Category: Hymn of the Day

Friday

“Where your treasure is,

there your heart will be also.”

~Matthew 6:21 NIV~

Ken Roberts is so much better.  He has a long ways to go still, so keep praying.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kenroberts2/journal/view/id/55dfb36d8b5cd3f348650417?utm_source=JEN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JEN+email&utm_content=visitsite

Smiley Conerly was doing better yesterday.  Please continue to pray for him.

Dan Turner’s  blog – http://tbidansstory.com/

The ladies’ night last night was wonderful!  Thanks to the ladies who helped make it a success.  May it have improved our lives and others in a little way.

The president of the International Mission Board, David Platt,  has proposed some changes for sending missionaries.  The plan is to send fewer career missionaries, but be more effective in reaching the world at the same time.

https://baptistnews.com/ministry/organizations/item/30416-southern-baptists-to-cut-missionary-force-by-15-percent

Read the Bible in 2015 – Hosea 8:14

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, Quotes, and a Song

End your week by doing something to follow the greatest hero ever to walk on this earth, Jesus!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“I love the Lord

because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.

Because he bends down to listen,

I will pray as long as I have breath!”

~Psalm 116:1-2 NLT, 2nd ed.~

Pray for Smiley Conerly who is  having some blood pressure issues.

Susan Rimes learned yesterday that her two kidney stones are still the same, so her issues are different.  Pray for her and her family as they seek a solution to the pain she lives with.

Mrs. Velma Anthony is not only out of the hospital, but is out of the house again.  Pray for her continued improvement.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Proverbs 20-21

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Women’s Ministry Reminders

  • Ladies’ Night – Tonight at 6:15
  • Bible Study – Tomorrow at 10 :00
  • Operation Christmas Child – Buying school supplies still

 

Be blessed and be a blessing today.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“And whenever you stand praying,

if you have anything against anyone,

forgive him,

that your Father in heaven

may also forgive you your trespasses.”

~Mark 11:25, NKJV~

 (That doesn’t mean that if you pray while seated, you don’t need to forgive others!)

Pray for Susan Rimes as she has another appointment today.  Kidney stones have been a frequent problem the last few years.  Let’s pray these last two will soon cease causing her problems.

Please continue to pray for Debbie Miller as she makes some changes to help improve her daily life.

Pray for Mr. Phillip Harrell as he makes a trip today to check on a medical issue.  Pray for the family as they continue to be good caregivers.

Sherry Day continues to get good reports.  Thank God for her progress.

Pray for a good attendance at Sunday School and worship this week.  You can be influenced by these times if you don’t put forth the effort to be there.

Pray for families as they continue to make adjustment to a new school year.

Pray for many of our local families who are dealing with sicknesses and deaths.

Pray for our schools as they influence our children’s lives for a major part of each day.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Psalm 99-101

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “The Power of Words” – http://odb.org/
  • Death and life are in the power of the tongue,                                                                                and those who love it will eat its fruit.                                                                                                                                                             ~Proverbs 18:21~                                                                            Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart                                                be acceptable in Your sight,                                                                                                                   O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.                                                                                                                                                    ~Psalm 19:14~
  • “Tell the Good News”

Women’s Ministry

  • Four birthday ladies and a number of others celebrated August birthdays yesterday.  Thanks to Betty Simpson for taking charge yesterday.
  • Tomorrow is our next ladies night, “Follow the Ants to the Picnic”.  We will begin with a picnic lunch at 6:15.  I hope lots of you will be there for all we have planned including a demonstration of making a sand cake.  You don’t want to miss this event.  Invite some guests, ladies between 3 and 103 years.  No tickets needed.
  • Friday’s Bible Study at 10:00 – Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8-14).  Can you tell her story?  If not, join us to learn her story.
  • This next week is a good time to gather some donations for the Children’s Home.  Bring your items to the church any day but Saturday.
  • The first Sunday of September will be here soon.  I trust you are freezing some food for “Food for Families”.  What a blessing it is to others.

