Month: April 2011

Thursday

“As she stood behind Jesus at his feet weeping,

she began to wet his feet with her tears.

Then she wiped them with her hair,

kissed them and poured perfume on them.”

~Luke 7:38 (NIV)~

Chloe Neyland

Our baby girl Chloe is doing very well and making progress. She came off the vent Tuesday morning and they began feeding her with a feeding tube today. I was able to hold her this afternoon for the first time in 5 days. Feeling very blessed!!

 

 

Stacey Scarle

Stacey sees the Radiology oncologist today Please say a prayer for her.

 

Please continue to pray for Mrs. Bill Hughes as warmer weather approaches.  She has more difficulty breathing when the hot summer weather.

 

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

A FLORIDA COUPLE A made the news some time ago for the extraordinary job they were doing instructing their teenagers on the ins and outs of the family business…

The family business, however, happened to be armed robbery.

Husband and wife were schooling their sons in such tools of the trade as AK-47 rifles, police scanners, escape routes, surveillance and surivial gear, etc. They carefully taught them hand-to-hand combat, and expected them to memorize police codes and map layouts.  After each robbery the boys were debriefed, and their mistakes were spotted and corrected.

Are we serious about teaching and training our children about living for God?  Raising godly children is perhaps the most challenging task God bestows upon parents.

“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul,

and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house,

when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

~Deuteronomy 11.18-19~

 

Thank-you for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Wednesday Afternoon

Vernon Cutrer
(July 21, 1919 – April 6, 2011)

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 12:28 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at his home. He was born July 21, 1919 in Kentwood and was 91 years of age. Mr. Cutrer was a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII having received Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze service stars, World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge 1st Award, Honorable Service Lapel Button WWII, Expert Badge with Carbine Bar, and Parachutist Badge – Basic. Visitation at Spring Creek Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2011. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Spring Creek. Survived by 2 sons, David Cutrer and his wife, Mary, and Randy Cutrer and his wife, Allyce, daughter, Pamela Smith and her husband, Rusty, 3 grandsons, Marshall Smith and his wife, Joni, Michael Dakota Smith, and Jarrett Cutrer, 1 great-grandson, Colin Smith, Preceded in death by, wife, Mae Kliesch Cutrer, son, Michael Eugene Cutrer, parents, Roy Cutrer, Sr. and Arie Ricks Cutrer, 6 brothers, Monroe Cutrer, Winston Cutrer, Roy Cutrer, Jr., Walter Cutrer, Willard Cutrer, and Milton Cutrer, 3 sisters, Joyce Crowe, Dorothy Giordano, and Dewila Carbo. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements.

 

Avis Sue Hicks Neal

(January 20, 1932 – April 6, 2011)

She was born January 20, 1932, was a native of Dodson, LA and a resident of Loranger, LA. She passed away April 6, 2011. She was married to Harvey Neal on June 28, 1950. Mrs. Neal is survived by her sister, Mary E. Pier, her daughters, Linda Diane Ferguson, Virena “Rena” Bethel and son-in-law, Ed Bethel, and Rose Johnson and son-in-law, Roger Johnson, her son, Lynel Neal and daughter-in-law, Joanette Neal, her daughter-in-law, Wendy Neal, 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Neal, her son, Warren “Tuffy” Neal, her mother, Tressie Jenkins, her father, Howard Hicks, her sister, Winifred “Wimpy” Jennings, her brother, Sonny Hicks, and great-granddaughter, Patience Wallace. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. John Deschner. Interment Briar Patch Cemetery, Loranger, LA. lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation.

Wednesday

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer;

and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

~Isaiah 65:24~

 

 

 

 

Acting President Announced at Louisiana College

Marc Taylor, Chairman of the Louisiana College Board of Trustees, announced that Timothy Johnson, Vice-President of Institutional Advancement at LC, will be the acting president until Dr. Aguillard returns after his surgery and recovery. For additional information visit www.lacollege.edu.

Update on Dr. Aguillard 4.4.11

April 4th, 2011

Pineville, LA. … The latest update on Louisiana College President, Dr. Joe Aguillard, is that he is recovering in the Cardiac ICU at Rapides Regional after successful quadruple by-pass surgery.  Dr. Aguillard was taken to Rapides Regional after suffering a heart attack on March 28.

 

The Office of College Communications will issue official updates regarding Dr. Aguillard’s condition as it becomes available. Please direct all questions to Amy Robertson, Director of College Communications at LC (318) 487-7194 or (318) 542-8688 or arobertson@lacollege.edu

 

Pray for Roger Pittman and Cora Morris as they recover from heart surgery also.

 

I’m headed back to physical therapy this morning.  Pray I haven’t regressed too much.

 

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10
Mike Benson, Editor
WHAT DOES JESUS say about tradition…?

 

The Pharisees referred to it as “the tradition of the elders” (Mark 7.3, 5).  But Jesus called it “the precepts of men” (v. 7) and “the tradition of men” (v. 8).

