Category: Hymn of the Day

The Lord's Day

You, my brothers, were called to be free.

But do not use your freedom

to indulge the sinful nature;

rather, serve one another in love.

~Galatians 5:13~

 

Dr. Waylon Bailey –  “Is it Time to Reread the Constitution of the United States?’ – http://waylonbailey.com/2015/07/05/is-it-time-to-re-read-the-declaration-of-independence/

Read the Bible in 2015 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Col.+1-2&version=NLT

Frozen Food for Families –  Don’t forget to bring your frozen food to my classroom before Sunday School this morning.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Come to Me” – http://odb.org/
  • I am the bread of life.                                                                                                                                     He who comes to Me shall never hunger.                                                                                                                                                       ~John 6:35~
  • “The Lily of the Valley” – a favorite of many people
    • http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Lily_of_the_Valley/                                       I’ve found a friend in Jesus,                                                                                                         He’s everything to me,
      He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
      The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
      All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
      In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
      He tells me every care on Him to roll.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhXW5QD8N1g

Have a great “Lord’s Day”!

Anna Lee

Fourth of July

“Proud to be an American” –

“God Bless America” & “This Land is Your Land”

https://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/american.studies.s98/god.bless.and.this.land.html

Psalm 33:12-22
12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,                                             whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.                                    
13 The Lord looks down from heaven                                                                       and sees the whole human race.                                                             14 From his throne he observes
    all who live on the earth.
15 He made their hearts,
    so he understands everything they do.
16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
    nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
    for all its strength, it cannot save you.

18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
    those who rely on his unfailing love.
19 He rescues them from death
    and keeps them alive in times of famine.

20 We put our hope in the Lord.
    He is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
    for our hope is in you alone.

Dr. (Rev.) David Luce, posted by his daughter, Debbie (Smithdale, MS area)

Got a call from my mom. She and dad are on their way back home from NY. Dad was fine after his surgery in May, but now his surgical sight is infected. Dr. Homayuni in McComb wants to see dad Monday. I’m asking yall to pray for them as they travel home as well as for Dad’s health. It may be just a simple infection, and doc in NY put Dad on antibiotics. If it is more serious, then at least he will be here with his heart doc.

Betty Taylor

Betty is doing well walking, not perfect, but getting there.

J.D. Smith

Mr. J.D. continues to have problems with dizziness.  So far, the doctors have not solved the issue.  Please pray for an improvement.

Correction of the July Mail-out from FBC, Kentwood

The quarterly WMU meeting on Monday, July 20th will not be at Hillcrest in Franklinton (Washington Association), but at Hillsdale Baptist Church, west of Amite (Two Rivers Association).

Reminder – Frozen Food for Families tomorrow morning!

Operation Christmas Child 

We will be collecting school supplies for the shoeboxes.  Be sure to keep your eyes open for sales.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Luke 17-18

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Have a great holiday.  Remember the reason for the holiday and pray for our nation today!

Anna Lee

Friday

“If the Son sets you free,

then you will be really free.”

~John 8:36 TEV~

“There is no fear in love;

perfect love drives out all fear.”

~1 John 4:18~

“Rely on the love God has for us.”

~1 John 4:16a NIV~ 

 

Women’s Ministry 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Read the Bible in 2015 – Ezekial 19-24

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “A Letter from the Battlefield” –  http://odb.org/
  • “The time of my departure is at hand.                                                                                                I have fought the good fight,                                                                                                                   I have finished the race,                                                                                                                               I have kept the faith.                                                                                                                           Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,                                                   which the Lord, the righteous Judge,                                                                                                 will give to me on that Day,                                                                                                                     and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.”                                                                                                                                                 ~2 Tim. 4:6-8~                                       “He will thunder from His holy dwelling and roar mightily against His land.                 He will shout like those who tread the grapes,                                                                             shout against all who live on earth.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ~Jeremiah 25:30~          
  •  “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 

 

Thank God for all those who have and are presently serving in the military.  Pray for those who are serving and those who will serve in the future.

