Category: Scripture

Wednesday

“Don’t worry about anything;

instead, pray about everything.”

~Philippians 4:6 NLT~

 

 

 

Josiah Huckaby is back in the hospital.  Please pray for this sweet family.

They finished the cath around the 1pm & everything went well. We thought this cath would show mild pulmonary hypertension, if any because his last several echos have shown none, but when they got in there his pressures were showing severe pulmonary hypertension which put him at a higher risk than anyone originally thought. We chose to continue the cath so they could do whatever intervention he needed. Echos aren’t exact & the dr said they sometimes completely miss pulmonary hypertension on them. His right upper vein had a little narrowing so they increased the size of the stent & everything looks great on that side. The left upper vein stent was completely closed but it rerouted itself (definitely a God thing!) & is draining into his left lower vein. Since it seems to be draining fine that way, they chose not to do anything else with that vein for now. His pulmonary hypertension did decrease quite a bit when they increased his oxygen during the cath…which is a really good thing. It shows us they can use oxygen to help treat it as needed. He is currently resting with sedation & they should start weaning that in the next couple of hours. If all goes well tonight & tomorrow morning then he should be able to come home tomorrow. To God be the glory!!! 

                                                                                                                         Job Huckaby

 

 

 

 

Keith Newell will have surgery Tuesday to remove a kidney.  Please have this process covered with prayer between now and then.  Thanks!

 

 

 

Ricky W. Walker

July 17, 1958 – March 10, 2020

A resident of Roseland, LA, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at his home. He was born July 17,1958 in Independence, LA and was 61 years of age. He was a member of New Covenant Church of God. He is survived by wife of 40 years, Bernice Walker; 2 daughters, Amy Walker and fiancé, Ellis Prevost and Ashley Walker and fiancé, Joe Mandella; 1son, Charles Walker and wife, Adrienne Walker; 5 sisters, Brenda Russell and husband, Ricky, Lorraine Crowe, Letitia Patridge and friend, Dennis Biechman, Linda Globe and Susan Purvis; 3 brothers, Charles Purvis, Travis Purvis and Ricky Purvis; 5 grandchildren, Jolene Relan, Ryker Jacobsen, Jeremiah Walker, Isabella Walker and Isaiah Walker. Preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Pearl Walker; 2 brothers, William Purvis and Carl Purvis. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at New Covenant Church of God. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

 

Claudine Marie Bell

August 20, 1933 – March 09, 2020

A resident of Chalmette, LA, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 at Greenbriar Community Care Center in Slidell, LA. She was born August 20, 1933 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA and was 86 years of age. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Arabi, LA. She is survived by 3 daughters, Beverly Richoux and husband, Ron, Debra Bell and Nicole Penton and husband, Shea; 4 sons, Dennis Keith Bell, Bruce Bell and wife, Madeline and Jeffery Bell and Andre’ Smith; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Henry Bell; son, William Wayne Bell; infant daughter, Donna Marie Bell; parents, Warren and Lucy Seals; 3 brothers; and 6 sisters. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 11:00AM until religious services at 1:00PM on, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Services conducted by Bro. Leon Dunn . Interment Amite Cemetery, Amite, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020, March 11

  • Numbers 15:17-16:40
  • Mark 15:1-47
  • Psalm 54:1-7
  • Proverbs 11:5-6

 

 

May you be blessed with a wonderful day!

Anna Lee

 

 

Tuesday

Out of his fullness we have all received grace

in place of grace already given.

~John 1:16~

 

 

 

Robin Alford‘s second surgery on her foot went well yesterday.  Pray for her as she heals.

 

 

 

Please pray for James Morgan and his family.  He had a heart issue late yesterday.

 

 

 

David got his Procrit shot yesterday and a good report from his kidney and cancer doctors.

 

 

 

Connor Miles is finishing hight school and has started getting invitations to different schools.  Yesterday, he was invited to attend West Point.  Connor is the grandson of Dr. J,P. Miles and the son of Brian and Jennifer Miles.  After spending some time with him a couple years ago, I agree he is worthy of such a great institution.  That won’t be his only invitation though.  Pray for Connor and all the other seniors as they make important decisions about their future.

 

 

 

I have read various reports on the coronavirus, and are as puzzles as many of you are.  Yesterday, the IMB, International Mission Board, postponed travel to many places.  This will slow down the spread of the Good News of Jesus.  Pray this time of uncertainly will soon pass.

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 10

  • Numbers 14:1-15:16
  • Mark 14:53-72
  • Psalm 53:1-6
  • Proverbs 11:4

 

 

Make today special for someone.  Tell them about Jesus.

