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Tuesday

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,

but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

~2 Timothy 1:7~

 

Pray for Carol Jean Conerly as she prepares for knee replacement surgery Wednesday morning . She will be in OLOL in Baton Rouge.

 

Remember the “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party tomorrow morning at The Cafe.  We will meet at 11:00 and celebrate those who have April birthdays.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Read the Bible – Isaiah 28-30 & Psalm 115

 

“Be patient with each other,

making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.”

~Ephesians 4:2b TLB~

“Let Others See Jesus in You”

 

Make today a special day for someone today.

Anna Lee

Lord’s Day

Praise the LORD, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

Psalm 103:2

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul;

let not all his blessings go from your memory.

Psalm 103:2 (Bible in Basic English)

 

Please continue to pray for Phillip Strickland and Bettye Fussell and their families.

Ryan “Rufus” Williams has progressed to sitting up and physical therapy.  Keep up the prayers for this family too.

 

Reading the Bible – Isaiah 23-27 & Psalm 117 . (I got behind again, but will complete the catching-up today.  It’s okay if this happens to you too.  Just don’t give up.)

 

Thomas S. Rainer – thomrainer.com

Waylon Bailey – waylonbailey.com

 

“A person’s wisdom yields patience;

it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

~Proverbs 19:11 NIV~

“Just when I Need Him Most” 

 

 

Today – Missions March for Annie Armstrong Easter Offering at 10:30 during morning worship @ FBC, Kentwood

Coming next week – “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party – Tuesday at The Cafe at 11:00

 

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Friday

David also said to Solomon his son,

“Be strong and courageous, and do the work.

Do not be afraid or discouraged,

for the LORD God, my God, is with you.

He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work

for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

~1 Chronicles 28:20~

 

Phillip Strickland‘s mom reported they are pleased with the surgery results.  Phillip is progressing according to expectations.  Please keep praying for Phillip and the rest of his family.

Susan Rimes has been fitted with a back brace and is adjusting to wearing it. This plan replaces the idea of having some surgery.  Pray for her as she continues to make this change.

 

Janie F. Ashmore

October 31, 1944 – April 19, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=obituaries.obit_view&o_id=4203899&fh_id=10545

Read the Bible – Isaiah 13-17 & Psalm 112

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble.

Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

The Lord will guide you continually,

giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.

You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.”

~Isaiah 58:10-11 NLT, 2nd ed.~

“Serve the Lord with Gladness”

 

Friday Morning Bible Study – Ezekiel 6

 

Don’t forget to bring red beans and rice for our local mission project.  You can put them by the bin for Bibles at the church.

 

I always say that the Third Thursday Gathering is my favorite event of every month.  Last night was no different.  In fact, it was so good I told David it ranked as one of the very best ones yet.  We are so thankful that others come here to help make this happen.  We couldn’t do this without you.  We had a people from eight different churches including one person who was new to our gathering and one who hadn’t been here in a while.  Thank-you to everyone who blesses us by coming.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Thursday

Therefore confess your sins to each other

and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

~James 5:16~

 

Phillip Strickland is in a regular room at Ochsner.  He’s still dealing with pain, but hopefully that won’t last too long.  Please pray again today.

Ora Lee WIlson learned the place on her neck is not cancer.  She is thankful and appreciates all your prayers.  Later, she will have surgery to remove it and identify it, but has decided to wait a while.

Ryan “Rufus” Williams continues to slowly improve.  Please continue to pray.

Kenneth Birth continues to deal with back pain.  Pray it eases up some.

Sam Raborn had a tractor accident.  He broke his neck and has had surgery.  Please pray for him as he recovers.  While praying, thank God the accident was not any worse.

 

Janie Ashmore of the New Zion Community passed away.  Please pray for her family and friends.  I’ll post an obituary when one is available.

Jewel Jeremiah Smith, Jr.

September 13, 1931 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/jewel-smith-jr-

Mrs. Helen McCoy Robertson

  • April 18, 2017
  • Frisco City, Alabama

http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Helen-McCoy-Robertson-104692907

 

Bible Reading – Isaiah 9-12 & Psalm 111

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (NIV)

“Victory in Jesus”

 

Third Thursday – 6:30 tonight; Spaghetti’s cooking, Guitars practiced last night, etc.  We’ll be ready!  Y’all come!  Contact me for directions.