Thank you for praying.  My family, like yours, has benefitted from the prayers of others.  

Anna Lee

Tuesday – Improved and with Additions

While posting from my phone, I must have changed the settings. Jason will help me get this back to normal. In the meantime, please put up with me.  Thanks, Jason!  I’m back!

“I cry aloud to the LORD,  

and He answers me from His holy mountain.”

~Psalm 3:4, HCSB~

Thankful to be home! God watched over us all day. We had a lack of heavy traffic, successful procedures, adequate recovery time, and a safe home despite the vehicle in front of us losing two pieces of plywood which went flying and tumbling through the air landing in the left (other) lane. Thank-you to each of you who prayed.  Thank-you again!  David feels so much better today!

Ken Roberts is making more progress. Please check his Caring Bridge page.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kenroberts2/journal/view/id/55dbcd42ac7ee9c91c43c3cb?utm_source=JEN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JEN+email&utm_content=visitsite

Brandy and Raymond Cutrer’s new daughter, Reese Nicole, weighed 7 lb. 2 oz. All is well with mother and baby.

Vesta “VJ” Adams
Born: October 12, 1938
Died: August 23, 2015
http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/3285971

Phillip F. Domiano 
Born: May 11, 1938
Died: August 23, 2015
http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/3285625

Fall Food Round-up for LA Baptist Children’s Home

Bring paper and cleaning supplies as well as food items to FBC, Kentwood.  A truck from the children’s home will be here in a few weeks to pick up our contributions.

Read the Bible in 2015 – I Chronicles 10-14

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

The birthday party at The Cafe will be at 11:00. Betty Simpson will fill in for me. (I have to stay close to David for 24 hours.)

Waylon Bailey – waylonbailey.com

Thom S. Rainer – http://thomrainer.com/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

I’m pausing for a technical break.I”m back and back in my rhythm (like David is back in heart rhythm again).
Anna Lee

 

Monday

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,

for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly

about my weaknesses,

so that Christ’s power may rest on me.  

That is why, for Christ’s sake,

I delight in weaknesses,

in insults,

in hardships,

in persecutions,

in difficulties.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.

 

Brandy and Raymond Cutrer will become the parents of a new baby for a total of three today.  Pray for them today and in the days to come as they make the adjustment to the growing family.

Debbie Miller has been seeing doctor to check on some medical problems.  Pray for her as she has another appointment this week.

Susan Rimes is still “under the weather” with kidney stones and will also be undergoing tests.

Mrs. Velma Anthony is hospitalized at North Oaks.  Pray she will soon be feeling much better.

Walter Dykes made it to Sunday School yesterday morning.  Thank God for Walter’s progress in recovery from heart surgery.

 

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Numbers 5-8

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Coming Alongside” –  http://odb.org/2015/08/24/coming-alongside/
  • Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,                                                            . . . who comforts us in all our tribulation,                                                                                     that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble.                                                                                                                                 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4~
  • “Day by Day”

 

Women’s Ministry this week

  • Tuesday – Birthday party
  • Thursday – Ladies’ Night
  • Friday – Bible Study

 

Opportunities for Everyone this week

  • Operation Christmas Child
  • Frozen Food for Families
  • Food Drive for LA Baptist Children’s Home

 

Be a Christian influence on those you meet this week.

Anna Lee

Sunday

In the same way,

faith by itself,

if it is not accompanied by action,

is dead.

