Category: “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Parties

Thursday

The LORD gives strength to his people;

the LORD blesses his people with peace.

~Psalm 29:11 (NIV)~

 

Koltyn Gafford (Written by his dad)

resting after a full day of ‪#‎toddlercrossfit‬ aka therapy (mostly with his eyes opened) and a nice bath now ready for a good nights rest and back at again tomorrow.

Mrs. Mildred Birch

“Miss” Mildred has a bulging disk in her neck.  Surgery will not be done, so please pray the injections she gets, beginning this morning, help her out.

Baptist Press:  FIRST-PERSON: The Spiritual State of the Union 

http://bpnews.net/44066/firstperson-the-spiritual-state-of-the-union

This is a letter from Camp Living Waters about the need for volunteers and meals in March.  Who is available and willing?

January 21, 2015

Monday, March 23, 2015 – Friday, March 27, 2015, Camp Living Waters will have the Campers on Missions working at the camp.  Campers on Missions (COM) is a group of folks from all over the state.  They build, repair, paint and maintain church camp facilities and Louisiana College.  COM has served by getting the facilities ready for the spring and summer camps.   The camp provides the materials and supplies for the projects.   Because they are willing to minister to us by their hard work, we are asking for our local churches to help us by covering the food expense and to bless them by your ministry.

We are asking that your church or group provide either lunch or supper for this group (40 – 60) Monday-Thursday.  I will know for certain on Sunday, March 22 the total number.

We will provide the drinks.

Lunch is served at noon. Lunch is usually something light, such as soup, sandwiches, or hamburgers.  Side items have included chips, salad, or fresh fruit.

Supper is served at 5:30.  In the past supper has been jambalaya, spaghetti, pork, fried chicken and even pizza. Side dishes that compliment the main course are appreciated.  We can provide the garden salad items.

Desserts are not needed as they usually bring enough on their own.

In order for a meal not to be duplicated, please let me know what you wish to provide as soon as possible.  I would like to have the meal schedule completed by Feb 9th, 2015.

We also are asking for volunteers to come to the camp and help out with the breakfast meal.  This would be Monday – Thursday also.  I need 2 volunteers each day from 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.  There is no serving line, but I would need help with clean up.

If you have any questions, please email me or call my home.  985-345-3315.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

In His Service,

Monica Maddox

gmoma0508@outlook.com

Facebook: Camp Living Waters

Baptist Press – bpnews.org

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

I especially like the second paragraph.

  • Rejoice with those who rejoice,
         and weep with those who weep
                                         ~Rom. 12:15~

Ladies’ Bible Study

  • Tomorrow at 10:00 in Fellowship Hall of FBC, K
  • Rhoda – Read Acts 12: 12-17

“Young Ladies’ Birthday Party

  • Tuesday at 11 at The Cafe in Kentwood
  • Celebrating December and January birthdays

Planning Meeting for the next Ladies’ Night

  • Sunday at 3 P.M.
  • My classroom
  • Come if you are interested in helping plan our February meeting.

Operation Christmas Child

Filled paper bags are being turned in.  If you have a bag, please fill it and return to the area across from the kitchen.  If you, as an individual, do not have a bag, please get one or more, fill them, and return them as soon as possible.  We have a lot of boxes to fill to make many little hearts smile at the end of the year.

Thank-you! 

I often present needs here and you graciously respond to these needs.  For example:

  • Monica Maddox is coming from Camp Living Waters Friday to pick up the items you donated.
  • We are approaching our goal for Lottie Moon.  The “candy cane” is looking real good!
  • You donate to Hope Center and give of your time to volunteer there.
  • We filled more shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child than we have ever done before.

Thank you for the many ways you show the love of God (and others) dwells in your heart!

Read the Bible in 2015 – Job 5-6

Have a great day.  May your life abound with blessings.

Anna Lee

Saturday

“For a short time you have had to struggle in various trials

so that the genuineness of your faith…

may result in praise, glory, and honor

at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

~1 Peter 1:6b-7, HCSB~

 

This morning I want to share some opportunities we have to minister to others and to improve our Biblical knowledge.

