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Wednesday

This, then, is how you should pray:

‘Our Father in heaven:

May your holy name be honored ….”

Matthew 6:9 (TEV)

Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell is scheduled for a pacemaker today.  Pray for her, her family, and the medical staff today.

Mr. Harrell had another test yesterday, but is waiting for results.  Pray for him as he continues to search for a diagnosis.

Jesse Dean is better.  Pray for him as he is waiting for a bed in Jackson.   He will be transferred there to see a neurologist.

Daddy saw the second doctor for the week yesterday.  He got a good report again.  It still seems to have been a medication problem.  His medication has been reduced.

Continue to pray for students and teachers today which is day three of testing.

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Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Anna Lee

When you pray,

do not use a lot of meaningless words,

as the pagans do,

who think that their gods will hear them

because their prayers are long.

Do not be like them.

Your Father already knows what you need

before you ask him.

~Matthew 6:5-15 (TEV)~

Mr. Cete Dillon got a good report on his eye yesterday.  Thank God for that.

Pray for Ora Lee Wilson and her family as they have memorial services for Barbara Jo Clark this morning.

Caring Bridge

Eleanor Tantillo Cuti
(January 15, 1925 – April 12, 2010)

A resident of Independence, died at 11:07 a.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born January 15, 1925 in Highland, NY and was 85 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Donna Cuti Williams, Independence; son, Salvadore John Cuti, Independence; 2 grandchildren, Victoria L. Williams, Livingston, TX and Rhiannon C. Williams, Independence; great-granddaughter, Aliyah Johnson, Livingston, TX; sister, Marie Dispensa, Highland, NY. Preceded in death by her husband, Victor “Vick” Cuti; daughter, Victoria Ann Cuti; 5 sisters, Anna Petrone, Esther Ferro, Mona Casbarro, Thomsina Quintiliani and Josephine Abbate; 2 brothers, Simone Tantillo and Joseph Tantillo.

McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Please feel free to join us Thursday at the cabin for food, fellowship, and a devotional time.  We meet at 6:30 every third Thursday.

Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 12, 2010
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U.S. Christians minister in Poland after air disaster
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32689
DAY 73: Contact officials to free Silsby
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32690
Christ’s love shown in coal tragedy
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32691
Calif. effort to repeal Prop 8 in ’10 fails
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32692
GuideStone health plans in sync with parts of new health care law
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32693
INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Pakistani Christian murdered with ax
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32694
‘Letters to God’ No. 10 on opening weekend
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32695
Coffee, advocate for racial equality, dies
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32696
FIRST-PERSON: The Carpenter’s hands
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32697

Continue to pray for all those involved in testing in our state.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Anna Lee

Sunday

When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites!

They love to stand up and pray

in the houses of worship and on the street corners,

so that everyone will see them.

I assure you, they have already been paid in full.

~Matthew 6:5 (TEV)~

Caring Bridge

Thanks for the prayers for Daddy.  He seems better already and is looking forward to being released from the hospital.

Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 9, 2010
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John Paul Stevens, court’s leading liberal, to retire
FIRST-PERSON: Do dead people talk?
Stupak says he won’t seek re-election
Missionary: Coal families’ attitudes uplifting
Paper provides ‘Just the Facts’ about SBC structure, methodology & finance
Cooperative Program: A sacred effort
M.E. Dodd, CP originator, loved cooperative ministry
Dodd would warn against ‘fractured’ CP, granddaughter says
Hankins comments on GCRTF session with state execs
FIRST-PERSON: Mourning man’s inhumanity toward man
FIRST-PERSON: Tea & taxes
FIRST-PERSON: Go see ‘Letters to God’
FIRST-PERSON: Young leaders gain passion for stewardship, CP

CLOSET

aac.jpgHOW DO YOU build a “sanctuary” in your busy life; a place where you can meet with God…?

Build a “closet.”

Isaac’s closet was in a field ( Genesis 24:63). Peter’s closet was on a housetop ( Acts 10:9).

You must fashion your own.

It may mean leaving the kids with your spouse, while you sit out on the back porch with a cup of coffee and your Bible for fifteen minutes.

