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Sunday

“Up from the grave He arose . . . . ”

Celebrate this fact today in a worship service.  There is no better or more appropriate place to celebrate the fact that He died for our sins and arose on the third day.  He’s now is heaven preparing a place for us and will return to get on one day!

 

The angel spoke to the women:

“There is nothing to fear here.

I know you’re looking for Jesus,

the One they nailed to the cross.

He is not here.

He was raised, just as he said ….

~Matthew 28:5-6 (MSG)~

Tuesday Afternoon

Pray for Kirstie Birch, daughter of Bill and Sharon Birch.  Kirstie is having a heart procedure at Lakeview Hospital Friday morning.

As you pray for the Brister family, say special prayers for Gail who has had a virus.  She had to make a trip to the ER yesterday evening.

The “Third Thursday Meeting at the Cabin” will be this week.  Hopefully, some of you will be able to come join us at 6:30.  We would love to have you.

Saturday

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses.

For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought,

but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us

with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

~Romans 8:26~

I’m sure you remember praying for Ashlyn Neal after her fall during a basketball game.  I’m happy to report she is back playing basketball and doing well.  Thank God for her progress and freedom from headaches.

Thanks to Lynda Newman for sharing this.

Specialist Christian Romig, 24 years-old, was killed on January 5th by an IED while fighting for his country in Afghanistan. He is survived by his parents, Rebecca Perez Romig and Leaman M. Romig Sr.; sister Gabrielle; brothers, Eric, Phillip and Lee Jr.; grandfathers, Joseph Perez Jr. and Donald Romig and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He is preceded by his grandmothers, Earllea Hoffstadt Perez and Elizabeth Hood Romig. Christian graduated from GKHS in 2005. He was enlisted in the Army from May 2008 and was scheduled to fulfill his commitment in June but opted to stay with his platoon overseas until completion of their deployment. Christian will be remembered for his big heart and big laughs. A Hero’s Return Home will be Friday afternoon at Belle Chasse Naval Air Station for the immediate family. Visitation will at Leitz Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Blvd, near Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, LA on Friday evening, January 14, 2011 from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM and on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Divine Mercy Church, 3325 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA 70065 beginning at 9:30 AM with a Funeral Mass to follow at 11:00 AM. Burial with full military honors will follow in Kentwood, LA at Hoffstadt Family Cemetery located at 251 Hoffstadt Rd, Kentwood, LA. If you would like to make a donation in the soldier’s name, the family asks that you consider Soldiers Angels, 1792 Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104 or online at soldiersangels.org/honorary-donations.

You may want to go to http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Christian-Romig&lc=7186&pid=147733206&mid=4508894&locale=en-US

for more information including lots of pictures.

Thank God for Christian and all the other young men and women who serve our country.  We are thankful for all of you!

Pray for the other families that are having funerals and graveside services today.

The associational WMU will meet Monday at FBC, Kentwood.  The meeting will honor WMU ladies who passed away in the past year.  Bring your favorite food to share and join us at 10 A.M.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10

Mike Benson, Editor

GIVE THE PROCESS enough time…

Do not rush it.  The dream must be carefully wrapped in the foil of creativity and baked slowly, often very slowly, in the oven of time.  In short, be patient.

It is true that some visions pop full-blown into a leader’s head within a very short period of time.  This seems to be the case in the Old Testament with Nehemiah who, according to Nehemiah 1, received his vision in a matter of days (1.4).  While the chronology of the text is not entirely clear, Nehemiah was praying an envisioning prayer of confession and petition for his people when, apparently, God provided the vision.  At the close of the prayer (1.11) he indicates that he has God’s vision for his people, the Jews in captivity, because he asks for success as he approaches King Artaxerxes with that vision.

My experience with the church, however, is that Nehemiah’s experience is the exception rather than the norm.  Most visions are made up of bits and pieces collected from various sources over a significant period of time.  Add to this the fact that dreams work very closely with creativity, which cannot be rushed.  Most often they are several years cooking on the back burner of the visionary’s mind.  Then, when the time is right, they take shape.

But  how much time is necessary to develop a significant vision?  The answer to that one is easy: whatever time it takes. Aubrey Malphurs, “The Vision Process,” Developing a Vision for Ministry in The 21st Century, 77

4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven.

5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king,

and if your servant has found favor in your sight,

I ask that you send me to Judah,

to the city of my fathers’ tombs,

that I may rebuild it.”

~Nehemiah 2.4-5~

Have a blessed day.  Be a blessing to someone!

Anna Lee

Thursday

We see, then,

that they were not able to enter the land,

because they did not believe.

Hebrews 3:19 (TEV)

Two updates on Justin Kennedy

  • Today Edna posted on facebook that she and her husband received word
    that Justin was released from the hospital, and returned to his unit,
    then later they got a conflicting report that he was still in the
    hospital.  They don’t know if he is in a hospital or not.  Justin has
    not been able to call home yet.  I tried to call Edna on the phone,
    but she was unable to answer.  I’m sure that she is getting many
    calls, but only wants to talk to Justin at this point.  I can’t
    imagine how difficult this is for her and her husband, Barry!  They
    are sweet Christians; prayer warriors!  Edna is an RN, and Barry is
    also in the medical field.  Justin has an older brother, and a twin
    brother.

