Wednesday

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

~1 Peter 2:2-3 (NIV)~

Today, I want to share a brief update on the last two days of appointments with David.

Monday, we met with a different oncologist because David’s oncologist was in a different clinic that day. We were told there is a possible change in treatment since the Procrit is not working as hoped. David’s oncologist will make the decision, possibly next week. We have talked to some health professionals and read up on it to learn about the possible treatment. We are waiting to see what the doctor and God have planned.

Tuesday, we saw our regular eye doctor as a follow up to the emergency visit to the eye clinic. David lost some of his vision in one eye Friday a week ago. We know now he is regaining sight in that eye, but time will tell how much it improves. We heard the term “eye stroke” for the first time. That brought some new questions. We are optimistic about the next appointment in four weeks. We are not at the point of seeing the retina specialist again at this point.

God has provided wonderful and intelligent professionals for David. We have been blessed. Despite all the problems, we are enjoying seeing God guide us through them. God is using many family members, church friends, long-time friends, and neighbors to encourage us regardless of the issues. We are so thankful He is in charge and creates the plan. We are making the most of the journey. Thank-you to all who have helped us travel on this journey in so many ways.

Read and Write the Bible – Luke 10: 25-30

I’m looking for some people who can sew and who would be willing to make some items for Operation Christmas Child. Contact me if this describes you. Thanks!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

~2 Thessalonians 2:15~

Read and Write the Bible Today – Luke 6:32-38

Operation Christmas Child – Items Needed

Sewing Kits
Fishing Kits
Clothes Pins and Clothes Lines
Flashlights with Extra Batteries
Marbles
Tools
Jacks and Balls
Legos
Small Cars, Trucks, Tractors, etc.
Plastic soap boxes
Bars of Soap
Washcloths

You may leave your items in the classroom next to the choir room. Thanks from me and from the children who will receive the shoeboxes we pack.

When you plan your church VBS this year, please consider dedicating your offering to help with Operation Christ Child postage.

Today, pray for school children who need extra help.

Anna Lee

Sunday

A psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

~Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV)~

Pray for Jimmy Harrell as he faces a major surgery. Pray for his church, family, and friends as they travel this journey with him.

Hopefully, you’ll be in Sunday School and church this morning. If you are not able to be there, be sure to check your television and computer for good options. FBC, Kentwood will transmit there morning worship at 10:30 this morning. You are invited to worship with them. That’s what we will be doing!

Read and write the Bible Today – Luke 3: 10-11

Pray for the many who are facing various problems and needs today.

Anna Lee

Saturday

“Don’t copy the behavior or values of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

~Romans 12:2 NLT~

Read and Write the Bible Today – John 15: 12-13

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – It’s time to contribute to the fund to support missions in North America (United States and Canada). Let’s be a part of winning the lost who live around us,

Baptist Message – http://baptistmessage.com/

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/

Thom S. Rainer – https://thomrainer.com/about/

I hope you can find time this weekend to read these sites and others.
Anna Lee

Friday

“He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.”

~Psalm 23:3 NIV~

Please pray for Smiley Conerly as he has a heart procedure today in Hattisburg. He is scheduled to be in the hospital overnight.

James “Buddy” Coon

February 25, 1944 – March 14, 2019

A resident of Kentwood, LA , passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at home in Kentwood, LA. He was born February 25,1944 in Tylertown, MS and was 75 years of age. He was owner and operator of Kentwood Auto Salvage for over 36 years. He is survived by wife, Kathleen L. Coon; 2 daughters, Pamela Golmon and April Laird; 1 son, Chad Coon; 5 step children, Christy Brown, Fry Brown, Christopher Brown, Katie Brown, and Clint Brown; 4 grandchildren, 8 step grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Tinsey DeBlanc, Norma Jean Gibbs, and Penny Lynn Cook; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents, James and Murial Coon; former wife, Dorothy Coon; 1son, Derrick Coon; 1 brother, Roger Dale Coon Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5p.m. until 9 p.m., Friday, March 15, 2019, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2019. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA 70444.For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Baptist Message – http://baptistmessage.com/

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/

Read and Write the Bible Today – John 13: 12-17

What a blessing our family, friends, and neighbors have been to us!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and have been saved from my enemies.