It may mean snatching a few minutes when your baby is taking his or her afternoon nap.

For those who have a long drive to work, your sanctuary may be in your car with a CD player. It may mean posting a passage of Scripture near your steering wheel, where you can meditate and pray about it during the time that you drive.

It may mean reading your Bible during your lunch break at work.

It may mean taking the first ten minutes to read and pray in your office each morning.

It may mean putting your tennis shoes on and going for a walk with your Bible in hand.

It may mean sitting in your garage or workshop with a CD player to listen to sermons.

It’s not what the sanctuary looks like or where it is that matters. It’s what you do there that makes it a meaningful place. The sanctuary does not provide rest. What takes place there in the desert is what refreshes the inner man. (Steve Farrar)

“But you, when you pray, go into your room,

and when you have shut your door,

pray to your Father who is in the secret place;

and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” Matthew 6:6

Posted by Mike Benson

Have a great Lord’d Day!

Anna Lee

Good Friday

“Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table;

and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart,

because they did not believe

those who had seen Him after He had risen.

And He said to them,

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

~Mark 16:14-15, NKJV~

Mrs. Mary Young is doing well as she recovers from her surgery.

Frances Gay continues to improve. but I sure it is not as quickly as she would like it to be.

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Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 1, 2010
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  • Did Jesus rise from the dead?
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32621
  • CULTURE DIGEST: Barna survey: Easter’s meaning unclear to many Americans
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32623
  • Md. churches, via GPS, share Gospel
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32624
  • Saturday outreach is key to GPS
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32625
  • Cooperative Program’s results resonate at missions-minded Living Hope Baptist Church
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32627
  • CP 1.21% behind 2009 pace
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32628
  • Floyd replies to ‘3 questions’ article
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32629
  • Ala. Senate approves electronic bingo
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32630
  • WORLDVIEW: Little Easters
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32631
  • FIRST-PERSON: To the cross
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32632

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
FOR A MOMENT, stretch your imagination…
The manger was near Bethlehem’s sheep pastures, and the shepherds were summooned by heaven.  They were Jews, caring for sheep.  At the same time the priests had their eye on breeding a particular quality of lambs, those without spot or blemish.
Now fast forward thirty-three years.  When Jesus is making His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the shepherds are bringing in the sheep, and particular attention is paid to the candidates for the Passover sacrifices.  As Jesus is being tried by Pilate, the priests are carefully examining those sheep.  As they are satisfied they are saying, “I see no blemish in this one…”  Perhaps about that time Pilate is saying, “I find no fault in Him.”  As the blade is put to the throats of the lambs, the nails are driven into the hands of Jesus.  He was, after all, the perfect Lamb of God.  Glenn Colley
“Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things,
like silver or gold,
from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
1 Peter 1:18-19
Jesus is the reason for Good Friday!
Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Don’t think only about your own affairs,

but be interested in others, too.”

~Philippians 2:4, TLB~


Trisha Wilson thanks you for supporting the Good News Bible Clubs they conducted at the local school.  They have already been approved for next year.  Pray they will be allowed to have more students next year.  She also thanks you for praying for her as she spoke at MOPS.  Her request for this week is for the Easter party she will host at her home for the children in school with her two older children.  So far, she’s expecting to have 22 children Friday.  Pray for good weather so they can go outside but mainly for little hearts to be open to the message of Easter.

Linda Hughes Benfield has been released by her doctor so she is free to drive and even return to work.  Thank God for her good progress.  Thank God for her family who helped take good care of her.

Wanda Cage is now home.  Pray for her as she continues to recover and makes plans for treatment.

Pray for my sister, Carolyn, as she and her daughter fly to visit her other daughter and family tomorrow.  This will be Carolyn’s first flight.  She is very nervous.

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Please take time to read this Baptist Press article.  It gives insight into losing a parent and insight into gaining  a heavenly home while losing earthly family.

http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=32601

UNDERCOVER BOSS

I don’t know how many of you have watched the TV show “Undercover Boss”, but it is one that intrigues me.  The show features a CEO of any given company who decides to go undercover and work as one of his men on the front lines.  The purpose is to find out what problems there are and what the CEO can do to make it better.  Now to some extent, this show seems a bit staged to me as the workers are almost always more than thrilled to be working for the company and they have unique, difficult situations that they open up about to this “stranger” filming a documentary, whether it be about dialysis or losing their home to a flood. But that aside, it is interesting to watch the reactions of people at the end of the show when they learn that the man that they serve, that they’ve never met, has spent the day working beside them.  And everything they did and said was being observed by the man who pays their salary.

More often than not, the CEO is touched by how hard his employees work and they are rewarded.  Some are rewarded with bigger job opportunities within the company.  Some are given raises, some sent to school, some have foundations set up in their name.  It reminds me so much of the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25.  The show for me, makes that passage come alive.  I think a lot about God revealing himself to us at the end of our time and saying, “I was with you.  I was watching you work and heard what you said.  I was impressed with your work ethic.  You work very hard.  I know it hasn’t been easy, but I’m going to make things better for you now.  You do an excellent job where you are at, but I would like you to take on more responsibility.”

This show is helpful in getting me to understand that passage.  I’m afraid too often that I relate far too easily with the steward with one talent.  I hope that God finds me neither afraid or lazy, but can warmly greet me in his “office” and say “Well done good and faithful servant!”

Charity Thomas
Johnson City, TN

(Charity Thomas is the daughter of Alan Smith who usually writes this devotional.)

Share the message of Easter this week.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

Encourage one another daily …

so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

~Hebrews 3:13 (NIV)~

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
MARCH 16, 2010

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 4:2)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (western Africa).

CITY OF NEW HOPE, CHINA. Another student fellowship/church will soon start in the southeast area of the city where no student fellowship exists. That area has been surveyed, and the new work may begin in April. Please pray for the young couple who will take the leadership of this new fellowship/church.

WINDWARD ISLANDS. The Windward Islands Team writes: “We thank God for the Baptist and many other evangelical churches present on the island of Grenada. Still, there is much darkness among many of the Grenadian people who ‘have a form of godliness’ but deny the life-changing power of the Gospel in their lives. Please pray for two new Baptist church plants in Balthazar and Requin, asking that the power of the Gospel will truly transform lives and produce multiplying disciples for Jesus. Pray for IMB colleagues as they seek to inventory and determine the Great Commission vision and involvement of Great Commission Christians on the island for future mobilization toward engaging unengaged unreached people groups (UUPGs) in the Americas and beyond.”

For additional prayer requests, click here: imb.org/todaysprayer

Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 15, 2010
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Chilean pastor wept after quake, then got to work
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32496
Haitian judge weighs new charge for Silsby
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32497
Church planters persevere in Puerto Rico
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32498
GCRTF VIEWPOINT: ‘It would devastate us,’ Ala. evangelism director says
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32499
GCRTF VIEWPOINT: Iowa executive director, ‘Before writing us off…’
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32500
FIRST-PERSON: Cooperation is not ‘self-centered, self-promoting’
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32501
D.C. ‘gay marriage’ law could be reversed
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32502
Church remembers slain pastor Winters
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32503
FIRST-PERSON: Alcohol & the church (part 1)
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32504
FIRST-PERSON: Dangers of solo shepherding
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32505

Please take time to read this devotional about being an encourager.  I think it will give you guidance for today.

http://www.forthright.net/kneemail/2009/07/encouragement.html

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Anna Lee

Friday

“And take the helmet of salvation, . . .

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, . . .

that utterance may be given to me,

that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, . . .

that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

~Ephesians 6:17-20~

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
IMB
Friday, March 5, 2010

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying

and singing hymns of praise to God,

and the prisoners were listening to them.”

~Acts 16:25, NASB~

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the Office of Global Prayer Strategy, praying with you for believers facing persecution.

A national church planter and another church member were arrested and have been held without charge for several weeks. Police confiscated Bibles, other Christian literature, and a computer. The authorities began questioning the other church members. Christians are usually held only a few days, so the church planter’s wife asks for continued prayer that the authorities would free her husband soon. She asks special prayer for one of her children whom this is affecting deeply.

