Category: Baptist Press

Thursday

“Reverence for God gives a man deep strength;

his children have a place of refuge and security.”

~Proverbs 14:26 TLB~

 

Kathy Jo Thompson

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyjothompson

Andy Taylor has five more weeks of physical therapy.  Then, he can return to work.  Thank God for Andy’s progress.  This recovery has taken the better part of a year.  God has been faithful.

Frances Strickland has had her second eye surgery.  She’ll be home after some follow-up appointments.

A number of people have fallen lately.  Mrs. Anne Hurst was one of the more recent ones.  Pray for her as she recovers from her fall.

Mr. J.D. Smith has not been feeling his best and has undergone some tests.  Pray for a diagnosis that can be easily treated.

Continue to pray for Mr. Raymond Anthony as he receives treatment for cancer.  Pray “Miss” Velma continue to be able to help him daily.

Mr. Kenneth Birch is doing well and will probably get to come home Friday.  That’s the third day like he expected. Pray for continued healing at home and for his caregiver.

Mrs. Shirley Frazier needs our continued prayers for her condition and for her daughter, Sherry, who will have surgery in about two weeks.

Thank God for the wonderful rain we received yesterday.  Pray flooded areas did not have much damage.

Baptist Press – NOBTS

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37745:

Our Daily Bread

http://odb.org/

Remember, today is the National Day of Prayer.  Join with others in your area to pray, usually at the city hall.

Saturday, East Fork Baptist Church will be having a garage sale to support church missions.  Get out to see them early Saturday morning.  When you leave there, you can go to Osyka Baptist Church for a pulled pork lunch to benefit the youth.  Pickups begin at 11:00.  The cost is $7.00.

Make a difference in someone’s life today!

Anna Lee

Friday

“LORD God of Hosts, who is strong like You, LORD?

Your faithfulness surrounds You.”

~Psalm 89:8, HCSB~

Mrs. Peggy Haynes is home after a few days in the hospital.  Doctors were not able to determine why she passed out.  She thanks everyone who prayed for her.

Carol M. Russell is home after a very good day of out-patient surgery.  The surgeon did not need to do as much as he expected. Thank you for praying for her.

Kathy Jo Thompson has been admitted to the hospital for surgery.  Her heart surgery will last all morning and all afternoon.  Pray for this young lady who has a great attitude about all she has been through.

Continue to pray for the Chambers/Hayden/Bankston family of Amite and Arcola.

A year ago today many tornados struck Alabama and other states.  Pray for families who lost loved one and for families who lost homes and businesses.  Many lives were changed forever.  Much still needs to be done to recover physically and emotionally.

Patricia W. Lester

Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home

Patricia A. Woodard “Pat” Lester

Age 62 and a resident of Loranger, Patricia passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at her residence. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, whom will be missed dearly. Patricia retired from Hammond State School, an active employee at Loranger Middle School for the last 25 years and an avid dancer at 5-6-7-8 dance academy.

Patricia leaves behind her loving husband, John Lester; her son, Brandon Lester and wife Kori, along with her granddaughter, Khloe Lester. She is also survived by her father, Virgil Woodard; sister, Mary Sue Woodard; brothers, Woody Woodard and wife Mary Lee, Roy Milton Woodard and Gary Wayne Woodard, as well as, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceding Patricia in death was her mother, Mary Nell Woodard.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral service from the chapel of Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home of Hammond on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and again on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. The services will be officiated by Rev. G. Kent Newell and interment will follow in Joiner Cemetery in Loranger.

Condolences and other information are available online at http://www.thompsoncares.com

Arrangements have been entrusted to Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home.

From Estelle Bahm
Be in prayer for the Wayne Hughes’ family. His wife, Fran, passed away this afternoon. This is his 2nd wife to pass away from cancer. Wayne is Eugene & Vivian Ann Hughes’ older brother. They had just moved into their new home in Husser.
Baptist Press News (Good articles as always!)
Devotional by Rev. Billy Graham

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone.

Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty

is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. . . .

Their loyalty is divided between God and the world,

and they are unstable in everything they do.”

~James 1:6, 8 NLT~

Mrs. Vera Hayden and her family really need our prayers today.

Pray for Lauree Titus who is having health issues.

Mrs. Oma Zachary is having valve replacement surgery.  Please be in prayer for her and her family.

Carol M. Russell is having a procedure today this is very complicated because she is a high risk candidate.  Please pray for Carol, the medical staff, and for the family as they wait.

Mr. Raymond Anthony is doing better.  He will begin to have only one treatment per week (Tuesdays).  Please continue to pray for Mr. Raymond and “Miss” Velma.

Continue to pray for Andy Taylor as he continues to suffer with shingles.

Pray for Miss Frances Strickland.  She has had one cataract surgery and will have the second one next week.

