her and the family as they wait. “Miss” Faye has peace about the outcome of the surgery. Thank God for granting her this peace.

Don Denton is scheduled to fly home to Denver Friday. His dad will go with him in the medical plane. Don’s family will begin the drive tomorrow. Today will be a day of taking care of all the details that are needed for this long anticipated trip. Pray for the family to have a good day with few problems. Thank God for the snow that Joshua has enjoyed. Pray for those driving and those flying. Thank God this trip hope will be possible for Don and his family.

Emily Panter is doing better and better. Friends decorated her home for Christmas while the children got to visit their mother for the first time over the weekend. Thank God for the many “little steps” of progress Emily has made to get to this point. Thank God for the many friends, family members, and strangers who have helped this family during a very difficult time. Thank Him for standing by and providing strength and faith for the family during these weeks.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
Day 4 – Imbabura Quichua of Ecuador

At 12,000 feet in the Ecuadorian Andes, Quichua farmers bring their sheep, pigs and cows to former New Mexico ranchers Darrell and Rogene Musick. But they get a lot more than pesticide, medicine and nutritional advice. Farmers hear the Gospel message related through some of life’s most basic elements: water, salt and light.

“We say, ‘Let me tell you what God thinks about this,’” Darrell says. “And because they’re people of the land, they really identify with these agricultural concepts.”

Through this gateway, the Musicks and local believers have seen approximately 40 house churches and Bible studies started among the 300,000 Quichua of northern Ecuador. The teams are led by Gabriel Mugmal, a national believer who was once nearly burned to death for sharing his faith.

“He literally took the Great Commission in Matthew 28, that it was his responsibility to go to other communities and just talk to them,” Darrell says.

Because you give:
“The money that supports us comes through churches that may not be able to physically go, but they have God’s blessing through their special offerings,” Darrell says. “One hundred percent of that money goes to the field so that everyone will know about Christ.”

(For additional information, go to http://www.imb.org/main/pray/page.asp?StoryID=5746&LanguageID=1709.)

Baptist Press
December 2, 2008

WEST AFRICA–Remote African villagers welcome U.S. church. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29436

GEORGIA–Christmas tree reflects NAMB-state partnership. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29437

CALIFORNIA–Acclaimed preacher Frank Pollard dies. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29438

LOUISIANA–CP yields ‘incredible opportunity,’ pastor says. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29439

TENNESSEE–CP giving 0.16% behind ’07 pace. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29440

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Keith Manuel): Ministry can be messy. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29441

Mary Louise Osborn Hyde
Visitation at Roseland Baptist Church from 9 a.m. on Wednesday until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, LA.

Martha Lee Rick Anthony Lanier
(October 23, 1957 – December 2, 2008)
Martha Lee Rick Anthony Lanier was born October 23, 1957 and passed away at 6:30AM, Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at her residence in Husser, LA. She was 51, and a native of Amite. Martha was the daughter of the late Monroe S. and Mary Abernathy Rick.

She is survived by her husband, Bill Lanier, Husser; 2 sons, Adam Wayne Anthony, Ponchatoula, & Byrun Gene Anthony, Sr. and wife, Cindy, Amite; 3 grandchildren, Mason Langley Anthony, Byrun Gene Anthony, Jr. & Annabell Anthony; 2 sister, Melinda Howes, Husser, & Mary Ann Cox and husband, Jim, Husser; 3 brothers, Monroe “Buster” Rick and wife, Julie, Tickfaw, Michael Rick, Hammond, & Mitchell Rick and wife Terri, Robert and numerous other extended family.

Martha was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Shelton “Red” Anthony, a sister, Marilyn Rick “Sunshine” Dugar.

Visitation will be at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Thursday, December 4, 2008 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM and on Friday, December 5, 2008 from 8:00AM until Religious Services at 10:00AM in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Kent Newell officiating. Interment in the Lee Hill Cemetery, Folsom, LA.

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.

Relate

CHILDREN DO NOT always learn in the schoolroom how to treat one another with dignity and affection…

You can’t diagram respect, forgiveness, or servanthood. It isn’t found in any encyclopedia that I know of. It is observed and then put into motion.

The way in which an effective father relates to the children’s mother is of incalculable significance. The children watch and are strangely warmed when they see husband and wife embrace and kiss one another. Something tells them that this is a sign of security: all is well in our home. Furthermore, they begin to formulate within their own hearts an understanding of how men treat their wives and how a wife will respond. (Gordon MacDonald)

KneEmail: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her” ( Eph. 5:25).

(Posted by Mike Benson at October 30, 2008 4:11 PM)

There are many things children learn by observation as they grow up. Pray for parents as they set the example for what a loving, Christian home should be. Pray for children to focus on the good qualities they see in their parents and steer away from the qualities that would not be beneficial to them when they establish their own home.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Anna Lee