I’m proud to be an American.  I’m thankful to be an American.  I’m thankful, that as an American, I can be a Christian!

Anna Lee

Thursday

I will walk about in freedom,

for I have sought out your precepts.

~Psalm 119:45~

Today, let’s thank God for all the freedoms we have

and ask him to continue to “walk” with us.

I pray we find the plan he has for us and stick with it.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Proverbs 8-9

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Thom S. Rainer’s recent articles – http://thomrainer.com/

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net/

Timely, interesting, motivating!

Thanksgiving 

  • Too many blessing to name today or any day
  • Christian leaders who are bold enough to keep on speaking out
  • Christian visionaries who can look into the future and seek God’s leadership
  • Political leaders who have sought God’s guidance, not popular opinion
  • God-given opportunities we all have
  • Trials in life that help us grow stronger

Prayer Requests

  • All those who have been named lately
  • Our country
  • Our political leaders
  • Our church/Christian leaders across the country
  • Each of us – to have a heart to serve God (not ourselves) and others, just as He would have us to do
  • God’s continued blessing on our country

Thank you for “tuning  in” and knowing the importance to prayer.  Pray for me as I write this blog each day.  Thank-you!

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

 

“But other seed fell on good ground

and yielded a crop that sprang up,

increased and produced:

some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

~Mark 4:8, NKJV~

 

Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, encouraging you to pray for those seeking God’s Truth.

A few weeks ago, workers arrived in Village S, a Mandinka village of West Africa to share stories from God’s Word. The woman began gathering the wooden benches that are normally placed in a shaded area surrounded by cement bricks from an unfinished building. Curious children also gathered. They had barely chosen their seats when Erik*, one of the local Quranic teachers, motioned to the group to leave the sheltered area and join him under a large mango tree. With limited language abilities and the way Africans love to talk in circles, one worker struggled to understand what was happening. Several minutes into his monologue, a fellow worker leaned over and whispered, “He’s saying all good things; saying that he knows that what we are saying is the truth. He has been listening to the program we have on the radio and wants to know more about Jesus.”

Three Kurmanji Kurdish girls befriended a believer and said, “Can you tell me about Jesus and what you believe?” “Yes, I can!” What an opportunity! One had tears in her eyes as she listened. All of them noted that their belief is on a ‘point system’ and how beautiful faith is. Pray that they will want to read the Bible, that they will continue to ask questions, and that they will believe. The one with tears in her eyes said that her neighbor across-the-hall reads the New Testament. The believer had met that woman, too, but didn’t know that she was reading the Bible. God is at work.

Please pray for the seeds of Truth to take root in the hearts of these three Kurmanji Kurdish girls and produce abundant fruit.

Wendell Lynn (Formerly lived in this area)

http://www.texarkanafuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/TEXARK1/obit.cgi?user=26550980_WLynn

Read the Bible in 2015 – Psalm 75-77

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Operation Christmas Child (“Shoeboxes”)

  • A new month means a new list of items to purchase.  Be sure to check the table across from the kitchen in the fellowship hall.  We will begin school supplies.  By selection bags from the table and purchasing the item listed on that bag, we can be sure to get the items needed and not overlap.
  • A group of ladies has been working since last Christmas to cut and sew 300 drawstring bags so we can fill 300 shoeboxes.  I’m happy to report they have already exceeded that number.
  • The focus in the coming days will be school supplies.
  • Remember, in addition to toys, toiletries, etc. each shoebox will be a means of sending “Jesus” to children around the world.
  • If you or your class would like to contribute money so someone can do the shopping for you, that will work just fine.  We also need to purchase more shoeboxes soon.
  • If you have items you have already purchased but not delivered to the table in the fellowship hall, you can bring your items to my classroom before Sunday School any Sunday.

