Good morning. I’m sure you will be happy to hear there is no rain predicted for today, until you read what I have posted next.
HEAT ADVISORY
Heat Advisory from TUE 10:00 AM CDT until TUE 7:00 PM CDT
This was found on the Action 17 site this morning.
Prayer Focus
Pray for all the parents that are having to consider sending their children to camp this summer. I know it is probably a big, first time decision for many parents, but it is a bigger decision this summer.
Also, pray for those without air conditioning. When I was a child our homes, schools, and churches as well as most businesses were equipped with large fans, but we had never had AC at home. Now, we are accustomed to it and find our home are not equipped for no air conditioning.
Verse of the Day
Daily Bible Reading
July 15
I Kings 8-9
Sunday School Lesson
July 20
God’s Faithfulness
Psalm 105:1-11, 42-45
Obituary
Amanda Kathleen Parnell
January 30. 1984-July 12, 2025
This is all the information I can provide at this time. The McKneely site is down for maintenance. You can check later for more information on this obituary and for additional obituaries.
What a pretty morning. The sun is shining very brightly through the trees this morning with a lot of pink in the sky. Thank-you God for the pretty view. Good morning friends. I hope you see the pretty sky God has for us this morning.
Daily Bible Reading
7-14-25
I Kings 6-7
Verse of the Day
This is the start to a new day. I hope you have plans to accomplish several things today. Without plans of some sort, we tend to not accomplish much before the day ends.
Prayer Focus
Today, the emotional pain is enormous for many families because of a recent flood. Pray for them every time you think of them or hear a news report concerning the tragedy.
Appointments
If your family is like ours, you have at least one appointment this week. Thank God for the medically educated and trained individuals you will see. What would we do without them? Many of us would not be here today.
As you thank God for them, thank Him also for those learning to fill their shoes. What an awesome field medicine is for many of our young adults to go into! I am blessed to know and know of many who will be caring for us in the future. Encourage and pray for those you know as they prepare for tremendous responsibilities.
Pray for Missionaries
Today we ask you to pray for Aaron and Melanie Stoval, who serve as missionaries in Central Asia. They are partnering with national believers and four local churches to provide hope, healing, and discipleship to men who are recovering from addiction at House of Hope, a halfway house in the region.
House of Hope provides a place to stay, job skills training, and fellowship for Central Asian men who are recovering addicts. Men staying at the House of Hope participate in Bible studies and prayer times, and learn how to weld, which gives them a marketable occupation. They also raise and sell rabbits and grow vegetables for sale. The men are mentored and discipled so they can grow in their personal faith and also impact the vast lostness in their region. The Stovals live alongside these men to invest in their healing and discipleship.
One of those men is Damir. After graduating from an alcohol rehabilitation program in Central Asia, he struggled to get on his feet. Yuri, a Christian, saw Damir by the side of the road and invited him to House of Hope. There, Damir received the help he needed to stay clean, learned welding skills, and grew in his faith. He is now a successful welder, has a place of his own, and is thriving.
Additional Bible Reading
‘Living as a New Creation’
Galatians 6:12-18
Baptist Press
I encourage you to read one or more of these articles.
Today is a good day to write and mail some cards of love, sympathy, thanks. appreciation, encouragement, etc. I believe in writing cards because I enjoy receiving them. What about you?
I trust you have plans today that include worshiping the Lord. Even if you physically cannot attend there are some good services available online. Many of the local churches are included in that number.
Daily Bible Reading
July 13
I Kings 3-5
Today’s Verse
Prayer Request
Pray for missionaries working in dangerous assignments, locals who assist them, and those eager to hear.
Plan for Today
Worshiping God
Up to you
Samaritan’s Purse
After sharing the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus said “Go and do likewise.” That is the mission of Samaritan’s Purse—to follow the example of Christ by helping those in need and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel.
FBC, Kentwood and many others in our area help by packing “Shoeboxes” which Samaritan’s Purse distributes around the world. Teaching about Jesus is part of the distribution process.
