Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Saturday

Since you are his child,

everything he has belongs to you.

~Galatians 4:7 (NLT)~

Leroy Wilson learned his rash was caused by his blood pressure medication that he had been taking for thirty years.  With a change of medication, he should be much better soon.

Scott Tolleson will be hospitalized through the weekend.  Please keep Scott and his family in your prayers.

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Chuck and Jeanne Tate of the Terry’s Creek community proudly announce the birth of their ninth child.

Emily Hope Tate

arrived Thursday, September 2nd, at 9:21 a.m.

weighing in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches of sweet!


I hope you will take time to read some of these stories.
Baptist Press Stories for Sep. 3, 2010
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  • Chinese pastor, wife slain at church served by Lottie Moon
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33629
  • Wartime hurts conquered by prayer
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33637
  • Cambodian Baptists seek partnerships
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33638
  • CULTURE DIGEST: Wallis admits funding from Soros; wealthy urged to give it away
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33639
  • Okla. Ten Commandments display could carve new church-state path
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33640
  • Homeschooling continues to grow
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33641
  • FIRST-PERSON: Sexuality, smoking & movies
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33642
  • FIRST-PERSON: Seeking God in Hollywood, coming up short
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33643

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

EACH OF US has something to give…

Oseola McCarty lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  She was an 88-year-old African-American woman who had been a washer-woman all her life. She lived in a small home left to her by her uncle, doing laundry for others out of her house for a few dollars at a time.  She had a dog named Dog, a hog named Hog, and a cow named Hazel.  She had lived by herself since 1967, working every day for a meager income.

On July 26, 1995 she did a very simple thing.  She made a decision to give what she had to others.  Over the years, she’d been saving the little money she made, never wanting much and never needing much.  Knowing that she was getting up in age, she decided to dedicate her life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi to finance scholarships.  She walked into her bank and asked them to give away her life savings, which amounted to several hundred thousand dollars.  She did so without fanfare and without expecting anything in return.
She wrote and published a book of her sayings called Simple Wisdom for Rich Living.  Oseola was not miracle worker.  She had no extraordinary talent, athletic ability, musical ability, mental genius, status, or social connections to speak of.  But she did have the ability to see and hear the world around her.  She was not angry at society for her station in life.  She did not pity herself.  Instead of hoarding what she had to get through her dying days, she made a decision to give away what she had.  She was born into poor circumstances, but she was rich in spirit and enriched the the lives of everyone around her.
What do you have to give that you are hoarding for yourself, or worse yet, not using it all?  Daniel R. Castro, “The Decision Behind the Decision,” Critical Choices, 19-21
“She has done what she could…” Mark 14:8a
Have a holiday weekend, but be sure to find time for Bible study and worship.

Thank-you for taking the time to pray.  Prayer is very important both to the one praying and for those for whom they are praying.
Anna Lee

Friday Afternoon

Caroline Crouch is better today.  Keep praying!

Shirley J. Primes is having knee surgery today.  Pray for good results and a successful rehabilitation period.

Cindy Knight Edward‘s surgery went well.  She is on her way home.  Thank God.

Georgia Canale is having surgery at North Oaks today.  Please pray for her time of recovery and healing.

Mr. Clifton Womack still needs our prayers.  He is also at North Oaks.

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My cousin, Scott, will be hospitalized for a few days.  Please keep praying for this family as they are gathered at the hospital today and as they go to their respective home.  Pray their spirits will stay strong no matter how they are tested.

Friday

“Continue earnestly in prayer,

being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.”

~Colossians 4:2~

Today, I ask for prayer for my Texas relatives.  Scott, my first cousin, was rushed to the hospital earlier this morning.  I don’t know any details.  Brenda, his wife, has been in bed due to back surgery that didn’t go well.  Micah, their son, will be having his last treatment for a brain tumor. Sharla, Scott’s sister, is living in a special care home near her mother, my aunt, Naomi.  They all have their plates overflowing with medical issues, but most importantly, a strong faith in God.  Please pray for them as their faith sustains them in these very difficult time.