 

Operation Christmas Child – January

Small, brown and white lunch bags are available in the hallway across from the kitchen at FBC, K.  Select a bag/bags as an individual or a group, fill it/them, and return it/them to the containers there some time this month.  Let’s get the year started on a good foot for children around the world.  I’m hoping for and expecting great things this year.

Camp Living Waters

CLWs is in need of some pots, dishes, small kitchen appliances, etc. to set up five kitchens.  If you can share some of the extras you have at your house, please bring them to the hallway by the stairway at the office entrance to FBC, K.  Your donations will be meaningful to those serving at the camp.

Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions

I was asked if it was too late to give this year.  No, it is NEVER too late.  The International Mission Board will accept and appreciate funds at any time of the years, even though we focus on it at this time.  One hundred precent (100%) of the money they receive is used for missionary needs and ministries.

Two Rivers Associational WMU

The next quarterly meeting will be Tuesday, January 20th at Spring Creek Baptist Church at 10:00 A.M.  Rev. Ronnie Chaisson, our BASLA care minister, will be sharing mission opportunities we have.  Bring a covered dish that does not need to be reheated and meet in the new church building.

Hope Center

Hope Center is having a 50% off sale on all winter clothing, including coats.   I witnessed some happy people getting some good deals on clothing they will be able to use immediately.  Two men came and bought winter clothing for work and left with big smiles.  I was told a lady who comes in at least once a week came in and bought winter coats for all her grandchildren.  The sale also includes long-sleeved shirts and sweaters.

Yesterday, as a food distribution day there.  At this time 360 families are receiving food each month.  The food pantry has been a needed ministry to many people.  The quality of the goods distributed has greatly improved since this ministry has started.

Read the Bible in One Year – Matthew 1-2

Friday Morning Bible Study

Despite the cold weather, we had a nice turnout yesterday.  Our next meeting will be Friday at FBC, K at 10:00.  We will be studying the Proverbs 31 woman.  I think we can all admire the traits listed in the Bible and strive to improve.  If you need a study guide, please see me for one.

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party 

Our next lunch/party will be on January 27th at 11:00 at The Cafe.  We will be celebrating the birthdays of those who had birthdays in December and January.  If you need more information, please ask.  I’ll post a list of those being honored later.

Meal for the BCM at SLU

In March, we will have our yearly opportunity to prepare and serve a meal for about 150 students.  They are blessed by the meal and the devotional led by Bro. Michael.  We are blessed by the many well-mannered students who are so thankful to have such a nice meal each week.  I know the meals attract students to the BCM.  They have been doing that for many years.  David, Jennie, Jason, and I all have eaten a number of meals there while we were students.

Ladies’ Night

A planning meeting for the next ladies’ night be be help on the afternoon of Sunday, January 18th.  If you are interested in helping in any way, please try to attend.

Our ladies’ night will be Thursday, February 26th at 6:15.  I hope you plan to be there. You do not have to be a member of FBC, Kentwood.  If a group from another church plans to attend, it would be helpful to have a headcount, if that is possible.

More information will be available after the planning meeting….

I know the information I provided today does not include everything involving all groups, but that information is available by contacting the church office at 229-8111.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Too Late to Change?” – http://odb.org/2015/01/10/too-late-to-change/
  • Nicodemus said to [Jesus],                                                                               “How can a man be born when he is old?”                                                                                                                      ~John 3:4~                                                         “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,             that whoever believes in Him should not perish                                           but have everlasting life”                                                                                                                                                                                                 ~John 3:16~
  • “Jesus Loves Me” –  This is simple, but think carefully about it.

Spend some time checking on/sharing with/ helping someone today.  You’ll be blessed!

Anna Lee

 

Monday

“Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign:

The virgin will conceive,

have a son,

and name him Immanuel.”

~Isaiah 7:14, HCSB~

 

Thanks for praying for Mrs. Martha Traylor.  She is back at Kentwood Manor.

Please continue to pray for Mr. Bud Callihan and his family.

Mrs. Kathryn Kuss fell Friday, but thankfully did not break any bones.  Pray for her soreness to not last too long.

