Good morning, friends! Let’s thank God for allowing us to wake up this morning. What a blessing!
Verse for Today
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
Prayer Focus
Today, let’s pray for young families who have preschool age children. We know these children need the most attention and can do the least for themselves. Let’s pray for the parents who deal with the needs of their children and all the other responsibilities of life too! May they make wise decisions and have lots of patience. Many of us are long past that stage, but we surely can remember those days. Let’s pray for those at this stage of life now.
Read the Bible in 2026.
- April 17
- Genesis 46-47
Another Scripture
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 16:13
It’s always a good to have a list of special Scriptures you can quickly refer to. Many people write them inside the cover of their bible. Others post them around their home so the will see them frequently or keep special notebooks with these Scriptures. This is also a good way to memorize Scriptures.
Obituaries
I didn’t find any for our area this morning.
Baptist Press
Devotional by Dr. Waylon Bailey (FBC, Covington)
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-let-us-pray/
Sunday School Lesson for Sunday
- April 19, 2026
- “Grace”
- Matthew 20: 1-16
Operation Christmas Child
Our current needs are for crayons and pencil colors. When we get enough of them, we can begin to pack the pencil bags with school supplies.
Annie Armstrong Offering
In Southern Baptist Churches we are currently collecting gifts for this offering which is for all our work in North America. Your church probably has some special envelopes in the pews or on a special table. If you see no special envelopees, just use whatever you have and label it “Annie Armstrong”. Thanks for showing your concern for people in our area of the world.
Don’t Forget
Please pray for families with young children.
Add anything else to you prayers today that God lays on your heart.
Thank-you for reading and praying today.
Anna Lee
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