Carefully consider the path for your feet,
and all your ways will be established.
Proverbs 4:26 (HCSB)
Andy Taylor said his daughter, Melissa, had some surgery and then had to go back in the hospital because of an infection. Pray for her to soon be better.
Jimmy Schwartz will be seeing a neurologist about his health problems. Pray he gets some relief from pain.
Jimmy Harrell will be having eye surgery soon. Pray for the surgery to be effective.
Continue to pray for Lauren H. Fowler in the last weeks of her pregnancy. Staying home and resting has been good for her.
Mike Nason is in Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge. His health requires periodic stays there. Pray he will feel better by the end of the week.
Phillip Dykes is also in Our Lady of the Lake. Doctors are trying to determine his problem.
Tracy Williams, Debbie Miller’s cousin, is in ICU at Tulane. Please pray for him and his family.
Ronald Putman is still in ICU at Our Lady of the Lake with heart and kidney problems as well as pneumonia. His family will be thankful for your prayers.
Quinton West is no longer hospitalized and is able to attend school again. Pray his asthma allows him to return to a normal schedule.
Update on Don Denton:
Don’s parents left to go back to Louisiana today. They have been with us since January 2nd. We again find ourselves most grateful to God for them and the time, love, support and work and care they have given to us.
We surely could not have done this without them. They continue to bless us. They will make their journey back to their home, please pray for safe travel.
Each day is new for us in so many ways. Don continuing to improve physically. The depth of the dizziness does not subside and that is a difficult thing to deal with when trying to attempt much of anything.
We now see that this will take time as well. So we continue with doctor appointments and therapy.
Please pray for healing of the nerve endings in the base of the brain. This is were the Hydrocephalus is as well.
We have more doctor appointments next week.
Thank you for your wonderful words of encouragement and support and the special acts of kindness toward us. Some days seem long and tireing and it is on those days that God blesses us with your words, your phone calls and acts of kindness toward us. We love you all. Words can’t express the depth of how we feel, how we have been deeply touched and ministered to by you all.
We will keep you posted. Next week is another big week of meeting back with specialist.
Blessings to you our friends and family
Diane
Continue to pray for Mrs. Annie Belle Harrell, Mrs. Kathryn Sanders, and Mrs. Catherine Yarborough. Each one of them will be thankful for your prayers.
Hilda Yarborough Hanks
(April 1, 1929 – January 21, 2009)
Died on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greesburg, LA. She was a native of Liverpool, LA and a resident of Greensburg, LA. Age 79 years. She was employed at Bank of Greensburg for 42 years, was a church choir member, and enjoyed her grandchildren. Visitation at Greensburg United Methodist Church, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Friday. Services conducted by Rev. LaMarylis Smith Cotten. Interment Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA. Survived by 2 daughters, Janet Hanks Sukkar, Baton Rouge and Sandra Hanks Dykes and her husband, Scott, Kentwood, 7 grandchildren, Colin Salim Sukkar, Cameron Lawrence Sukkar, Caroline Alexandria Sukkar, Adam Yarborough Sukkar, Christopher Cody Foster, Rodrick Lawrence Dykes and Scotti Marie Dykes, 2 sisters, Doris Venable, Zachary, Alyne Campbell and her husband Kirby, Liverpool, 1 brother, Elbert Yarborough and his wife, Donald, Summit, MS. Preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Sitman Hanks, mother, Gussie William Yarborough, and father, Harvey O. Yarborough. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.
Joel A. Davis
(April 16, 1937 – January 19, 2009)
Died at 6:50 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2009 at Sherwood Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge, LA. He was a native of Amite, LA and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA. Age 71 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. on Saturday until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Survived by wife, Patricia Addis Davis, Baton Rouge; 2 daughters, Elizabeth Davis Blanton, Robert, and Bonnie Davis Fruge, Madisonville; 3 brothers, James A. Davis, Destrehan, A. Thomas Davis, Montpelier and David M. Davis, Alvin, TX; 3 grandchildren. Preceded in death by father, John Albert Davis, mother, Myrth Bornes Davis Cambre.
Baptist Press
January 21, 2009
CALIFORNIA–Calif. group launches petition drive to reverse Prop 8. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29702
GEORGIA–Baptisms alter church’s culture. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29703
ARKANSAS–Missionary surgeon: ‘God may be calling.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29704
LOUISIANA–Coach acknowledges he’s ‘a little unusual.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29705
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ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
The story is told of a country lad who was hired for a salesman’s job at a city department store. It was one of those massive stores that has every department imaginable. In fact it was the biggest store in the world – you could get anything there.
The boss said, “You can start tomorrow, Friday morning, and I’ll come and see you when we close up.”
When the boss looked up the young man the next day at closing time, he saw him shaking hands with a beaming customer. After they parted, he walked over and asked, “Well, that looked good! How many sales did you make today?”
“That was the only one,” said the young salesman.
“Only one!?!” blurted the boss. “Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. You’ll have to do better than that! Well, how much was the sale worth?”
“$227,340 and change,” said the young man.
The boss paused for a moment, blinking a few times. “H… H… How did you manage that?!?”
“Well, when he came in this morning and I sold him a small fish hook. Then, I sold him a medium hook, and then a really large hook. Then I sold him a small fishing line, a medium one, and then a big one. I then sold him a spear gun, a wetsuit, scuba gear, nets, chum, and coolers. I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. We decided he would probably need a new boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines. Then, he said that his Volkswagen probably wouldn’t be able to pull it, so I took him to the car department and sold him the new Deluxe Cruiser, with a winch, storage rack, rust proofing, and a built-in refrigerator. Oh, and floor mats.”
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, “You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?!”
“No,” answered the salesman. “He came in to buy a blanket.”
“A blanket?”
“Yeah, an extra blanket for the couch. He just had a fight with his wife. I said to him, ‘Well, your weekend’s ruined, so you may as well go fishing…'”
One thing leads to another. And that’s the way it should work in our spiritual lives. An old Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” So it is with Christianity. We look ahead to where we want to be, and we take a step. Then another. And another. As we grow and mature in Christ, we continue to add virtue upon virtue.
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” (2 Peter 1:5-7).
Wherever you are in your spiritual life, I pray that you’ll take a step up today, adding something that will make you a little more in the image of Jesus Christ. As you add one thing to another, you will be much closer to that goal by the end of 2009.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Thank you for praying today. Your prayers mean so much to so many. You make a big difference!
Anna Lee
The Prayer Link 
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