Category: Baptist Press

Tuesday

“. . . The urgent request of a righteous person

is very powerful in its effect.”

~James 5:16, HCSB~

 

Macy and Mary Catherine (mom) Gueldner

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/53f2c9e38b5cd3774d4eaa7c

Connor Corkern is breathing better, but he has been diagnosed with an infection that is very drug-resistant.  Please continue praying for him.

Susan Rimes continues to have pain and doctor appointments.  Pray she will soon be relieved of her pain.

Rev. David Cutrer is feeling much better after his kidney stone problem the end of last week. Thank God for his improvement.

James Morgan continues to run high temperatures in the hospital and still has an unidentified infection.  Pray it is identified today so the appropriate medicine can be given to make him better.

Mrs. Mildred Birch has had a reaction to medication, but will be seeing a doctor this morning so she can get some relief.  Pray her uncomfortable feeling doesn’t last much longer.

Baptist Press –  http://www.bpnews.net/

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Following the Master” –  http://odb.org/2014/08/19/following-the-master/
  • “At the command of the Lord they remained encamped,                                                              and at the command of the Lord they journeyed.”                                                                                                                                                                      ~Numbers 9:23~          

             “Christ suffered for you,                                                                                                                                                   leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps.”                                                                                                                                                              ~1 Peter 2:21~

God created this day.  Do your part to “Follow the Master” today.

Anna Lee

Saturday

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love.”

~ 1 Corinthians 13:13 ~

 

Mr. Bud Callihan is in Ponchatrain Rehab a little longer.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher was able to be at church Sunday.  I’m looking forward to seeing her headed to Sunday School tomorrow.  God is good.

Mrs. Velma Anthony asks for prayer for her sister, Mrs. Rachel Cox.

Connor Corkern is having respiratory issues and has been admitted to PICU where he is on 100% oxygen for now.  Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

Randy Relan passed away.  I’ll post an obituary soon.  He is from Amite, but lived in Hammond.

August 29th – The Friday morning Bible study will begin a study of women of the Bible with a study of Ruth.  If you are interested in joining us, please give me a call or just show up.  We would love to have you.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net (always up-to date and always interesting)

Devotional, Scripture and a Song

Have a great day of preparation for the Lord’s Day.

Anna Lee

Friday

“Let the little children come to Me,

and don’t stop them,

because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,”

~Luke 18:16b~

 

Larry Miller said his mother-in-law, Mrs. Doris Young, is home and doing much better. Thank God for her improvement.

Roger Pittman is home and recovering from his surgery.  Please continue to pray for Roger and his family.

From Frances Gay

I recently heard from my friend in Pennsylvania, Tom Stewart, who is in the hospital in Pittsburg awaiting word on surgery on his kidneys.   He suspects is colon cancer of several years ago is in the kidneys.  I wish to put  him on the prayer link for prayer during these trials.   He specifically asked for prayer from my Southern Baptist friends.

Kathy Jo Thompson of Amite has had surgery and is feeling better after this one than any other surgery she has had.  Let’s pray the tumor removal went well.

Rev. David Cutrer of Roseland, a pastor and employee of McKneely Funeral Home, is having kidney stone issues and will probably have to have them blasted today.  Pray all goes well.

Susan Rimes is also having problems with kidney stones again.  Pray she passes her stone(s) soon.

Macy Gueldner –

 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/53ed73ba4db92135247b5bcc

Carol McDaniel Russell, formerly of Russelltown, learned yesterday she will not have to have surgery despite degeneration in her spine.  Pray she can live with a minimum of pain.

Sue Ellen Russell Pearson, formerly of Russelltown, is undergoing chemotherapy.  Pray she does well.

Lisa Garner Terrell, formerly of Kentwood, is now a retired nurse from the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home.  She is also undergoing chemotherapy.  Pray for her and her family.

Betty Woodard Coley

Born: March 25, 1942
Died: August 13, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2636538

Pray for New Zion Baptist Church.  They have had a number of members to pass away recently as well as some seriously ill.

Robin Stephen Murphy, Sr.

Born: October 22, 1942
Died: August 14, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2636595

Baptist Press –  BPNews.net

WMU “Connected”

  • FBC, Ponchatoula
  • Tomorrow
  • 9:30 – 3:30

Tonight, Rev. Franklin Graham will appear with Greta Van Susteraen, to discuss “Christians Under Attack”.  You may want to tune in for this so you will see and hear about the current situation and know how to best pray.

This morning, the Bible Study at FBC, Kentwood will be on “Envy”.  Come join us as we see what the Bible has to say about this topic.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Is There Hope?” –  http://odb.org/2014/08/15/is-there-hope/
  • “Do not be afraid.”    ~Matt. 28:5~                                                                                                                 “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.”    ~v.6~                                                                   “Because I live, you will live also”    ~John 14:19~
  • “Because He Lives” –   http://www.metrolyrics.com/because-he-lives-lyrics-gaither-vocal-band.html
Thank You, Lord, for comfort and hope.
What would we do without You? Your death
and resurrection provide all we need for
this life and the next.
Because He lives, we live.
                                                         -Our Daily Bread-
Live today with a life that reflects Jesus living in you!
Anna Lee

Thursday (posted early)

“For just as rain and snow fall from heaven

and do not return there

without saturating the earth

and making it germinate and sprout,

and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

so My word that comes from My mouth

will not return to Me empty.”