Jonathan Ray Chapman
(August 9, 1984 – September 2, 2010)

Jonathan Ray Chapman was born August 9, 1984 and passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at University Hospital, New Orleans. He was 26, a native of Independence and a resident of Loranger.

Jonathan passed away due to a blood clot that was caused by an injury to his knee in early July of this year.

Jonathan is survived by his parents, Jesse and Diane Shaffett Chapman, Loranger; sister, Velma Chapman, Loranger; maternal grandmother, Mary Thames, Amite; nephew, Ian Paul Chauvin, Natalbany; numerous extended family;

Preceded in death by a brother, Jesse Earl Chapman, Jr.; paternal grandparents, Charles & Velma Lois Cutrer Chapman; maternal grandfather, Johnny Wilson Shaffett, Sr.; 2 uncles, Johnny Wilson Shaffett, Jr. and Donald Ray Chapman.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, September 4, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 3:00 p.m. with Sister Lorena Wilson officiating. Interment in the Briar Patch Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W (Exit 46) next to Bill Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

Baptist Press Stories for Sep. 2, 2010
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Vietnam stepping up religious rights abuses, experts say
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33623
Report of aid workers’ deaths may be false
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33624
Page says Baptists should be ‘giant killers’
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33626
Ezell’s passions church planting, adoption
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33628
Hungering for God in Hungry Horse
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33625
FIRST-PERSON: What does the Bible say about mixed martial arts?
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=33627
Enjoy some slightly cooler weather.  As you do, remember to pray for the many people you know who have spiritual or physical needs.  What a blessing you can be to others by exercising you privilege of praying to our God!
Anna Lee

Thursday

Caroline Crouch (14) is still on life support and about the same.  Please continue to pray for her, the medical staff, her family, and her many friends.

Leroy Wilson, formerly of this area, has been having a rash break out on a daily basis.  He is scheduled to see a doctor tomorrow to determine what he is allergic to.  Pray a cause is found so a treatment can be determined.

Cindy Knight Edwards will be having a heart procedure tomorrow.  Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Mr. Jimmy Tolar will probably be hospitalized until the first of the week.  Please keep pray for him and “Miss” Naomi.

Thursday

It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work

not because we deserved it

but because that was his plan long before the world began—

to show his love and kindness to us through Christ.

~2 Timothy 1:9 (TLB)~

Mr. Jimmy Tolar was admitted to Our Lady of the Lake hospital yesterday afternoon due to complications from his earlier hospitalization.  Please pray for his health to get better.  Pray for “Miss” Naomi as she stays by his side.

There is a 24 hour a day prayer vigil for Caroline Crouch.  If you are on facebook, go to Pray for Caroline Crouch and sign up for a fifteen minute time slot if you wish to pray at a scheduled time.

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Pray for those in the paths of the hurricanes.  If you are one of those individuals, please be prepared and please be safe.

REBOOTING AND STARTING OVER

The following are some suggested new error messages for Microsoft Windows:

1)  Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.

2)  Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.

3)  Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.

4)  Press any key… no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!

5)  Close your eyes and press escape three times.

6)  Bad command or file name!  Go stand in the corner.

7)  Keyboard not attached.  Press F1 to continue.

8)  CONGRESS.SYS corrupted… Re-boot Washington D.C? (Y/N)

9)  Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.

10)  Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)

11)  WinErr 547: LPT1 not found.  Use backup…..PENCIL & PAPER.

12)  Backup not found:  (A)bort  (R)etry  (P)anic.

Wouldn’t it be nice if every time we made a mistake in real life, we received an “error message” telling us we did something wrong, along with instructions on how to correct it?  And wouldn’t it be nice to keep “backups” so if we did something stupid we could go back and put in the backup, continuing on as if nothing had ever gone wrong?  And if things get really bad, wouldn’t it be nice just to be able to “reboot” and completely start all over again from scratch?

