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Sunday

 “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,

and saves such as have a contrite spirit.” 

~Psalm 34:18~

(Holidays are extra difficult for some people.  Do something to help ease their pain.)

Bad weather will be in our area this morning.  Make wise decisions.

Tresa Rhodus

Born: August 23, 1964
Died: November 22, 2014

       http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2816425

New Zion Baptist Church will hold a Thanksgiving dinner this morning after morning worship.

Tonight, the  Community Thanksgiving Service will take place at the Kentwood Methodist Church.

Today ends the collection process for OCC Shoeboxes.  I’m thankful to hear the numbers in our area are good, but know we could always do better.  Our goal for next year has been set.  We hope to meet, and exceed, that new goal.  I trust our other local churches, schools, and organizations plan to do the same.  Blessings will abound!

Next Sunday, we will have the annual Lottie Moon Tea for our association in combination with Ladies’ Night.  All girls and youth are invited to come with their mother, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers.

Devotional, Scripture, Quotes, and a Song

  • “Outlasting Bitterness” – http://odb
  • If anyone has a complaint against another;                                                     even as Christ forgave you,                                                                                       so you also must do.                                                                                                                                                        ~Colossians 3:13~                                                 Notice that next to last word.  It’s not easy,                                                       but “must” leaves no room for doubt!
  • Hate hurts the hater more than the hated,

            no matter how justified it may seem.                                                                                                      

                                                                ~Our Daily Bread~

            When we forgive someone,    

             we look more like Jesus than at any other moment in our life.                                            

                                                                                                            ~Our Daily Bread~

Thankfulness: Day 23 – Today, I want to thank God for “timeless truths” (the site used above, but mainly the truths we have been taught which were taught to generations of families before us and will continue to be taught for generations of families until the Lord returns.

Hanging on to “timeless truths”!  We can both share them and still keep them!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…

teaching them to observe all that I commanded you.”

~Matthew 28:19-20a, NASB~

 

Susan Rimes continues to improve.  Let’s hope and pray with her that this surgery will enable her to live a healthier life.

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

David and James took the 222 shoeboxes packed by our church to FBC, Franklinton Friday morning.  They saw, at the one collection site,  over 1,800 boxes that had already been collected and witnessed a very organized collection process.  Thank-you to each one who helped in any way.  Think of all the little children who will have an opportunity to “meet” Jesus because of the shoeboxes.  God bess you for your efforts!

Christmas cards with stamps on the envelopes will be given to the prisoners in the parish jails through the associational Women’s Ministry.

Cards have been donated, but need stamps.  Please place stamps, in multiples of ten in the jar on the table under the stairs to the balcony of FBC, Kentwood.  The deadline for the stamps is November 30th.  Thank-you for helping provide an opportunity for families to be reconnected at Christmas.  Thank-you to those who have already donated stamps.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “The Warmth of the Sun” –  odb.org
  • “I am weary with my groaning;                                                                               all night I make my bed swim;                                                                               I drench my couch with my tears.                                                                           My eye wastes away because of grief.”                                                                                                                  ~Psalm 6:6-7~                                                                   
    “The Lord has heard my supplication;                                                               the Lord will receive my prayer.”                                                                                                                            ~Psalm 6:9~   
  • “At Calvary”
     https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/342    
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vvMPD0iwGk

Thankfulness: Day 22 – Retirement

Today, as I reflect back over the last few years, I can truly say I am thankful to be retired.  It’s not that I sit and rock all day though.  It’s that I have the opportunity to do so many things I could not do while I was working.  I think God that I had a job that allowed me to earn my retirement, health to be able to enjoy retirement, and all the opportunities these years have provided.  God has richly blessed me.

Have a great weekend!  Be a blessing to someone!  

Anna Lee

Friday

“God has listened;

He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.”