Recently one of the local Deccani Muslim church planters was taken from his family to a local mosque and interrogated then beaten after discovering his Bible. The church planter was put under house arrest. He was allowed to leave the house to purchase milk. During that short time, he ran into one of the other church-planting trainers. He was scared, but began crying when he talked about wanting to continue in discipleship/training. What an amazing testimony of faith, and very humbling for the one who mentors this young man.

Persecution continues to intensify in Iran. In these times of political unrest, many people are suffering. Believers are arrested. House church members are threatened. We need to stand with the persecuted in prayer. Please ask God to make His presence known to those in prison. May He embolden Christians in Iran. Pray that they will have wisdom to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Ask God to use this time to expand His kingdom in Iran.

* Please pray that the Lord will use what is intended for evil to invade local church bodies with eternal hope.

* Pray that instances like these will spur believers on to a renewed devotion to Christ Jesus and obedience to His Word.

* Pray that the groups that continue to meet will evolve into healthy, reproducing churches despite the persecution.

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Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 4, 2010
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Stupak: abortion issue may kill health care bill in House
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32417
2 Baptist volunteers still in Haiti jail
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32418
Thane Barnes leaving Nev. convention
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32419
MBTS: Team tours biblical sites in Turkey; new chapel details presented; more news
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32420
GGBTS: Iorg places emphasis on evangelism; conf. addresses worldviews; more news
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32425
SWBTS: Radical Reformation Day observed; more news
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32421
SBTS: Family ministry promoted in Australia; more news
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32422
SEBTS: Preach the full Gospel, Sloan says; more news
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32423
NOBTS: Confront culture, Hankins urges
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32424
FIRST-PERSON: Teens and movies (part 2)
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32426


OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE

It is reported that a magazine ran a “Dilbert Quotes” contest several years ago.  The writers were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers.  Here are some of the submissions:

1. As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks.  (This was the winning entry; Fred Dales at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA)

2. What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter. (Lykes Lines Shipping)

3. E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business.  (Accounting Mgr., Electric Boat Company)

4. Quote from the boss: “Teamwork is a lot of people doing what ‘I’ say.” (Mktg. executive, Citrix Corporation)

5. We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees.  (AT&T Long Lines Division)

6. We recently received a memo from senior management saying, “This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject mentioned above.”  (Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division)

7. One day my boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said, “If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it!”  (New Business Mgr., Hallmark Cards)

8. This project is so important, we can’t let things that are more important interfere with it.  (Advertising/Mktg. Mgr., UPS)

Even though that last statement doesn’t make any sense, it suggests the truth that there are some things so important that nothing else should get in the way.  Unfortunately for UPS (and other employers who may not realize it), that level of importance will never be attached to any project at work. It can only be attached to matters of spiritual commitment.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33)

There is only one thing that is of “primary importance”, and that should be our desire to do God’s will.  May God bless you as you commit yourself to truly put “first things first.”

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Wednesday

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our tribulation,

that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble.”

~2 Corinthians 1:3-4a, NKJV~

Thank-you to those who helped to provide or prepare lunch for the BCM (Baptist Collegient Ministries) at SLU today.  The meal will be at Noon.  Thanks to those going to share and to serve the food.  May this ministry be effective in drawing students into the BCM today.  I think a big pot of jambalaya cooking in front of the BCM will draw in a few extra students today.  Pray for Bro. Bucky as he shares God’s word today.

Mr. “Cete” Dillon will have another eye procedure Thursday in Mandeville.  Pray it is successful this time.  “Miss” Ruby is doing very well.  Thank-you for praying for her lately.

Eddie Keith Schwartz will have eye surgery Monday in Covington.  Please be in prayer for him.