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Raise Your Hand” –  http://odb.org/
  • God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,                                             but that the world through Him might be saved.                                                                                                                                                                                     ~John 3:17~
  • “Because He Lives”

 

Remember to plan the seed.  You may not see the harvest, but it’s planted.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday

“In an acceptable time I have heard You,

and in the day of salvation I have helped You.”

~Isaiah 49:8a, NKJV~

(He hears.  Do we pray?)

Today, I have a few suggestions for our prayers:

  • Those working outside in the heat
  • Those traveling for pleasure
  • Those commuting to and from work like they do every day
  • Those in emergency rooms and doctor’s offices
  • Those at home alone, not seeing or hearing from anyone all day
  • Those who are caregivers
  • Those who are giving of themselves on mission trips
  • Those who are looking for a job again today
  • Those who are at the end of their finances before another check is due
  • Those who need medication but cannot get it today
  • Those who have roofs that are leaking
  • Those who have trees/limbs down and are unable to pick them up
  • Those who haven’t have any fresh vegetables this summer
  • Those who have no transportation to church, doctor, or stores
  • Those who need to hear about Jesus today
  • Etc.

I hope each of us will find someone who has a need and pray.  Sometimes, God will lay it on our hearts to help in an appropriate manner.  Listening, and then doing, is important in God’s plans for us.

Yesterday, I told you I was going to work on my prayer time.  I certainly had opportunities yesterday!!!  I know my prayers were heard.  My prayers for today will also be heard.  Yours will too!

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – I Kings 19-22

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

As soon as I post this I am going to this site.  The titles and picture have my attention. I’m ready to read more.  Check it our!

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Christ the Redeemer” –odb.org

  • I know that my Redeemer lives.                                                                                                                                                        ~Job 19:25~
  • “I Know that My Redeemer Liveth” –   http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/k/iknowtmr.htm

 

Friday Morning Bible Studies: Women of the Bible

  • This week – Rahab
  • Coming soon – Jael, Delilah, and Michal

 

Frozen Food for Families – This is a reminder to cook and freeze some food to share with others who will benefit greatly.  You can drop you frozen food off in my classroom before Sunday School the first Sunday of each month.

 

May you find God directing you prayers, activities, and thoughts today!

Anna Lee

 

 

Monday

   “Command those who are rich in this present age

not to be haughty,

nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God,

who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 

Let them do good,

that they be rich in good works,

ready to give,

willing to share,

storing up for themselves a good foundation

for the time to come,

that they may lay hold on eternal life.”

~I Timothy 6:17-19~

 

Betty Taylor

Betty’s surgery Thursday was on her knee, not her eye.  I was confused because her eye appointments are always on Thursdays.  Let’s pray for her knee and her eye problems.

 

Joey and Rory

  • This Life I Live (thislifeilive.com)
  • Rory has been writing this for a year and a half to document their life.
  • You may want to follow this couple, their joys, and their struggles.
  • I started at the bottom of the list of posts and worked my way to the top.
  • Plan to have your heart touched.

 

The Pine Ridge UMU – The breakfast benefit WAS for Martha P. Drago.   Let’s continue to pray for her.  She has a wonderful attitude about her cancer and her granddaughter’s (Macy Gueldner’s) cancer.

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Lev. 7-9

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Rescuing the Reluctant” – odb.org
  • The men took hold of his hand,                                                                                                               . . . the Lord being merciful to him,                                                                                                       and they . . . set him outside the city.                                                                                                                                             ~Genesis 19:16~
  • “Day by Day” – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/713                                                        The church youth came back from camp one summer with this song.

 

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • We WILL meet Friday morning.
  • Women of the Bible: Rahab

 

Food for Families

  • Bring quart size bags of frozen food to Sunday School Sunday.
  • Food will be delivered Sunday afternoon.

 

Two sermons about prayer yesterday!

  • Bro. Stan Statham – The Prayer of a Disciple (Proactive praying) – Luke 11:1-4
  • Bro. Mike Drurry – Prayer and Worship (Timothy in Ephesus) – I Timothy 2:1-8

 

Today is a good day to begin improving my prayer live!  Today is a good day to begin improving your prayer life.  

