Category: Inspirational

Wednesday

“Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together!”

~Psalm 34:3, ESV~

Pray for the family of Mrs. Ruby Ziggler.  She’s not doing well.

The revival at New Zion Baptist Church has been wonderful.  The attendance has been very good.  Rev. Bruce Worrell is preaching.  Andy Taylor is leading the music.  Tonight’s 6:30 service is the last one.

The senior adults on the trip to Branson have arrived safely and are looking forward to making some special memories.  They appreciate East Fork Baptist Church for organizing the trip.  Pray for good health and safe travels for each person.

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Insignificant” – http://odb.org/

Georgia Barnette Offering for Louisiana Missions –  Projected Allocations –  http://georgiabarnette.org/about-gbo/2014-projected-allocations/

Hymn of the Day – “Did You Think to Pray” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/i/didyouth.htm

Values – Friendship – “True Friends” – http://www.values.com/your-inspirational-stories/1476–True-Friends

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Nairobi mall terror witnessed by missionaries

We had five of our eight “young” ladies present for their birthday celebration yesterday.  Many friends were there to support then.

It’s still not too late to turn in school uniforms to be given to Re-Store in Amite.  Our project for October will be collecting jackets, sweaters, winter caps, gloves, etc..

Have a special day.  Do something meaningful.

Anna Lee

Friday

“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises of the One

who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

~1Peter 2:9~

 

This is the day the Lucy Bible Study begins.  Come join the fun and the serious moments as we study God’s word about scheming.  We will meet in the fellowship hall.  Everyone is invited.  Bring a friend.  We will have plenty of room.  See you at FBC, Kentwood at 10:00 this morning.  Bring your Bible and a pen.

Austin Rose did get to go home last night.  He plans to march in with his high school band tonight.  Pray he gets to do just that.

Facebook – Adventures of Connor Man

Facebook – Prayers for Eli

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Risks and Rescue” – http://odb.org/

Inspitational – KOM PRAY – http://kidsonmission.org/prayer/

You can read and pray along with the MK’s.  You can also share this with the children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews in your like.

Missions – I was at FBC, Kentwood yesterday and saw all the school uniforms and shoes for Re-Store and the groceries for the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home.  I was pleased with the amount of donations there, but there is still room for more and still many needs we can meet.

Have a great day of sharing the light, love, and laughter God gives you today.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Call to Me, and I will answer you,

and show you great and mighty things,

which you do not know.”

~Jeremiah 33:3~

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Image Conscious” – http://odb.org/

I think this speaks to all of us to “improve our ways”.  I can see some improvements I have made, but there are still more I could improve on.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

You can get an idea of how Christians in Egypt are being treated.  We need to pray for this situation there, and in other place,  and pray it never happens in America.

Baptist Press Sports – http://www.bpsports.net/

Baptist Press Cartoons – http://www.bpnews.net/BPCartoons.asp

Baptist Press Story Collections – http://www.bpnews.net/BPCollections.asp

Happy reading!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere,

lifting up holy hands,

without wrath and doubting.”

~1 Timothy 2:8~

 

Pray for Jimmy Schwartz and for Ruby as she is his caregiver.

Betty Taylor’s mom, Ruby Ziggler, is now at Magnolia.  Pray for her and for her family as they help care for her.

Ann and Lynn Huff are back at home.  Pray both of them have improving health conditions.

Continue to pray for Robbie Lynn C.  Kirby as she works to overcome her health issues.

Pray for Tedd and Kayla Titus.  Their families will welcome twin daughters tomorrow.

Pray for the homebound and their caregivers.  You can add specific names today.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Inspirational – Billy Graham Evangelistic Association – Decision Magazine – “Pitching the Gospel” – http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp?articleid=9556&BA=2938&QR=120&utm_source=DecDevo8.14.13&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=DecisionDevotional

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – The Anchor of our Hope – http://odb.org/

Don’t forget the Third Thursday Meeting at the cabin.  Call me for more information or directions.  David and I are looking forward to another great night featuring James Rimes and Andy Taylor leading our worship.  God has blessed us so much!

Thanking God for the rain we received yesterday,

Anna Lee

 

Sunday

“But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time.”

