Friday

“All humanity will come to You,

the One who hears prayer.”

~Psalm 65:2, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness – Day 14: Warm home on a cold night!  

I have good reports/updates we have been looking forward to hearing.

  • Don Dickinson was scheduled to come home yesterday.
  • Chris Wales is scheduled to come home today.
  • Susan Rimes’ thyroid surgery is still scheduled for the 18th as previously planned.

Karen Miller is in Alabama with her mom.  Pray for them as they check on Mrs. Rigby‘s current situation with treatment.

Reminder – Next week is the time for churches to turn in their “shoeboxes” so they can be shipped to needy children around the world.  Remember, the boxes take “Jesus” along with the gifts.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/drop-off-locations/

The closest location to us is FBC, Franklinton.

First Baptist Church Hours
950 Self Street – Franklinton, LA 70438

Mon: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tues: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wed: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Sat: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sun: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Mon: 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

  • Gay marriage, ‘faith’ spur judges to resign

At least six magistrates in North Carolina have resigned after receiving a memo from the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts threatening criminal prosecution if they refused to perform gay wedding ceremonies.

  • Housing allowance survives at appeals court

A federal appeals court overturned Thursday (Nov. 13) a decision striking down the 60-year-old ministerial housing allowance, and Southern Baptist leaders applauded the ruling.

  • Ellis first black pres. of Tenn. convention

The election of Michael Ellis as the first African American president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention is a “long-overdue historic thing,” nominator tells annual meeting. “Race doesn’t matter,” Ellis said after his unanimous election. “That’s what I love about our convention.”

  • No church too small for global missions, pastor says

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: Pastor encourages churches of all sizes to keep banding together to extend missions reach.

  •        Fla. & Cuban Baptists thank John Sullivan

Florida & Cuban Baptists show their thanks to John Sullivan, who retires as the state convention’s executive director in February. The convention, at its annual meeting, also adopted a budget that continues toward a 50-50 allocation of churches’ Cooperative Program gifts with Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries.

(Bro. John has played an important part in the lives of my Texas relatives.  I cherish the memories of hearing him preach and staying in his home after a hurricane caused the Tollesons to abandon their home until services could be repaired in their area.  Momma and I drove to Texas to pick up my aunt and three cousins.  Thankfully, they survived a close call when their new church gave in during the second half of the storm.  They had moved from the new building to the old building during the eye of the hurricane.  God protected all those who found refuge at the church that night.  Bro. John and Uncle Charles served together on staff of two churches in Texas.)

  • Ky. Baptists urged to ‘Tell Your Story’

Kentucky Baptist leaders share their salvation testimonies at annual meeting; convention parts company with one of its universities and severs ties with a Louisville congregation over its stance on homosexuality.

  • Arkansas Baptists: ‘Every One Matters’

An estimated 1,000-plus Arkansas Baptist messengers and guests converged on Trinity Baptist Church in Texarkana Oct. 27-29 to conduct business, worship and hear inspiring sermons and entity reports during the 161st annual meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Pastors’ Conference and related meetings.

  • Bible Study: November 16, 2014
  • First-Person
    Erich Bridges
    WORLDVIEW: The rise & fall of walls
  • Bob Phillips
    MORMONISM: Joseph Smith & polygamy — a teachable moment
  • Catherine Parks
    FIRST-PERSON: The wedding & the marriage

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Heartbreak and Hope” – http://odb.org/
  • The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.                                                                                                    ~Lamentations 3:25~
  • “….My anchor holds and grips the solid rock.” – “In Times Like These” – http://www.namethathymn.com/christian-hymns/in-times-like-these-lyrics.html
    • Be sure to read the story of this hymn – who wrote it, who sang it, etc.

As the weather turns to winter, be sure to think about and do something to help someone else who might not be blessed with a warm home, sufficient clothing, sufficient heat, etc.

Anna Lee