Anna Lee

Sunday

…. those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

~Isaiah 40:31~

 

Jadon’s Journey

Jadon’s walkaide appointment went better than expected yesterday. We were able to get his foot to move in the direction we wanted it to move. He was nervous at first but with some help from his brother he put it on. He then thought it was hilarious that it was making his foot move. We go for our 2nd appointment July 7 to see if he can walk using it. We also have an appointment for the bioness device July 12. We will compare the 2 and see what works best for him.

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Philippians 1-2

 

Devotional, Scripture, a Quote, and a Song

  • “A Voice in the Night” –  http://odb.org/
  • The Lord who made heaven and earth bless you.                                                                                                                                                        ~Psalm 134:3~

Lord, show me how I can be an encourager of others who might feel they are in a “small” place. Let them know that their lives leave an eternal impact on those they serve.”                                                                                                      ~Our Daily Bread~

“Have Faith in God” – http://www.hymnary.org/text/have_faith_in_god_when_your_pathway_is_l

Bible Study next Friday morning – Rahab

Breakfast at Pine Ridge at 8:00 this morning. – I may be mistaken about who is the beneficiary today.  It doesn’t matter though.  It will be a worthy individual or cause.

Frozen Food for Families – Next Sunday!

Be a blessing to others today!

Anna Lee

Friday

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you,

then choose for yourselves this day

whom you will serve,

whether the gods your forefathers served

beyond the River, o

r 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~

Nathan Daniels

Please continue to pray for Nathan this week as he deals with the aftereffects of his surgery.  I know he and his family will appreciate your prayers.

James Rimes

James is now back at home.  He and his family are also very appreciative of your prayers.

VBS Continues

This must be a very special time for children of our area as many of them attend another VBS.  Neither I or my children ever did this, but I know many children who do.  The best part is that a number of churches are reporting record breaking attendance!  Attendance is necessary for young lives to be changed through VBS.  Some area churches have not had their VBS yet, but will in the next month.  If you have children or grandchildren, “keep your ears open”!

Ladies’ Night – The highlight of our “F.R.O.G.” meeting last night was the testimonies shared and the special music by Bubba Roberts.  We now have a new acrostic:

W – Working

A – At

T – Trying

T – To

F – Fully

R – Rely

O – On

G – God

None of us are 100% yet, so let’s keep striving to F.R.O.G.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Ezekiel 13-18

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • Hidden Mysteries – odb.org

  • Do not fear,                                                                                                                                                       for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.                                                                                                                                                    ~2 Kings 6:16~
  • “For the Beauty of the Earth” 

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Bible Study – Women of the Bible

  • Miriam
  • 10:00 this morning in the fellowship hall of FBC,K
  • Everyone is invited.

 

Bro. Stan is in need of a chaplain trained by Disaster Relief to work today and tomorrow. Contact the missions office if you are trained and available.

 

May you find some ways to bless others today, just as you have been blessed by so many others.  I call that “Passing it On”.

Anna Lee

 

Thursday

“So get rid of your old self,

which made you live as you used to —

the old self that was being destroyed

by its deceitful desires.

Your hearts and minds must be made completely new,

and you must put on the new self,

which is created in God’s likeness

and reveals itself in the true life

that is upright and holy.”

~Ephesians 4:22-24 TEV~

 F.R.O.G. 

     F – Fully

     R – Rely

     O – On

     G – God

Ladies, tonight at 6:15 we will gather at the fellowship hall of FBC, K to celebrate dependance on God.  All ladies from 3-103 in our general area are invited to come. There is no charge.  Let’s celebrate our God who walks each step of the way with us.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Proverbs 7

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, Thought, and a Song

Friday Morning Bible Study 

  • 10 A.M. in the morning in the fellowship hall of FBC,K
  • Women of the Bible – Miriam
  • Exodus 2:1-10; 15:20-21; Numbers 12:1-15

May you depend on God to help you get through this very day!

Anna Lee