“Don’t worry about anything …”
~Philippians 4:6a (LB)~
A friend who lives in the Texas Panhandle shared this on facebook:
Snowing, 12 degrees & falling to a low of 2 tonight, high of 9 tomorrow, 25-30 MPH winds with gust up to 50 MPH tomorrow, white out & blizzard conditions. Don’t you wish you were here?
As we prepare for a lot of 27 tonight, let’s pray for those who are facing much colder temperatures. For them, we can pray they continue to have heat, that they have stored up enough food and medicine that most of them will not have to try to travel, safety of utility crews who are in location anticipating a problem, for no broken pipes, etc.
From my son-in-law:
Thank you for your prayers for Sunday.
More than 60 Romany adults + children attended the first weekly meeting of ‘Cacipen’ (‘Truth’ in Romany language) Church Prague. The Roma were originally from Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Czech Republic, but all now reside in Czech Republic. Rafal and Janek Gil (long-term Romany missionaries from Poland) led music, prayers, and preaching. There were additional non-Roma present from two international churches. A lady from the local Czech Baptist church directed a children’s program. Leaders even collected an offering, very unusual in early Romany church plants.
I always appreciate prayers for my family as they serve God and minister to the Roma. Thanks to the 5,000+ missionaries who serve through the IMB and people like you in churches who support missions through the Cooperative Program and especially the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Kne
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DO YOU REMEMBER Bubba Smith...?
He retired from professional football a few years ago. Then, after he retired from playing football, Bubba Smith started making beer commercials. He was the guy who tore the top off of beer cans, and engaged in the argument about whether it is less filling or tastes great. You remember him now, don’t you?
In a magazine article about him, Bubba Smith said that he has never had a beer. Drinking any kind of alcoholic beverage just isn’t a part of his life. But he advertised it and felt good about his job. It was an easy job. It was an enjoyable job, and it paid a good salary.
Until one day when he went back to Michigan State, his alma mater, as the Grand Marshal of the Homecoming Parade. As he was riding in the limousine at the head of the parade, he heard the throngs of people on both sides of the parade route shouting. And what were they shouting? "Hail to Michigan State?" No! One side was shouting, "Tastes great!" and the other side was shouting, "Less filling!"
Bubba Smith suddenly realized that he and the beer commercials that he made had had a tremendous impact on the students at Michigan State. And the message that they had gotten was that "It is all right to drink light beer."
Later, Bubba was in Ft. Lauderdale during Spring Break, and he saw drunken college kids up and down the beaches, shouting "Tastes great! Less filling!"
And when it came time to renew his contract, he refused to sign because he said that he didn’t want his life to count for something like that. He said that his conscience kept telling him, "Stop, Bubba. Stop."
You see, everybody’s life counts for something. Melvin Newland
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." Matthew 5:13
Have a great day! Be sure to give God a portion of your day!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 