~James 2:17~

Ken Roberts now has a Caring Bridge page.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kenroberts2

 

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – I Timothy 4-6

Waylon Bailey –  http://waylonbailey.com/

Thom S. Rainer – http://thomrainer.com/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

 

Women’s Ministry

  • “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party
    • Tuesday, August 25
    • 11 A.M.
    • The Cafe, Kentwood
    • Celebrates the birthdays of ladies from FBC
  • “Follow the Ants to the Picnic”
    • Ladies’ Night
    • Thursday, August 27
    • 6:15 A.M.
    • Ladies from 3 – 103
    • You don’t have to be a member of FBC, K to attend.
    • Bring a friend.
    • No charge
  • Friday Morning Bible Study
    • 10 A.M
    • Next three studies
      • Rizpah – 2 Samuel 21: 8-14
      • Queen of Sheba – I Kings 10:1-13; Matthew 12:12:42
      • Jezebel  – I Kings 16:29-33; 18:1-19: 21:1-25; 2 Kings 9
  • Frozen Food for Families
    • Your opportunity to make life better/easier for someone
    • Sunday, September 6
    • Place food in quart-size freezer bags.
    • Label and date it.
    • Bring to my Sunday School room on the first Sunday of each month
    • I’ll be doing the same.
    • Delivery will be made that afternoon

 

 

Question: Are you interested in our children and young people learning about missions?

Quote: “The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”

Scripture:  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.                                                                                                                                                                 ~James 2:17~

Question: Are you willing to help teach them?

Solution: Let me know as soon as possible.

 

 

Have a wonderful week of studying, learning, doing, and sharing!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Saturday

“Each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Try to live in such a way

that you will never make your brother stumble

by letting him see you doing something

that he thinks is wrong.”

~Romans 14:12-13 TLB~

 

Pray for our schools!

http://www.wdam.com/story/29854486/brandon-high-school-band-pulled-from-halftime-performance

 

Ken Roberts

From Cyndi

No change. Kidneys a little worse. They seem satisfied with the new device. Slight improvements in some areas. No change in others. Nothing really to report. He is fragile. Keep praying!!

Please continue to intervene in Ken’s behave and strength for the family.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

He did well with the placement of Impella which is a temporary VAD. Balloon pump coming out.
This was done in an effort to improve or maximize his cardiac output bc his kidneys are starting to take a hit. It remains much of the same….

It’s minute by minute, hour by hour…. Exact words…. He is going to declare himself either way in the next few days! So again, we wait and Trust God. I believe Ken is fighting & wants to live!!! He has all this amazing technology now and expert care…. We need prayers more than ever!!!! Gods will be done!!! The selfish part of all of us is wanting so desperately for him to turn than corner and hear some positive news!!! Praying for Kens miracle!!!!!!
Ok friends praying without ceasing, pray with great faith XOXO

Macy Gueldner

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/55d7b319ca16b4ce78d93944?utm_source=JEN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JEN+email&utm_content=visitsite

Brantley Williams

 

David’s TTE and ablation has been changed from Tuesday to Monday.  Please join us in praying the doctors can stop the a-fib.  Thank-you!

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – John 7-9

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

I have a couple more names to add later, so please check back.

Anna Lee

Friday

“‘I have the right to do anything,’ you say —

but not everything is beneficial.

‘I have the right to do anything’ —

but not everything is constructive.”

~1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV~

 

Please pray for Barbara Hutchinson as she sees a doctor today and hopefully is closer to having the surgery she needs.

Please continue to pray for Susan Rimes as she continues to battle kidney stones.

Debbie Miller has seen and will see more doctors to help solve some medical issues.  Pray for JC and the doctors as they they work to make daily living easier on her.

The doctors are working hard to help Ken Roberts.  The family is finding hope in what is being done.  Please continue to pray.

Mary Lyle Russell Ellzey

Born: August 03, 1926
Died: August 19, 2015

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=3283377&fh_id=1054

Mr. Paul Douglas Howard

Born: Wednesday, June 20, 1962
Died: Wednesday, August 19, 2015

http://www.webcemeteries.com/memorials/Obituary.asp?Id=14488282

Read the Bible in 2015 – Hosea 1-7

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

  Third Thursday 

We had a great meeting last night.  We were blessed to have two people there for the first time and at least seven churches represented;  What of wonderful spirit!

Ladies’ Bible Study

  • 10 A.M.
  • This morning
  • Fellowship Hall of FBC
  • You’re welcome to join us.

