Saturday Addition

The next Two Rivers Associational WMU meeting will be 9/11, September 11, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Amite.  The focus will be Georgia Barnett missions in Louisiana. The speaker is tentative now, so that will be announced later.  The location is a change from the church that was previously scheduled, so please note that we will be in Amite.

 

Update of health problems:

  1. Andy Taylor has seem some improvement, more on one hand than the other, since his surgery Monday.  He plans to be in church tomorrow.  Thank God for Andy’s improvement and continue to pray for Andy.
  2. Jeffrey Brister was in a bad motorcycle accident a few months ago.  He has one shoulder that has not healed, so he will be undergoing total shoulder replacement.  Pray all goes well with surgery and that Jeffrey gets use of his arm again.
  3. Jennie is continuing to recover from her fall last weekend.  Pray she continues to improve enough to be comfortable on a flight to New Orleans Wednesday.

Tuesday Addition

David had a good eye report from his local doctor yesterday.  Unless something changes, I will not be posting about his eyes.  Thank-you for your many prayers as we have gone through this long difficult process.  You and your prayers are appreciated very much.

Tuesday

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you,

then choose for yourselves this day

whom you will serve,

whether the gods your ancestors served

beyond the Euphrates,

or the gods of the Amorites,

in whose land you are living.

But as for me and my household,

we will serve the LORD.”

~Joshua 24:15~

Mr. John Phillips’ double knee surgery has been changed to July 21st.  Pray he is able to walk much better after he recovers.

Mr. J.D. Smith‘s shoulder surgery went well at St. Tammany yesterday.  Pray for him as the goes through therapy.

 

Mrs. Hortense Courtney, David’s oldest brother’s mother-in-law, passed away.  Her obituary can be found here – http://www.thompsoncares.com/obituaries/Ella-Hortense-Courtney/#!/Obituary

 

The “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party well celebrate June birthdays this morning at 11:00 at The Cafe.  All ladies are invited to join us for a Dutch-treat lunch and birthday cake.

 

Read the Bible – Jeremiah 40-44 and Psalm 24

 

Baptist Pressbpnews.net

 

Operation Christmas Child – We have to get BUSY in making our purchases for the shoeboxes.  Please begin this week and then, bring your purchases to my Sunday School room, next to the choir room, so I can store your items and begin an inventory.  Next month, July, we will begin to collect school supplies.  If you have a question about what you can bring, please ask me.

 

Caskey Prayer from the NOBSTS 

     “God,

     Open a door,

     Open their heart, and

     Open my mouth.”

 

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Saturday

Come to Me,

all of you who are weary and burdened,

and I will give you rest.

~Matthew 11:28 HCSB~

 

 

Read the Bible – Jeremiah 4-6 and Psalm 14

Pray for all the children, including my to GA ones, who are headed off to camp in the next few days.  I know of several groups headed out to several different camps.  I pray they are safe and well-fed spiritually.  I also pray for the youth leadership attending camps with them.  May they have abounding love and patience as well as wisdom in dealing with all the situations they will face.

VBS finished at some churches and begins at others.  Pray for young lives to be changed in the VBS opportunities.

 

I have noticed the music in some stores the last couple of days.  Thankfully, I heard “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling” and other wonderful hymns in one.  It made my day happy.

 

More later….

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

I will remember the deeds of the LORD;

yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

Please pray for our friend, Dennis Travis from Montpelier.  He is in ICU at North Oaks because of high potassium levels.

I haven’t listed Justin Lambert on TPL lately.  He has greatly improved, but the family is asking for more prayers that his healing process will continue,

Two grandchildren arrived in Atlanta yesterday.  Thanks to all of you who prayed for uneventful flights.

 

Read the Bible – Song of Solomon 1-4, Psalm 11, & video on Song of Solomon found at jointhebibleproject.com.

Baptist Press bpnews.net

Louisiana Baptist Messagebaptistmessage.com

 

Children in Action (Missions class) for children at FBC, Kentwood tonight at 6 P.M.

The next Third Thursday at the Cabin Gathering will be in September.

“Young” Adult Birthday Party – Fourth Tuesday of each month at 11:00 A.M. at The Cafe.

 

Proudly display your American Flag today.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Tuesday

 Remember the former things, those of long ago;

I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me.

Please pray for Matt, Shea, and Lindsay as they begin their long journey home today.

Pray for Mallory and Miles as they complete their trip stateside this afternoon.  Pray for those left at home too!

 

New Baby – Brynnlee Havin was born to Bro. Gary and “Miss” Cory yesterday.  All are doing well.

 

Read the Bible – Ecc.. 9-12 and Psalm 10

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Vacation Bible Schools seem to be doing very well this week!  Thank God for the boys and girls attending and all the volunteers working.

Pray God uses the volunteers at area Vacation Bible Schools to impact young lives today.

Anna Lee

Sunday

Greater love has no one than this:

to lay down one’s life for one’s friends

 

I forgot to share David‘s good news from Friday afternoon.  His eyes are doing great!  The retina specialist said he was graduating David to six months without an appointment.

Speaking of graduating, Mallory did that yesterday, but we did not get to watch it.  The church did not have the wi-fi necessary.  We did see a few pictures and hope to hear a report from the family today.

There have been a couple of area deaths, but I’m waiting for obituaries from the funeral home before I share them.

 

Read the Bible today – Ecc. 9-12 & Psalm 10

 

Vacation Bible School is available at several churches today/this week for your children/grandchildren.

 

Bible Drill class for children will be tonight at 6 P.M.