CaringBridge:  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris/journal

Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 2, 2010
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Overlooked aspect of health care bill could fund abortion
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32400
OLYMPICS: ‘The Pin Man’ makes Christ known at Winter Games
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32401
World Cup kicks off in 100 days
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32402
Retirement contributions may rebound
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32403
Retired editor Wm. Fletcher Allen dies
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32404
FIRST-PERSON: Pitchers and catchers report — will Dads?
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32405
FIRST-PERSON: Getting rid of fear of witnessing
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32406

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
MANY PEOPLE ARE looking for a sign from God…
They want to know for certain that God is there, that he really is who the Bible says he is.  They are willing to  believe in Him, but first they demand some sort of sign.  They say, “God, if you’re really there, show yourself to me!  Then I will believe in you!”
The truth is that God has given a sign.  It is a miraculous sign — the sign of the empty tomb. Jesus of Nazareth, also called Christ, claimed to be God’s Son.  His earthly life ended on a wooden cross outside Jerusalem.  The Bible says that His death paid the penalty for our sin.  Then Jesus was buried.  If he had remained in the tomb, there would be no sign that Jesus really is the Christ.  But in order to prove that sin is forgiven through the cross and that we can have fellowship with God forever, Jesus was raised from the dead.  His resurrection is the sign that Christianity is true — a sign recorded in Scripture and confirmed in historical accounts from many reliable eyewitnesses.  Philip Graham Ryken
“And while the crowds were thickly gathered together,
He began to say, ‘This is an evil generation.
It seeks a sign,
and no sign will be given to it
except the sign of Jonah the prophet.”
Luke 11:29
Thank-you for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to many people!  Have a great day!
Anna Lee

Tuesday

“O Lord, God of my salvation,

I have cried out day and night before You.

Let my prayer come before You;

incline Your ear to my cry.”

Psalm 88:1-2

Please add Harrell Sharkey to your prayer list.  He has been hospitalized with double pneumonia since Saturday.


Please pray for another one of my Texas cousins.  Micah is a young man in his twenties.  Last night, doctors determined he has a mass on the frontal lobe of his brain.  Your prayers are coveted for Micah.

CaringBridge

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

Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 1, 2010
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8.8-mag quake ‘without parallel’ in Chile’s history
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32391
OLYMPICS: Hedrick contributes to U.S. record-breaking medal count
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32392
3 abortion doctors face legal problems
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32393
CP fits with church’s ‘full discipleship’
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32394
CP 1.64% behind 2009 pace
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32395
FIRST-PERSON: Attracting a crowd at VBS
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32396

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
(Luke 12.27 NRSV)

A pastor tells about a woman in his congregation. She is one of those over-committed types, always frantically busy, never stopping to catch her breath. “I’m too busy” is her constant cry. The pastor finally asked the woman, “How do you ever expect God to get hold of you if you never stand still?” It’s a good question.If I had my life to live over, I’d pick more daisies.
I’d try to make more mistakes next time.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would relax, I would limber up.
I know very few things I would take seriously.
I would take more trips, travel lighter.
I would be crazier. I would be less hygienic.
I would take more chances.
I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets.
I would eat more ice cream and less beets.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I am one of those people who live practically and sensibly and sanely, hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I have had my mad moments, And if I had it to do over again,
I’d have more of them.
Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many minutes ahead.
I have been one of those people who never go anywhere
Without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat, and road map.
If I had my life to live over,
I would start barefooted earlier in the spring
and stay that way later in the fall.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds, and swing more.
I would do more water and sun-fun things.
I’d turn more somersaults, and roll in the grass, and go barefoot all over.
If I had my life to live over.
I’d spend more time at fun places.
I’d try to be more in touch with God and those I love.
I’d pray aloud more and not care what people think or expect of me.
I’d give more to me, and take more of you.
I’d just be me more and more….
Yes, I’d pick more daisies next time.

Dear God, help me to slow down and watch and share your daisies. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

Thanks for praying each day.  Your prayers mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“An honest answer is the sign of a true friendship.”

~Proverbs 24:26 (GNT)~

Pray for the people of Chile as they deal with the aftershocks of the 8.8 earthquake they received a few hours ago.   Pray for those affected by the quake, the aftershocks, and the tsunami.

Be thankful the snow that is falling  in Kentwood is not sticking and should not be a problem.

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Emilie Faye Gelain McKenzie

Just letting everyone know that we were home and doing well, thanks everyone for the prayers.