~Isaiah 55:10-11a, HCSB~

 

There have been so many happy events in our area lately – babies born, wedding and baby showers, weddings, graduations, etc.  Pray for each family as they go through these wonderful experiences.  Pray they keep God as a central focus of their lives.

There have been so many sad events in our area lately – sickness, hospital stays, deaths, accidents, lost jobs, etc.  Pray for each family as they go through these experiences.  Pray they keep God as a central focus of their lives.

There have been some families that have had these highs and lows in their life in the past, but lately things have run “middle of the road”.  Pray for these families to keep God as a central focus of their lives.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Devotional, Scripture, Song, and a Quote

Revival continues at New Zion through Friday.  You are welcome to join them.

Operation Christmas Child – Help needy children to have some joy and hopefully see Jesus through a “shoebox”.

Coming Events

  • Bible Study – Every Friday at 10:00 at FBC, Kentwood
  • Regional WMU Meeting Saturday at FBC, Ponchatoula
  • Young at Heart – Tuesday at 10:30 at New Zion
  • Third Thursday Meeting at the Cabin – Thursday of next week at 6:30
  • Breakfast at Pine Ridge United Methodist Church on the 24th at 8:00  (Benefit for a needy family)
  • Tuesday the 26th – “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party – at the Cafe at 11:00
  • Ladies’ Night – Ice Cream Party – FBC, Kentwood on the 28th at 6:15

Remember, other people are watching us each day.  Let’s work hard to improve our lives so they will see more of Jesus and less of us!

Anna Lee

Wednesday (posted early)

“Whoever is ashamed of me and my words,

the Son of Man will be ashamed of them

when he comes in his glory

and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”

(Luke 9:26 NIV)

 

Pray for Susan Rimes.  Her kidney stones are “acting up” again.

Hope Center in Roseland

  • Aiming for opening in mid-September
  • Training session at 10:00am on September 4th at the Hope Center at 63076 Commercial St. in Roseland for those interested in working at the food bank or the thrift store. Please RSVP for the training by emailing Kim at the Missions office (missions@basela.org) so we can plan for lunch.

Blessing of the Hunt

  • BLESSING OF THE HUNT on October 11, 2014
  • Hosted By East Fork Baptist Church at 17278 Hwy 1054 Kentwood, La 70444
  • “Now therefore, take your weapon, your quiver, and your bow and go out to the field and hunt game for me.” Genesis 27:3
  • 8:00-4:00 3D Pop Up Archery Shoot
  • $10.00 per Round
  • 12:00-4:00 Kids activities (BB Gun Shoot, Archery, Jumpers, Games)
  • 4:00-5:30 Worship and Testimony
  • Guest Speakers: Dean Davis – Host of Just Hunt
  • Cragg Fitz, Jay Alston, & Slade Priest- Host of Trained Assassin Television
  • Kinion Bankston –Host of Southern Boyz Outdoors.
  • Music by Richard Ryan
  • Winners of the Archery Shoot to named
  • 5:30-until Wildgame Supper and Fellowship.
  • Door Prizes to be awarded throughout the day. Archery Provided by Crossed Arrows Archery.
  • Please feel Free to bring your favorite wild game dish.

Baptist Press –   http://www.bpnews.net/

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Life-Giving Rain” –  http://odb.org/2014/08/13/life-giving-rain/

WMU area-wide meeting at FBC, Ponchatoula Saturday

Make this day a great day for others.  You’ll be surprised to see how you are blessed too!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

 

“For God is not unjust;

He will not forget your work

and the love you showed for His name

when you served the saints–

and you continue to serve them.”

~Hebrews 6:10, HCSB~

* Praise God that a 69-year-old woman in China, fascinated as a teenager by a people group featured in a film, just completed training in reaching the unengaged and spent her first 100 days in their village–and 53 members of that people group received Christ as their Savior!

* Pray for teams of local believers in East Asia who are venturing out, most for their first time, in obedience to God’s call to take the Gospel to unreached people groups within their own country.

* Praise the Lord that in recent weeks, there has been evidence of revival among the nursing students at Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India!

* Please pray for those in the state of Gujarat, India, who have been working for some time to produce accurate, understandable translations of Scripture in the Gujarati language so they can be used in evangelism and discipleship and be made available for all believers.

Baptist Press –   http://www.bpnews.net/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Example that Encourages” –  http://odb.org/?tz=-05
  • I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet . . . . I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.                       ~John 13:14-15~
  • Think back to your childhood kids’ choir.  Do you remember “Be Ye Doers of the Word”?