Anna Lee

Monday

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 

18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 

19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 

21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3:16-21

 

 

 

 

I’m thankful to hear Smiley Conerly was able to attend church yesterday morning.  I know it means so much to attend after missing for a while.  Please continue to pray for him and Carol Jean.

 

 

 

Two new requests this morning.

  1. Well I am back in the hospital again. Was experiencing sharp pains in my left shoulder blade, indigestion, and blood pressure back through the roof. They admitted me early this morning. Took quite a while before finally getting blood pressure back under control. I had an abnormal nuclear stress test a few weeks ago and was being scheduled for an angiogram in April but looks like my Cardiologist may be scheduling one for tomorrow due to the problems I am experiencing now. Just asking that you please keep me in your prayers and if there are blockages he will be able to stent again. I already have two stents in my main right artery that was done back in 2011. Thanks in advance and I appreciate the prayers.                                                                                                                                                                              Margie Cutrer of Amite
  2. Sheryl Andrus Carnegie, formerly of Amite, was a junior high classmate.  She has stage four lung cancer and will soon begin treatment through MD Anderson.

 

 

 

Read the Bible – March 9

  • Numbers 11:24-13:33
  • Mark 14:22-52
  • Psalm 52:1-9
  • Proverbs 11:1-3

 

 

 

Have a wonderful day today as you “let your little light shine for Jesus”.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

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Sunday

Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel.

Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

~Daniel 10:12~

 

 

 

Time Change – If you did not change your clocks last night, do so now.  Spring forward means you lose an hour.

 

 

 

Read thee Bible in 2020 – March 9

  • Numbers 11:24-13:33
  • Mark 14:22-52
  • Psalm 52:1-9
  • Proverbs 11:1-3

 

 

Annie Armstrong – Day 8

PRAYERS FOR MISSIONARIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

PRAYERS FOR MISSIONARIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/prayers-for-missionaries-and-their-families/

 

 

 

Louisiana Baptist Message – https://baptistmessage.com/

 

 

 

If you are not in a Sunday School class at FBC , Kentwood and would like to help with our “shoeboxes”, the following are some items we do not have enough of yet.

  • Soft baby dolls – like at Dollar Tree
  • $1.00 calculators
  • 8″ scissors
  • $1.00 flashlights
  • Extra flashlight batteries
  • Rounded point scissors
  • Manicure sets
  • Sewing kits

 

 

 

It’s been almost a week since we got the call that Donald Alford had passed away.  He wasn’t sick but a little more than two months.  His death was the third one in less than a year in David’s family – two brothers and a brother-in-law!  Pray for families who face multiple sorrows today.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for “tuning in” this morning.  

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear,

but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

~2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV~

 

 

 

Smiley Conerly is doing well at home this time.  He has completed a week there.  Pray he can stay healthy enough to stay at home longer.

 

 

 

Robin Alford saw her doctor yesterday.  Surgery on her foot is scheduled for Monday.  Pray for Robin and all her caregivers.

 

 

 

I want to share this message from Mrs. Ann Chapman.

 Emma Chapman the daughter of Deloy & Krisa Chapman has been called, by God, to be part of a mission trip to Athens Greece. The group is, ‘The Hard Places Community,’ and will be working with survivors of sex trafficking. I ask you to be a prayer warrior for this group. They will be in Athens through March 15th. Emma ask for prayer that their witness will be effective and for their safety from the virus – especially for their reentry into the country (no delays) since she is a student at MS College. Emma is the granddaughter of Ann Chapman and the late Quincy Chapman.
May God bless each of you and thank you so much for your prayers. We know God is in control and expect many blessings through this outreach.
My love,
Ann Chapman

Thanks for sharing so we can pray for Emma and the others in the group.

 

 

 

Annie Armstrong – Day 7

MOJIC & MUNKHO BALDANDORJ: THE MISSION FIELD IS HERE

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/mojic/

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 7

  • Numbers 8:1-9:23
  • Mark 13:14-37
  • Psalm 50:1-23
  • Proverbs 10:29-30

 

 

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

 

 

Don’t forget the time change tonight!

 

 

 

Thanks for reading and praying today.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

~2 Chronicles 7:14~

 

 

 

Time Change Reminder: Tomorrow night, when you go to bed, set your clocks forward one hour.  You will lose an hour of sleep.  If you forget to change your clock, you will be late for church Sunday.

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 6

  • Numbers 6:1-7:89
  • Mark 12:38-13:13
  • Psalm 49:1-20
  • Proverbs 10:27-28

 

 

Annie Armstrong Offering – Day 6

TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION

GENSEND

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/gensend/

 

 

 

Ferrie Gene Blackmon is home from St. Tammany and has been home since since Wednesday night,  Pray she does well in recovering from her heart problem.

