Author: Anna Lee

Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow

if you can help them now.

~Proverbs 3:28 (TEV)~

Mr. Jimmy Tolar has had knee surgery and is beginning therapy to get him to walking again.   Please pray for him.

Ellen Morris Vande Vuss thanks God for taking good care of her and the children when they were involved in an accident earlier this week.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Catherine Yarborough as she recovers from surgery.

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is now home.  Pray for her as she strives to “get back on her feet.

Mr. George Eddie Lee is improving.  Pray for him as he continues to get better.

Paula Splain’s mother, Mrs. Kliesch is in Our Lady of the Lake.  Please pray for her.

Pray for the Brabham family as they have memorial services for Mr. Billy today and for the family of Paul Moak as they make plans for his services.

Thank God for the tropical storm that fizzled.  We  should get some rain in the next day or so, but not the winds of a hurricane.

Reminder:  The baby shower for Kim Easley Bodden will be Sunday at 2 P.M. at FBC, Kentwood.  Kim is registered at Target and Babies R Us.

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Love

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

I HAVE BEEN to youth rallies, gospel meetings, seminars, lectureships, and so many other church venues, when the topic of evangelism has been discussed…

I have spent hours listening and reading articles from gospel preachers about how we can get people to the building.  However, the answer is so simple — by love.  “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).  If we want people to know that we are Christ’s disciples, then we must have love for one another, and not just any love.  We must have the kind of love that edifies; a kind of love described by the inspired Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:4-6.  We must be people who love one another patiently, kindly, and without jealousy.  We cannot brag or act arrogantly toward our brothers and sisters.  We must always act righteously and not seek our own.  We must never provoke and never take into account wrong doing.  We must only rejoice with our brothers in the truth and never in unrighteousness.  Living love-filled lives that edify others will not only change the church, but it will change the world!  Garrett Best, “Love Is Edifying,” Freed-Hardeman University 2010 Lectures, 39.

“Beloved, let us love one another,

for love is of God;

and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”

1 John 4:7

May God richly bless you today!

Anna Lee

“For by grace you have been saved through faith,

and that not of yourselves;

it is the gift of God,

not of works,

lest anyone should boast.”

~Ephesians 2:8-9, NKJV~

George Eddie Lee is still hospitalized in Baton Rouge.  Please continue to keep him and his family on your prayer list.

Pray for Mrs. Catherine Yarborough as she continues her recovery at home.

Pray that everyone gets properly prepared for the tropical storm that seems to be headed in our direction.

Pray for the Brabham family as they celebrate the life of Mr. Billy tonight and tomorrow.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

A TEACHER HAD twelve students in his class…

He brought into the room a box of thirteen roses.  Taking one of them out of the box, he passed it around the class asking each student to handle and smell it.  Afterwards, he placed it back into the box.  When the class period came to a close, he passed the entire box of roses around the room for each student to get one for themselves.  With twelve students and thirteen roses, naturally there would be one left.

Which do you suppose it was?

It was the one everybody had touched — the one whose petals was falling off that did not look very fresh anymore.

In like manner, we urge all of our young people to avoid becoming used and soiled.  Rather, we encourage them to preserve their chastity and purity at all costs, giving themselves to one man or one woman for life.  (Allen Webster, “Why Not Be a Prodigal?”)

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you should abstain from sexual immorality.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3

Remember to prepare for the storm that seems to want to come through our area.  Remember to prepare for the storms of life that blow our way.  There is One who can face those  storms with us!  Be sure you have invited Him into your life!

Anna Lee