Month: February 2011

Friday

“If you want to know what God wants you to do,

ask him,

and he will gladly tell you …

But when you ask him,

be sure that you really expect him to tell you.”

~James 1:5-6 (LB)~

 

Madison Callihan is now back at home with her family.  Please continue to pray for all the people who are sick with the flu and/or pneumonia.

Larkin Dorris is thanking God!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris

Mary Ryan Williams
(January 25, 1908 – February 23, 2011)

A resident of Greensburg, she died at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg. She was born January 25, 1908 in New Orleans and was 103 years of age. Mrs. Williams retired from Southern Bell and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, Montpelier Garden Club and Montpelier Baptist Church. She is survived by her brother, Raoul Ryan, Ponchatoula and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Williams; parents, Richard and Sierra Ryan; sister, Inez R. Cox; brothers, Richard H. Ryan, John A. Ryan and Eugene D. Ryan. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10

Mike Benson, Editor

CONSIDER THE EYE…

Look out the window.  Your field of view catches a vista perhaps a mile wide.  It all appears projected onto half of a sphere a the very back of your eye, the retina, less than three centimeters in diameter.  Yet your brain sees within those three centimeters of information a world a mile wide and knows it is no Disney cartoon the size of a postage stamp.  Light from the outside world has reached your retina with only slight distortion.  That’s because somehow those clever genes in your body produced crystal clear, transparent cells for the eyes’ outer casing, the cornea and the lens just behind the cornea, and the thick fluid that fills the globe of the eye between the lens and the retina.  Amazing.  All those totally clear cells and fluid even though most of our body is opaque or translucent.  Some cells of your eyes are yours for life.  As you age, more are added, but the ones you were born with are still with you as well.

The iris, which is controlled by an array of muscles, regulates the amount of light entering based on feedback from the retina.  Behind the retina is a heavily pigmented layer that absorbs light not captured by the retina.  A second array of muscles changes the shape of the lens, bending the light more or less as per the extent of the lens’s curvature, focusing the incoming images sharply on the retina.  (All land vertebrates use the system to sharpen the image.  A fish lens acts in a mannter similar to a camera, focusing by moving the lens backward or forward.)  Of course, the concept of focusing assumnes the brain makes some decision as to what a “sharp” image means.  Might the world really be blurry and we just see it as sharp?

All those muscles working in unison with no conscious thought on your part, and all in the blink of an eye, and all originally stored in one fertilized cell.  Gerald L. Schroeder, The Hidden Face of God, “Meiosis and the Making of a Human,” 82-83

“By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.” Psalm 33.6

 

Enjoy some of God’s creation today.

Anna Lee

Thursday

Johnnie Smith

My daddy johnnie smith has had some chances,we got a call around 1:00am that he was having problems with his heart.so please keep him in ur prays.thanks for ur prays.

Sherry Rosamond

Mrs. Mildred Bridges had a stroke and is hospitalized in McComb.  She has already made some improvements.  J.C. Miller requested prayers for her.

“Boots” Prescott returned home last night.  Please be in pray for him as he continues to recover from knee surgery.

Mrs. Susie Wales will be having surgery next Wednesday.  Please begin now to pray for her.

Continue to pray for Mr. J.D. Smith as he continues to undergo tests in Baton Rouge.

Pray for my momma, Dot Smith.  The doctors we saw yesterday had different opinions.  Pray her problem is correctly identified and treated.

Frankie Gehringer will have surgery next week.  Begin to lift him up in your prayers.

She’s ninety-one and amazing!  Mrs. Kathryn Sanders was shopping in Walmart yesterday.  Thank God for her progress since she broke her hip.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Margaret Huber.  She’s at her home now.

Self-Control

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10
Mike Benson, Editor

DO YOU SUSPECT that your daughter might be more devoted to Facebook than physics, or have you been searching so avidly online that you suddenly realize you haven’t looked up from your screen in hours…?

A few handy websites can help you keep your eye on the clock.  Productivity Meter, free downloadable software, is available at fruitfultime.com.  You tag your favorite websites “productive” or “unproductive,” and the program registers and graphs your time.  Download the program data onto a portable flash drive so you can track your usage on any computer.

  • For about $10 a month, Slife Web (slifelabs.com) sits in the background of your screen, quietly watches your online activities.  You can restrict your time in particular areas such as news, e-mail, and games.