~2 Samuel 22:4~

Read & Write the Bible – Isaiah 58: 7-11

Please pray for Kathy Jo Thompson. Her recent surgery left of vocal cords partially paralyzed. She will have another surgery this week to correct the problem. Hopefully, she will soon be able to swallow and talk better.

Mr. “Cete” Dillon did not come home as of the time we checked last night. Pray he will be more healthy when he is released from the hospital. As you pray for him, please include “Miss” Ruby in your prayers.

SPEAKING OUT

TRAVIS & JENNIFER WHITTAKER

SOUTH LYON, MICHIGAN

https://wordpress.com/post/theprayerlink.com/23849

Annie Armstrong Week of Pray for North America

Please pray for residents of nursing homes today.

Anna Lee

Monday

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

~Romans 8:28 NIV~

Linda Bridges is doing better and has been moved to a regular room at Lakeview in Covington.

Mr. “Cete” Dillon is hospitalized at North Oaks. Please say some special prayers for him and “Miss” Ruby.

Dorothy Warner Cutrer

January 05, 1948 – March 09, 2019

She was a homemaker and a resident of Kentwood. She passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge. She was 71 and a native of Warnerton. She is survived by her husband, Bobby O’Neal “Neal” Cutrer, Jr.; 2 daughters, Lora Beck and husband, Ed, and Debbie Tarver; 1 son, Robert McGuire, Jr.; grandchildren, Samantha Leger and husband, CJ, Angelica Tarver, Katherine Price and husband, John, Daniel Blades, Jason Beck and Dakota Forrest; and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard K. Warner and Martha Ann O’Brien Warner; brother, Howard Warner; sisters, Stella Ard, Daisy Cutrer, and Sadie Braden; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Bobby O’Neal “Bob” Cutrer, Sr. and Mary Cutrer. Visitation will be at Tangipahoa Baptist Church from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Services conducted by Rev. Greg Stewart. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North America

PRACTICAL APPROACH

TAYLOR & SUSAN FIELD

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/field/

Read and Write the Bible – Hebrews 6: 9-12

Last night, while Tom and Gail Brister were here, two ladies from a nearby church stopped to pray for David. What a special moment for everyone!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,”

~Psalm 23:2 NIV~

Read and Write the Bible – Galatians 5: 13-14

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

PHILIP & JUMMAI NACHE

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/nache/

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/

As usual, there are some good articles I think you will enjoy.

Jewel Kay Cutrer is home from the hospital with her pacemaker. Pray it is helpful to her.

David – I hate to ask for prayers again, but something else has happened to David. We had three medical appointments last week. On the way home yesterday, he told me his vision wasn’t right. That led to the fourth doctor visit! The lower half of the field of vision in the right eye was not there. Instead, everything was black. We went to a doctor. By the time we got in, the black area was fuzzy. After all the retina surgeries he has had, I knew we had to get attention. The doctor said something in a blood vessel moved through his eye, but it seemed to be better. Testing of his vision was done. We go back on the 19th, unless we need to go again sooner. The field of vision is almost normal this morning. We thank God for that. Please continue to pray for David, and me, as we seem to deal with one issue after another. God is faithful to walk each step of this journey with us.

Tonight is the proper time to change your clocks forward!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well that you need them, and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to.”

~Matthew 6:32-33 TLB~

Pray for Mrs. Joann Travis. She has had a recent leg procedure.

Andy Taylor said he has had some problems with recent changes in his medication. Keep Andy and Betty in your prayers.

Pray for Renee Terrell who had a fall yesterday when a dog tripped her up. She has several sore areas.

Also, thank God Mrs. Carol Jean Gill is okay after a fall because of her dog that landed her in a fire ant bed that Mr. Fernie Ray had poisoned the night before. Thankfully, she had no ant bites.

