Sunday

“In this way they will know God’s secret, which is Christ himself.

He is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God’s wisdom and knowledge.”

~Colossians 2:2-3 GNT~

Please continue to pray for Eric and Missy Lee.

Susie Sharkey‘s pneumonia is better. Pray she can stay well,

Gayle Owens (Shared by Johnny)

I would like to thank everyone again for all the prayers, concern and comments for Gayle Owens. She is doing better, still in hospital. Has a bad bacterial infection in her stomach which is very contagious. Those of you who asked about visiting please do not do so at this time. Trying to get her over it and not give it to anyone else. She walked a little on Saturday but very weak. Her stats were good when walking, heart beat got up but came down quickly as it should. Still having some shortness of breath issues. Her cough came back but meds did their job and stopped it. She may be here for another day or so just do not know at this time. I am hoping she will not be released until the infection is gone and she is walking better and stronger. She will probably disagree…Thanks again for everything.

Jules Tanksley ( Shared by SariBeth Sitman Tanksley)

After 38 days… little girl we are so happy to bring you home to the most wonderful place on earth! Thankful for all of our amazing CHNOLA family. You saved her life and we will forever be grateful… round 1 down and many more to go! A wonderful Christmas present for our family came early and we couldn’t be happier. God bless Baby Jules!

Read the Christmas Story – Luke 9

Read the Bible

Amos 6-7

Proverbs 23

Matthew 7-8

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – Day 8 – https://www.imb.org/lottie-moon-christmas-offering-resources

Youth on Mission will meet at 5 P.M. in the missions room. Please tell your youth to bring their Bibles with them.

Children in Action will meet Wednesday night at 6:00 in the missions room.

Share the message of Jesus this holiday season. If you are not in attendance at a church this morning, please consider watching a live broadcast from FBC Kentwood or another church.

Anna Lee

Saturday

4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

~Titus 3:4-7~

Mr. Jimmy Tolar is feeling better, but still having issues with fluid. Keep him and his family in your prayers.

Mrs. Bessie Hayden is home! Call or visit with some encouraging words.

The theme for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year is “Every church, Every nation”.

The video for day 7 is “Keeping the Well from Running Dry”

https://vimeo.com/287343802

Read the Christmas Story – Luke 8

Daily Bible Reading

Amos 4-5
Psalm 140
Matthew 6

Churches are presenting wonderful programs. I hope all of you get to attend at least one of them.

Anna Lee

Friday

“The King will reply,

‘Truly I tell you,

whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,

you did for me.’

~Matthew 25:40~

Gayle Dees Owens – Chesbrough

Probably a lot of you already know that mom, Gayle Owens had a heart attack at Mike’s Catfish Saturday evening during her reunion. Sent to Hammond, transferred to Covington, her cardiologist and team waiting as we arrived. Said the “Widow Maker” artery was 100% blocked. Put in a stint in about 30 minutes. Lots of fluid on lungs Sunday, removed with bipap machine and lasis. Went home Monday. Shortness of breath Tuesday and worse on Wednesday. Was told to go to ER. Lots of fluid again with coughing. She was actually in breathing distress when I got here. Got the machine on her again with lasis and starting getting the fluid out of her lungs again. Was also running a fever so she was admitted to ICU. Breathing better, still has some fluid, receiving lasis every 12 hours. Still has the cough and shortness of breath. Said SOB is probably due to heart damage. Fluid buildup was probably caused by one of the new meds. Should go home tomorrow. Just wanted to share. All prayers appreciated. Thanks… Johnny

Daryl Bridges – Kentwood

Just wanted to thank my brother in law Randal for taking Daryl for his doctors appointments Thursday and Wednesday so that I could work! The appointment on Tuesday was with Dr Dudoussat his neuro surgeon! He said that Daryl was doin good! And still doesn’t require surgery! God is so good! Wednesday’s appointment was with the Shock Trauma center and the said basically the same thing! He still has 12 weeks of recovery and then we will see about getting his appendix removed and checked out! Thank you all for the prayers and love shown to us during this time! We appreciate everything so very much! Please continue to pray for us, as we are still standing in the need of your prayers! Thank you thank you thank you! We serve an awesome God! Linda

Jimmy Mcgraw – Amite

Jimmy was put in the hospital Friday. He was dehydrated and having bad abdominal pains with nausea. His tumor has enlarged and is pressing on the intestines. We are not sure at this time what the next steps will be. Please keep him in your prayers. Carolyn

Mike Moore – West Monroe

Thankful that Mike got good results! The spot has not grown, so they consider it to be benign. We go back in 6 months, and if it has stayed the same, we will go back to yearly visits. Thank you for the prayers! Robin

Day 6 of week of Prayer for 2018 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

https://www.imb.org/2018/12/07/wop-day-six/

Read the Christmas Story – Luke 7

Read the Bible

Amos 1-3
Proverbs 22
Matthew 5

Let Jesus live in your daily actions. What can/will you do special for someone today?