~Psalm 66:19, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness: Day 21 – Third Thursday Gatherings 

David and I love to have others come to our Third Thursday gatherings.  As many as we have had, we almost always have some new people (two last night).  We consider ourselves so blessed to have these meetings and know we are blessed more than anyone else.  As I have said before, the meeting is the highlight of each month for us.  That’s saying a lot!  If you were present you know about “JOY”.  I think it leaves with our guests and lingers in our hearts after our gathering.  We are so blessed!  We are very thankful God has blessed us this way!

Macy Gueldner –   http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/546eb38d4db921a50f7d231d

Karen Miller’s mom, Mrs. Rigby, was readmitted to the hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama yesterday.  Please continue to pray for Mrs. Rigby, her family, and friends.

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • Today – Hannah
  • Next week – no study

Tuesday – Birthday Party at The Cafe  

  • 11:00 A.M.
  • Honors “young” ladies from FBC, Kentwood

Hope Center

  • Three more freezers arrived yesterday.
  • An addition seems to be in our future.
  • Call me to volunteer for the next couple of weeks.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Tell to the generation to come

the praises of the LORD,

and His strength

and His wondrous works that He has done.”

~Psalm 78:4b, NKJV~

 

Thankfulness: Day 20 – Today, I want to share how happy I am that God sees and plans the “big picture” of our lives. My newest example is that Boyd and Jennie, who were living in Prague, were offered a job for one year in the States.  God had it all arranged, even though those who do this special assignment are usually older and more experienced.  Since that time, Boyd’s dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away.  Being stateside made it much easier for the family to have some quality time with his family.  Now, Mallory has been burned and is being treated in one of the best burn centers.  It doesn’t just happen by accident that they are living only 20 miles from one of the best burn units in the country!  God is so good.  He sees the “big picture” and plans our lives in accordance to what is best for us!

Those who need our continue special prayers:

  • Mr. Bud Callihan – North Oaks
  • Mr. Bobby Lawson – home
  • Sherman Cutrer – doing well and soon to come home
  • Theresa Rhodus and her family – Lafayette
  • Mallory Hatchel – Richmond
  • Jimmy Schwartz – completing radiation this week
  • Martha P. Drago – getting ports today for treatment to begin soon
  • Macy Gueldner – home, but continuing treatments
  • Mrs. Nyra Rigby – home in Alabama
  • Ray Blackwell – home
  • John Alan Blackwell – home
  • Susan Rimes –  home
  • Don Dickinson – home
  • Anne Hurst – home

Pray for the youth of many churches as they attend the Youth Evangelism Conference which begins this weekend.

Community Thanksgiving Services 

  • Sunday, November 23rd at 6 P.M.
  • Kentwood Methodist Church
  • Fellowship to follow

Lottie Moon Tea

  • 2 P.M. Sunday, November 30th
  • Fellowship Hall of FBC,K
  • Ladies of all ages from all churches are invited.
  • Music, Skits, Missions, Lottie’s special cookies, etc.
  • Program involves people from a number of churches

Mission Project – Bring postage stamps in multiples of ten and place in the jar on the table under the stairs to the balcony of FBC, K or turn in to Anna Lee or the church office.  The stamps will be placed on Christmas cards for prisoners to send to their families.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Third Thursday Meeting – 6:30 tonight at the cabin

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party

  • 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at The Cafe
  • Honoring Fran Walker, Kim Schwartz, Velma Anthony, Billie Jo Hutchinson, Fay Gehringer, Rita Tate, Ruby Schwartz, Bessie Hayden, Theople Hurst, Kay Forman, and Hazel Smith

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • Meets tomorrow, but not the day after Thanksgiving
  • 10:00 A.M. at Fellowship Hall of FBC,K
  • Studying women of the Bible

Team Kid

  • No meeting on the 23rd due to the community Thanksgiving service
  • Meets of Nov. 30th and Dec. 7th before a Christmas break

Devotional. Scriptures, Quote, and a Song

  • “Can You Help?” – http://odb.org/
  • Faith by itself,                                                                                                               if it does not have works,                                                                                           is dead.                                                                                                                                                      ~James 2:17~                                                                                          

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zbLfPjkos

Thanks for praying each day.  After praying, decide how you can best be a doer, not just a hearer, today.
Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Let the peoples praise you, God;

let all the peoples praise you.”

