Tuesday

 “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,

in the breaking of bread,

 and in prayers . . .

and the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

~Acts 2:42-47~

Mrs. Katherine Sanders is home again and improving.  Keep her in your prayers.

Pete Lee is in ICU still and hopefully will be ready for surgery this week.  Please keep Pete and his family in your prayers.

 Dr. Landrum Salley

I have major surgery scheduled for Monday. I tend to have a low sodium level, and that could prevent me from taking a general anaesthetic and therefore delay the surgery. It’s to correct an abdominal hernia, which I acquired when all my abdominal muscles were cut when I had emergency surgery five years ago. We will appreciate your prayers. And thanks again for keeping us posted on what is happening in a town where we spent sixteen years and still love

Callie Cole

Good Evening,

Callie is doing well.  She has not made any great strides over the past few days but is still responding well to family and friends.  It is good to see how her friends have adjusted and can now talk to her and treat her just like they used to.  Not sure but this is probably very difficult for them to do.  It does my heart good to see them crack a joke or do something to try and get a response out of her, and most of the time it works.  Frances works hard with her during the day along with the therapists to keep her mobile and to increase her range of motion as well as working on the swallowing, which is going very well. 

There are a great group of guys working on our building project.  It has not been the greatest weather for construction but it hasn’t slowed them one little bit.  As a matter of fact they are putting this building up faster than I can get what I need to get done to stay ahead of them.  The Lord has truely blessed our lives by using people in ways that we could never have imagined. I thank the Lord every day for all of you who continue to lift my daughter and our family up to the Most High.  I know that we shouldn’t be, but we are amazed at the prayers offered up on our behalf, and all of the things that people have done and continue to do for us out of love.  I ask that the Lord bless each one of your lives and to know how you have blessed ours.

Sunday,  Bro. Floyd preached a message from Genesis chapter 39 on Joseph.  We were reminded how Joseph remained faithful to the Lord and to himself.  I decided to read chapter 37 and also chapter 40 just to jog my memory and the Holy Spirit showed me something else.  Joseph was a righteous man.  He did almost everything right and yet he was sold as a slave by his own brothers, he was thrown into prison and then forgotten by a man he had helped and left in prison for two more years for no crime at all.  Through all of this Joseph remained faithful and the Lord was able to fulfill his purpose through this man because of it.  You see, the Lord had a great purpose for the things that happened that no one knew about.  Thank you Lord for showing us what we need to see at just the right time.

Please continue to pray without doubt as I know you are.

Tom

TODAY’S PRAYER
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JANUARY 26, 2010
“Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.” (Psalm 54:2)

HAITI. For updated information and prayer requests related to the Haiti earthquake, please visit http://www.imb.org/main/pray/ and Ed Cox’s blog, http://imbprayerdir.wordpress.com.

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist of Greenland (northern North America, northeast of Canada).

CHINA. More than 98,500 Chinese students studied in U.S. universities last year. Pray that many of them will receive Christ this year while in the United States as churches, families and individuals open their hearts and homes to these bright young Chinese adults. Pray that Christians in the United States will see this as a great mission field, and will also comprehend the great influence the students may have someday when they return to their homeland.

DUTCH INDIGENOUS OF THE NETHERLANDS. Please pray for a small evangelical church in Holland. From this small church, a group of believers is prayerwalking the city and asking God to bring revival in the land. Recently they discovered a portion of the city with a concentrated amount of occult influence. They have decided to focus in this part of the city for awhile. They ask you to agree with them in prayer that strongholds will be broken and that the truth of the gospel will penetrate the hearts of those who live in this area specifically. Pray also that the occult organizations will be rendered powerless and not be able to influence the lives of those in this area.

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Welton H. Brumfield, Jr.
(February 25, 1933 – January 25, 2010)

Welton H. Brumfield, Jr. a loving son, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather was born on February 25, 1933 and passed away at 5:55 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2010 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington. He was 76, a native and resident of Amite.Mr. Welton is survived by his daughter, Becki Brumfield Biandolillo and husband Mike, Amite; a son, Greg Brumfield and wife Nicole, Amite; mother, Mrs. Josephine H. “MerPhinie” Brumfield, Amite; son-in-law, Danny Richardson, Amite; companion, Connie R. Evans, Amite and her granddaughter, Lindsey; 11 grandchildren, Gretchen Ockman and husband, Mike, Jared Richardson, Lindsey Jo Brumfield, Blair Reid, Chelsea Brumfield, Grant Welton Richardson, Gray Richardson and wife Donna, Ashley Brumfield, Blake Welton Brumfield, Sydni Biandolillo and Alexis Biandolillo; 4 great-grandchildren, Keegan Ockman, Kelsey Ockman, Kelton Baugh and Grayson Richardson

Preceded in death by his father, Welton H. Brumfield, Sr.; his wife, Jacqueline “Jackie” Eubanks Brumfield; daughter, Laurel “Lauri” Brumfield Richardson; brother, Claude “Hank” Brumfield; sister-in-law, Eleanor “Cricket” Vessier Brumfield; and sister, Sara Frances Brumfield.

Pallbearers are Grant Richardson, Gray Richardson, Jared Richardson, Blake Brumfield, Claude Brumfield & Bryan Brumfield. Honorary Pallbearers are Johnny Peterson, Larry Mobley, Buck Cefalu, John Bush & Ray Fontaine.

Visitation will be at First United Methodist Church, Amite, on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 2:00 p.m. with Bro. Brady Whitton officiating. Interment in the Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA.

Mr. Welton graduated from Amite High School in 1951 and received his Business Management degree from LSU in 1955. He served as a pilot for SAC in the Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1958 and returned to Amite. He first owned Brumfield Tractor Co. from 1953 to 1988 and also manager of Brumfield Sales & Service in Kentwood from 1971 to 1978. He became general manager of Brumfield Motor Co. in Amite in 1971 and subsequently dealer in 1975 after the death of his father. He sold this dealership in 1998. During this period he served on the National Dealer Council at Ford Tractor Division and also served as one of five dealers in the country for a two year term on the National Dealer Council for Ford Motor Company. He also served on the board of Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association and was the President of LADA from 1977-78. He has been active in the First United Methodist Church for many years. He has served as Chairman of the Board of his local church, as the First lay President of the Council of Finance & Administration of the Louisiana Annual Conference and its First Lay Chairman for the Board of Pensions of that conference. He also served on the General Council of Ministries for eight years at the national level. He was a delegate to two sessions of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church and four sessions of the Jurisdictional Conference. He has also served as director on the Methodist Children’s Home in Ruston, LA since 1976. He was elected to board of Central Progressive Bank in 1977 and has also served and is presently serving as a Director for Blossman Bamcshares and recently elected Chairman of the Board.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

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

 

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

 
TO BE “SAVED” means to be made safe…
 
It implies that the unsaved person is in danger.  Mark 16:16 speaks of salvation and safety from sin.  When the term saved is used in reference to a Christian, it means he is made safe from the guilt and eternal consequences of his sins (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 15:2; Ephesians 2:15; Titus 3:5).  This safety is brought about by God’s pardon, which can be affected in no other way.  It means the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16).  This salvation is equivalent to the promise of pardon for those who believe and are baptized.  Many religious people balk at the idea of placing baptism in such a connection with salvation (that baptism is necessary for the forgiveness of sins).  However, we must remember that it was Jesus Himself Who placed baptism in this connection.  When a mind revolts at any of His words, it is not His fault but their fault.  The stubborn heart bears sole responsibility for one’s failure to heed God’s Word.  When considering the concept of being saved, one must take into account the power of God to deliver an individual from the bondage of sin by the power of the Gospel.  H.D. Simmons

 
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved;

but he who does not believe will be condemned.” 

Mark 16:16

Have a blessed day!’

Anna Lee