  • The family pan on rescuetime.com tracks how each member of your clan spends time online, and it plots the data by hour, day, and week.  The site, which also offers individual plans, even allows you to block distracting websites from your loved ones–and yourself.  Reader’s Digest,“Gadget Mania,” March 2011, 97

KneEmail:  22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” Galatians 5.22-24

 

Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

Wednesday Afternoon

From Lesley F. Bridges

A former student at Sumner, Tyler Morgan, was involved in a serious accident Sunday. He sustained several serious injuries. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

 

From Joanie Scarle

Stacey went for check up yesterday. They took her drain out and she is very relieved. It didn’t hurt but it did bother her a good bit. The stitches look good and appear to be healing. We are to keep the area dry and monitor for redness and skin break down. Otherwise we go back next Monday. Stitches will probably stay in for at least 14 days. The discomfort is minimal and she has to be watched to keep her from doing to much. She is bored and sick and tired of being sick. Thanks to all of you for your continued prayers, calls and encouragement.
Actually things are looking up, Mom is better after the back surgery and is getting around a little. It has really slowed her down and she is not too happy about that. Pat’s eye is getting better but he has to have surgery on his vocal cords again as soon as they can schedule it. Kaely’s eyes are okay now. All the rest of us are still standing so that’s a good thing

 

Wednesday

“Let the peoples praise You, O God;

let all the peoples praise You.”

~Psalm 67:5~


INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
IMB
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

“You shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,” (Isaiah 58:11b, ESV).

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, asking you to pray for women.

The Wassulu Team asks prayer for the Garden Project in village B2, especially the chosen widows and other women who are gardening there. Pray that new wells will provide a good and steady water supply and that their initial harvests will yield plenty for their families as well as enough to share and sell.

Those working with Assamese Muslims of India give thanks to the Lord for new teammates. A new journeyman is currently in language learning, and she will begin a teacher-training program with women. Two new ‘Hands On’ personnel will be teaching the program of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to women who have a desire to learn conversational English.

In Dakar, Senegal, MA told the missionary that she needed to talk–she had been thinking about the Bible stories. After considering the cost, she had decided to become a follower of Jesus. As the missionary went through the steps, MA expressed that she understood completely, and also knew that if she became His follower, she could lose her children. She said that she had to follow the “way of Jesus”. MA then prayed and asked Christ to forgive her and become her Savior. She began sharing her faith with her children in the evenings. MA is reading her Bible daily and then sharing with her family what she has read. She went to visit a very close friend and witnessed to her friend, telling her all that God was teaching her and what a blessing it was to be His follower.

* Please pray that MA will continue to grow strong in her faith and be obedient in baptism.

* Pray for new workers among the Assamese to integrate quickly into the community through these training programs.

* Intercede for the Wassulu women that they will clearly hear the message of Jesus through His parables and receive His salvation.

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

Mike Benson, Editor

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites all got sick…

They all caught a deadly virus.  It was far more virulent and lethal than the SARS virus that brought death an destruction to our world.  It was the G virus — the “grumble” germ…

All but two occurrences of “grumbling” in the Old Testament are found in six chapters of the Pentateuch: Exodus 15, 16, and 17, and Numbers 14, 16, and 17.  Of all the sins of the fathers, God counted this one of the worst.  It is one of Satan’s most effective weapons because it robs us of God and robs God of us!

Sometimes learning what God thinks about our grumbles helps us to deal with them.  First of all, God hears us when we gripe and grumble.  Numbers 11:18 says, “The LORD heard you when you wailed.”  Over and over again the Bible says that God heard the Israelites’ griping and their grumbling.  We need to know that God doesn’t want to hear it!

Our son and daughter-in-law have seven children.  There is a sign displayed in a prominent place in their kitchen that says briefly and succintly: “No whining!”  Whining is unacceptable behavior to those parents, and it is unacceptable to God .  It poisons the environment and spoils relationships.  It makes God sad to hear us whine, and it also makes Him mad!  “Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD.  And when He heard them His anger was aroused” (Numbers 11:1).  God wants us to know that wailing and whining are unacceptable behaviors.  Jill Briscoe, “The Other Side of Redemption,” Here Am I Lord…Send Somebody Else!, 80-81

“In everything give thanks;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

~1 Thessalonians 5:18~

Flood heaven with your prayers of thanksgiving!

Anna Lee


Tuesday Afternoon

Pray for Madison Callihan, daughter of Craig and Julie.  Madison is hospitalized with flu and pneumonia.

Pray for Mr. Wenous Goings who is still in ICU at North Oaks.

Add Rev. Milton Kliesch to your prayer link.  He is in the ER at North Oaks with a kidney stone.