Mrs. Mary Womack continues to have health problems.  Please keep her on your prayer list.

Baptist Press always has some interesting, relevant articles.  Please find some that interest you and become better informed.

http://www.bpnews.net/

John W. Brown, Sr.
(November 25, 1931 – April 24, 2012)

John W. Brown, Sr. was born November 25, 1931 and passed away at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was 80, a native of Tangipahoa Parish and a resident of Amite.

John is survived by his wife of 56 years, Evelyn Granger Brown; daughter, Sherry B. Tanguis and husband Freddie; son, John W. Brown, Jr. and wife Maxie; grandchildren, Jason Tanguis and wife Amanda, Roxanna Bosch and husband Michael, Donna Roberson and husband John, Jr., & Daniel H. Moore; sister, Louise Singleton; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Elaine and Frank Lee; 9 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by his parents Theodore H. and Ola Golman Brown; sister, Delores Stevens; 3 brothers, Shelby Brown, Clayton Holden & Charles Holden; father-in-law and mother-in-law, William and Clara Granger; brother-in-law, Thomas Singleton; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Walter and Patsy Gill, Sr.; grandson, Donnie Hendley; great granddaughter, Adalyn Mae Bosch.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. James Phillips officiating. Interment in Killian Chapel Cemetery, Amite, La.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

 Today’s devotional

http://odb.org/

Have a great day!  Make it special to you and to someone else by going out of your way for someone else.

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

“What does the Lord your God require of you,

but to fear the Lord your God,

to walk in all his ways,

to love him,

to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord.”

~Deuteronomy 10:12b-13a, ESV~

Caring Bridge: Kathy Jo Thompson

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyjothompson

Baptist Press News

http://www.bpnews.net/

4 Wheels 4 Him  
Saturday, April 28

Check In at 8:00 A.M. Event begins at 9:00 A.M.

Cost: $7.00 per person Lunch included

New Zion Baptist Church

3841 Hwy 38 west Kentwood, LA 70444

4 Wheels 4 Him is an annual event sponsored by Two Rivers Baptist Association and Men’s Ministry of Louisiana Baptist Convention. For more information: call Richard Sandburg at 985-514-1171

Devotional blog: Heart to heart with Holley

http://www.holleygerth.com/

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Now glory be to God,

who by his mighty power at work within us

is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of —

infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes.”

~Ephesians 3:20 LB~

 

Continue to pray for Mrs. Vera Hayden and her family.

 

Billy Elton Alford
(January 19, 1937 – April 21, 2012)

Billy Elton Alford, 75 of Tylertown died April 21, 2012 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.

Mr. Alford was born on January 19, 1937 to the late Brewster Van Alford and Vera Potts Alford.

Mr. Alford was a coat department supervisor for Haspels Inc. in Tylertown until it closed in 1982. He then drove a gas truck for Blossman Gas Co. in McComb for over 24 years. He loved cattle farming and gardening. He was a member of Lexie Baptist Church and attended Silver Creek Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 47 years Linda Conerly Alford; two brothers B.V. Alford and Wendell Alford.

Survivors include two daughters Cindy A. Polk and her husband Charles Ray of Tylertown, Shari A. Price and her husband Dennis of Kentwood, LA; one sister Annie Merle Alexander of Jayess, MS; four grandchildren Emily P. Troxler and her husband Josh of Tylertown; Taylor E. Polk of Tylertown, Cassie McCullough Simpson and her husband C.J. of Magnolia, Haley McCullough of Kentwood; two great grandsons Gabe and Brennan Simpson two expected great grandchildren and a special cousin George Alford of Tylertown.

Visitation will be Monday evening at Silver Creek Baptist Church from 6 until 9 PM and will continue Tuesday from 12 until services there at 2 PM. Burial will follow in the Tylertown Cemetery. Elder Billy Reyer, Rev. Wayne Hall, Rev. Jimmy Smith and Rev. Danny Smith will officiate. Jones Funeral Home of McComb will be in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to the charity of your choice.

Pallbearers will be Taylor Polk, Josh Troxler, C.J. Simpson, James Stinson, Larry King and Nathan Alford. Honorary pallbearers will be Mac and Mark Conerly, George and Lynn Alford.

Baptist Press: Jason Crabb wins top honors at Doves

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37668

Thanks for praying today and every day.

Anna Lee

Saturday

“Let everyone be sure to do his very best,

for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work done well

and won’t need to compare himself with someone else.”

~Galatians 6:4 LB~

This morning I want to tell you about what’s happening tomorrow night at FBC, Kentwood.  There will be a supper (Donations only) and an auction of donated items.  We had a great meal and lots of fun last year.  Most importantly, we raised money to help support our summer trips/camps for our children and youth.  The money raised tomorrow night will help our youth and children attend without having to pay so much money out of pocket.  The summer trips/camps are so important in the lives of our young people.  Please plan to come and support them.