In essence, God has given us a way to do just that.  Part of the blessing of becoming a Christian is the ability to start afresh.  Paul said of the Corinthians:

“Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.  And such were some of you.  But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (I Cor. 6:9b-11).

Thanks be to God for giving us all a way to “reboot” and start over.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Wednesday Afternoon

Rev. David Cutrer says his wife, Rhonda, is doing well.  Thank you for your continued prayers for her healing process.

Caroline Crouch is about the same as yesterday, which is a surprise for the doctors.  Her mother is still praying for healing and requests you pray continue to pray for Caroline.  Pray for the family as they pray and wait by Caroline’s side.

Mrs. Johnnie M. McDaniel Walker
(March 26, 1924 – August 31, 2010)

Mrs. Johnnie M. McDaniel Walker, 86, a native of Stoney Point and a lifelong resident of Wilmer passed away at 7:55 p.m., Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Franklinton.

Everyone who knew Mrs. Johnnie knew her to be passionate about her family, her daylilies and her flower garden.

Mrs. Johnnie is survived by her daughter, Betty Walker Fortinberry and husband, Hubert, Chesbrough; 2 sons, Barry (Bill) Walker, Wilmer and Lemmie Walker and wife, Sharon, Baton Rouge; grandchildren, Greg Fortinberry and wife, Kim, Chesbrough; Erin Heltz and husband, Darrin, Madisonville; Lee Walker and wife, Ena, Jackson, MS; great grandchildren, Cole and Austin Fortinberry, Isabella and Jacob Walker, Logan Heltz, and Elise and Christopher Ribera; 2 sisters, Jerry Wascom and husband, Clyde, Franklinton and Carolyn Smith and husband, Derwood, Stoney Point; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Walker; parents, Zack and Maude McDaniel; brother, Glen and wife, June McDaniel.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Don McDaniel and Dr. Danny Smith officiating. Interment in the Walker Family Cemetery, Wilmer.

Pallbearers will be Barry Walker, Lee Walker, Greg Fortinberry, Cole Fortinberry, Darren Smith, and Lemmie Walker.

Honorary pallbearers will be Wade Walker, James Harold Bankston, Derwood Smith, Keith McDaniel, Chris Ribera and Darrin Heltz.

The family wishes to thank the Staff of Heritage Manor Nursing Home of Franklinton, Dr. Kyle Magee for the care they provided their Mother. They also wanted to thank James Harold Bankston, who visited and prayed with “Miss Johnnie” every Sunday morning. They also want to especially thank Edith Perry who devoted one year of her life providing loving care for their Mother.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W (Exit 46) next to Bill Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

Mrs. Cleo Jackson Travis
(February 17, 1916 – September 1, 2010)

Mrs. Cleo Jackson Travis was born February 17, 1916 and passed away at 4:05 a.m., September 1, 2010 at the St. Helena Parish Hospital, Greensburg. She was 94, a native of Midland, TX and a resident of Greensburg.

She was a lifelong member of Homewood Baptist Church in Alexandria, LA

Mrs. Cleo is survived by a daughter, Mary Travis Moran and husband, Fred, Greensburg; 2 sisters, Janet McInnish, Alexandria and Helen Place, Lake Charles; brother and sister-in-law, Jake and Evelyn Jackson, Rockwood, TN; 2 sister-in-laws, Faye Manual, Alexandria and Margie Zieglar, Lebanon, PA; grandson, John Moran and wife, Wendra, Baton Rouge; great granddaughter, Willa Grace Moran, Baton Rouge; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by husband, Rennie Howard Travis; grandson, Ronald Jeter Moran.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:30 a.m. with Bro. Jimmy Koonce officiating. Interment in Moran Cemetery, Greensburg, LA

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W (Exit 46) next to Bill Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

Wednesday

“The Lord is far from the wicked,

but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”

~Proverbs 15:29~

Doctors have done all they can do for Caroline Crouch.  Now, the family is waiting to see if God is going to heal Caroline Crouch here on earth or in heaven.  Please continue to pray for her family and friends.

