Thursday


“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.”

~Matthew 28:19a~

Continue to pray for Mr. “Cete” Dillon.  He’s not well yet.

Pray for Rev. Butch Reviere as he has a MRI today and meets with his doctor tomorrow.

Mrs. Margurite Vernon of Arcola is in ICU at North Oaks.  Pray for her and for her family as they continue to help care for her.

Tiffany B. Currier

The second try to open a valve did not work.  Pray for Tiffany as she takes blood thinners and waits to see if her body will solve this problem on its own.  Pray for Tiffany as she lives daily with this health concern.

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

THE BIBLE ACKNOWLEDGES the problem of anxiety…

An awful lot of people’s answer to anxiety is medication.  I certainly don’t want to make light of the very serious issues of anxiety with which many people must cope in their lives.  Often, medication must be a part of the response.  Peter shows us something important, though.  He calls on us to cast our anxieties on Christ because He cares for us.  There is an answer for our anxiety and it’s found in Christ.  But notice what else we learn from this context.

Starting in 4:12, Peter begins mentioning the suffering Christians must endure.  It begins here with the “fiery ordeal” and goes on to talk about suffering as a Christian in verses 14, 16, and 19.  Then, in chapter 5, he picks up the theme again in verses 9 and 10.  This discussion in chapter 5, though, is also where Peter talks about Satan as a “roaring lion” prowling about, seeking someone to devour (v. 8).  It is just prior to this that Peter says we should cast our anxieties on Jesus because Satan is looking for victims and immediately following encourages us to resist him, knowing the “same experiences of suffering” is common to Christians throughout the world (v. 9).
Anxiety is a weapon in Satan’s arsenal.  Often it does come from the suffering we must endure as Christians.  If we think we’re going to be able to reach a state of zero anxeity we’re mistaken.  Paul does tell us to be anxious “for nothing” (Philippians 4:8).  But, he goes on to tell us to do the same thing Peter does.  Paul says pray about it, Peter says give it to Jesus: same thing.  We have responsibility here.  We must resist Satan.  We must look to others who are also suffering.
We mustn’t give up and give in to anxiety.  It is a real, everyday issue to be faced by Christians because Satan will use it to devour us.  (David Deffenbaugh, Bill McFarland)
“Casting all your care upon Him,
for He cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7

LOTTIE MOON (Part 3)

Lottie extended her work into the interior, especially P’ingtu and Hwangshien, until additional missionaries arrived to carry on the work. Only then did she allow herself to take a much-needed furlough, the first in 1892, and the second in 1902. Lottie was very concerned that her fellow missionaries were burning out from lack of rest and renewal and going to early graves. The mindset back home was “go to the mission field, die on the mission field.” Many never expected to see their friends and families again. Lottie argued that regular furloughs every ten years would literally extend the lives and effectiveness of seasoned missionaries. (Today missionaries get a furlough roughly every four years.) She also took a month of rest during the year.

The War with Japan (1894), the Boxer Rebellion (1900), and the Nationalist uprising (that overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911) all profoundly affected mission work. Famine and disease took their toll, as well. When Lottie returned from her second furlough in 1904, she agonized over the suffering of the people who were literally starving to death all around her. She pled for more money and more resources, but the mission board was heavily in debt and could send nothing. Mission salaries were voluntarily cut. Unknown to her fellow missionaries, Lottie Moon—the Southern belle who was once described as “overindulged and under-disciplined”—shared her own meager money and food with any and everyone around her, severely affecting both her physical and mental health. In 1912, she only weighed fifty pounds. Alarmed, fellow missionaries arranged for her to be sent back home to the United States with a missionary companion, but she died on Christmas Eve on board ship in Kobe Harbor, Japan. Her body was cremated and the remains returned to loved ones in Virginia for burial.

Since her sacrificial death at the age of seventy-two, Lottie Moon has come to personify the missionary spirit for Southern Baptists and many other Christians, as well. The annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Missions has raised a total of $1.5 billion for missions since 1888 and finances half the entire Southern Baptist missions budget every year.

http://www.trailblazerbooks.com/books/Moon/Moon-bio.html

Mrs. Willie Mae Page Lee
(December 29, 1922 – December 9, 2009)

Mrs. Willie Mae Page Lee was born on December 29, 1922 and passed away at 4:55 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Golden Age Nursing Home in Denham Springs. She was 86, a native of Mer Rouge, LA and a resident of Denham Springs.

Mrs. Willie Mae is survived by 5 daughters, Margaret Ann Lee, Albany, Barbara E. Collier, Ponchatoula; Sue L. Glass and husband, Bobby, Denham Springs, Pattie Page Lee, Sharon, TN, and Cara W. Fonrouge and husband, Pete, Albany; 3 sons, Percy Truman Lee and wife, Jackie, Healey Field, MS; Mickey Lee and wife, Sandy, Kentwood, and Billy Lee and wife, Annette, Independence; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, Bunyan and Dora Thompson Page; previous husbands, Percy T. Lee and Lonnie E. Williams; 3 sisters, Evelyn Hudson, Fannie Lee Allen, Lois Carrier; 4 brothers, Hirm Page, Edwin Buck Page, Robert C. Page and Harold Page.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until Religious Services in the Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 p.m. with Bro. Jessie Tate officiating. Interment in the Loranger Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

Pray for the Wilkinson family as they have final services for Billy Wilkinson today.

Merry CHRISTmas!

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee

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