~Psalm 69:13a~

Please remember my classmate and friend since childhood Aurelia Ann Varnado (Weegee), Cancer has taken over most of her body including sternum and lumbar area. She is in good spirits and will begin chemo next Tuesday. I know Jesus will hold her hand through this but prayers are needed badly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Fran Walker

Please add Ann Huff to your prayer list.  She is hospitalized in Baton Rouge following a stroke.

We’ve been praying for Eli.  Today, Prayers for Eli on facebook, indicate he has completed his chemo.  Continue to pray for this young man.

Line Creek Baptist Church

Tomorrow morning (TODAY), during our worship service, we are going to have “the blessing of the backpacks.” Actually, we are going to have a time of prayer for each kid that is starting school (or already has started school), while wearing/carrying his or her backpack/bookbag. We are also going to have a special time of prayer for all of our teachers. Don’t forget to bring your backpack/bookbag, if you’ve got one. See in the morning!

Greensburg Baptist Church (From JoEllen Carruth)

I would like to invite everyone to the First Baptist Church in Greensburg this Sunday morning at 9:15 a.m. for Sunday School and then 10:30 a.m for our 147th celebration worship service. Over 147 years ago the church was begun on the present site and has been a part of the Greensburg community. We will have one of our former pastors, Dr. Arthur “Bo” Rice as our speaker and one of our former music directors, Chuck Brown will lead our music. We will have “dinner on the grounds” following the morning worship. Please come and be a part of this celebration in our community. Everyone is welcome.

Pray for us later this morning as  we make a delivery of items to Williams Blvd. Baptist Church.  The items will be delivered to the Hatchels at the end of this week.  Especially pray for the ministry of the nine people who will work among the Gypsies.  May their efforts be multiplied by our God who wants the Gypsies to know Him.

For those of you who missed this video of a portion of Daddy’s services, please remember we will all be “Going Home” one day thanks to God’s “Amazing Grace”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hKXlaZobLc&fb_action_ids=10151863407292932%2C10151863316122932&fb_action_types=yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151863407292932%22%3A152390074956221%2C%2210151863316122932%22%3A1375851602635383%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151863407292932%22%3A%22yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne%22%2C%2210151863316122932%22%3A%22yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“All the nations You have made

will come and bow down before You, Lord,

and will honor Your name. “

~Psalm 86:9~

 

Mrs. Nadine Council sent an update on her son, Chris Council, and new information about Dr. Earl Council.

  • Chris – had last radiation treatment last Monday; no new signs of lymphoma; taking antibiotics for inflamation of stomach; blessed that problem was found at this stage, not later; cancer in eye is treatable
  • Doc – pain in legs and lower back; in rehab; trying shots with surgery a last resort

Please keep the Council family in your prayers.

Pray for Rufus Williams as he has a heart cath. at Lacombe at 7:00 this morning.  Pray for Margie as she waits during the procedure.

Jadon Pailet is now seizure free for a year and a half.  Continue to thank God for the progress Jadon has made since surgery.  He is looking forward to school starting in a few weeks.

http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/

Austin Rose update written by him mother, Denise:

I know it has been a while since I posted but “no news is good news”. Austin has been having very good days. We are almost finished with this 3rd round of chemo. And “if the good LORD is willing and the creek don’t rise” WE WILL BE GOING HOME THIS WEEK!!! So Ready!

Patricia Nicolosi Manzella (Pat) formerly from Hammond was involved in a serious car accident on July 15th and is in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in Jackson Mississippi. Pat currently lives in Kentwood and works at Sunflower. She needs your help. We are organizing a blood drive in her name at the blood center in Hammond. Please donate blood and or platelets on her behalf. The family appreciates everyone and thanks you in advance.  Mrs. Pat is in need of blood donations. If you can help, please contact the local Blood Center in Hammond.   (Mrs. Manzella lives on Bethel Road.)

Pray for the ladies who will be working to organize material in the library at the associational missions office the next couple of days.  We hope to make it more usable for everyone and a lot easier for the secretary and others to access materials.

While shopping this week, keep your eyes open for 100% cotton or flannel fabric that can be used for children’s hospital gowns.  Patters to look for are sports related, cartoons, holidays, and other things you think children will like.  There are two drop boxes at FBC, Kentwood.  Susan, the wonderful lady who sews the gowns, will be in Kentwood that day to supervise a “cutting party”, so bring the fabric in by Sunday.