Elma Lou Hayden Mulina

(January 18, 1930 – February 21, 2011)

A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, February 21, 2011 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. She was born January 18, 1930 in Birmingham, AL and was 81 years of age. Survived by 2 daughters, Patricia Mulina, Houston, TX, and Lynette Ivanyisky and her husband, Alan, Albany, son, David Mulina, Fishers, IN, sister, Lelia Cox, Amite, brother, Herbert Hayden and his wife, Amanda, Navasota, TX, 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Elmer and Mary Dykes Hayden, 2 daughters, Imogene Brown and Dianne Moore, son, Larry Wayne Mulina, 3 brothers, Earl Hayden, Aubrey Hayden, and Huey Hayden. A very special thanks to the staff at Ollie Steel Burden Manor for providing our mother with care, compassion and a loving environment for the past 4 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Thursday, February 24, 2011 with graveside services immediately following in the Amite Cemetery, Amite. Services conducted by Rev. Don Thursby.

Tuesday

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,

for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,

for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”

~Romans 1:16~

Received yesterday from Sherry Rosamond

My daddy johnnie smith surgey has went good, and is in recovery room. We are waiting on him to go to his room.thinks to everyone for there prayers.

Roger Pittman will be having cardiac testing on March 4th.  Please keep him in your prayers.

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is still trying to recover from her heart surgery.  She is very sore still.  Please remember her in your prayers.

Jadon’s Story: Hospital Update

I had a horrible day yesterday. I woke up and had about 30 spasms. They still looked different but were still not intense. We went to church and then went back home for the rest of the day. I continued to have them but again they weren’t very intense. I was very fussy yesterday and didn’t nap much. I finally got a good nap around 5pm. When I woke up is when it started. I was having really intense seizures not spasms. They only lasted about 5 seconds at a time but they continued to cluster for over 20 minutes back to back. It scared my mommy and daddy. It’s amazing how long 5 seconds can be. Not to mention we are over an hour away from Childrens. My mommy immediately called the neurologist on call. The on call doctor called our neurologist and they told us to come to the ER. My seizures stopped on the way to the hospital. I did have a few right when we walked in but not many. They started back up around 11:15 pm. They gave me ativan and it helped calm things down. After being in the ER for 5 hours we finally got to our room. I did fine the rest of the night. When I woke up this morning I only had about 12 of the little not intense seizures. So what is the plan? They are going to increase my vimpat and give it through IV today to get it in my system quickly. They are then going to do an EEG tomorrow. They want the ativan to get completely out of my system so we can see what’s going on. The results of the EEG will tell us what to do next. We have discussed 3 different options but we have to wait until after the EEG. I don’t have much good news but the good news is they think that I have some kind of viral infection. My body is covered in a rash. This is good because that is probably what is causing the seizures to get more intense. The neurologist doesn’t think that the pednisolone is what caused the decrease. She thinks it was getting me off the topamax. So we really don’t have any answers today. We have to wait until tomorrow. We are doing much better today. Yesterday scared us pretty bad. I HATE SEIZURES!!!!! I left you a picture of me snuggling with my daddy at the hospital. I love to snuggle. Please pray for me and my family!!!

Caring Bridge: Callie Cole

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole

Baptist Press Stories for Feb. 21, 2011
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  • Western Christians must ‘run toward Egypt,’ worker says
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34691
  • ‘We can’t lose this nation,’ pastor declares
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34695
  • With AIDS ‘care kits’ churches help Africans
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34694
  • House OKs bill with pro-life provisions
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34698
  • SPORTS: Daytona winner outspoken Christian
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34693
  • Editors hear from SBC entity leaders
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34696
  • FIRST-PERSON: Religious liberty in the Arab world
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34697
  • BP Ledger, Feb. 21 edition
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34692
Count your blessing today.  I’m sure the list is much longer than you imagined.
Anna Lee

Tuesday – Obituary Update

Michael W. Edwards was born October 28, 1950 and passed away at 1:47 p.m., Sunday, February 20, 2011 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington surrounded by his loving family. He was 60, a native of Franklinton and a resident of Kentwood. Michael is survived by wife, Brenda Holden Edwards, Kentwood; daughter, Natasha Tate and husband Dale, Kentwood; step-daughter, Pamela Tarver, Covington; step-son, David Dykes, Amite; 2 grandsons, Brody Dale Tate & Drew Michael Tate; granddaughter, Samantha Ann Tarver; 2 sisters, Nan Welch and husband Johnny, Kentwood & Jackie Stilley and husband Shelton, Kentwood; 2 brothers, Larry Gene Edwards and wife Benda, Kentwood & Joey Edwards, Kentwood; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by his parents, Charles Lewis and Yuvonne Bond Edwards, Sr.; 3 brothers, Donald Earl Edwards, Charles Lewis Edwards, Jr. & Rusty Edwards.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Michael Shumock officiating. Interment in Twin Oaks Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

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