Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Thursday Evening

Sherri Alford Meadows said the fire in Colorado Springs is in view from their house, but they live east of the interstate and have not had to evacuate.  Continue to pray for all who have lost homes, those who have been evacuated and are unsure of their homes, and for those fighting the fire.

My aunt, Eva Smith in Alabama, is back in her nursing home, but it not fully well.  At 90, she is frail.  Please continue to pray for her and her children, Sandra and Donnie, as well as her grandchildren, Melissa and Kristin.

Momma’s first cousin, Leroy Wilkinson of Amite, fell recently and broke his hip.  He is in rehab in Hammond.  Pray he recovers and can return to his family.

Judy Hendry Pritchett was killed in a freak accident in her yard in Roseland this afternoon.  Pray for Rodney and Robbie as they face the coming days.

 

 

Thursday Additions

Charles and Vickey Dean are “tickled pink” to announce the adoption of their daughter, Sereniti, yesterday.  Charles and Vickey have been greatly blessed.  Sereniti has been blessed even more!

 

 

Bock Sims will have surgery tomorrow.  Please keep him in your prayers each day.

 

Please continue to pray for Marsha Bankston’s family.  Today is a hard day for them.

 

Mr. Luther Ricks passed away last night.  Please be in prayer for the family.

Thursday

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

For kings, and for all that are in authority;

that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

~1 Timothy 2:1-4~ 

Continue to pray for Wayne Forrest’s family.  He is still in St. Tammany.

Judy Liberto’s car was hit fromt the rear as she was turning into a driveway.  Thank God her injuries were not life threatening.  Pray she will not have a lot a pain as she recovers from some fractures.

Pray for Rene Deck as she recovers from injuries to her back and her leg.  It’s hard to slow Rene down.

Pray for Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell that her treatment will not make her sick.

Pray for Larry Bankston and his sons, Daniel, Michael, and Stephen.  Only a miracle can bring their Marsha back to them as she was.

 

Please spend some time reading this and then watching the video clips.

Bedouin tent inspires prayer
Visitors to the SBC exhibit hall found a tent at the IMB site. Inside were five locations of challenge and opportunities for prayer. And a chance to make a Great Commission commitment.

Pray that those who put a nail in the cross will remember their commitment and follow through with sharing the Gospel.

Experience a virtual walkthrough of the prayer tent.

Missionaries tackle God-size task in dangerous slums of Caracas

Only 1 percent of the 5 million people of Caracas, Venezuela, are evangelical Christian. Many of the spiritually lost live in the city’s barrios(slums), among the most dangerous in the world. The narrow streets are plagued with constant crime, substance abuse and gang violence. But Ed and Pam Engle say ministering to these people is worth it.

 

Last night, at prayer meeting, James Rimes led us last night to be better encouragers.  Who would God have you encourage today?

Anna Lee

Wednesday Midday

Bock Sims (from Dana Hendry)

Bock still hasnt woken up, but is moving a lot so that is a great sign. Please continue to pray for him.

Evelyn Bridges LeTard (From Linda S. Williams)

LeTARD Evelyn Bridges LeTard passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012, at the age of 91. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service in the Chapel of LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2012, (visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. until service time). A second service will follow at Osyka Baptist Church in Osyka, Mississippi at 3:00 p.m., with interment to follow in Kentwood, LA at Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dr. and Mrs. Francis X. LeTard Education Fund, c/o Ochsner Department of Philanthropy, 1514 Jefferson Highway, Brent House 240, New Orleans, LA 70121. A more complete and detailed obituary notice will follow.

The Brignac Family (From Dana Hendry)

Please be in prayer for my cousin and her family from Colorado. They have been evacuated due to the wild fires.

Wednesday

“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren,

as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly,

and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other.”

~2 Thessalonians 1:3, NKJV~

Larry Watts is in room 3119.  Please keep Larry and his family in your prayers.

Please continue to pray for Marsha and Larry Bankston and their family.  Marsha may be moved to an acute living facility at some point.

Pray for the Colorado fires to be stopped and for all the thousands of people who have been evacuated because of them.

Today is Mrs. Rena Cutrer’s 99th birthday!  You are invited to her home from 2:00-4:00 this afternoon to tell her happy birthday.

Today’s Devotional

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/?currentPage=8

Enjoy the cooler temperatures we have this morning!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Update on Kim Newell Landry from her mother, Rose Emma

Kim’s surgeon just called her and said first pathology report was wrong! She does have thyroid cancer! Now he’s got
to go back and take whole thyroid out, lymph nodes and surrounding tissue! She will probably have to have more cancer treatments! This is awful news! We need your prayers to help us get through this! I know God is with us and He will be there! Love all of you!!! RE

Add Kathy Jo Thompson’s name to your prayer list again.  She will probably have surgery to repair/adjust (not sure of the right word) a shunt.  After all she has been through, I know she would appreciate your prayers.

Tuesday

Everything on earth has its own time and its own season.

~Ecclesiastes 3:1 (CEV)~

I forgot to share that Mr. Burnell Simpson was able to be back in Sunday School this week.  We thank God for the procedure that returned his health to him.

Pray for the people who are receiving so much rain due to the storm named Debby.  Pray she will not cause any more deaths as she crosses Florida or wherever she goes.

Baaptist Press – Good articles, as usual

http://www.bpnews.net/

Enjoy this day provided by God!

Anna Lee

Monday

                                                         “If anyone is thirsty,

                                             he should come to Me and drink!

                                                   The one who believes in Me,

                                                   as the Scripture has said,

             will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

                                                   ~John 7:37b-38, HCSB~

“Sundae on Sunday” was very good.  People enjoyed visiting while they ate.  The trio of Reviere, Taylor, and Rimes sang and lead a sing-a-long.  Bro. Tom shared a brief message on missions.

FBC, Amite has made it to New Mexico where they will begin their mission work with the Navaho today.  Keep the teams and the people of the reservation in your prayers.

Several churches have taken their youth to camp this week.  Pray for the youth and the adults who accompanied them from Spring Creek, Osyka, and New Zion.

Pray for the Vacation Bible Schools that will begin today/tonight at East Fork and Bethel Baptist Churches.  What a great week for children and youth in our area.

Devotionals: Heart to Heart with Holley – Things Our Hearts Forget (2)

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/?currentPage=7

Monday is usually my least favorite day of the week because I get up tired from all the activities of the past two or three days.  I had been very busy, as usual, but I’m going to make this Monday a good day, just because God has blessed me with this day and so many other things.

Anna Lee

Sunday Afternoon

Miss Laura Joiner was at church in a wheelchair, but still at church.  Thank God for her improving condition.

Bock Sims (11) is back on the ventilator.  Otherwise, he is about this same.  (This report comes through Michelle Hendry Bridges.)

Mrs. Grace Helen Felker is still hospitalized in Greensburg.  Pray she will begin to show signs of improvement.

Marsha Bankston is still in ICU at North Oaks.  Pray for some signs of improvement.

Bethel Baptist Church, west of Kentwood, will be having VBS this week from 6:00 – 8:00.  You are invited to attend.