Anna Lee

Thursday

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure;

then peace-loving,

considerate,

submissive,

full of mercy and good fruit,

impartial and sincere.”

~James 3:17 NIV~

Gloria Gill asks for prayer for her husband. Pete Gill, who is hospitalized at North Oaks with pneumonia and COPD.

Carolyn Mcgraw asks for pray for her husband, Jimmy Mcgraw. He is at MD Anderson.

Update on Jimmy
Jimmy saw Dr. Saux (oncologist) today. He gave us more hope than the hospital doctors did. He said tumor had not grown a lot. He seems to think chemo is working. He is going to continue with chemo. He won’t do chemo this week. I think he will start back next week. He wants to give him time to recover from his hospital stay. The growth probably occurred during the 5 weeks he was off chemo.
We were relieved that he didn’t tell us there was nothing left to do for him.
He has had a much better day today.
The bowel obstruction that put him in the hospital seems to have cleared up.

Thanks for all the prayers. We know this is in God’s hands and prayers are powerful.

Pray for Mike Moore of West Monroe who is going to Memphis today to check on the tumor in his liver.

Read the Christmas story – Luke 6

Read your Bible Daily

Joel
Psalm 139
Matthew 4

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Day 5 – “Not a Flash in the Pan”

This is a great day to “Let Others See Jesus in You”!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure;

then peace-loving,

considerate,

submissive,

full of mercy and good fruit,

impartial and

sincere.”

~James 3:17 NIV~

Update from the Sylvester Humphrey:

Endosonographic finding today for Sylvester. Today’s exam consistent with invasive cancer. It is a stage T1b tumor in the upper 1/3 of the esophagus. Preferred curative treatment is surgical resection. If Sylvester is averse to this, which he is, could consider referral to Ochsner NO for evaluation of endoscopic resection/treatment with photodynamic therapy vs Radio frequency therapy. The ENT just called and she will be getting in touch with someone at Ochsner NO in the next day or so. Thank you all for your prayers. We love all of you. Trusting God to do what is best and give us and the doctors discernment.

(You may know Sylvester from the Amite post office or the Hope Center in Roseland.

Reminder – Senior adult holiday lunch at FBC, Kentwood at 11 A.M.

Christmas Bible Reading – Luke 5

Read the Bible

Hosea 13-14
Provers 21
Matthew 3

I’m looking forward to teaching the boys and girls in Children in Action tonight. We will learn about the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. See you at 6 P.M.

“A Piece of the Puzzle” – Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Do something today to make the holiday season extra special for someone.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Who is wise and understanding among you?

Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.”

~James 3:13 NIV~

Josiah Huckaby

Josiah had his heart cath today. He did great but we were a bit surprised with the results especially since we weren’t seeing symtpoms of anything. The short & simple explanation is: they weren’t able to balloon or stent anything because of several issues they found. We will have to come back in a few weeks to try to stent 2 pulm veins…one of those is completely closed. We will also be looking at adding a new med to try to slow down the progression of his pulm vein disease. It is not a commonly used med here but Texas children’s hospital has been using it with some pretty good results. Our interventional radiologist that did the cath recently moved here from Texas & we’ve heard a lot of good things about him & the hospital he came from. They seem to “specialize” in pulmonary hypertension, so we feel confident in his abilities to help us navigate through the next steps of treatment for Josiah. We know that God’s plan for Josiah is far better than anything we could remotely come up with. We will continue to praise Him & His faithfulness.

I am always amazed at how God created us/our bodies & with every bit of new information about Josiah, we learn just how amazing we are as His creations. And just how much care & detail He knitted us together with. The doctor showed us pics of the issues & showed us how his body has compensated so that it could continue to function as close to “normal” as possible. It just blows my mind!

To God be the glory, great things He has done!!! ❤❤❤

Susie Sharkey

Susie Sharkey has pneumonia. Pray she will have a complete recovery in God’s timing.

David – We received good news yesterday. David’s blood level was 9.6. Although 14-18 is normal, 9.6 is an improvement. He got he procrit injection. We will see his hematologist next Monday. Please pray David can maintain or improve the 9.6. We are thankful to have some days at home this week.

