SATURDAY

You are my refuge and my shield;

I have put my hope in your word.

Psalms 119:114

Read the Bible (2023)

  • Last weei of these Bible Readings
  • Week 52: Hope: New Day Dawning
  • Psalm 33:18-20
  • Psalm 43:5
  • Psalm 146:3-9
  • Psalm 119:74
  • “The most meaningful benefit of hope is: . . . .”

Read the Bible Everyday in 2024

  • January 20
  • Genesis 36: 1-43
  • Psalm 11: 4-7
  • Proverbs 3: 5-6
  • Matthew 13: 10-35

Prayer Focus

Today, our focus is still on our friends and neighbors as they deal with these extremely cold weather we are not accustomed to having.

As you pray, ask God what you can do for these people who are not well-prepared for weather this cold.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

What better way to support missions than to provide for missionaries as they reach out to the lost all around the world! 

Elmer Earl “Skeeter” Ballow

February 5, 1948 – January 18, 2024

U.S. Veteran

A resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at The Lodge at Tangi Pines in Amite, LA. He was born February 5, 1948 in Baton Rouge, LA and was 75 years of age. Skeeter spent the majority of his days at his home on Airport Road. He enjoyed chopping wood, gardening, and fishing. You would typically find him sitting on his porch, listening to the breeze or in his home watching football. He was the self proclaimed number one arrowhead hunter in the state of Louisiana. He loved showing off his collection. He loved his visits from his children and grandchildren. Skeeter was a very simple man, but yet complicated in his own ways. He will be missed by all, for he was a great father, brother and friend. He is survived by his son, Jonah Ballow and wife, Casey; 2 sisters, Patricia Guidry and Earline Harrington; 1 brother, Harry Williamson; 10 grandchildren, Austin Ballow, Darien Ballow Miller, Reese Ballow, Pearce Ballow, Luke Ballow, Lundyn Ballow, Betty Ballow, Emmie Ballow, Peyton Dupuy, and Jordan Dupuy; 1 great-grandson, Benjamin Miller. Preceded in death by his mother, Annie Ballow; father, Earl Ballow; daughter, Honey Ballow Dupuy. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5:00PM until Memorial Services at 7:00PM on Monday, January 22, 2024. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Sunday School Lesson

Tomorrow’s lesson will be from Genesis 9 and includes Noah and the Covenant God made with him that the world would never again be destroyed with water.

Anna Lee