Saturday

“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.”

~Mark 10:43 MSG~

Caring Bridge

Baptist Press

November 13, 2009

VIRGINIA–In Ethiopia, uncovering the truth. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31686

LOUISIANA–Great Commission resurgence requires radical change, Rankin says. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31687

WASHINGTON–Calif. reverses on non-embryonic research. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31688

WASHINGTON–Attorney: ENDA would ‘burden’ religious groups. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31689

WASHINGTON–Down diagnoses in unborn up, births down. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31690

GEORGIA–‘Fireproof’ makers to announce next movie. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31691

COLORADO–Colo. Baptists mark 54th meeting. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31692

GEORGIA–Ga. Baptists minister in the rain. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31693

SOUTH CAROLINA–S.C. Baptists address legislative issues. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31694

MISSOURI–Anglo-Hispanic ties grow in Mexico (Mo.). http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31695

TENNESSEE–INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Christians concerned over Orissa acquittal rate. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31696

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Kelly Boggs): If he talks & behaves like a terrorist … http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31697

KOMpray

40 Days and 40 Nights

Can you imagine??? Some missionary kids in Africa get to go to a bush camp, visit a crocodile farm, eat foreign foods!  Missionary families working with Sub-Saharan African people groups can go to a special training called 40/40.  For 40 days and 40 nights, they learn how to live in Africa and learn more about the culture there.

Missionaries are real people who sometimes get nervous about talking in the local language.  Their 40/40 training helps them not be so nervous.  It’s a little like you.  When you first learned to read, it was kind of scary to stand in front of a class and read from a book.  But now?  You are an expert, aren’t you?  …okay, maybe you need more practice… That’s just what the missionaries and their children need—practice.  40/40 helps them get that practice.

One missionary learned so well, he went into a village by himself and talked to the chief of the village.  Then he sat in the yard with 23 people and told them about Jesus.  He was SO excited!

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

Please pray for my friends because not all are Christians.  Please pray for my family that they will be safe and please pray for me that I will know God more, (I am a Christian but I still need to learn and need God’s help).  JESSE, age 13 (East Asian peoples)

Me and my family are going to the US for a year.  And we won’t go back to the same country when we go back to the field.  I am very, very, very sad.  After we go to the USA for a year we are going to a different country.  Got to go and thank you.  Bye.  PS.  Please pray for my family.  AY, age 8 (East Asian peoples)

Who’s missing? Whose mission?

You play a key role in teaching children about God’s love for children who live in Peru, Ghana, India or China, about the people He uses to show His love and about His commission to all who love Him to tell His story around the world. During 2009, we invite you to join us as we focus on “Who’s Missing? Whose Mission?”  More than 1.5 billion people are still missing out on the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Do your children know they have an important role in helping to reach them?

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor

RECENTLY MY WIFE and I sat in the backyard swing discussing how busy our lives had become…

Between activities at work, a full schedule with our church family, grandchildren and various other commitments, we determined that we hardly had time to even talk with one another.  We continued with a discussion of the reasons for all that we were involved in when my wife said, “You know, one of the sweetest times I can remember was sitting in the carport, eating cheerios, watching the rain pour down, and talking to each other’s hearts.”  She remembered how relaxed we were when I was recovering from heart-valve replacement and she was looking after me. Memories are the wallpaper of our hearts, and on those sheets we write the things that matter and affect us the most.  I understood exactly what she was feeling, because I felt it too.

How much joy do we miss because we have allowed the world to dictate what we do with our time, and because we allow others to assign importance to the real treasure that makes up our lives–our time?  We fill up every minute with things that “must” be done or else.  More often than not, that “or else” amounts to virtually nothing.  Our time is the most important commidity we have.  We measure our very lives by time and write on our hearts the memories that matter.  Those we help, those we love, those we pray for, those we share with, and those we serve are all written in the time record of our lives.

Perhaps the lesson is that no matter what we “must” make time for, we should never neglect to just eat cheerios and watch the rain.  Don’t just use time…make it count.  Ken Upchurch

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16
Reminders
  1. Revival at Greenlaw Baptist Church led by Rev. Gibby McMillan
  2. Revival at FBC, Kentwood led by Dr. Bill Richardson and Rev. Dennis Walker.  Bring side dishes  and desserts for dinner tomorrow.
Have a great day today as you prepare for the Lord’s Day tomorrow.
Anna Lee

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