Girls, youth, and ladies will be donating purses for us to fill and give away through the Re-Store shop in Amite.  We will need lots of things to go in the purses to make them special – pens, small notebooks, files, tissues, reading material, etc.  We hope to have enough to make each purse like a gift box.  Christian literature would be wonderful.  Tracts will also be included.

Boys and girls from several area churches are at R.A. and G.A. camp.  Pray for them and their leaders that they may all grow in the Lord.

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – http://odb.org/

Headline News – http://k99.com/mississippi-breaks-ground-and-allows-prayer-back-in-their-public-schools-poll/

What have you got planned for the day?  Does it include Jesus and others, or just yourself?
Anna Lee

Monday

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

~Proverbs 9:10, NKJV~

 

Pray for Lara, namesake of Lara’s Gowns for Smiles.

Please keep Lara in prayer, she needs extra prayers now

An update from Lara’s mom:
The doctors seem to think they found a lesion on Lara’s left tibia. We are waiting to see if they will do a biopsy on Tuesday. As of now, they are stopping treatment until we see a specialist at MD Anderson. Trying to be optimistic. If anybody can handle this, my baby can!

Pray for Ashlyn DeBlanc as she has a check-up on her knee today.

Melissa Simpson Johnson can drive again.  Pray for her as she continues to make progress.

William Dewitt “Billy” Davidson
(December 14, 1945 – July 20, 2013)

A resident of Chesbrough, died at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. He was born December 13, 1945 in McComb, MS and was 67 years of age. Survived by, his wife, Mary Smith Davidson, Chesbrough; daughter, Lisa K. Davidson Gray, Walker; step-daughter, Renee Smith Simoneaux, Slaughter; 2 grandchildren, Michaela Gray and William “Billy” Simoneaux; sister, Catherine Shelton, French Settlement. Preceded in death by parents, T.J. and Rosa Lea Davidson; step-son, Clinton Smith; 3 Brothers, Ivy, Jimmy, and Michael Davidson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, 2013, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Services conducted by Rev. Mark Gregoire and Dick Luther. Interment Hyde Cemetery, Chesbrough. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “More, More, More” –  http://odb.org/ 

Inspirational – A Moment of Truth – “Kayaking through Life” –  http://moments.org/kayaking-through-life/ 

 Mission Opportunities

  • Ladies, youth, and girls, your purses are needed for a mission project.  Also, items normally found in purses are needed to pack the purses to give away through Re-Store, a shop sponsored by the Louisiana Baptist Convention.  Items we will include are combs, brushes, nail files, pens, paper, tissue, religious literature, etc.  Your donations can be placed in one of the baskets at FBC, Kentwood or you can call me for a pick-up.
  •  Susan Defrene of Lara’s Gowns for Smiles will be here a week from today to have a cutting-party.  Bring your scissors to help cut fabric that will be sewn into hospital gowns for children hospitalized with cancer.
  • Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, you can help organize the library at the mission’s office in Franklinton.  We will leave FBC, Kentwood at 8:30 both days.  Call me or send me a message if you wish to help.
  • Next month, our church will host a regional WMU meeting.  Volunteers are needed.  Contact the church office or me.

I’m looking forward to a great week.  I trust you are too!

Anna Lee

Sunday

“And my God shall supply all your need

according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

~Philippians 4:19, NKJV~

 

Lois Pittman called to ask us to pray for her sister, Peggy Stinson, who will be having surgery Monday.

Lloyd Pye originally from Roseland/Amite has been diagnosed with”Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma” cancer.  You may want to pray for him as he chooses his treatment.

The mission team to the Navajos has arrived in New Mexico.  Pray for them as they work there this week.  Pray for boldness in sharing the Gospel.

The FBC, Kentwood youth will have a mission trip in Houston this week.  Pray for them to be bold as they share.

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Arrogance and Pride” – http://odb.org/

Inspirational – A Moment of Truth – “A Father’s Sacrifice” – http://moments.org/a-fathers-sacrifice/

Don’t leave God out of the Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty,

but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

~Isaiah 55:11, HCSB~

Larry Carruth

Please say a prayer that our dad can begin to get the nutrition he needs to strengthen his body to be able to take his chemo treatments. The feeding through the JPEG tube has proven to be a real challenge for him. On a thankful note, we have some great professionals working with him to get him where he needs to be. Thank you Michael Davis, RN and Ray Glasgow and staff for your efforts to get us where we need to be.