~Psalm 67:5, NKJV~

 

Please add Angie Nielsen’s dad, Mr. Ed Cotton, to your prayer list.  He had back surgery Monday and was having some complications and pain yesterday.

Thankfulness: Day 19:  Today, I’m thankful for generous people – those who give of themselves through time, money, cooking, cards, phone calls, etc.  They are an encouragement to others in so many ways.  I’m so thankful I know many of you!  The people who benefit from your generosity are countless.  God bless each our you!

Third Thursday Meeting 

  • Tomorrow night
  • Alford’s cabin
  • 6:30 P.M.
  • Come have your heart warmed.

Hope Center

  • Thanks to those of you who have generously donated items to hope.  Others are so blessed by your generosity.  You meet needs in the lives of others.
  • Don’t forget to check your winter clothing for the things you will not be able to wear this year.  Someone else may benefit from your discarded clothing.
  • If you can volunteer to work on a regular schedule (Ex. – Every Wednesday afternoon), please let me know.  It certainly helps with the scheduling.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Thanks for giving of your time today to read and to pray.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you,

always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer,

because of your partnership in the gospel

from the first day until now.”

~Philippians 1:3-5, HCSB~

Thanks for praying each day.

Please pray for Susan Rimes as she has surgery at 2:40 this afternoon at North Oaks.  She will be hospitalized overnight with plans to come home tomorrow.

Pray for Betty Simpson.  She has pulled a muscle in her back.  She home, but it just takes time to get over a problem like this.  Pray for Betty during this time.

Reminder:  Young at Heart at NZBC at 10:30 this morning.  Enjoy Yvonne Curtis’ beautiful singing.

Thankfulness: Day 18 – Caregivers!  If you have been ill or had a relative or friend who had a medical problem, you know they always have a primary caregiver, paid or unpaid, relative or no relation, part time or full time.  The caregiver is often behind the scenes and not desiring of attention, but so essential to the health of someone else.  I have known some wonderful caregivers.  They work long hours and serve as needed to do more tasks than you can imagine.  I thank God for caregivers who help other live a better quality life and more days than they would without the caregiver.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Tuesday – Operation Christmas Child – Shoebox Collection Day #2

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Stay warm!  Spend part of this day praying and  doing for others (physical, emotional, spiritual needs).
Anna Lee

Monday

“My heart’s desire and prayer to God

concerning them is for their salvation!”

~Romans 10:1, HCSB~

This is the greatest decision any person could ever make!

I’m so thankful to be able to report that Joe Easley was at Sunday School and church (NZBC) yesterday.   He even was able to be in the choir.  I know there were many people thanking God as for the progress Joe has made.  Joe and his family were surely saying “Thank-you” the loudest!

Mallory is back in the burn unit in Richmond.  We are so thankful the family is right where God placed them this year.  What a blessing it is for her to receive such specialized treatment.  She continues to take everything in stride.  She’s a real inspiration!

This is the week for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox collections to be turned in.  All those boxes will be on the way for little children soon.  I thank God for knowing each box is an opportunity to introduce a child to Jesus.  Pray with me that many of the children will be saved because of the boxes packed in many churches, schools, etc.

I have two announcements to share.

  1. Young at Heart will be at 10:30 Tuesday at New Zion Baptist Church.  Mrs. Yvonne Curtis will be the guest musician.  Young at Heart is for the senior adults in this area. You will be welcomed and blessed by being there.
  2. David and I invite you to our cabin for the Third Thursday gathering this week at 6:30. Young and old are invited to join us.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Defeated Adversary” –  odb.org
  • Be sober, be vigilant;                                                                                     because your adversary the devil                                                         walks about like a roaring lion,                                                             seeking whom he may devour.                                                                                                                   ~1 Peter 5:8~
  • “Day by Day” –  http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/a/daybyday.htm

(This great hymn was written over a hundred years ago.  It is still so meaningful to us because God doesn’t change.  He is just as faithful to us today as he was to those who lived when the hymn was first written, played, and sung.  We are all so much better because of God’s faithfulness to us!)