Lottie Moon Week of Prayer – Day 3

Graham: G.H.W. Bush ‘in the presence of God’

http://baptistmessage.com/graham-g-h-w-bush-in-the-presence-of-god/?fbclid=IwAR01wMop8HhFSfp1yJbuFlm9hz9p4o5Mq_37wWWrDQLfZEcDDbZS3HwxNrU

Read the Christmas Story – Luke 4

Read the Bible

Hosea 11-12
Psalm 128
Matthew 2

Enjoy the crispness of the air today. The weather is expected to be “just right”!

Anna Lee

Sunday

You, LORD, reign forever;

your throne endures from generation to generation.

~Lamentations 5:19~

Please pray for Rev. Marshall Wallace, pastor of Landmark Baptist Church east of Amite. The doctors have determined he has had a heart attack. He is in ICU at North Oaks. He was too sick to make it to his doctors at St. Tammany.

Pray for Mrs, Mildred Birch as she continues physical therapy and makes plans to return to her home as soon as possible.

Read the Bible

Hosea 9-10
Proverbs 20
Matther 1

Read the real Christmas story – Luke 2

Lottie Moon Tea

2 P.M. today
East Fork Baptist Church
Young ladies from 3 – 103
Bring your stamped Christmas cards.

Churches will begin their Christmas presentations now that December is here. I hope you are able to enjoy one or more this year.

Anna Lee

Saturday

[The Word Became Flesh]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

~John 1:1-2, 14 (NIV)~

Today, I want to share Dr. Waylon Bailey’s post entitled “I Love God’s Promises”. He is the senior pastor of FBC, Covington and has been there since 1989.

http://waylonbailey.com/2018/11/29/i-love-gods-promises/

To get ourselves prepared for Christmas, many people start on December 1st and read one chapter of Luke each day. Today’s reading is Luke 1. (If you have been reading the suggested passages I post each day, you will already have done this and will be on Luke 24 today.

Read the Bible

Hosea 7-8
Psalms 137
Luke 24

The Lottie Moon Tea is tomorrow afternoon at 2 P.M. at East Fork Baptist Church. The tea is for all ladies from three to one hundred three. There is no charge, but you can participate in missions by bringing some stamped Christmas cards. The cards will be delivered to the parish jails in Amite and Greensburg. I remember seeing one of those cards that was written to grandparents one year. I know they felt such a blessing as they treasured that card. I wish I had known who provided that card so I could have let the family express their appreciation. You never know who will get the cards you send and who will be reading the card later, but know this. The cards are important in touching lives. Your card can make a big difference in a family. While you are at the tea, you will be blessed to hear some of our area children share Christmas songs. Let’s teach our little ones there is much more to Christmas than a jolly man in a red suit.

The senior adults of FBC, Kentwood will be honored with a holiday meal Wednesday at 11 A.M. in the fellowship hall.

Anna Lee

Friday

“I pray you may be active in sharing your faith,

so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”

~Philemon 1:6 NIV~

Bryan and Rita Tate are waiting for his platelets to increase so he can go to MD Anderson for the next treatment. Then, they hope to be home for Christmas. Keep the in your prayers.

Josiah Huckaby

Quick update on little man:

Since Josiah never got a swallow study in the hospital, our speech therapist didn’t feel comfortable trying baby food as an outpatient. So today he had his 1st swallow study…and even though he was mad & crying the entire time (because he decided not to take a nap today & he was being restrained) he did great!!! He now gets to start working in eating baby food & chewing on hard munchables (like carrot sticks & puffs). With no limitations on the amount of baby food he eats…they said to “just feed that boy”. 😁

Also, he has a heart cath scheduled for Monday (12/3) to check his right upper pulmonary vein that was balloned in October 2017. His pulmonary hypertension hasn’t improved since it slightly increased while he was sick with a UTI in August. So there is some concern that that pulmonary vein may be starting to narrow again causing the increase in his pulmonary hypertension. They can’t get a good look at it on his echos so they want to be certain that nothing is being missed.

This boy is growing so much & his little personality continues to blossom. He keeps us on our toes with all his shenanigans! He has come so far in the last 5 months. To God be the glory!!! 💙💛💙

David

The colon test did not show a problem, so possibly all David’s issues relate to his MDS. David got a unit of blood yesterday and will have a TTE and heart conversion today. Keep praying and give God the glory for all the medical knowledge and procedures available to those with a need. David’s procedures this week have been at Ochsner in Covington and Baton Rouge (two days) and Lakeview in Covington today. We’re thankful to be able to get around to those with more training and knowledge than we have,

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