Pine Ridge United Methodist Church Breakfast

  • Sunday morning at 8 A.M.
  • Donations accepted; Benefits a needy family or cause
  • You can leave after breakfast and attend your own church.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

I trust you will decide to follow Jesus if you have not already done so.

Anna Lee

Thursday

To him who overcomes,

I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,

just as I overcame

and sat down with my Father on his throne.

~Revelation 3:21~

Iraqi Pastor Miraculously ‘Unharmed’ after Bomb Explodes, Vows to Continue Sharing Gospel in War-Torn Region

Iraqi Pastor Miraculously ‘Unharmed’ after Bomb Explodes, Vows to Continue Sharing Gospel in Iraq
A miraculous story has emerged out of Baghdad, where a pastor leading Iraq’s only Christian radio station that reaches up to 8 million people with the Gospel…

 

 

Dan Turner

Great news everybody! Today, I successfully completed the medical trial and met criteria to have the intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) pump surgically implanted. I am scheduled to see the neurosurgeon that will perform my surgery on 8/31. The surgery will be scheduled when I see him. It’s pretty cool—it’s the same neurosurgeon that helped keep me alive during my 3-week ICU stay at UMC. His name is Dr. Shiflett and he earned my respect and admiration while seeing his meticulous attention to detail when we worked together, during my helicopter years at UMC. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support over the past few weeks. We can mark this one down as, “prayers answered”.Great news everybody! Today, I successfully completed the medical trial and met criteria to have the intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) pump surgically implanted. I am scheduled to see the neurosurgeon that will perform my surgery on 8/31. The surgery will be scheduled when I see him. It’s pretty cool—it’s the same neurosurgeon that helped keep me alive during my 3-week ICU stay at UMC. His name is Dr. Shiflett and he earned my respect and admiration while seeing his meticulous attention to detail when we worked together, during my helicopter years at UMC. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support over the past few weeks. We can mark this one down as, “prayers answered”.

Please continue to pray for Dan and those trying to help improve his health.

Ken Roberts

Ken was airlifted to Tulane Hospital in N.O. last night in preparation for steps that hopefully will lead to a heart transplant.  Thank God Ken made it from Hammond to New Orleans and now has an opportunity to have this procedure.  Please keep praying.

Flo Hatcher

Carol New’s sister, Flo, has completed her physical therapy and will be able to go home today.  Please continue to pray for improvement and for her caregivers.

Mansell Stinson

Mansell still doesn’t know when his leg will have the balloons re-inflated/replaced to give him better circulation.  Please pray for him as he continues to wait for a date.

Betty Taylor

Betty continues to have several health issues, knee, eye, etc.  Please keep her in your prayers.

 

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Proverbs 19

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, Quotes, and a Song

  • “Who is My Neighbor” –  http://odb.org/
  • Go and do likewise.                                                                                                                                                      ~Luke 10:37~   (Notice the two verbs, “go” & “do”.)
  • Lord, help me to be ready at any time to be Your hands and feet to those in need.

            Faith is seen in our actions.

 

We will meet at the cabin at 6:30 tonight for the “Third Thursday Meeting”.  I looking forward to tonight and hope you are too!

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

Religion that God our Father accepts

as pure and faultless is this:

to look after orphans

and widows in their distress

and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

~ James 1:27~

 

Joey and Rory are wonderful Christian singers, new parents, and fighting her cancer following surgery.  I think you will enjoy reading their posts.  Pray for them as they fight this ugly battle and make the most of their time with their daughter, Indiana.

https://www.facebook.com/joeyandrory

Read the Bible in 2015 – Psalm 96-98

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Reflecting God’s Glory” – http://odb.org/
  • The heavens declare the glory of God;                                                                                               and the firmament shows His handiwork.                                                                                                                                                   ~ Psalm 19:1~
    • “To God be the Glory”/”My Tribute”
    •  http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/o/togodbe.htm

 Have a blessed day today!  Be a blessing to somebody!  Thank God for all he has done/is doing for us!

Anna Lee