“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
~Matthew 1:29-30~
Prayers Needed
I would like to ask for prayers for my daughter KaLeigh. Last year she had several lymph nodes removed and just recently we discovered a very large mass in her neck, it is putting pressure on both of her main blood vessels that go to her brain. We are unsure as to what it is. We are waiting for Childrens Hospital to contact us to arrange surgery for her. She is in good spirits but we are all afraid of what it might be, so I would like for everyone to please pray for her and the family as we go through this. It is very difficult since she came such along way from birth.
Thanks
Debbie Powers & family
Please pray for Melissa Johnson, she is in Lallie Kemp Hospital. She has fluid on her lungs and they are trying to get it off.
Thank you,
Gretchen Simpson
Mr. Pete Hyde is now is rehab. Pray he regains his strength and gets the rehab he needs to return home soon.
Sherry Simpson will have her corrective surgery today in Nashville. Pray everything goes well and she regains her former strength and stamina.
Robbie Lynn Kirby is slowly recovering at home. Pray for her and Kirby as they take one day at a time.
Gwen Harper Pedalahole is still sedated, but seems to be making some progress. Pray for Gwen and family during some very difficult times.
Mrs. “Bill” Hughes had surgery in McComb. Pray for this wonderfully sweet lady with a very frail body. Pray for Mrs. Anne Hurst as she cares for her sister.
Pray Chole Neyland to stay in good health for her heart surgery next week. If she is healthy, she will enter Children’s Hospital Monday and have surgery Wednesday. Pray for the family as they surrender this baby to surgeons again.
Pray for the continuing manhunt east of town. Pray for the law enforcement teams and for the residents who have lived and moved around under such stress for a week. Pray too for the fugitive and his family. I would like to quote a principal I had when I first started teaching – “Everybody had a momma”. I don’t think any of us would want to be in her place today.
Jean M. Limerick
(February 18, 1925 – October 18, 2011)
Mrs. Jean M. Limerick was born on February 18, 1925 and passed away at 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Northshore Specialty Hospital, Covington. She was 86, a native of Oklahoma City, OK, a resident of Amite and a former resident of Oklahoma City, OK.
Mrs. Jean is survived by her son, Mark Fisher, Sr., Amite; grandson, Mark Fisher, Jr.; granddaughter, Shana Myers and husband Mark; 4 great grandchildren, Coleman Fisher, Gracie Fisher, Erin Myers & Ellie Myers; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Joyce Hughs Matthews; 1st husband, Edward Fisher; 2nd husband, Charles Limerick; daughter, Marcia Joyce Fisher.
Graveside funeral services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com
Thought for the Day: Should I Forgive that Person?
The following story comes from Glenn E. Schaeffer via Christian Reader (“Kids of the Kingdom;” September/October 1997):
During a childrens sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away.
“This really hurt me,” I explained. “I’m having trouble forgiving the person who said those mean things. Do you think I should forgive that person?” I asked the children.
Immediately, my six-year-old daughter, Alicia, raised her hand. “Yes, you should,” she said without hesitation. “But why? The person hurt my feelings,” I responded.
To which Alicia wisely answered, “Because you’re married to her.”
We live in a society that doesn’t care much at all about forgiveness. Our culture exalts those TV and movie heroes who take vengeance on others. Those who are willing to forgive are portrayed as weak, and those who refuse to forgive are strong. The result is a society filled with bitterness, vengeance, anger, hate and hostility. Marriages suffer because grudges are held and nobody’s willing to forgive. Crimes of retaliation and ridiculously excessive lawsuits are rampantly common as people seek vengeance both inside or outside the law.
But Jesus emphasized the importance of forgiving others. In fact, he doesn’t give us any other option, if we are to be his disciples. He said, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14-15). That’s strong language!
Again in Mark 11:25-26, Jesus said, “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
When Peter asked Jesus, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” (Matthew 18:21), Jesus responds by telling a parable about a master who forgave a servant’s huge debt, but that servant refused to forgive another servant who owed him a small amount. The story ends with an angry master turning over the unforgiving servant to the jailers for torture and torment. And then Jesus made the application in one of the harshest statements in all the gospels: “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” (Matthew 18:35).
Jesus makes it painfully clear that forgiving others is directly related to our being forgiven by God, and our unwillingness to forgive destroys the bridge over which God’s forgiveness comes to us. Before you ask for God to forgive you, is there someone who needs your forgiveness today?
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Baptist Press Article
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=36372
So many people have been a blessing to me lately. I have been humbled by the number of individuals, including former students from many years ago, churches, and church organizations praying for me. Wow! I surely hope that I can be a prayer warrior for others like so many have been for me.
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 