Miss Fay Shoemaker continues to do well at rehab and will be returning to Kentwood at the end of the week.  Pray for these last days of rehab to go smoothly.

Please continue to pray for Mrs. Donna Fay Miller who is still undergoing medical tests.

There will be no “Young” Ladies Birthday Party this week.  December and January birthdays will be celebrated in January.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Lottie Moon Biography

             http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/m/moon-charlotte-diggs.php        

Thursday night at 6:30 David and I will host the Third Thursday at the Cabin meeting.  We look forward to having you celebrate the holiday with us.  Everyone is welcome to come.

Pray that as people get busier with Christmas celebrations, they will continue to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Anna Lee  

 

Friday

“God has listened;

He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.”

~Psalm 66:19, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness: Day 21 – Third Thursday Gatherings 

David and I love to have others come to our Third Thursday gatherings.  As many as we have had, we almost always have some new people (two last night).  We consider ourselves so blessed to have these meetings and know we are blessed more than anyone else.  As I have said before, the meeting is the highlight of each month for us.  That’s saying a lot!  If you were present you know about “JOY”.  I think it leaves with our guests and lingers in our hearts after our gathering.  We are so blessed!  We are very thankful God has blessed us this way!

Macy Gueldner –   http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/546eb38d4db921a50f7d231d

Karen Miller’s mom, Mrs. Rigby, was readmitted to the hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama yesterday.  Please continue to pray for Mrs. Rigby, her family, and friends.

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • Today – Hannah
  • Next week – no study

Tuesday – Birthday Party at The Cafe  

  • 11:00 A.M.
  • Honors “young” ladies from FBC, Kentwood

Hope Center

  • Three more freezers arrived yesterday.
  • An addition seems to be in our future.
  • Call me to volunteer for the next couple of weeks.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Tell to the generation to come

the praises of the LORD,

and His strength

and His wondrous works that He has done.”

~Psalm 78:4b, NKJV~

 

Thankfulness: Day 20 – Today, I want to share how happy I am that God sees and plans the “big picture” of our lives. My newest example is that Boyd and Jennie, who were living in Prague, were offered a job for one year in the States.  God had it all arranged, even though those who do this special assignment are usually older and more experienced.  Since that time, Boyd’s dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away.  Being stateside made it much easier for the family to have some quality time with his family.  Now, Mallory has been burned and is being treated in one of the best burn centers.  It doesn’t just happen by accident that they are living only 20 miles from one of the best burn units in the country!  God is so good.  He sees the “big picture” and plans our lives in accordance to what is best for us!

Those who need our continue special prayers:

  • Mr. Bud Callihan – North Oaks
  • Mr. Bobby Lawson – home
  • Sherman Cutrer – doing well and soon to come home
  • Theresa Rhodus and her family – Lafayette
  • Mallory Hatchel – Richmond
  • Jimmy Schwartz – completing radiation this week
  • Martha P. Drago – getting ports today for treatment to begin soon
  • Macy Gueldner – home, but continuing treatments
  • Mrs. Nyra Rigby – home in Alabama
  • Ray Blackwell – home
  • John Alan Blackwell – home
  • Susan Rimes –  home
  • Don Dickinson – home
  • Anne Hurst – home

Pray for the youth of many churches as they attend the Youth Evangelism Conference which begins this weekend.

Community Thanksgiving Services 

  • Sunday, November 23rd at 6 P.M.
  • Kentwood Methodist Church
  • Fellowship to follow

Lottie Moon Tea

  • 2 P.M. Sunday, November 30th
  • Fellowship Hall of FBC,K
  • Ladies of all ages from all churches are invited.
  • Music, Skits, Missions, Lottie’s special cookies, etc.
  • Program involves people from a number of churches

Mission Project – Bring postage stamps in multiples of ten and place in the jar on the table under the stairs to the balcony of FBC, K or turn in to Anna Lee or the church office.  The stamps will be placed on Christmas cards for prisoners to send to their families.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Third Thursday Meeting – 6:30 tonight at the cabin