    Thanks for your prayers!
    Julie

  • Justin was able to call his parents. He and the others in the vehicle are okay! Thanks for praying for them!

Mrs. Kathryn Sanders will be moved to an extended care facility at some point.  She appreciates your prayers as does her family.

I saw the specialist again about my arm.  The bone is still in the proper position.  I will begin physical therapy tomorrow.  A decision about surgery will be made when the bone is healed.

Wanda Lanier Newman, 83 years old of Hammond, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in Richard Murphy Hospice House.

She was born on October 7, 1927, in Amite, daughter of the late Jack Lanier and the late Lena White Lanier.

Mrs. Newman was a homemaker and a long time teacher. She taught at Mandeville High, Loranger High, Hammond High, and retired from Ponchatoula High School. Mrs. Newman was a faithful member at Immanuel Baptist Church in Hammond where she taught the Ruth Sunday School Class and vacation bible school. She was beloved by many and will be missed by all her family and friends.

Surviving are her son, Edwin Newman Jr.; daughter, Joanna Newman; 7 brothers and sisters, Jackie Reed, Therold Lanier, Jon Lanier, David Lanier, Rachel Mixon, Martha Lanier, and Mary Adams.

She is preceded in death by husband, Edwin Marion Newman Sr.; brother, Harry Lanier; sister, Elaine Floyd; and stepmother, Belle Lanier.

Friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond, Friday, January 7, 2011, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Visitation will continue Saturday, January 8, 2011, from 8:00 AM until the funeral service at 10:00 AM in the funeral home chapel.

Interment will follow in the Magnolia Cemetery in Magnolia, Mississippi.

Contributions may be made to the Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation, 16013 Halbert Road, Hammond, LA 70403.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10

Mike Benson, Editor

AMONG OTHER THINGS, actress Elizabeth Taylor is known for her love of diamond jewelry…

On one occasion, she was attending a social gathering where one of the guests noticed the large diamond that she was wearing.  “That’s a bit vulgar,” the woman remarked.  Unabashed, Taylor offered to let the woman try the ring on.  As the woman gazed at the ring on her own finger, Taylor commented, “There, it’s not so vulgar now, is it?”

Sometimes, when the ring is on our finger, it doesn’t seem as gaudy as when it is on someone’s else’s finger.  For example, when other people buy a nice house or a new car, they are covetous.  However, when we do it, it is simply good stewardship.  In like manner, when other people’s children misbehave, they are brats.  However, when our own children misbehave, they are simply high-strung or energetic.  The faults of others often appear big, while our own appear small or not at all.

We need to make sure that when we judge, we are fair.  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus declared, “Judge not, that you be not judged.  For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you.  And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck our of your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?  Hypocrite!  First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your own eye” (Matthew 7.1-5).  Although many people interpret Jesus’ words as condemning all judgment, that was not at all what He was doing.  He was rather condemning unrighteous and unmerciful judgment.  I know this because on another occasion He commanded men to judge (John 7.24).  He simply wanted men to judge righteously (John 7.24) and mercifully (James 2.13).

Let’s make sure that we judge faults in our own lives with the same standard that we judge faults in the lives of others.  Sin is sin whether it is in the lives of others are in our own life.  It is wrong whether it is in the life of a foe or friend, family or stranger.  Wade Webster, Vulgar,The Searcher, 11.14.10, 1

“For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy.

Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

~James 2.13~

Don’t forget to plan to attend Mug ‘n’ Muffin Saturday morning at 10:00.  You’ll be blessed.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Addition

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Impact on AIDS

Troy Lewis has seen death. He’s also seen lives transformed physically and spiritually in Zambia as an IMB missionary. Troy and his wife, Tracey, were appointed to Zambia with their two boys in 2001.

Troy’s primary focus involves ministering to those impacted by the AIDS crisis. More than 5,500 people die every day from this disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Every day people in Zambia are hearing about Jesus Christ, as well—people like Collins. A former street kid, Collins once huffed “petro” and lived in a graveyard. Through local believers and Southern Baptist initiatives, such as True Love Waits, Collins gave his life to Christ. He turned away from a worldly lifestyle that leads many young people to become infected with AIDS.

“I just want to say to Southern Baptists ‘thank you’ for your giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering,” Troy says. It costs Troy about $120 a day to live and minister in Zambia. “Every life that is touched, every life that is saved, every orphan child that is educated is because of the people back home who are giving through this offering.”

How many days will you support a missionary like Troy who is making a difference for this earth and for eternity?

Posted by the IMB at http://www.imb.org/main/give/lmw/Story.asp?StoryID=8755&LanguageID=1709

The monthly meeting at the cabin will be tomorrow at 6:30.  Please feel free to join us.