Additional Bible Passages
‘Joy and Skepticism’ (Acts 12:13-15)
[Peter, after his deliverance from prison by an angel,] knocked at the door in the gate [at Mary’s house], and a servant girl named Rhoda came to open it. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the door, she ran back inside and told everyone, “Peter is standing at the door!”
“You’re out of your mind!” they said. When she insisted, they decided, “It must be his angel.”
Acts 12:13-15
Unstoppable! ‘Joy and Skepticism’
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
Ephesians 4:25
OCC = Operation Christmas Child
David and I have found many calculators and glue sticks in the last two weeks. These items are part of the pencil bags we make for the Shoeboxes. I thank God we have enough glue sticks now.
Things you might could find for the boxes this week.
5-inch flashlights with 3 AAA batteries included
Lots of AAA batteries so we can give each child an extra set
Solar calculators
Thanks for reading and praying today. It’s not about you or me. It is about others!
Good morning, friends. I am glad you check in and hope this site blesses, encourages, informs, and/or teaches you something. I love writing it each day.
Verse of the Day
I sincerely hope each of you will be walking through the gate in heaven. I desire you to be prepared to walk through the gate to heaven for eternity. If you are not prepared to do so, talk to a pastor, a Sunday School teacher, a deacon, or another Christian so they can guide you. Don’t wait. Do it today!
Daily Bible Reading
We have completed another book of the Bible and are starting another one. That’s great. I certainly enjoyed II Samuel and being reminded of passages I studied previously.
Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God….
1 Corinthians 2:11-12
Prayer Focus – Texas Flood
Thank God for all the lives that were lost in Texas last week that were Christians, not that they were lost, but that they were Christians. They are already with Jesus! How wonderful for them! It is also comforting to their parents to know their little girls are in heaven. That gives their family, friends, and all the rest of us about an example to follow if we are not already on the right path.
The water took many people other than the little girls at their summer camp. Let’s pray they were also Christians!
How sad the whole situation is. Let us all be comforted in knowing many of the victims are already in heaven.
Thoughts:
Have the young boys and girls around us chosen to follow Jesus?
What about the older boys and girls?
What about the adults?
What about you?
Several years ago, I heard a lady say that all but one of her grandchildren but one were Christians. Then, she was able to say all of her grandchildren were Christians! Now, she is praying for and teaching great grands!
Yesterday, as we returned from David’s appointment in Covington, we stopped at a Dollar Tree to look for three items for our shoeboxes. As soon as I got inside the door, a former school system employee greeted me. We had the opportunity to visit a few minute.
After she left, we headed to the school supplies to see if they had any of the specific items we are in need of. We were pulling out items. from the shelves and loading our basket when she returned and gave us $20.00. She said for us to put it on the shoeboxes. We were buying a number of that item, eight packs of glue sticks, so her donation helped buy some of them.
I read a book a few years ago, “God Winks”. That was surely a “God Wink”!
Welcome to Friday. I’m thankful God chose to give us this day.
Verse of the Day
Prayer Focus
Today, let’s focus our prayers on people who have been very ill or had surgery. Let’s pray they can stay free of germs that would give them a setback as they get back into their routine.
Daily Bible Reading
July 11
II Samuel 22-24
Missionary Focus
Today, I would like to introduce begin a series on introducing you to a new missionary, missionary couple, or missionary family each day. After you learn about them, please have a special time of prayer for them.
Tim and Annie Tidenberg.
Tim and Annie have dedicated their lives to sharing God’s love and bringing the gospel to the nations. As former missionary kids, they both felt called to continue the work of their parents and serve as missionaries themselves in Africa. After many years of church planting, they moved from their role in East Africa and to the United States, where they led a church for five years.
However, they felt led to return to the field and serve in a new capacity as member care consultants with the International Mission Board in West Africa. In this role, they provide pastoral care and counseling to support and equip missionaries, contributing to their spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being.