Remember Operation Christmas Child and shoeboxes that will go to needy children around the world.  Have you made some purchases this month?

Anna Lee

 

Saturday

Baptist Press –   BPNews.net

Our Daily Bread Devotional – “Finding God’s Pathway” –    http://odb.org

Eva Eudy Smith
May 22, 1922 – August 8, 2014

Eva Eudy Smith, 92, of Muscle Shoals, formerly of Phil Campbell, entered into rest on August 8, 2014.  She was born on May 22, 1922. Mrs. Smith attended First Baptist Church of Phil Campbell and loved her family.  Visitation will be on Sunday, August 10, 2014 from 1-2pm at Nichols Funeral Home in Haleyville, where services will be held at 2pm. Brother Tim Haney will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Eva is survived by her son, Donnie (Julie) Eudy; daughter, Sandra (Jerry) Mays; brother, Bobby (Lois) James and sister, Opal Mishina. She was “Grandmaw Eva” to two grandchildren, Melissa Parrino, Kristin Eudy, two great grandchildren, Jameson Parrino, Gavin Parrino, and one step grandson, Adam Hayden.  She was preceded in death by her first husband, Oberdeen Eudy; second husband, Alford Smith; two infant sons; grandson, Wesley Todd Mays; parents, Melvin and Amy James; brothers, Keever James, Fred James; sisters, Neva Teel, Charlsie Drury and Fornie Schum.

Kenneth D. Felker
Born: January 14, 1933
Died: August 08, 2014

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 7:33 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014 at St. Helena Parish Hospital in Greensburg. He was born January 14, 1933 in Pontotoc, MS and was 81 years of age. Survived by four children, William C. Felker, Jackson, Patricia Felker, Kentwood, Jimmy Felker and wife, Janice, Slaughter, and Rebecca Phelps, Chatawa, Magnolia, Miss.; 4 grandchildren, Ryan “Tooter” Felker, Lacey Ducote, Allie Kirkland and Jacob Phelps; 7 great-grandchildren, Donald, Chandler, Chesly, Kimberlynn, Hunter, Carson and Ruby Kate; brother, Neil Felker, Baton Rouge; sister, Betty Joe Busby, Portland, OR. Preceded in death by wife, Polly Dees Newman Felker; parents, William Alvin Felker and Willie Mae Gortney Felker; loving companion, Grace Smith and her daughter, Beverly Jean Smith; 8 brothers and sisters. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2014. Interment New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Wednesday (posted Tuesday night)

“Miss” Grace Helen

Grace Helen Foster Smith

Born: February 16, 1943
Died: August 03, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2624565&fh_id=10545

Baptist Press 

BPNews.net

Ebola Epidemic

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/05/second-american-diagnosed-with-ebola-arrives-in-atlanta/?intcmp=latestnews

Saturday

Paul wrote these words from prison.

“But I want you to know, brethren,

that the things which happened to me

have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel.”

~Phil. 1:12~

 

James and Susan Rimes

His back is better, but hers is hurting.  Let’s pray she doesn’t have another kidney stone.

New great, grandbaby

Mrs. Velma Anthony has a new great-granddaughter.  Rejoice with her.

IMB Personnel in West Africa

Our people are still in place and being extra careful so they do not get sick with ebola.

Baptist Press

BPNews.net

Be sure to read the first-person account of her thoughts on “the invisible war” with the deadly Ebola virus.  Thank God for all who serve there and pray for their safety.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Graceland” –  http://odb.org/?tz=-07
  • “….the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many”.                                                           ~Rom. 5:15~                                                                                                                                                    “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”       ~Romans 5:20~
  • “Grace Greater than all our Sin” –  http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/g/ggreater.htm

May you feel that grace from God today.

Anna Lee

Friday

“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~

Two great reports to start our day.  Thank God for these special ladies and their medical reports.

  • Shirley Humphrey learned yesterday that the biopsy done last week shows no cancer.
  • Jean Easley continues to be much better.  She’s enjoying the company of some of her good friends and family.

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell thanks the ladies who send her cards with special notes.  Mr. Phillip thanks those who call him regularly.

Do we do these things often enough?  I know I could do better.

Thank God for the flight that is bringing Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol to their families in the States.  Pray for a cure for ebola and all those affected by it lately.

http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/52068/20140731/ebola-update-samaritans-purse-peace-corps-remove-personnel-as-disease-spreads.htm

 

Pray for missionaries as they are going through their final training in Richmond before going to places around the world to “share Jesus”. There are many MKs, missionary kids, there too. As you pray for those who are leaving the States, pray for their families as they are making the adjustments at home. Pray, also, for those who lives will be touched by the missionaries in the coming years.

Press –  BPNews.net Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

              yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;               for You have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.”                                                                                                                                                                ~Psalm 59:16~

I hope you know the “Rock”.  If not, find someone who can show you the way!  Pray for those who daily share the “Rock” with others. Anna Lee