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Today’s Scriptual Focus
Daily Scripture Reading in 2025
- August 30
- Esther 6-10
Death
Maurice Wall of Greensburg passed away yesterday about 11:00 A.M. I’ll post the obituary tomorrow after arrangements have been made.
Obituary
Mary Ellen Thompson Casanova
December 17, 1930 – August 26, 2025
A resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, LA. She was born December 17, 1930 in Amite, LA and was 94 years of age. She is survived by her 2 daughters, Linda Ann Ballard (Gene) and Veronica Arlene Boutian (Daniel); son, Kerry James Casanova; grandchildren, James Kendrick Casanova (Kim) and Benjamin Paul Boutian; great-grandchildren, Chelsea Doby (Kenneth) and Roger Leon, IV (Yajaira); great-great-grandchildren, Saige Doby, Autumn Doby, Ayden Doby, Elijah Leon, and Connor Leon; sisters-in-law, Annie Thompson and Verma Casanova. Preceded in death by her parents, Ken and Lorena Thompson; husband of 75 years, Austin Joseph Casanova; sisters, Frances Thomas, Vernis Thompson, Katy Thompson, and Cecile Woodruff; brothers, Jimmy Thompson and Kenion Thompson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10:00AM until Religious Services at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Services conducted by Bro. Rusty Durand. Interment St. Dominic Cemetery, Husser, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Fall Food Round-Up
We will be collecting food for the LA Baptist Children’s Home in Monroe for two more weeks. Get your food or checks turned in soon. The truck will be here early on the 15th.
New Church Year and Prayer Focus
Tomorrow is the first Sunday of our new church year. One important part of that is many of our children will be promoted to a new class and a new teacher. Pray for the children and teachers as they make this adjustment. Especially pray for those who will now be moved up to the youth department.
Sunday
Prepare for your Sunday School lesson. This will be the last one from Psalms this year. The lessons have been very good. New literature for the next quarter will be available in your classroom tomorrow.
Continued Prayer Needs
Pray for the employees of Smitty’s as many of them adjust to a new job or continue to seek a new job. In your prayers, please continue to thank God they are all living and none were injured.
Additional Bible Reading
‘The Finished Race’
2 Timothy 4:1-8
This translation is easy to read and understand.
4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
Thank-you for reading today. I hope you found something here that is meaningful and inspiring.
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 
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