Kids on Mission Pray (KOMPray)

http://kidsonmission.org/prayer/

Heart to Heart with Holley Devotionals/Blog

http://www.holleygerth.com/

Baptist Press: Cooperation and the Southern Baptist Convention

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37652

Make preparations today to be in God’s house tomorrow!

Anna Lee

Friday

“Many nations will come and say,

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD . . .

He will teach us about His ways so we may walk in His paths.’”

~Micah 4:2a, HCSB~

Jimmy Schwartz called yesterday evening when he got home to say he wouldn’t be able to come to last night’s meeting.  His return to Kentwood was delayed yesterday so he could get another unit of blood.  Continue your prayers for Jimmy and his family.

The Third Thursday meeting last night was good.  Christian fellowship is the best!  Mark your calendar for next month.

Please keep the Dykes family in your prayers.

Ladies, plan to attend the brunch Saturday morning at 10:00.  We will be celebrating the completion of James: Mercy Triumphs.  If you didn’t work through the study with us, come on anyway for the Christian fellowship.  If you need directions or other information, please feel free to call me.

The North American Mission Offering (named for missionary Annnie Armstrong) is being received in church across the Southern Baptist Convention.  There has always been a need for mission work here and continues to be that way.  Read this Baptist Press story about one church in the Appalachian area and determine to help with your prayers, your love offering, and/or your muscles.

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37638

Devotional: Practice praise – http://www.ag.org/top/devotional/

Thank God for the blessings of this day.  Ask Him to show you ways to show His love to others.

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”

~Psalm 27:7~

Jimmy Schwartz is scheduled to get a bone marrow test and be released today.

Jamie Schwartz will be speaking in church Sunday morning.  He is an American hero!

Continue to pray for Mr. Raymond Anthony as he takes his treatments each week.

Pray for Renee Deck as she waits a couple weeks until her back surgery can be done.

Continue to pray for Marsha Bankston as she and Larry explore her treatment options.

Edward A. Slaven, Sr.
(May 6, 1928 – April 17, 2012)

A resident of Franklinton, he died at 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton. He was born May 6, 1928 in Mt. Hermon and was 83 years of age. He is survived by his 2 daughters, Margie Forbes, Kirksville, MO and Betty Ann Chappell, Kansas City, MO; 4 sons, Cleve Edward Slaven, Mt. Hermon, Edward Arthur Slaven, Jr., Amite, Billy M. Slaven, Sr., Newberry, SC and Willis R. Slaven, Amite; 2 brothers, Bobby Slaven, Chatawa, MS and Billy Slaven, Amite; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, Cleve and Carrie Slaven; daughter, Cathy Ables; 5 brothers and 3 sisters; 2 granddaughters; 1 great-grandson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Thursday, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m., Friday, April 20, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Bob Simpson. Interment Osyka Cemetery, Osyka, MS. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

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

Daily Devotional: Declare – http://www.cfdevotionals.org/links/today.htm

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“But these things I plan won’t happen right away.

Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass.

Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!”

~Habakkuk 2:3 LB~

David Allen

David Allen learned he has stage two bladder cancer and will begin treatment in two weeks.  Thank God for all He has brought David though so far.  Pray David and his family will continue to trust God to handle their lives, including health issues.  What a mighty God we serve!

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37601

Please take time to ready this story of John Harper and his Titantic journey.

Thought for the Day: YOU CAN’T PICK AND CHOOSE

Here is an “urban legend” regarding exams at Cambridge University which is still fun to read.

It is said that during an examination one day a bright young student popped up and asked the proctor to bring him Cakes and Ale.  The following dialog ensued:

Proctor:  I beg your pardon?

Student:  Sir, I request that you bring me Cakes and Ale.

Proctor:  Sorry, no.

Student:  Sir, I really must insist.  I request and require that you bring me Cakes and Ale.

At this point, the student produced a copy of the four-hundred-year old laws of Cambridge, written in Latin and still nominally in effect, and pointed to the section which read (roughly translated): “Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and require Cakes and Ale.”  Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern equivalent, and the student sat there, writing his examination and happily slurping away.

Three weeks later, the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.

When we are study the law, we sometimes are careful to find those things which may benefit us, while trying to ignore the rest.  It happens with the Bible all the time.  Ever known anybody who only quoted the Bible when it was convenient for them (“Judge not that ye be not judged”)?  They want to get their “cakes and ale” but ignore the part about “wearing a sword”?  God’s Word isn’t like a cafeteria.  We don’t get to go through and pick out which parts we want and which parts we don’t like.

“For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.  For He who said, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘Do not murder.’  Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.  So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.” (James 2:10-12)

Take delight in those parts of God’s law which give delight, but be ready to take the responsibility given by the rest of His law as well.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Looking forward to the Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee