“Put on the new self,
created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
~Ephesians 4:24 NIV~
Baptist Press Stories for Jun. 15, 2010
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- SBC messengers adopt GCR report by wide margin
- Wright wins runoff for SBC president
- Hunt sees SBC at its Kadesh Barnea
- Chapman: SBC’s greatest needs spiritual
- Frank Page begins to set forth his vision
- Small church with big CP heart honored with M.E. Dodd award
- Pastors focus on missions, adoption
- Stanleys address Pastors’ Conference
- 4 GCR challenges laid before pastors
- Uselessness paralyzing churches, Page says
- FIRST-PERSON: Straight talk to church members about pastors
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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
THE APOSTLE PAUL bluntly warned the Ephesian Christians that life in the world could be a heavy battle…
The enemy of one’s spirit, he said, is not always visible. Rather, he is often invisible, fighting from ambushes whic appear at first glance to be attractive and beneficial. Paul’s advice: be prepared, alert, and equipped to stand firm. To the Corinthians he said that we should never be ignorant of the enemy’s designs. Peter agreed in his epistle, and he described the enemy as one who is like a roaring lion, “seeking whom he may devour.” These men weren’t kidding around. Theirs was no paranoic fantasy. They were well aware that spiritual survival demands a dramatic effort.
The effective father also takes this kind of thing seriously, and he trains his eye to discriminate between those things that will build and those that will destroy his children’s lives. He begins to notice repetitive hostile patterns in various areas of life which demand acute, sensitive awareness, lest from among the good things the destructive elements emerge that erode and tear at his children’s spirits.
A spiritual mine dectector might register a few things capable of exploding in a family’s face. Gordon MacDonald, “It’s Not A Phony War,” The Effective Father, 32-33
“Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour.”
~1 Peter 5:8~
Billie Webb Stone
(July 25, 1926 – June 15, 2010)
A resident of Greensburg, died at 7:55 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at her home. She was born July 25, 1926 in Amite and was 83 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Laverne King. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg. She is survived by her son, Morris Stone, Baton Rouge; daughter, Natalie Ficklin, Greensburg; grandsons, Bill and Michael Halford; great-granddaughter, Claire Halford; 6 sisters, Natalie McCall, Elaine Webb, Eva Lois Mashon, Joanne Larguier, Dianne Caudill and Brenda Brocato. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles R. “Chuck” Stone; parents, Maurice and Bertha Raborn Webb; sister, Myrtie McCoy; brother, Robert M. “Cotton” Webb.
David and I hope you will join us at the cabin tomorrow night at 6:30. Have a great day!
Anna Lee
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