Mr. Clifton Womack continues to improve.  Keep him in your prayers.

Caring Bridge

Honesty

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

PICTURE WHAT THE world would be like if no one had hidden agendas — everything out on the table, no gossip or talking behind people’s backs…

Imagine how freeing it would be to live like Jesus, not ruled by people’s opinions, to only be concerned about God’s view of us, thus freeing us to care for others with honest words that lead either to rejection or genuine closeness.

Most of us don’t live this way.  We get consumed with how we come across to people.  We hunger for their approval and become manipulative.  This creates a false, but fleeting, sense of satisfaction.  Or, we judge others, telling them that they need our approval.  But Jesus describes a new way to care for people, one unconcerned with their opinion of us, one in which we have both compassion and candor, making our relationships real.

“He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory;

but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true,

and no unrighteousness is in Him.”

John 7:18

I’m hoping September brings us cooler weather, but it is hard to realize September is already here.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

Therefore, accept each other

in the same way that Christ accepted you.

He did this to bring glory to God.

~Romans 15:7 (GW)~

Frances Gay said her niece in Texas did very well with her surgery.  Say a prayer of thanks for this good report.

Whitney Kliesch will arrive home today.  Pray for him as he continues to recover from his fall.

Prayers are still needed for Caroline Crouch and her family.

CaringBridge – Callie Cole

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal?jid=6016627

Pray for Kentwood’s senior adults as they travel to Wesson for lunch today.  Pray for safe travel and bonding experiences.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

BE A FRAGRANT aroma…

Perfume short-circuits the intellect and captures the heart.  Influence nonbelievers like perfume influences you!  We’re talking about something aesthetically pleasing.  The “redemptive neighbor” is winsome.  He has a distinctive, attractive fragrance which stands out from the aromas of this world.  He’s the aroma of life to those who believe, and the aroma of death to those who reject Christ.  The only essence that captures attention comes from the Father.  We’re to be God-scented people!  Joseph C. Aldrich, “Seeing is Believing,” Gentle Persuasion, 55-56

“For we are to God the fragrance of Christ

among those who are being saved

and among those who are perishing.

To the one we are the aroma of death,

and to the other the aroma of life to life.

And who is sufficient for these things?”

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

Thank you for praying.  Your prayers mean so much to so many.

Anna Lee

Monday

“His unchanging plan has always been

to adopt us into his own family

by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.

And this gave him great pleasure.”

~Ephesians 1:5 NLT~

Continue to pray for George Eddie Lee as he continues to get better.

Pray for Kayla Schneeweiss as her face continues to improve.  Keep praying until it is “all better”.

Continue to pray for Whitney Kliesch as he continues to recover from his injuries.

Pray for the continued rebuilding of New Orleans after Katrina.  You would hope that everything was back to normal by now, but that’s not the case.  Pray for continuing progress and for others to be influenced by the Christian example they witness as many volunteers still are giving of themselves there.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

THE BEDOUIN TRIBES who live in the desert have a story they tell their children that can teach us a great deal about how we make decisions…

According to the story, there was once a man living in the desert with his family.  He saw a cloud of dust and sand approaching from the horizon and said to himself, “It is a terrible beast coming to eat me and my family!”  As the cloud of dust got closer, he saw that it was actually a man dressed in black on horseback.  He then said to himself, “It is my enemy, coming to take over my well!”  He went to get his rifle to defend himself.  The horseman got closer and the man could now see the rider clearly through the sights of his rifle.  He recognized the rider and said to himself, “No, it is my brother.”

The three lessons of this story are:

1.  What we focus on determines what we believe.

2.  What we believe determines what we expect.

3.  We tend to see what we’re expecting to see.  Daniel R. Castro, “When Heroes Are Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” Critical Choices, 35-36

What are you focusing on?

“There we saw the giants

(the descendants of Anak came from the giants);

and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight,

and so we were in their sight.”

Numbers 13:33

Have a fantastic Monday.  Pray for these and other needs throughout the day.

Anna Lee