The Prayer Link – Saturday

It[s good to be able to say “Good morning!”

Today’s Scripture:

Who can say I have made my heart clean? I am pure from sin.

Proverbs 20:9

Prayer Focus

Today, let’s pray for people as they make plans for Sunday. As a child, I can remember my family with an unofficial schedule each Saturday. It was something like this:

clothing selected and ironed, if needed?,

food planned and usually prepared?

guests?

set the dining room table,

clothing – choices, washed?,

ironed?

shoes polished?

lesson prepared?

book and Bible together with offering?

shoes polished?,

etc.).

Today, I don’t have such a rigid plan because we only have two people and each one can take care of most of their own preparation. Sunday lunch is also easier and less formal.

Back to Prayer

We can pray for our staff, teachers in all the classes, attendance, families who haven’t fully decided to attend, scheduling that conflicts with church, families, music, bulletins that inform, lead, and encourage, technology, attendance, decisions, etc.

Baptist Press Article About Prayer by Dr. Waylon Bailey

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-let-us-pray/

Read the Bible in 2026

  • April 18
  • Genesis 48-50

Obituary

Charles Lauvern Bennett

September 28, 1941 – April 16, 2026

U.S. Veteran

A resident of Kentwood, LA, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. He was born September 28, 1941 in Independence, LA and was 84 years of age. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam and also served in Germany. Charles was a member of Taylor Creek Baptist Church.  He is survived by his 2 daughters, Robin Bennett Milton (Danny) and Cathy Bennett Slovensky (Greg); 1 son, Charles “Chucky” Bennett (Lisa); mother of his children, Clarette Bennett; sisters, Joyce Marie Forrest, Lettie Ann Goforth, and Mary Lou Hill (Wayne); and brother, Larry Bennett; grandchildren, Tasha Nettles (Sammy), Clayton Jarreau, Cody Slovensky (Cheyenne), Brandon Slovensky, Joseph Bennett, Jennifer Cowart, and Keith Cowart; great-grandchildren, Madilynn Gardner, Leila Nettles, Jordan Jarreau, Jaclynn Stogner, Lincoln Slovensky, Leah Slovensky, and Lottie Slovensky; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, Isaac H. Bennett and Annie Blount Bennett; his sisters, Catherine Irene Bennett and Ruby Bennett Martinez; his brothers, Leslie Eugene Bennett, Isaac “Bill” Bennett, Ivey Alphonse Bennett, and Vincent Dewitt “Monkey” Bennett. Visitation at Taylor Creek Baptist Church, 1936 Hwy 440, Kentwood, LA from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Monday, April 20, 2026. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Additional Scripture to Ponder

Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 

1 Peter 1:13

I pray for God’s blessings on you this weekend.

Anna Lee