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party

  • 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at The Cafe
  • Honoring Fran Walker, Kim Schwartz, Velma Anthony, Billie Jo Hutchinson, Fay Gehringer, Rita Tate, Ruby Schwartz, Bessie Hayden, Theople Hurst, Kay Forman, and Hazel Smith

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • Meets tomorrow, but not the day after Thanksgiving
  • 10:00 A.M. at Fellowship Hall of FBC,K
  • Studying women of the Bible

Team Kid

  • No meeting on the 23rd due to the community Thanksgiving service
  • Meets of Nov. 30th and Dec. 7th before a Christmas break

Devotional. Scriptures, Quote, and a Song

  • “Can You Help?” – http://odb.org/
  • Faith by itself,                                                                                                               if it does not have works,                                                                                           is dead.                                                                                                                                                      ~James 2:17~                                                                                          

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8zbLfPjkos

Thanks for praying each day.  After praying, decide how you can best be a doer, not just a hearer, today.
Anna Lee

Tuesday

“I have made you a light for the Gentiles

to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.”

~Acts 13:34b, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness, Day 4:  Today, I want to add friends.  There are many of you.  Some are my age, some older, and some younger.  You live in Kentwood,  Roseland,  Amite,  Fluker, Osyka, Greensburg, and many other places.  We are connected through my school days, my school teaching days, churches, mutual friends, and other ways.  I just know you are there for me with a smile, a hug, a kind word, or a bit of encouragement.  Thank-you, God, for blessing me with so many friends!

Sherry Day shared her big news – NO CANCER!  She received the call yesterday afternoon.  Her family, friends, and many who don’t even know her have prayed.  Thank-you to each one for the prayers.  Thank-you, God, that you still have things for Sherry to do here on earth.

Another neighbor, Chris Wales, will be having surgery this afternoon.   It will be a “spinal decompression and fusion at 3:30 at the BRGenBluebonnet”.   Please pray for Chris and the family.

Continue to pray for Mr. Bobby Lawson who is in the V.A. Hospital in Jackson.

Johnnie “Lil-Man” Santangello will be having a MRI in Arizona this afternoon.  Pray that it shows improvement in treatment of his brain tumor.

Bert C. Sanchez, 59 – http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=bert-c-sanchez&pid=173033850&

Today at 11:00 at The Cafe, we will celebrate the birthday of some special “young” ladies from church.  How special this day is each month.

I’m happy to say that FBC, K has surpassed their goal for the Georgia Barnett Offering for State Missions.  Our goal was $8,000, but we have $9,236.30.  Giving directly to the mission offerings means that 100% goes to missions.  You can still give even though we have achieved our goal.  In fact, you can give to any of our mission offerings any time of the year. Thank-you for realizing the importance of missions!

It was great to be a part of the Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer yesterday.  Cora Morris at Hillsdale does a good job of involving ladies from a number of churches.  The fact that women all around the world were praying for the same thing on the same day was so inspiring.

Hope Center is continuing to do well.  There are 212 people signed up for the food bank and numerous regular customers at the store.  Needs are being met.  If you have any appliances, furniture, or household items, we can find them a new home.  Thanks to all who have volunteered to serve on a regular basis or to come when called.  You make the scheduling process so much easier.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Perception or Reality” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?                                                                                                                     ~Mark 4:38~
  • “Does Jesus Care?” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/o/doesjeca.htm
    • Are these words true?  YES!
    • I hope this song comes to you on a day when you need them.

Show know you care too!

Anna Lee

 

Monday

“Let your light shine before men

in such a way that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

~Matthew 5:16, NASB~

 

Thankfulness – Day 3: I‘m thankful for Operation Christmas Child because it is a way to send shoeboxes of gifts and JESUS to needy children all around the world.   Being able to share the material goods is a real blessing, but sending Christian literature in the appropriate language and at the appropriate age level is such a ministry.  Thank-you, Rev. Franklin Graham for giving us this opportunity for the past 20 years.

Today is the World Day of Prayer for Christian Women.  Kedron Baptist Church will host us at 10:00 this morning.  After the meeting, we will have lunch together so we can visit.  Pray for Christians around the world as they share Jesus.