 

 

 

Sherrill Caraway of Greensburg area is having more issues with his heart rate.  Please pray for him.

 

 

 

Bryan and Rita Tate are home from M. D. Anderson – Bryan got all good reports.

 

 

 

Chuck and Mary Ellen Brister are also home from M. D. Anderson.  Chuck had two strong treatments and is doing very well.  They are still hoping for a diagnosis of Chuck’s problem.

 

 

 

David and I went to the church for a few hours yesterday to work on Operation Christmas Child.  We were happy to find some items that had been turned in Sunday.  Thanks for your contributions.  If you are not in a Sunday School class but would like to participate in the “shoebox” ministry, ideas for items you might want to contribute will be available on a poster by the organ.  Remember, each shoebox we pack will introduce an average of seven people to Jesus.  Can you put a dollar value on that?  What is your salvation worth to you?

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

~Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV~

 

 

 

Mrs. Ferrie Gene Blackmon had a heart attack.  Now, she has four new stents.  She is in St. Tammany hospital.

 

 

 

Smiley Conerly is home and able to manage his fluid level satisfactorily.

 

 

 

Donald “Red” Alford’s wake and funeral are completed.  They were planned and carried out in a uniques manner that “fit” Donald perfectly.  Thanks to all who came and supported the family.

 

 

 

Bible Reading 2020 – March 4 & 5

March 4

  • Numbers 2:1-3:51
  • Mark 11:27-12:17
  • Psalm 47:1-9
  • Proverbs 10:24-25

March 5

  • Numbers 4:1-5:31
  • Mark 12:18-37
  • Psalm 48:1-14
  • Proverbs 10:26

 

 

 

Annie Armstrong 2020 – Days 4 & 5

  • BIBLE TO METAPHYSICAL BELT

DAVE & MARY ELLIFF

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/elliff/

 

 

 

Disaster Relief – Tennessee Tornadoes Suggestions

  • Southern Baptist Disaster Relief
  • Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief

 

 

Samaritan’s Purse has a new interactive game for children 5-9 to use on smart phones or computers.  It helps them experience Bible stories in a whole new way.  Go to SAMARITANSPURSE.ORG/TGJ-APPto give it a try.

 

 

 

Be a blessing to someone today.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

For the grace of God has appeared

that offers salvation to all people.

~Titus 2:11~

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 4

  • Numbers 2:1-3:51
  • Mark 11:27-12:17
  • Psalm 47:1-9
  • Proverbs 10:24-25

 

 

I’ll post more this afternoon, weather permitting.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“A word of encouragement does wonders!”

~Proverbs 12:25 TLB~

 

 

 

Smiley Conerly is at home and doing well.  He’s enjoying being there and is very thankful.

 

 

 

Robin Alford was not ready for surgery yesterday, so it has been postponed for a week.  Thank God for family help and working from home.

 

 

 

Mrs. Mildred Birch will be undergoing a medical test in Baton Rouge today that will determine if she needs surgery.  Please pray for her.  She’s very nervous about this surgery.

 

 

 

Annie Armstrong Offering for North America – Day 3

KIRK & KAREN KIRKLAND: PLANTING TOGETHER

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/kirkland/

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 3

  • Leviticus 27:14- Numbers 1:54
  • Mark 11:1-26
  • Psalm 46:1-11
  • Proverbs 10:23

 

 

 

Sunday, we have another time change.  We will move our clocks forward and lose an hour.  Mark your calendars and plan your day accordingly.

 

 

 

Prayer has an impact on the lives of anyone who is prayed for.  David and I can surely attest to that.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Monday

“Keep company with him and learn a life of love.

Observe how Christ loved us.

His love was not cautious but extravagant.

He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us.

Love like that.”

~Ephesians 5:2 The Message~

 

 

Smiley Conerly got to spend some time at home this weekend.  It may sound like a small thing, but to Smiley and Carol Jean it was huge.  Thank God for everyday blessings.

 

 

 

Pray for Kristi Alford’s family as they celebrate her life, including her strong faith, today.

 

 

 

Pray for Donald Alford’s family as they make arrangements this morning for his services.

 

 

 

Annie Armstrong Day 2

CREATING UNITY IN DIVERSITY

J.D. & ANDREINA FASOLINO

TORONTO, ONTARIO

https://www.anniearmstrong.com/fasolino/

 

 

 

Read the Bible in 2020 – March 2

  • Leviticus 25:47-27:13
  • Mark 10:32-52
  • Psalm 45:1-17
  • Proverbs 10:22

 

 

Don’t forget the Two Rivers Associational WMU meeting today at FBC, Greensburg at 10 A.M.