“For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all people,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.”
~Luke 2:30-32~
Will you please add my brother Keith’s wife Donna on the prayer link. She will have foot surgery in Hammond tomorrow.
Thank you,
Lawana (Carter)
Pray for the shut-ins today. Pray someone, maybe you, will remember them and take some time to visit this week.
Lottie Moon information that will inform you and others:
http://www.imb.org/main/give/lmw/Story.asp?StoryID=8016&LanguageID=1709
Carole Kemp Stevens
(July 2, 1943 – December 20, 2009)
Carole Kemp Stevens passed away on December 20, 2009 at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at Amite Memorial Gardens in Amite. She was born July 2, 1943 in Amite where she grew up. She graduated from Amite High School. She is survived by three sisters, Katherine Cockrell and Deanie Kemp of Baton Rouge and Nell Clement of Denham Springs, two brothers, Bill Kemp of Baton Rouge and Hillery Kemp of Many, eleven nieces and nephews, several great nieces and great nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Thelma Kemp of Hillsdale and Blairstown respectively and a brother, Roland Kemp. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
Sheep
NEAR THE VILLAGE of Gevas in eastern Turkey, while shepherds ate their breakfast, one of their sheep jumped off a 45-foot cliff to its death…
Then, as the stunned shepherds looked on, the rest of the flock followed. In all, 1,500 sheep mindlessly stumbled off the cliff. The only good news was that the last 1,000 were cushioned in their fall by the growing woolly pile of those who jumped first. According to The Washington Post, 450 sheep died.
The Bible often refers to human beings as sheep (Ps. 100:3; Isa. 53:6; Matt. 9:36). Easily distracted and susceptible to group influence, we would rather follow the crowd than the wisdom of the Shepherd.
Whom are we following? One another? Or the voice and direction of the Good Shepherd? Our challenge is to avoid the mistake of the sheep who blindly followed one another over a cliff. We must make it our daily purpose to ask ourselves: Am I listening for the voice of the Good Shepherd? Am I following Him? (Mart De Haan)
Savior, like a shepherd lead us,
Much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us,
For our use Thy folds prepare. (Thrupp)
“I am the Good Shepherd . . . . My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” ( John 10:14,27).
Posted by Mike Benson
Jesus is the reason for the season! Merry CHRISTmas!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 