Glenda McKean is home recovering from rotator cup surgery.  Pray for her during the six weeks she will be unable to use her right arm.  Thank-God for a God who has provided a way to have our bodies healed from some of the things that slow us down and make us miserable.  As you use your favored arm, please remember her as she tries to do everything with her left arm and hand.

Pray for our friend and neighbor, Sherry Day, as she gets the results of last Wednesday’s biopsy.  She and her family would appreciate your prayers today.

I know of numerous people undergoing medical tests/procedures this week.  Mrs. Ashley Statham, Mrs. Theople Hurst and Mrs. Donna Fay Miller are among that number.  Please pray for them.

Kathy Wales asks us to pray for Chris as he has “a spinal decompression and fusion on Tues afternoon around 3:30 at the BR General on Bluebonnet”.   Pray his recovery time is not difficult and goes by quickly.  Pray for Chris as he tries not to do some of the things he is accustomed to doing now.

There was a fire in the Chesbrough area that destroyed the home a family was renting.  Yesterday, I needed to know a little more before sharing the information.  Last night, God sent the family to The Lord’s Church where I had the opportunity to speak with them.  It was C.J. Williams, Cory Didon’s younger brother.  The family, with six children, is staying with C.J’s mother east of Tangipahoa.  Pray for them today as they look for a place to live and make many important decisions.  Thank God for those who have been willing to help and have already done so.

Gold City and Andy Taylor were both very good last night.  I haven’t “tapped out” so much music in a long time.  What a blessing The Lord’s Church provided to our area last night.  It was good to see so many Christian friends of various faiths in one building.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Does God Care?” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • Hear, O Lord,                                                                                                                 and have mercy on me;                                                                                             Lord, be my helper!                                                                                                                        ~Psalm 30:10 ~                                                                                           When he was deeply depressed,                                                                             he cried out,                                                                                                                  “Weeping may endure for a night,                                                                          but joy comes in the morning”                                                                                                                      ~Psalm 30:10~
  • “Do Jesus Care when My Heart is Pained?” – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/695

What comfort in those words!

Friday’s Bible Study – Sapphira

  • Read Acts 5:1-10
  • If you didn’t receive a study guide and want one, please let me know.

Remind the ladies of FBC,K of the birthday party tomorrow at the Cafe at 11:00.  All ladies are invited to attend.

Anna Lee

 

Sunday

First, be aware of the time change this morning.  If you didn’t set the clocks back last night, you should do so now, but if you don’t you can go on to church an hour early and enjoy the extra time to read your Bible and pray.  That wouldn’t be a bad idea after all.

“Everyone should be quick to listen,

slow to speak

and slow to become angry, 

because human anger does not produce

the righteousness that God desires. 

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth

and the evil that is so prevalent

and humbly accept the word planted in you,

which can save you.”

~James 1:19b-21 NIV~

Forgiving others is a BIG thing.  It is certainly not a Godly trait to hold grudges.

THANKS!

So many people contributed to the shoeboxes, to packing them, and to shipping them.  We were a little short of our goal for shipping, plus we packed an extra ten boxes so we will need a little extra money today ($7.00/box).  Our church set and surpassed an all time record for the number of boxes packed.  The children who receive these boxes will be so blessed by all the treasures they find.  My hope is that they also find Jesus!

Mrs. Theople Hurst came to church yesterday afternoon to help prepare the boxes for the packing party and stayed until every one was ready for deliver.  Pray for her as she continues trying to get a diagnosis and treatment for her recent health issue.

Gold City and Andy Taylor

It’s not ofter a group such as Gold City comes to the Kentwood area, so make your plans to be at The Lord’s Church at 6 P.M. tonight.  To add some “icing” to the event, Andy Taylor will be singing during the intermission for Gold City.  Tickets were not sold. Donations will be received tonight.