 

There will be no Third Thursday Gatherings this summer, but we will resume in September.  I do have my piano in the cabin thanks to a wonderful group of young, strong friends from church.  I’ll be looking forward to a good ole hymn singing time.  Come with a list of favorites!

 

Have a blessed Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Tuesday

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;

do not fret—it leads only to evil.  

For those who are evil will be destroyed,

but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

~Psalm 37:8-9~

 

Glen Magee, Jr. is back at work following his heart ablation.  Pray for both Glen and Lisa as they both have been dealing with heart issues.

Gloria Gill is back in A-fib and will have another heart conversion tomorrow at St. Tammany.  Pray this one is the one that will work.

Please continue to pray for Andy and Betty Taylor.  He will be having the cellulitis removed from his toe tomorrow in Franklinton.

Betty asks that we pray for her brother, Warren Zigler, 60, who is having some issues with blood flow in his neck.  Warren lives in Tennessee.

Betty also asks for continued prayers for her aunt, Billie Jean Booty.  She’s at Tulane now, but will be moved soon.

Donna Fay Miller is doing better now.  She was finally diagnosed with a viral, not bacterial problem.  This should end weeks of problems.  She thanking God for allowing her to find the care she needed.

Debi Bales mother, Mildred Jacobsen, is having a difficult season with health issues.  Pray for Debi’s family.

Pray for a former Amite resident and one of my former students, Joanne Seymour.  She has just had a port implanted so she can go through chemotherapy.

Pray for Peggy Luce, wife of Dr. David Luce.  She has completed his first chemo and only has 34 more to go.  They served in a church west of Amite, but now live out from McComb.

David saw his pulmonary doctor about the spot that had been on his lung at one time.  It is still gone.  Thank-you for praying for David and all his issues the last couple of years.  For now, he seems to be doing better with each problem.  God has blessed us again and again.

 

Robert E. Branch

 

Mary Evelyn Duncan Cutrer

 

Betty Jo Hughes
Mission Projects/Needs
  • The PAPERBACK Bibles will be delivered to the jail Thursday morning.  If you have some to contribute, please get them to the stairwell by the office entrance to FBC,Kentwood by noon Wednesday.  If you are unable to get them this time, please bring them for the next delivery.  There are 400+ prisoners in Amite with the population constantly changing, so we will never be able to stay “caught-up”.  There will be a continuous need.
  • Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home Special Needs – FBC, Kentwood distributed a blue half-sheet of paper with a list of need such as dishcloths and batteries.  If you have these items, you can continue to bring them to the office stairwell area.  I am in contact with the LBCH and will see they are delivered to the proper people.

 

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – One of the missionary couples we saw and heard Saturday at M-Jam is supported through the AAEO.  They are doing a special work in a difficult area of New Orleans.  Pray and give so they can continue to do what God has called them to do.

 

Baptist Pressbpnews.net

 

Read the Bible in 2017 – I Samuel 13-14 and Psalm 81.  I think I may have forgotten to tell you to watch the videos on Ruth and I Samuel at jointhebibleproject.com

If you didn’t start this on January 1st, don’t fret.  You can start at day one at any time.  After a year of reading, you will have read the whole Bible.

 

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

~Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV)~

“His Eye is on the Sparrow” – This is one of my favorite songs.  I’m reading Billy Graham’s autobiography.  It’s easy to think about Ethel Waters singing this song at all the crusades.

 

Spend some time thanking God for all He does for you.

Anna Lee

 

 

Wednesday Afternoon UPDATED

Margaret “Sis” Oliver is in Greensburg Hospital and has been since Monday morning.  She is expected to be there until the end of the week.  Please add her to your prayer list.  I’m thankful to a mutual friend who let me know.  “Sis” Oliver has been transferred to OLOL in Baton Rouge.

David saw our family practitioner this morning and got another good report.  That’s three doctors since yesterday morning for us.  All three ended with good results.  We are so thankful!

Wednesday

He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them his way.

 

Ora Lee Wilson‘s pacemaker surgery went better than expected.  She’s home!  Let’s thank God for her good report.

Mildred Birch has improved greatly in recovering from her pain pump.  That’s another thanksgiving prayer for us today.

David‘s retina specialist was pleased with David’s progress in maintaining a good eye pressure and good vision.  Thank-you for all your prayers.

Early yesterday morning, I had my own ER visit.  The short version is that after all the testing, I was told I had a strained muscle in my arm.  That is much better than I expected to hear.  I’m wearing my ugly black sling again and am so thankful my problem is minor.

 

Helen Mae Hayden

March 04, 1943 – March 06, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/4157772

Inez Randall

September 22, 1925 – March 06, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/4157920

Maxine H. Varnado

July 12, 1924 – March 05, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/obituary/4151271

 

Annie Armstrong Week of Prayer Focus – KELLY & BRANDI PARRISH

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/missionaries/kelly-brandi-parrish

 

Reading the Bible in 2017 – Joshua 13-21 (Skim) and Psalm 68

Time Change Reminder – This Sunday, we need to move our clocks ahead one hour.  If we fail to do so, we will arrive at our church one hour later than we planned.

Baptist Pressbpnews.net

Louisiana Baptist Message – baptistmessage.com

 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our troubles,

so that we can comfort those in any trouble

with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

~2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)~

“Near to the Heart of God”

 

We’re beginning something new in our Friday Morning Bible Study Class.  Come join us at 10:00 in the fellowship hall of FBC, Kentwood.

 

Today is Wednesday, so I’m looking forward to teaching my Children in Action class tonight at 6 P.M.  Have I told you that I love my little ones?

Anna Lee