Tuesday

“Surely your goodness and unfailing love

will pursue me all the days of my life,

and I will live in the house of the LORD

forever.”

~Psalm 23:6 NLT~

Peyton Alford went to the specialist yesterday. Her spine is okay. The break was clean. She doesn’t have to wear the brace any more. Thank God for the way he answered our prayers for Peyton.

The Annie of the Offering

North American Mission Board

Each year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the annual offering for North American missions named after her. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Woman’s Missionary Union, for which she served as the first corresponding secretary.

Annie believed in Christ with all her heart, but it was her hands that expressed that belief in tangible ways. She spent a great amount of time typing and handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters were quite lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more could and should be done in our mission efforts. In 1893 alone, she wrote almost 18,000 letters! Annie also never hesitated to use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food and clothing and the Word of God to those in need. Her hands held her own Bible as she studied to know how best to share Gods love with others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding her hands in prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those they were helping discover Christ.

Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ. As we continue to unite to make her vision a reality in North America today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours.

Baptist Press

Monday 03/09/09

March 9, 2009

WASHINGTON–Critics: Obama stem cell order unethical & unnecessary.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30031

WASHINGTON–Q&A: Frequently asked questions about stem cells.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30032

ILLINOIS–SBC pastor killed in church shooting.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30033

MASSACHUSETTS–Reaching Hindus, Muslims in New England.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30034

ALABAMA–12-foot cross now beckons collegians.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30035

KENTUCKY–FIRST-PERSON (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): A monumental moral shift.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30036

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor
IT WAS A fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island…
She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. The water was numbing cold that day. The fog was so thick she could hardly see the boats in her party. Several times sharks had to be driven away with rifle fire. She swam more than 15 hours before she asked to be taken out of the water. Her trainer tried to encourage her to swim on since they were so close to land, but when Florence looked, all she saw was fog. So she quit. . . only one-mile from her goal. Later she said, “I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen the land I might have made it.” It wasn’t the cold or fear or exhaustion that caused Florence Chadwick to fail. It was the fog.
Many times we too fail, not because we’re afraid or because of the peer pressure or because of anything other than the fact that we lose sight of the goal. By the way, two months after her failure, Florence Chadwick walked off the same beach into the same channel and swam the distance, setting a new speed record, because she could see the land!
“…I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.”
~Philippians 3:14~
Blessings on you today.
Anna Lee

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