Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Thursday

“Reverence for God gives a man deep strength;

his children have a place of refuge and security.”

~Proverbs 14:26 TLB~

 

Kathy Jo Thompson

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyjothompson

Andy Taylor has five more weeks of physical therapy.  Then, he can return to work.  Thank God for Andy’s progress.  This recovery has taken the better part of a year.  God has been faithful.

Frances Strickland has had her second eye surgery.  She’ll be home after some follow-up appointments.

A number of people have fallen lately.  Mrs. Anne Hurst was one of the more recent ones.  Pray for her as she recovers from her fall.

Mr. J.D. Smith has not been feeling his best and has undergone some tests.  Pray for a diagnosis that can be easily treated.

Continue to pray for Mr. Raymond Anthony as he receives treatment for cancer.  Pray “Miss” Velma continue to be able to help him daily.

Mr. Kenneth Birch is doing well and will probably get to come home Friday.  That’s the third day like he expected. Pray for continued healing at home and for his caregiver.

Mrs. Shirley Frazier needs our continued prayers for her condition and for her daughter, Sherry, who will have surgery in about two weeks.

Thank God for the wonderful rain we received yesterday.  Pray flooded areas did not have much damage.

Baptist Press – NOBTS

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37745:

Our Daily Bread

http://odb.org/

Remember, today is the National Day of Prayer.  Join with others in your area to pray, usually at the city hall.

Saturday, East Fork Baptist Church will be having a garage sale to support church missions.  Get out to see them early Saturday morning.  When you leave there, you can go to Osyka Baptist Church for a pulled pork lunch to benefit the youth.  Pickups begin at 11:00.  The cost is $7.00.

Make a difference in someone’s life today!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature,

and in favor with God and men.”

~Luke 2:52 NIV~

Kathy Jo Thompson is experiencing some pain, but otherwise, her surgery went well.  Please continue to pray for her.

Sherry Simpson is back in Nashville waiting for another test tomorrow.  She is hurting again.  Pray her doctor can correct her problem and take away the pain.

David Allen says he doesn’t feel any differently after beginning his treatment.  Pray for him and his family as he goes through treatment.

The obituary for Patty Allison had a mistake.  The name of her brother is Danny Hays, not Danny Erwin.

Devotional Thoughts

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/category/the-lighter-side

Pray for Jim and Drue Strickland as they celebrate the life of their mother, Evelyn Day Strickland Duplechan.  She grew up in Kentwood, but lived in Roseland many years before moving to Georgia for her last years.

I’m looking forward to some rain today.  It will help the gardens that have been worked in so much.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“The righteous cry out,

and the Lord hears,

and delivers them out of all their troubles.”

~Psalm 34:17~

 

 

Jadon’s Story

http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/

Alice Bankston

These are Alice Bankston’s arrangements.

Memorial services will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 5pm until 9pm at her home.

They live on 1061 just 2.3 miles south of the Wilmer store.

A resident of Amite, she died at her home early Monday, April 30, 2012. She was 56. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 5pm until 9pm at her home. She is survived by her husband, Phil Bankston and her two children, LaShay Bankston and Scott Bankston. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice . Please sign the online guest book at wwwsealefuneral.com.

Devotional Thought

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/2012/4/30/things-our-hearts-forget.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dayspring%2FaSfH+%28Heart+to+Heart+with+Holley%29

Thursday is National Day of Prayer.  Christians will meet at local city halls to pray.

Amite – 11:30

Kentwood – 12:30

Check for the time in your area if you don’t live in these places.

 

Thanks for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many!

Anna Lee

Monday

“God reigns over the nations;

God sits on His holy throne.”

~Psalm 47:8~

Mrs. Carol Jean Gill was in church at Spring Creek yesterday.  She has come a long ways.  Please continue to lift her up in prayerl

Continue to pray for Kenneth Birch as he has back surgery today.  Pray he will be relieved from the pain he has endured lately.

Pray for David Allen as he bravely begins treatment this morning.

May 30th, one month from today, will be the date of the Hatchel’s return to Prague.  Pray for them as they begin to pack. Thank God everyone is healthy and so ready to get back “home”.

Pray for the family of Mrs. Vera Hayden as they celebrate her life this morning.

Today’s Devotional

http://www.ccci.org/training-and-growth/devotional-life/todays-promise/index.htm

Have a marvelous Monday.

Anna Lee

Sunday Afternoon

Larkin Dorris

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris

 

Pray for Kenneth Birch as he prepares to be admitted to the hospital at 5 A.M. in the morning for back surgery.  Pray for his family as they wait during approximately five hours of surgery and for the medical staff as they with work him.

 

Vera Chambers Hayden
(October 25, 1934 – April 28, 2012)

A resident of Amite, she died at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born October 25, 1934 in Livingston Parish and was 77 years of age. She retired as the Assistant City Clerk for the Town of Amite after 33 years of service. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 30, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Gary Weiborg. Interment Mulberry Street Cemetery, Amite. She is survived by daughter, Marsha Bankston and her husband, Larry, Roseland; 3 sons, Terry Chambers, Sweetwater, Ricky Chambers and his wife, Jane, Denham Springs, Russell Stanley Hayden, Jr., Amite; 9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husbands, Byron Chambers and Russell Hayden; parents, Zack and Lula Robertston; sister, Clementine Johnson; 3 brothers, Elvert Hulon Robertson, Eulon Lionel Robertson and Infant Zack Robertson, Jr. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

I haven’t found an obituary for Mrs. Barbara Erwin’s sister yet.  If anyone has this information, please send it to me.  Thanks!

 

 

Sunday

“‘My wayward children,’ says the LORD, ‘come back to me,

and I will heal your wayward hearts.

‘ ‘Yes, we’re coming,’ the people reply,

‘for you are the LORD our God.'”

~Jeremiah 3:22 NLT~

Pray for Carol McDaniel Russell of the Texas panhandle, formerly of Russelltown, as she has surgery this morning.

Tomorrow marks a milestone for me – six months since my gamma knife brain surgery.  I feel so much better than I did before the surgery.  I will be going this month for a MRI and an appointment with the surgeon.  Thank God for modern medical treatment that makes a big difference to patients!

Continue to pray for the Chambers/Hayden/Bankston family as they make plans to celebrate the life of “Miss” Vera Hayden.

It’s the fifth Sunday of the month of April.  Many churches will have dinner on the grounds or special singing.  FBC, Kentwood will be having singing at 6:00 P.M.  Everyone is invited.

Devotionals for today – http://www.bible.com/scripture-detail.php?juli=2456047&dtype=Scripture

Have a great day in Bible Study and worship!

Anna Lee

Saturday Midday

A request from a former student, Cheryl Raborn Andrews

My husband Joseph B Andrews is undergoing tons of tests trying to find out what is going on with his blood.He was to undergo a surgery and before he went into the hospital,the pre-op blood work showed that his blood platelets were so low that he could not have the surgery,since then,he has had several tests including bone marrow biopsy and we are just waiting to hear something.We are asking for prayer and in hopes of a miracle as he is pretty ill and his father had Leukemia as well as Diabetes and Joe has Diabetes and fears he has Cancer as well..Thank you,
Cheryl