Hope Center had another good week.  We have learned that appliances and furniture are in big demand.  If you have something and cannot transport it, please call Hope to make arrangements for a pick up.  The number there is 247-2235.  Remember, they are not open of Monday, but work half a day on Saturday.  Thanks for volunteering and for making purchases there.  So many people are being blessed.  The number of people signed up for the food bank is more than two hundred!  We are providing better and better boxes each time.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

            “O Lord Almighty,                                                                                                                                                                  blessed is the man who trusts in You.”                                                                                                                                                                 ~Psalm 84:11-12~

Reminder:  Tuesday the “young” ladies of FBC,K will celebrate the October birthdays.  We had to delay this by a week, but will meet Tuesday at 11:00 at The Cafe.  Join us for a sweet time with a number of ladies from the church.

Reminder number 2:  Today is the day to bring your frozen  food for a family.  Please bring your quart size filled bags to my Sunday School classroom before Sunday School.  The food will be delivered this afternoon.  Your efforts will greatly assist the people!

Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“I waited patiently for the Lord,

and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.”

~Psalm 40:1, HCSB~

 

Please continue to pray for Mr. Bobby Lawson.  He is at home.

Surprise!  Surprise!  Mrs. Theople Hurst is home from North Oaks too!  She has some appointments scheduled, but can be at home rather than the hospital.

Pray for Nancy Carruth as she has a surgical procedure in Baton Rouge today.

From Cheryl Hughes Green

Raymond Davis, was married to my Aunt Wanda (daddy’s youngest sister).
He passed away yesterday at home in Denham Springs. They will have his
wake tonight at Seale Funeral Home in Denham; from 5pm to 8pm. Funeral
tomorrow at 10am at the funeral home. I am asking for prayers for Aunt
Wanda, Greg and all of the Davis family. Thank you and God bless.

http://www.sealefuneral.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://hosting-6068.tributes.com/obituary/show/raymond-ray-martin-davis-101816529

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

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Looking ahead this week

  • Friday morning Bible Study at FBC, K at 10:00; Studying Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-66)
  • Christmas Party to pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child; Bring your favorite Christmas Party food and  wear red or green.
  • Don’t forget to change your clocks Saturday back one hour when you go to bed.

Reminder: The “Young” Ladies Birthday Party scheduled for today will be next Tuesday due to the funeral of Mrs. Shirley Frazier today.

Thanks-you for you faithful intercessory prayers.

Anna Lee

Monday

“Seek the Lord while He may be found,

Call upon Him while He is near.”

~Isaiah 55:6, NASB~

 

From Lloyd Hayden

Please add my neighbor Jimmy McNeese, to the prayer list. He starts
his chemo on monday the 27th.

`Susie Sharkey’s little grandson, Xander, is home.  More prayers are needed.

Update on Xander! He is home. Has to keep doing the treatments every four hours and make an appointment with a pulmonary specialist. Please keep him your prayers.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Theople Hurst.  She’s in room 4103 at North Oaks.

Countdown to the first Christmas Party – 5 days!

  • FBC, K at 6 P.M. Saturday
  • Packing shoeboxes for needy children
  • Wear red and/or green.
  • Bring your favorite Christmas party food.
  • Let’s begin praying for each child who will be receiving a shoebox.
  • Write a letter and/or bring a picture for some of the boxes.
  • How many boxes will be pack?  I know it will be more than ever before.
  • Join the excitement.

The “Young” Ladies Birthday Party for October has been postponed for a week due to “Miss” Shirley’s service.

One week from today, our annual “Day of Prayer” will be held at Kedron Baptist Church at 10 A.M.  We will conclude with a potluck lunch.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “New to the  Family” – http://odb.org/
  • There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents   than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.                                                                                                                     ~Luke 15:7~                                                                                                                                                  “He rejoiceth more of that sheep,                                                                  than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.”                                                                                                                         ~Matthew 18:13~
  • “The Ninety and Nine” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/n/i/90_and_9.htm

I remember hearing this song for the first time.  I was at Natalbany Baptist Church.  Uncle Charles Tolleson was leading the music for revival.  After church, I asked my parents why 99 sheep would be left alone just so one could be saved. That very night, I learned how important each and every person is to God.  I was five or six years old and have loved the song every since.  I just shared the story with David for the first time.  I’m glad the devotional for today triggered this memory.

I hope this “favorite” sticks with me today and that I remember the value of each person to the kingdom forever.

Anna Lee