Monday

“But certainly God has heard me;

He has attended to the voice of my prayer.”

~Psalm 66:19~

Pray for Elizabeth Hughes Cooper as she has more surgery tomorrow to continue her recovery from her baseball injury received last summer.

Pray for Mason Carter as he has sinus surgery again on Friday.

Pray for Frances Gay as she still faces shoulder surgery.

Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering Week of Prayer

State Goal: $1,650,000

FBC, Kentwood Goal: $8,000

Day 1 – Main Street Mission, Pineville

“…for we are laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9.

Paul uses the word “we” inclusively, bringing every believer into the picture. He addresses all believers with a heart for making a difference. Believers have the responsibility to be on mission to spread God’s Good News of salvation and eternal life to the lost and unchurched in Louisiana.

At 3:00 on a hot July Thursday, the last thing a mission pastor wants to hear is the “clank, clank, clank,” of an air conditioner fan as it slowly quits turning or to discover a ceiling leak after an extremely bad thunderstorm. He whispers a prayer plea – “Who do I call now, Lord?”

We Louisiana Baptists meet this type of need through the Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering. Ask Herb Cady of Pineville’s Main Street Mission. An emergency grant, matched by funds from the sponsoring church, First Baptist, Pineville and North Rapides Baptist Association helped replace their leaking roof two summers ago.

This is only one of the many mission churches to receive emergency assistance. When you pray today, bringing Herb Cady’s prayer requests to the throne of the One who knows our every need, pray that we will recognize the importance of faithful giving to meet emergencies.

• Thank God for the fact that emergency needs and equipment needs can be and are met.
• Pray that children and their families will hear the Gospel and respond to God’s offer of salvation as Herb Cady and others work with them.
• Pray that volunteers will hear and respond to God calling them and answer as Isaiah did, “Here am I, Lord, send me.” (Isaiah 6:8).

Day 2 – Christ’s Community Church, Denham Springs

“…for we are laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9.

A laborer is a skilled worker, one who has learned and is perfecting a particular skill for a specific purpose. Paul’s farming analogy refers to skilled laborers, persons who know their role in the process and who understand the importance of that role in meeting the goal.

Church planters Willis and Shannon Easley at Christ’s Community Church in Denham Springs know their role in the process and the importance of this church plant, as does partner church, Judson Baptist Church in Walker and its pastor, Merlin McCon.

Christ’s Community is not a new church plant and has experienced several moves as it has grown. In June 2009, it moved again, this time to a vacant church building near property that already has been purchased by a grant from the Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering.

Helping families to relocate and settle gives this church an opportunity to share Christ while meeting needs. Creative, unique ministries are as important as traditional methods like Backyard Bible Clubs, VBS, Bible study, seasonal events and sports camp. The constant encouragement, support and involvement of the partnering church and LBC Missions and Ministry helps the pastor to be focused on reaching lost and unchurched families for Christ.

• Thank God for property purchased with assistance from the Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering.
• Pray that churches, healthy and hurting alike, will become so Kingdom-focused that they will help build the Kingdom of God by sponsoring a mission.
• Pray that church planters, like Willis and Shannon Easley,will not lose sight of reaching the lost wherever they are.

Have a great day and a great week.

Anna Lee