Bible Study tomorrow morning at 10:00 – Ezekiel 6

 

Sunday at FBC, Kentwood – Missions March for Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and collection of red beans and rice for food pantries.  That’s in addition to numerous Sunday School classes, wonderful preaching, a nursery (every service), and welcoming members.  Contact the church at 229-8111, another member, or me for more information.

Keep your prayer like active!

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

continue to live your lives in him,

 rooted and built up in him,

strengthened in the faith as you were taught,

and overflowing with thankfulness.

~Colossians 2:6-7~

 

Ryan “Rufus” Williams continues to improve.  Please continue praying.

Phillip Strickland‘s surgery went well.  Phillip will have chemo later.

 

Mrs. Helen Robertson. 97, of Amite passed away.  She was a special lady and someone I can honestly say I have known all my life.

Brenda Ryals Adams

June 03, 1942 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/brenda-adams

Marie Lorraine Distefano

February 13, 1938 – April 18, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/marie-distefano

Bible Reading – Isaiah 5-8 & Psalm 110.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Third Thursday at the Cabin – 6:30 this Thursday

 

“If they had wanted to,

they could have gone back to the good things of this world.

But they didn’t want to. They were living for heaven.

And now God is not ashamed to be called their God,

for he has made a heavenly city for them.”

~Hebrews 11:15-16 TLB~

“Higher Ground”

 

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – FBC, Kentwood will have a special time to support this offering Sunday during worship service.

 

Thank-you for checking this site and for praying.  

Anna Lee

 

Tuesday

“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red as crimson,

they shall be like wool.

~Isaiah 1:18~

 

Pray for Phillip Strickland and his family.  He is having surgery at 8:00 this morning at Ochsner.

The good news about Ryan “Rufus” Williams is that he was able to be taken off the ventilator yesterday morning.

 

You are invited to East Fork Baptist Church tonight at 7:00 to participate in a Prayer Harvest meeting.

 

Bible Reading – Isaiah 1-4, Psalm 109, & video on Isaiah at jointhebibleproject.com

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Third Thursday Gathering at the Cabin – You are invited to the cabin at 6:30 Thursday for food, fellowship, music, and a devotional.

 

There will be a missions march for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Sunday during the worship service.

Don’t forget to bring bags of red beans and rice to FBC, Kentwood.  These items will be collected until the end of May and them donated to two local food pantries to help meet immediate needs of people.

 

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”

and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

you will be saved.

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified,

and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

~Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)~

“Saved, Saved”

 

Enjoy some time in God’s beautiful world today!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Monday

For if we have been united with him in a death like his,

we will certainly also be united with him

in a resurrection like his.

~Romans 6:5~

 

Bettye Fussell got through some difficult days last week and celebrated Easter by eating at Middendorf’s yesterday.  Join her in thanking God for a good day in one of her favorite places.

Wendell Simmons is doing well and is expected to be able to come home today.  Thank you for your continued prayers for his recovery.

Phillip Strickland will be having surgery tomorrow at Ochsner on Jefferson.  They expect to be gone for the entire week.  Pray for good results for the surgery and for the girls during this week.

Ora Lee Wilson sees an oncologist tomorrow.  Pray for her and her family as they are anxious to get this behind them.

Ryan “Rufus” Williams is making good progress following his stroke.  He’s successfully reducing the amount of dependence on the ventilator.

 

James Donald Spring

April 28, 1938 – April 15, 2017

http://www.jonesfamilyfuneralservices.net/home/obituary/4199697

 

 

Bible Reading – II Kings 23-25 and Psalm 108

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Two Rivers Associational WMU Quarterly Meeting – 10:00 this morning at Montpelier Baptist Church.  The leadership meeting will be at 9:00.

 

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.

The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

~John 11:25~

“Behold the Lamb” (in honor of Andy Taylor)

Remember our Lord has risen and is waiting for us to join Him in Heaven one day.

Anna Lee

Saturday

God has raised this Jesus to life,

and we are all witnesses of it.

Exalted to the right hand of God,

he has received from the Father

the promised Holy Spirit

and has poured out what you now see and hear.