May you be a witness of God’s faithfulness this week.  May you see Him all around you.

Anna Lee

Sunday

For while we were still weak,

at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—

though perhaps for a good person

one would dare even to die—

but God shows his love for us

in that while we were still sinners,

Christ died for us.  

~Romans 5: 6-8~

 

This is a good news report.

  • Nathan Daniels is home and doing fine.
  • Don Dickinson is home and recovering from heart surgery.
  • Chris Wales is home recovering from knee surgery.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Amazing Guide” – http://odb.org/
  •   I will be with you.                                                                                                        I will not leave you.                                                                                                                   ~Joshua 1:5~                                                                                    
    Not a word failed                                                                                                        of any good thing                                                                                                       which the Lord had spoken.                                                                                                              ~Joshua 21:45 ~                      
          He leadeth me beside still waters,                                                                           He restoreth my soul.                                                                                                                                                 ~Psalm 23:1-3~

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Third Thursday

We will meet at the cabin this Thursday, the third one of the month.  We meet at 6:30 and look forward to seeing who can come this month.  I believe that if you come, you’ll be blessed, not because of David or me, but because of God and other people.  Anyway, the door is open to all….

Thankfulness: Day 16 – Today, I’m thankful for opportunities.  God provides many for us, but unfortunately we seem to miss some of the best of them for selfish reasons.

  •   We might have opportunities to worship, but choose to be in a stadium, on a beach, or in a campground.
  • We might have opportunities to help someone, but choose to do something where we focus on ourselves.
  • We might have the opportunity to provide a service, but….

You get the idea.  What opportunities will you have today.  Which ones will you deny to please yourself, not God?

Have a great Lord’s Day.  Be blessed and a blessing to others.

Anna Lee

P.S.   I get to meet more and more of you, those who read and pray each day.  You make my day!  You make my efforts seem so worthwhile!  I am thankful to you for allowing me to enter your lives each day.  May God bless you for the time and effort you  give to Him!

 

Wednesday

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,

for You will answer me.”

~Psalm 86:7, NASB~

(I know God is happy to hear from us during our difficult times,

but surely He is even happier when we talk to Him on regular and good days.)

Sue Lavene, Eleanor’s sister, is doing well.  Sue will be in ICU for 24 hours before going to a regular room.  Thank you for praying for this family.

Don Dickinson is progressing and has been moved to a room in the telemetry unit on the second floor.  His room is 2229.  All the tubes have been removed, but Don is still on a heart monitor.  Thank you for your continued prayers for Don and Judy.

J. Santangelo‘s doctors are again saying they do not see tumor growth.  Join the family in thanking God for his progress.

Mallory Hatchel is progressing very well.  She continues to be at home and monitored by family and a home health nurse.  Keep praying.

Thankfulness: Day 12 – Meals!  Yes, I’m thankful to have food, but I mean the sit-down meals we have with family and/or friends.  What a blessing they are!  Much more important than the food is the company!  Meals with an individual, a small group, or even a large group can be such a blessing if we are focused on the people with us and not distracted by other things such as a television.  Take time to really enjoy some meals this week.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

  • Hardened marine ‘rocked’ by loss, surrenders to Christ

As a drill instructor in the Marines, Brandon Graham was fierce, tough and fearless, with crass language and harsh treatment all part of the package. That all began to change, though, when driving to work one day Graham had what he calls a “Damascus Road experience” that left him weeping on the side of the highway.

  • Family with 5 ‘heroes’ reaches out to veterans

For Wes and Judy Pierce, founders of a veterans resource organization called Heroes Night Out, a large family and service to their country go hand in hand.