Oneida’s son Willey and his wife Eudora are here to visit for the weekend. Please pray for traveling grace for them as they begin their journey home on Sunday.

Thank you each and everyone.

Beth, Becky and family

Melissa Johnson got a good repost yesterday.  Her arms are now strong enough for her to begin driving again.  This is a major milestone for her.  Thank God for the progress He has allowed in her recovery.

Tangipahoa Baptist Church has had VBS all week.  Bro. Greg challenged the children to bring $1,500 for the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home.  The did, so he had to eat night crawlers.  I watched the video.  After the third worm, he took a big swig of Tobasco Sauce.  He certainly kept his end of the deal.  Also, the children collected materials and packed health kits to be given away through Re-Store in Amite.  Thank God for the children who participated in these two projects this week.  May God richly bless each of you.

I haven’t posted anything from Baptist Press lately, so you have missed some good articles.  You would probably benefit from reading from BPNews.net.

Marjorie Marguerite Nalley Honeycutt

Marjorie Marguerite Nalley Honeycutt, born May 30, 1924 in Alexandria, the eleventh child of Pierce and Fannie Nalley, died Monday, July 15, 2013 at The Carpenter House hospice in Baton Rouge where she was a resident. She was preceded in death by her husband Don “Bunk” Honeycutt, her parents, her son Jerry Wayne Honeycutt, and all of her twelve siblings. Following their marriage in 1942, Margie and Bunk lived in Lake Charles until she moved to Baton Rouge in 1980. She is survived by her son Donnis Honeycutt and his wife Alice Mary of Kentwood, daughter Connie Sue Rickenbaker and husband Michael of Milledgeville, Georgia, and daughter-in-law Cheryl Hutchins of Lake Charles; grandchildren Kristopher Honeycutt and Kate Gray, Christopher Nobles and Tracy Oliveri, Amy Sonnier and Todd Honeycutt; great-grandchildren, Logan, Regan and Jared, Alyssa and Angelena, and Holly, Emily, Andrew, Jack, Rachel and Andrew; and numerous nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Lake Charles following a private ceremony. Memorial donations may be made to The Carpenter House, 10615 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Earworms” – http://odb.org/

Inspirational – A Moment of Truth – “My Dad Was Just a Barbara” – http://moments.org/my-dad-was-just-a-barber/

Spend some time today preparing for tomorrow.  It will make things go smoother for you.

Anna Lee

Friday

“[God] is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,

according to the power that works in us.”

~Ephesians 3:20~

 

Jan Yarborough was released from the hospital yesterday and went to her sister’s for the night.  Today, they will come to Jan’s.  Thank God Jan’s surgery went well and that her sister is available to help her until she is moving around a little better.

Austin Rose has had some ups and downs the last couple of days, but mainly ups!  He has even been able to go our for a little basketball.  His hair is thinning some, but that is a small price to pay to eliminate cancer.  Keep praying.

Jimmy Dufrene is still undergoing tests to determine what his problem is.  Susan, of Lara’s Gowns for Smiles, is sticking close by.  Pray for endurance for her and answers for Jimmy.

Last night, we had our Third Thursday Meeting.  It was such a blessing to me.  Jimmy Schwartz, fresh out of the hospital, came.  That thrilled my heart.  Our new participant was Ruby Schwartz.  She even sang “In the Presence of Jehovah” for us.  Andy Taylor led our worship time.  Mr. Harlan Toney sang too and made me smile, as usual.  Six churches were represented!  To God be all the glory!

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Don’t Forget” –  http://odb.org/

Inspirational – A Moment of Truth – “Thankful for Your Service” – http://moments.org/thank-you-for-your-service/

If we consider those who have served in out military over the years, we will realize they helped make our present world possible for us to enjoy.  Last month, I asked Andy Taylor to sing “Thank You” at our gathering last night.  He did.  We have many people to thank for our Christian background and our growing in the Lord.  That’s what the song says so well for me.

Another day and more opportunities to serve so we can make a difference for God!

Anna Lee