“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.’
This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it, ‘
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
~Matthew 6:37b-39, NASB~
Yvonne Birch
Yvonne is making good improvement in recovery from her back surgery. Despite how far as she has come so far, she has a long recovery period ahead.
Gerald McMillan
Gerald McMillan has made a great recovery from his knee surgery. Keep praying for him as he continues to heal.
Linda Phillips
Linda is now in a regular room at North Oaks. Please pray for her continued improvement.
Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher
“Miss” Betty Catherine fell at home this week. She’s moving a little slower right now, but still moving. Pray for her to have a good recovery.
Weather
So many people in our country have had awful weather conditions in the last week. he weather for many people will be cold, wet, and dreary in the coming week. Pray for relief from the cold for those who are without power or without proper heating in their homes. Pray for people as they travel on roads that are less than safe. Pray for those who sleep in parks, under bridges, or in automobiles because they do not have a home. Pray for those who work to meet spiritual and physical needs of people in shelters.
Moral Stories – Motivational – “The Smell of Rain”
http://academictips.org/blogs/the-smell-of-rain/
Hymn of the Day – “Away in a Manger”
http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/w/awaymang.htm
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
Thank you Southern Baptists! You gave $149.3 million to the 2012 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. It surpassed the previous year’s offering of $146.8 million by more than $2.4 million and marked the third-highest amount given in the offering’s 124-year history.
In 2013 Southern Baptists celebrate 125 years of annual giving to support international missionaries. More than 3.5 billion has been given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, whose namesake inspired the first collection of gifts in 1888 so the world might know Christ. Then, as now, every penny you give to Lottie Moon supports missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas.
JESUS is the reason for the season!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 