  • Southern Baptists in Congress now 36

Southern Baptist representation in Congress dropped as a result of the Nov. 4 election, leaving 30 members of SBC churches in the House of Representatives and six in the Senate.

  • Kelly Boggs accepts post at alma mater

Kelly Boggs, editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message, has accepted a development post at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, his alma mater, and is ending his Baptist Press column after 14 years

  • ETS meeting to feature Southern Baptists

Some 90 representatives of Southern Baptist Convention seminaries will make presentations this month to the Evangelical Theological Society, the world’s largest society of evangelical scholars.

  • FROM THE STATES: Okla., S.C., Mich. evangelism/missions news; ‘… desperate prayer and a crying out to God’
  • First-Person – David E. Crosby
    VETERANS DAY: Meditation at a flagpole
  • Jason K. Allen – VETERANS DAY: The ‘war to end all wars’

 Recent News

Iraq war vet to plant church in Washington state
Pro-gay ad blitz aimed at Miss. Baptists
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Platt: ‘God saved you to send you’
‘My heart continues to ache,’ Bae says

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • 10 A.M in the Fellowship Hall of FBC, K
  • I Samuel 1:1 – 2:21  (Hannah)
  • Contact me for a study guide if you want one.

Sunday School Lesson (“Bible Studies for Life”) for Sunday

  • “Overcome Bitterness”
  • Genesis 45: 3-11

Hope Center

I’m going to be working on the work schedule for next week, so if you want to sign up, please let me know.  Be a “missionary” here on the home front for a part of a day or a full day at a time.  Be blessed!

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song 

  • Lift up your eyes on high,                                                                                                                                   and see who has created these things.                                                                                                                ~Isaiah 40:26~
  • “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow” –  http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/gospel-songs-chords/i_know_who_holds_tomorrow.htm

 

Thanks for “tuning in” and praying.  You make a difference in many lives.

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Therefore, let it be known to you

that this saving work of God

has been sent to the Gentiles;

they will listen!”

~Acts 28:28, HCSB~

 

Mr. Bud Callihan is in North Oaks.  Please pray for him and his sweet family.

Mr. Alan Ray Blackwell is home, but has an important oncologist appointment tomorrow. Pray for him.

Cindy Juban, Andy Taylor’s sister, continues to have lots of appointments.  Pray for her as she now has some heart related tests and procedures.

Susan Rimes has an important appointment today to learn about removing her thyroid. Pray for her that this may be the solution to her body producing too much calcium that shows up as stones.

Macy Gueldner has good days and some days that are trying and difficult for her family.  Pray for her as she continues her battle.  Thank God for her family that has been so faithful to her needs.  Pray for Macy’s grandmother, Martha Pevey Dagroo as she begins her battle against cancer.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/545ae05df020656c48b67286

Please pray for the family of Kay and Marty Simpson and Melissa Johnson.  Their mother’s sister, Ana Martinez, passed away.

Thankfulness, Day 6 – Today, I am thankful for the Thanksgiving season for two reasons. One, our ancestors recognized how important God has been in their individual lives and the life of our country  and set a special time of the year for us.  Two, we are reminded to count our blessings and thank the One who has done so much for us individually, as a family, as a church community, as a country, and as a world. The greatest thing is that Jesus died for the sins of all of us so that we might have a heavenly home forever when we leave this imperfect world.  There is no greater gift any of us could ever hope for!

Mallory Hatchel – I haven’t heard from Jennie yet this morning, but expect an update after the doctor makes rounds this morning.  I am thankful that her siblings could visit last night. They all had to wear blue gowns to be there.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Horse Power” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • I will praise You,                                                                                                         for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.                                                                                                              ~Psalm 139:14~                                                               
         “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from…the Father.”                                                                                                                              ~James 1:17~

The family that lost everything in a house fire Sunday is in need of beds and an electric stove.  If you can help, please let me know.

Thanks to all who keep me informed of announcements, praises, needs, and/or updates that should be on “The Prayer Link”.  You are a huge part of this effort.
Anna Lee