Sunday, 8-31-25

Good morning my friends. Happy Lord’s Day!

Prayer Focus

Let’s thank God for all He has done for us this week and the opportunity to study His Word and worship Him.

Special Verses for Today

Daily Bible Reading

  • August 31
  • Starting another book of the Bible
  • Job 1-4

Obituary

Timothy Murphy Clifford Taylor

December 10, 1974 – August 28, 2025

A resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at his home. He was born December 10, 1974 in Hammond, LA and was 50 years of age. Bubba, despite passing away at the beautiful age of 50, finds peace in the memories of his time on earth. His journey took him to many places, but the most significant aspect was his decision to give his life to Christ. He serves as a reminder to never wait for someone else’s apology or approval in life, but always to seek God. May he rest in eternal peace until we meet again, but never forgotten. He is survived by his 4 siblings, Sheila Genusa, Sonja Bradley and husband, Bill, Mark Taylor and wife, Katy, and Dr. Lisa J. Taylor Waizenegger; nieces and nephews, Heather, Hilary, Heidi, Christian, DJ, Adeline, John Michael, Mark Glenn,  Annmarie, Matthew, Julian, and Eli; numerous great-nieces and nephews; step-mother, Betty Travis Taylor. Preceded in death by his parents, James “Captain Jim” Taylor and Lola Virginia “Gennie” Byrd Taylor; niece, Millicent Bradley. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 12:00PM until Religious Services at 2:00PM on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Services conducted by Rev. Wayne Ratliff. Interment Kedron Cemetery, Amite, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Opportunities for Giving

  • Your Sunday School class
  • Your church
  • Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home (Two more weeks)
  • Operation Christmas Child postage (includes shipping, training for those who will teach about Jesus, Bible in the language of the child, etc.)or items (Bandanas at FBC,K)
  • Georgia Barnette Offering for mission work in Louisiana
  • Etc.

Opportunities for Praying

  • Pastor and Other Leadership
  • Salvation of those who are lost
  • Studying God’s Word
  • Participating in worship
  • Families with serious illness and/or deaths
  • Travelers on this holiday weekend
  • Etc.

Additional Bible Reading

  • Morning Thought – Quote of Charles Spurgeon
  • Isaiah 51:5
  • In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is no getting at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our friends; but when a man is so poor, so friendless, so helpless that he has nowhere else to turn, he flies into his Father’s arms, and is blessedly clasped therein! When he is burdened with troubles so pressing and so peculiar, that he cannot tell them to any but his God, he may be thankful for them; for he will learn more of his Lord then than at any other time. Oh, tempest-tossed believer, it is a happy trouble that drives thee to thy Father! Now that thou hast only thy God to trust to, see that thou puttest thy full confidence in him. Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is worth ten thousand worlds to thee. Show rich men how rich thou art in thy poverty when the Lord God is thy helper. Show the strong man how strong thou art in thy weakness when underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God shall certainly, as surely as he built the heavens and the earth, glorify himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in the midst of thy distress. The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the carnal eye. May the Holy Spirit give you to rest in Jesus this closing day of the month. (from Verse of the Day)

We serve a great God!

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee