Friday

“This poor man cried out,

and the Lord heard him

and saved him out of all his troubles.”

~Psalm 34:6a~


Robbie Lynn carefully made the trip to Kentwood to visit with family. Pray for her back to continue to improve.

All of Mr. Frank Erwin’s reports came out good. Pray for him as he returns to normal routine at home.

Miranda McDaniel Erwin is still waiting on test results. She injured her shoulder skiing Saturday in Canada.


Pray for Mrs. Faye Price as she continues to adjust to life at Kentwood Manor. Pray she will continue to improve. Pray for the family as they continue to assist in caring for her day after day.


Pray for Andy Taylor’s family. His daughter and his mother had surgery this week.


Don Denton Family

Well we are back from St. Louis. We arrived yesterday afternoon. And we are so very glad that we made the trip to St. Louis for the second opinion. The pediatric ENT sees broken noses all the time and she felt very strongly that Joshua did not need surgery. She was very reassuring with us as well.

WE are trying to get everything ready for our trip back to St. Louis. We will arrive Sunday evening and Don will be admitted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital at 8am on Monday morning. He will undergo further testing to determine possible cause of the dizziness. WE are most hopeful that the doctors will have answers for us. This IS the weekend that Don tapers down to 20mg of his steroids. He has relapsed twice since he has been ill. We are praying that he does not relapse this time as well. If he does relapse we feel we will be in a good place in St. Louis.

Dr.Klein in St. Louis feels that it will only take a few days. We will be home by weeks end. WE are asking for prayer specifically in that the doctor will be able to have answers for us. We are asking for prayer for the following:

  • Result that will help Don get better.
  • Wisdom for his doctors.
  • This short transition for Joshua will be less stressful for him. It will not be too much of a setback for Josh that his daddy is back in the hospital again.
  • God has provided for us through Anne and Frank Agovino opening their home up to us while we are in St. Louis. We continue to be humbled by God’s people. We give praise to God for all of God’s provision for us.
  • Our church this Sunday after services in having a “special time of prayer” for Don, Joshua and I. WE Believe we are going to find answers. We Believe Don is going to get better.
  • Don is showing so many signs of getting better already.

I will have my computer with me and I will give you all updates this week as we hear.

Bless you our family and friends.

Diane


Alice O’Hern asks that we pray for Deana Cummings who has cancer. Alice met Deana by chance and was touched by her needs.




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I ALMOST CLEANED out my attic today…
It is such a mess. I’ve been putting it off until warmer weather. I almost started sorting out the stuff that needs to be thrown away from the stuff I need to keep. I almost moved it around to get some of it ready for a garage sale in the spring.
While I was almost cleaning out my attic, I thought about some of the people I have not talked to in a long time. I almost got out my address book to call them. But they may not be home or perhaps are busy. Maybe it would be better to write them a letter. So I almost wrote them a letter instead.
While I was almost cleaning out my attic and almost writing letters, I thought that there are several folks at church that are sick. I wondered if they would like some cookies or a cake, or maybe just someone to stop by and say “hello.” So I almost went to the kitchen to fix them something and I almost went to visit them. It made me feel so good inside to think about their faces smiling as I walked in their door with a plate of goodies. In fact, I almost smiled just thinking about it.
While I was almost doing those things, I looked out my window and saw a neighbor who does not go to church and needs the gospel. He seems like a really nice guy. I almost called him to invite him to go with me to church this weekend.
While I was almost doing those things, I almost sat down and read my Bible. I had to move it off the kitchen counter where it was sitting. As I carried it to the other room I almost just sat right down that minute to spend time in the word of God.
When I got to the church building the other day I noticed the weeds that have grown up during the cold weather months. We need to clean up so that others get a good impression when they come to worship. I almost called a couple of friends to see if they would like to spend a couple of hours cleaning up a little. It almost looks better already. Well, not really.
There are a lot of good things that we almost do in life. It does not matter what we plan, intend or almost do. What matters is what we actually do, not almost do.
King Agrippa was almost convinced to be a Christian (Acts 26:28). I wonder how many believers are almost faithful and will be almost saved?
The immortal words of Philip P. Bliss sing on: “Almost persuaded,” harvest is past! “Almost persuaded,” doom comes at last! “Almost” cannot avail; “Almost” is but to fail! Sad, sad, that bitter wail—“Almost,” but lost. (Tim Orbison)
Then Agrippa said to Paul,
“You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
~Acts 26:28~
Yesterday, I almost . . . .

Anna Lee

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