Thank You,

Leslie, Stephanie, Erica & Emilie
McKenzie

Ernest “Cete” and Ruby Dillon

“Miss” Ruby is progressing well now.  Thank-you for praying for her.  Mr. “Cete” has been having an eye problem since the fall and has had procedures done to correct the problem.  He will have another surgery in the near future.  Continue to pray for him.

Wayne Criswell

Wayne should be able to leave the hospital in Denver and go to Blake’s home until he is able to fly back this way.  Pray for him and his family as he makes the big move following Tuesday’s surgery.  Brent has already come home.

Sim Bankston, Chuck Baham, & Jason Duhe

Sim: He came home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. He is feeling a good bit better. He is now taking antibiotics by mouth and will be followed closely by the doctor. Once the infection in his colon is cleared, he will have surgery. Keep him in your prayers that his infection responds to this antibiotic so he can receive the necessary medical attention that he needs.
Chuck: Chuck went into a regular room on Thursday afternoon. He is undergoing some physical therapy. They got him up 3 times today. The doctor that did the colon surgery wants him to get up as often as possible. Lessie will be checking with the orthopedist tomorrow to see if the leg should be moved that much at this time. She feels that it may be a bit much on chuck because it hurts him so to move his foot and leg. If the bone doc okays the moving around, then she will feel better about all of it herself. Chuck is jaundiced. The doctor said that it could be because the liver was so badly bruised in the wreck, or it could be because of the trauma of the surgery he has had. Either way, we need to pray that the liver heals itself and causes him no more problems. Lessie said she counted his staples on his stomach today. He has 43. 43 people – that seems like a lot to me…lol. this afternoon they told chuck that he can begin eating most everything that he wants. he is happy about that, but he is nervous about eating. He was so sick for so long, when he ate, that he is scared that he will become nauseated.
Jacob Duhe: fairly good news on him. he may get to leave the hospital tomorrow. pray for him because he is so upset over causing the accident that he can’t seem to move on…everytime larry or i go to check on him, he asks us to please tell chuck that he is sorry….it makes me so sad to see him beating himself up for what was truly an accident. He is still facing a long recovery. time

Marsha Bankston

Good News Club (Texas)

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Thanks for your prayers. Things went well today despite the fact that one child threw up just before the Bible lesson, the custodian ran the cleaning machine pretty much the entire time I was speaking , and  two of our leaders received parking tickets. The sacrifices we make to share the Gospel! Ha! I do so appreciate your prayers. This is so fun!

Love,

Tricia

Three More Christians Killed in Northern Iraq

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Michael Perez
(September 16, 1918 – February 25, 2010)

A resident of Amite, died at 11:33 p.m. on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Belle Maison Nursing Home in Hammond. He was born September 16, 1918 in Tickfaw and was 91 years of age. Visitation at St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, from 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 12:00 Noon Saturday conducted by Fr. Joe Camilleri. Interment Mulberry Street Cemetery, Amite, LA. He is survived by his sister, Josephine Currier, Amite and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Salvatore and Emanuela Perez; 3 sisters, Angelina D’Antoni, Mary Misita and Lena Bravata; 5 brothers, Sam Buccere, Frank Buccere, Henry Perez, Dominick Perez and Anthony Perez.

Pray for the Ricks family as they have services for Maurice today.

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

A LADY WOKE one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed that she had only three hairs on her head…

“Well,” she said, “I think I’ll braid my hair today.”  So she did, and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed she had only two hairs on her head.  “Hmmm,” she said, “I think I’ll part my in the middle today.”  So she did, and she had a great day.

The next day, she woke up, looked in the mirror, and noticed that she had only one hair on her head.  “Well,” she said, “I think I’ll wear my hair in a ponytail.”  So she did, and she had a grand day.

The next day, she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that there wasn’t a single hair on her head.  “Yea,” she exclaimed.  “I don’t have to fix my hair today!”

Attitude is everything!  www.housetohouse.com


Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,

whatever things are noble,

whatever things are just,

whatever things are pure,

whatever things are lovely,

whatever things are of good report,

if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy–

meditate on these things.”

Philippians 4:8

Have a great preparation day for Sunday!

Anna Lee