~Acts 2:32-33~

 

Carry the Cross – Meet at FBC to be transported to Smokehouse where the walk will begin at 9:00.  It will end at FBC about 10:00.  There will be a brief celebration in the parking lot at that time.

 

Ruth Stewart Cutrer got a good report at the cancer center in McComb.  Join me in thanking God for her good report.

Ora Lee Wilson will be seeing a specialist this week.  Keep her in your prayers.

Phillip Strickland will have surgery this week.  Please remember him and him family.

Bessie Hayden‘s broken toe is allowing her to walk a little more.  Continue to pray for her.

 

Omar “Britt” B. Kennedy

September 18, 1947 – April 14, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/omar-britt-kennedy

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Bible Reading – II Kings 18-19 & Psalm 106

 

“No eye has ever seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him”

~1 Corinthians 2:9b NLT, 2nd ed.~

“Amazing Grace”

 

Third Thursday – Thursday at 6:30 at the Cabin;  We look forward to see who will be here this month.

 

Mission Project – The children’s missions class invites you to bring red beans and rice during the months of April and May.  The food will be taken to a food pantry.

 

North America needs Jesus!  The Annie Armstrong Offering helps take the gospel message to those who are lost.  Help get the Good News out to people in Canada and the US.

 

Jesus is the reason for the Easter season!  Please be in your church tomorrow or choose one to visit if you do not have a church home.  FBC, Kentwood will have a chose of services tomorrow, 8:15 or 10:30 A.M.  Check a previous post of The Prayer Link for sunrise services.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Good Friday!

Praise be to the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy he has given us new birth

into a living hope through the resurrection

of Jesus Christ from the dead,

~1 Peter 1:3~

 

Mike Lee‘s test yesterday showed a 50% blockage.  He was sent home and will be treated with medication.

Gail Smith got a good report!  The cancer has shrunk and was not detected anywhere in her body.  Gail will undergo two weeks of brain radiation which is a preventative step.  The next scan will be done in three months.  The family ask for your continued prayers.

 

Bible Reading – II Kings 15-17 & Psalm 105

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Friday Morning Bible Study – Ezekiel 5  (If you are unable to be there today, you can ask me for the study guides for the next chapters.

 

Remember the reason that this day is special!

Anna Lee

Thursday

LORD, God of my salvation,

I cry out before You day and night.

May my prayer reach Your presence;

listen to my cry.

~Psalm 88:1-2 HCSB~

 

Bessie Hayden broke a toe and is sidelined for a while.  I doubt that keeps her from giving away many more awesome Easter baskets she made.  She sent some to the children at missions last night.

Kenneth Birch is still dealing with severe back pain.  Pray for him as he seeks additional help.

Sissy Oliver continues to improve.  Keep her in your prayers.

Bettye Fussell was able to have her chemo this week.  Pray she begins to feel better today.

Harrell Sharkey, Jr. continues to recover from last week’s surgery.  Keep praying.

Mike Lee will be having an angiogram today at Cypress Point.  Say a prayer for him, please.

Continue to pray for Phillip Strickland as he prepares for surgery next week.

Andy Taylor got a good report Monday on one foot.  The will see the doctor again next Monday concerning the other foot.

Continue to pray for Ora Lee Wilson as she sees a specialist later this month.

Please add Dwaine Creel’s mother, Diane Creel, who is in OLOL with heart issues.

Continue to pray for Jim and Sylvia Watson as they learn more about his problem and make plans for treatment.

 

Easter Sunrise Services

  • 6 A.M. – Line Creek & Greenlaw
  • 7 A.M. – Osyka, Montpelier, Kedron (& Hillsdale), Mt. Zion, Pine Ridge
  • Most services will be followed by breakfast.

Two Services at FBC, Kentwood – 8:15 & 10:30 with Sunday School at 9:15.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Bible Reading – II Kings 12-14 and Psalm 104

Friday Morning Bible Study – Ezekiel 6

Mission Project – Red beans and rice (for a food pantry)

 

MORE THAN BUNNIES, CANDY, AND EGGS

http://www.wmu.com/?q=article%2Fwmu-blog-children-girls-action-royal-ambassadors-children-action%2Fmore-bunnies-candy-and-eggs

“Jesus Loves Me”

 

Keep your focus on the cross this week.  Sunday, we can focus on the empty tomb.

Anna Lee