Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Wednesday

“The harvest is abundant,

but the workers are few.

Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest

to send out workers into His harvest.”

~Matthew 9:37-38 HCSB~

 

Gail Morris Smith began her chemotherapy yesterday.  Please pray for her and for her family as they stick with her.

Mr. Harlon Toney is doing well.  He has an appointment on the 19th.  Thank you for praying for this man.

Sandy Wilcox went home from the hospital and is trying to eat.  She may have the needed tests later when she gets stronger.

Charlsee Hawkins, another classmate, has pneumonia.  Please pray she recovers completely soon.

 

Bridgett Frazier Denicola

May 20, 1979 – January 9, 2017

http://www.resthavenbatonrouge.com/services.asp?locid=36&page=odetail&id=72087

John Quincy Wheat

November 19, 1934 – January 7, 2017

http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=john-quincy-wheat&pid=183545482

Jesse James Grice, Sr.

May 14, 1937 – January 10, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/4063481

Debbra Raborn Smith

April 16, 1960 – January 09, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/4063623
Bible Reading Plan – Genesis 35-37 and Psalm 11
Baptist Press – bpnews.net
Associational WMU Meeting
  • Monday, January 16
  • Memorial service for ladies who served in WMU
  • East Fork Baptist Church
  • 10 A.M.
  • Potluck lunch to follow

 

“Just as our bodies have many parts

and each part has a special function,

so it is with Christ’s body.

We are many parts of one body,

and we all belong to each other.”

~Romans 12:4-5 NLT, 2nd Ed.~

“Serve the Lord with Gladness”

 

Last night, David and I met a lady who gladly told us she attends church every Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening.  She is 91 years old!  She lives a life that has served and is serving with gladness,

Anna Lee

 

Tuesday

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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

the new creation has come:

The old has gone,

the new is here!

~2 Corinthians 5:17~

Majel Dean’s knee surgery went well yesterday.  Pray for Majel as she goes through physical therapy.

Lola Virginia Byrd “Gennie” Taylor

August 28, 1944 – January 09, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public%3Aobituaries.view&o_id=4062270&fh_id=10545

Helen D. Smart

April 11, 1940 – January 07, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/4061852

McComb Opry – Saturday night east of McComb.  Bubba Roberts can give you details on who is singing/playing this week in addition to the house band.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Friday Morning Bible Study – John 14

 

Missions class for children – Wednesday night at 6 P.M.

 

Associational WMU Meeting – Monday at 10 A.M. at East Fork Baptist Church   This will be our memorial service for WMU ladies who moved on to heaven during 2016.

 

Scripture Reading for Today – Genesis 32-34 and Psalm 10

 

But just as he who called you is holy,

so be holy in all you do; for it is written:

“Be holy, because I am holy.”

~ 1 Peter 1:15-16 (NIV)~

“Holy, Holy, Holy”

 

This song reminds me of reverence.  Sometimes, it is a needed reminder.

Anna Lee

 

 

Monday

“Put off your old self,

which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

and … put on the new self,

created to be like God in true righteousness

and holiness.”

Ephesians 4:22b-24 NIV

Carl Wayne Stevens is home!  Nora has good help with Julee there for a few days.  Keep praying.

Martha Griffith keeps losing weight.  Pray for her as more tests were done when she was hospitalized Wednesday through Friday.  Pray the test results lead to something that is helpful to her.

Dickie Meeks, a former football coach at OFA, has had a long, successful career.  Now, he is number one of the transplant list for a heart transplant in Texas.  Please pray for him.

 

John Wheat – I did not find an obituary for John Wheat, but will check again later.

 

Scripture Reading for Today – Genesis 29-31 and Psalm 9

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Louisiana Baptist Message – baptistmessage.com

Thom S. Rainer – thomrainer.com

Waylon Bailey – waylonbailey.com

Ponder Anew – http://www.patheos.com/

Treasures in Heaven

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moths and vermin destroy,

and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where moths and vermin do not destroy,

and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is,

there your heart will be also.

~ Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)~

“Mansion Just Over the Hilltop”

Do you have a mansion ready for you in heaven?

Anna Lee

Sunday

I will give them an undivided heart

and put a new spirit in them;

I will remove from them their heart of stone

and give them a heart of flesh.

~Ezekiel 11:19~

 

Please continue to pray for my high school classmate, Sandy Wilcox Toney.  She is still in St. Tammany.  More tests will be done tomorrow to help identify why Sandy continues to lose weight.

Mrs. Inez Randall is still in St. Tammany Hospital. Let’s pray they find a way to help her and get her back to Amite.

Please pray for John Wheat.  She has several connections to Kentwood.  Pray for the Wheat family as they deal with his newly-diagnosed cancer and their lack of a home due to the August floods.

Sammy Broyles is back at North Oaks.  Pray for him and his family as his health is not as good as it once was.

A request I’m passing on from the Frazier family.

Please add Fred Martin to your prayer list, he was hospitalized in Texas tonight with pneumonia and fluid on his lungs.

Please pray for families who are struggling with the cold temperatures.  May they make if safely through this last really cold night of this weather front.

Pray for those who have to be on the highways to early this morning before the temperatures rise above freezing and the ice melts malts.

 

Scripture Reading –  Genesis 25 – 28 and Psalm 8

 

Thom S. Rainer – thomrainer.org

Waylon Bailey – waylonbailey.org

 

Seek good, not evil, that you may live.

Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts.

Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

~ Amos 5:14-15 (NIV)~

“Be Ye Doers of the Word”

Let your actions reflect your words this week.

Anna Lee

Saturday

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8~

 

Rusty Stevens said his dad, Carl Wayne, is doing “great”!  Thank you for your continued prayers for the Stevens family.

Ready for more good news?  Doctors in Memphis were able to make an adjustment in Gail Smith‘s port without having to put in a new one.  Thanking God for that and praying for Gail as the port will soon be put into use.

My high school friend, Sandy Toney, is hospitalized at St. Tammany.  Sandy has been sick and losing weight for many months.  Please pray with me that they will soon have her on the mend.

 

Bible Reading Plan – Genesis 22-24 and Psalm 7

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Follow God’s example, therefore,

as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love,

just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us

as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

~ Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)~

Here we are on love again.  Is there any doubt about how important love is?

“Love is the Theme”

Bible Study – I’m went to town yesterday wondering if anyone else would show up for Bible study.  Six ladies attended despite the cold temperatures and the light rain.  God teaches us lessons we need to learn.  Don’t doubt Him or those who want to learn about His Word!

Lottie Moon Missions March – We will show our support for missions, especially the Lottie Moon emphasis for international missions, on the last Sunday of January.  That will be a good day to give to the offering or to give again.  If you notice the Christmas tree by the organ. you will notice more ornaments on the tree.  Each one represents $500.00 toward our goal.  Let’s get our tree decorated all the way to the top!  Whether we give that day or not, we’ll all be able to walk around the church to say we support missions.

Stay warm.  If you have a problem, ask for help!  There are people who will be glad to assist you!

Anna Lee

Friday

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

 They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

~Lamentations 3:22-23~

 

“Great is Thy Faithfulness”

 

I checked on Carl Wayne Stevens.  One of his daughters-in-law said he is doing better than expected.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Mrs. Inez Randall was admitted to St. Tammany last night.  As you pray for her, pray for her family as they travel back and forth to Covington.

 

The weather will be unusually cold here the next few days.  Pray people have made/will make the necessary preparations and use good judgment as the days of extreme cold visit with us.  One of my concerns is for those whose homes are not well insulated and for those who are/become sick during this time.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Scripture Reading – Genesis 19-21 and Psalm 6

 

If you have a weather related problem, please feel free to call someone for help.  If you think your neighbor might have a problem, check with them and help as needed.

Anna Lee

 

 

Thursday

Wash and make yourselves clean.

Take your evil deeds out of my sight;

stop doing wrong.

Learn to do right;

seek justice.

Defend the oppressed.

Take up the cause of the fatherless;

plead the case of the widow.

 ~Isaiah 1:16-17 (NIV)~

 

 

Margaret Oliver is  doing well.  Please continue to pray for her improvement.

Carl Wayne Stevens was moved from ICU to a step-down unit.  Pray for him as he continues to recovery from heart valve surgery.

Jeana Lee-Newton was taken to wound care and from there to Ochsner in New Orleans.  She is being treated for infection and pneumonia.  Please pray for Jeana and her family.

Leon Givens, Jr.

April 19, 1937 – January 02, 2017

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public%3Aobituaries.view&o_id=4058342&fh_id=10545

Bonnie Crawford
(July 30, 1931 – January 4, 2017)

http://www.jonesfamilyfuneralservices.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=4058336&fh_id=12269

 

 

What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

~Matthew 7:9-11 HCSB~

“Give of Your Best to the Master”

 

Friday Morning Bible Study – According to the weather reports, I think we will be able to have our Bible study Friday morning before the bad weather gets here.  See you at 10:00.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Louisiana Baptist Message – baptistmessage.com

 

Bible Reading Plan for 2017 – Genesis 16-18 and Psalm 5

 

Looking ahead, there will be an associational WMU meeting at East Fork Baptist Church on Monday, January 16th at 10 A.M.  We will honor WMU members who moved to heaven during 2016.  Our meeting will be followed by a covered dish meal.

 

Last night in missions class, the children talked about  how to be a blessing to others.  That’s something for all of us to ponder today.

Anna Lee

 

 

Wednesday

“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,

but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”

~Mark 16:16, HCSB~

 

Monday, I shared with you about John Wheat, Ora Lee Wilson’s brother.  This will give you a little more information.

http://www.wafb.com/story/34175470/wife-racing-against-time-to-get-flooded-home-fixed-for-husband-diagnosed-with-cancer

Please continue to pray for Carl Wayne Stevens and his family.

 

“Yours, LORD, is the greatness

and the power

and the glory

and the splendor

and the majesty,

for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You.

Yours, LORD, is the kingdom,

and You are exalted as head over all.”

~1 Chronicles 29:11 HCSB~

“What if it were Today?”

 

Daily Bible Reading

 

FBC, Kentwood – All groups will meet in the sanctuary at 6 P.M. beginning tonight and continue for each Wednesday and each Sunday.

 

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

God provides opportunities daily.  What we do with the opportunities is up to us.

Anna Lee

 

Tuesday Update and Addition

Carl Wayne Stevens‘ heart valve surgery went well this morning.  His son, Rusty, called “Miss” Ruby the good news.  Carl Wayne will be in ICU overnight.  Let’s pray for more good reports.

Shirley Primes, mother of Chris and Dawson Primes, will be facing some challenges in the near future.  Pray for her and for her family as they all do this together.