 

Now this immediately cut the ground from under the Pharisees’ feet.  They believed that Scripture and tradition were equally ancient, equally Mosaic, equally divine.  Christ did not share their view.  On the contrary, He drew a sharp distinction between the two.  One the one hand there was what “Moses said” (v. 10), and on the other what “you say” (v. 11).  At first sight one might suppose that this was simply to set two Jewish teachers or schools of thought in opposition to each other, Moses and the elders.  But this is not at all how Jesus saw the disagreement.  To Him Moses and the elders were not comparable, for the elders were fallible men with human traditions, while Moses was the spokesman of God.  So what “you say” is equivalent to “your tradition” (vv. 9, 13) or “the tradition of men” (v. 8), whereas what “Moses said” is “the commandment of God” (vv. 8-9) and “the word of God” (v. 13).  To put this beyond question we may observe that the phrase “Moses said” in verse 10 is rendered in Matthew 15:4 “God said”, and this was the consistent custom of Jesus and His apostles.  For them “Scripture says” and “God says” were synonymous.

 

Thus we have our Lord’s own authority for distinguishing between Scripture and tradition as between God’s Word written and all human interpretations and accretions.

 

Put another way, we may say that the only “tradition” which Scripture recognizes is Scripture.  For “tradition” (Greek – paradosis) is what is handed down, and God’s purpose has been that His Word, His unique revelation given to prophets and apostles, should be transmitted from generation to generation.  John R. W. Stott, “Authority: Tradition or Scripture?”, Christ the Controversialist, 70

 

“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses,

commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

2 Timothy 2.2


Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

 

Tuesday Updates

Roger Pittman‘s surgery went well.  He will be watched closely for the next 24 hours.  He told us earlier that he expected to be in the hospital for five days.  I’ll try to keep you posted.

Cora Morris‘ surgery also went as expected.  Pray for her as she recovers.

Lots of people are counting their blessings because they had no problems or very little problems with the weather last night.  Did you take time to thank Him?

Death

Please add Frank’s mother (Verla Smith’s) family to the prayer list. She lost her brother Lawrence Kyzar from Bogue Chitto, Miss. and will bury him there at Pleasant Hill Cemetery this morning at 10:00 a.m. Thank you very much.
Sue F Smith

Tuesday

“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,

that it cannot save;

nor His ear heavy,

that it cannot hear.”

~Isaiah 59:1~

 

Jadon’s Story: Steroid update

Day 2 of steriods and I’m already doing much better. I’m still having
seizures, they just aren’t as many or as intense. I woke up 1 time
last night and had about 30 spasms. We have noticed its not really
the amount of seizures that I have but the intensity of them. I can
have 60 not intense spasms and I do well. It’s when I have 60 intense
ones when I have more trouble. So anyway, so far so good. We pray that I will continue to keep getting better. I really want all the intense
ones to go away. Thanks for praying for me!!!! Mommy says she has her happy baby back that’s not getting attacked by seizures all day and
all night. She said not to worry, her and daddy will continue to do
everything possible to get these seizures to leave me alone.

 

Mr. Harley Kliesch is home and doing better now that his medication has been adjusted.  Continue to pray for Mr. Harley and “Miss” Mary Nell.

 

Yesterday evening at about 6:30, tornadoes touched down in the curve on the south side of Roseland and in Velma.  I have heard/read reports of damages, but no injuries.  Thank God for watching over all of us last night.

 

We have some good news to share.  Boyd, Jennie, Mallory, Miles, Madison, and Mason Hatchel will be coming to the seminary for their stateside assignment after serving another three and a half year term. They will arrive July 16th rather than August 1st!  Yeah!

 

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Anna Lee

 

Monday

TODAY’S PRAYER
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APRIL 4, 2011

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

it shall not return to Me void,

but it shall accomplish what I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent.”

~Isaiah 55:11~

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 Aires Bonifacio Ali of Mozambique (southern Africa).

G CITY, CHINA. Please pray for the Easter season in G City. Easter is not a holiday that is celebrated in this city. Many people do not know the true meaning of this holiday. Believers in G City will hold several Easter parties; pray that many people will attend. Pray that throughout the month of April, believers in G City will be able to share the Easter story with many people. Ask that many people will give their lives to God as they hear and believe the Easter story.

SOUTH ASIAN UNENGAGED PEOPLES. This month, please pray for a group of four young men in a Kurmi village near Allahabad in northern India. The Kurmi are an unreached people group. These four young men are beginning to hold meetings in their village. Pray for boldness on their part, seekers and “people of peace” (Luke 10:6) who will participate, and the ability to stand in the face of feared opposition. Please also pray that the love of Jesus will be so obvious in these young men, that people will be drawn to His love shining through them.http://prayerthreads.imb.org

 

From Lisa McKenzie Neyland (written Sunday)

Just wanted to let everyone know that Chloe is doing very well so far. The surgeon says he is going to wake her up tomorrow and try to take her off the vent. This will be a major step for her, but I think she will do well. Thanks again for all the prayers coming our way!!

Mr. Joe Williams is home again.  Keep him and “Miss” Othell in your prayers.

Mr. J.D. Smith is still experiencing some medical problems.  So far, he has not got a diagnosis or solution that has made him well.  Keep praying.

Ora Lee Wilson will begin physical therapy on her arm that was dislocated.  Pray for her as she goes through this progress.

Have a great day!

Anna Lee