Pray for the family of Mrs. Catherine Yarborough.

Mrs. Othell Williams is in Camelot Community Care and doing well. She will soon celebrate her 97th birthday.

Ronnie Byrd

Tuesday Morning: They started Ronnie on dialysis, the doctors didn’t want to wait any longer because He was starting to get an infection.

Wednesday: Ronnie is doing better, doctors may remove him off dialysis tonight. If he continues to do good, he may be going home tomorrow we hope. “Isn’t GOD GREAT”

Thank God for the great improvement Buddy and Eleanor have made.

Jennie Grace Ridgedell Frohn

September 29, 1932 – March 05, 2019

Jennie Frohn, 86, of Amite, Louisiana passed away peacefully on March 5, 2019. Jennie was born on September 29, 1932 to the late Thomas J. and Grace Hayden Ridgedell. She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Tom Ridgedell, Jr., Wade Ridgedell, and C.W. Ridgedell, and two sisters, Helen Ridgedell and Evelyn Ridgedell Bennett. Jennie graduated from Amite High School. She married the love of her life, Robert Henry Frohn on January 22, 1955. They just celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. They were lifelong residents of Amite, Louisiana. Because of her love of flowers, she fulfilled her dream by owning and operating Frohn’s Florist and Gifts for many years. She was a dedicated Christian lady who shared her love of God with her family and friends. Some of her favorite pastimes included being outside gardening, cooking delicious meals, and playing bridge. She is survived by her husband, Robert Frohn; sister, Jenelle Ridgedell Lawrence, Baker, LA; sister-in-law, Jill Ridgedell; one daughter, Alison Frohn Field and husband, Ricky, Amite, LA; three grandchildren; Christopher Bordelon, Hammond, LA; April Field Kemp and husband Jonathan, Hammond, LA; and Richard Henry Field and wife Kelly, Amite, LA; and three great granddaughters, Grace Kemp, Gretchen Field and Hayden Field; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be Friday, March 8, 2019 at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, Louisiana from 8-11 am and religious service at 11 am conducted by her nephew, Rev. Brian Ridgedell. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Read & Write the Bible Today – Ephesians 2: 8-10

Saturday night will be the day to change your clocks again. Move the time ahead or you will be late for Sunday School and church.

Operation Christmas Child items to bring to the classroom next to the choir room:

Hair brushes

Small purses

Marbles

Flashlights with batteries

Hair ornaments

Plastic soap containers

Small games and puzzles (must fit inside a shoebox)

Spoons to eat with

Small plastic cups and bowls

Clothes pins and cording for clothes lines

Small cars, trucks, and tractors

Fish hooks, bobbins, floats, and fishing line

Pot holders, plastic measuring cups, dish towels, and serving spoons

I hope you will look for some of these items as you do your regular shopping.

Have a wonderful day. Do something special to help someone today.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“Protect me, God, because I trust in you.

I said to the LORD, ‘You are my Lord. Every good thing I have comes from you.’”

~Psalm 16:1-2 NCV~

Some prayer requests for today:

Fay Chadwick Todd is having a biopsy.
Jewel Y. Cutrer is in OLOL.
Heath Rohner is having cardiac issues.

Please continue to pray for:

Sylvester Humphrey of Amite
Phillip Strickland’s family
Eric Lee’s family

Things to be thankful for:

God’s love
Salvation
Medical personnel
Family
Friends
Prayers
Warm place to spend these cold nights
Spring flowers

Pray for the Baptist Disaster Relief Teams working in Alabama. Pray for the families who experienced the loss of a family member and for those who will have many months of time recovering from the physical damage of the recent tornadoes.

Read and Write the Bible Today – Deuteronomy 15: 7-11

Georgia Barneette Offering for North American Missions – Day 4

IT TAKES TIME

CHINESE CHURCH PLANTER

WESTERN, U.S.

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/chinesechurches/

In the busy life we all lead, take time to thank God for some of your many blessings from God.

Anna Lee