As Chris Martin, the IMB’s director of member care, explained, the mission of the member care team is to keep missionaries healthy and on the field, and the principal way they care for missionaries is through pastoral care and counseling. Tim and Annie are both committed to this mission and are serving with dedication and love.
Tim shared, “We spend time with them, encourage them if they’re in a crisis situation, we pray with them and we try to get them some resources to work through what they’re dealing with.”
Tim and Annie’s work is incredibly important, and we would like to ask you to pray for them as they continue their current role.
How to Pray:
Pray that the Lord would give them wisdom and discernment as they care for and mentor missionaries. Pray that they would have insight into the unique needs and challenges that these missionaries face and that they would be able to offer practical advice and support.
Pray they would be strengthened and encouraged in their own faith as they pour into the lives of others. Pray that the Lord would refresh and renew their spirits and give them the strength and energy they need to serve with excellence.
Pray that their impact would be multiplied as missionaries are equipped to share the gospel around the world. Pray that the Lord would use Tim and Annie’s mentorship to raise up a new generation of passionate and effective missionaries who will take the gospel to Africa and beyond.
Good morning, friends! God woke us up again today!
Prayer Focus
Today, let’s pray for the Vacation Bible Schools that are teaching children about Jesus this week and the children who might be struggling about making a decision for Jesus. Let’s pray for them to have good guidance as they choose to be a Christian.
Verse of the Day – Philippians 4:11
Daily Bible Reading
July 10
II Samuel 19-21
Interesting Connection – Yesterday, I read my Daily Bible Reading for the day. Later, I was preparing to teach the Sunday School lesson. I ran into II Samuel 18, one of the chapters I had read a little earlier in the afternoon!
This article may be helpful to you or someone you know. If you choose to do so, you can print it and keep it to share with a friend or family member when it is needed by a family member or friend.
Sunday School Lesson
July 13, 2025
“God’s Deliverance”
Psalm 18:16-29
Update
Trey Buckley is home following his back procedure. Pray for
him as he needs some time of limited movement now.
Good morning! Let’s begin our day thanking God for waking each of us up this morning.
Prayer Focus
This if going to be hard and incomplete, but some thoughts I want to share while this is still fresh in our memories and on the news numerous times every day. As sad as it is, God can and will use it in a positive way!
Let’s pray for those who were in the flood waters Friday in Texas. Thank God for those who were safe while also praying for the families of those who were lost in the flood. Pray for families, communities, and school friends too. What an awful experience and memory!
Also, pray for others in the flood. There were families tent camping there too. Many of them also perished.
Thank God for the survivors. Thank God for those who worked and are still working so hard to prevent the girls from perishing. Thank God for those who somehow survived in trees and debris.
I know You have plans for their lives. Thank for for those plans. May they be used the your service.
Let’s pray for families – parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, etc. Pray for their friends at home, teachers, churches, etc. Each life touched so many others. Each life and each death can be an opportunity to share about Jesus.
Thankfully, many were saved. Lord, I pray you will use this awful event to draw others into your kingdom, to strengthen families, to touch the lives of teachers, friends, neighbors, etc. May each life and death draw others into your kingdom and your service.
Thank-you God for all those who have worked to locate and rescue others. Lord, let this not be “Just another call for service”, but a changing point in many lives too.
Lord, thank-you for the Christians there to minister to others on-the-spot, immediately, and every day since them. May they forever have a testimony to share that points to You.
May those like me who are not personally touched also remember how fragile life is. May we be like those parents and be able to encourage others to know, love, and serve Him. May we all be able to use this event to witness to others.
Prayer Request
Please pray for Rachel and Trey Buckley as he is again having some health issues and as they work with the doctor to develop the best plan for treatment. May the Lord guide them to the best plan to improve his health. Thank you for your prayers.
Daily Bible Reading
July 8
II Samuel 13-15
If you get behind, just continue reading. Catching up is a great feeling! It doesn’t matter what day you read a passage. Just read it.
Great articles were written for us today. Give the articles an opportunity to touch your heart.
No New Obituaries
There are no new obituaries to share this morning, but there are many people to pray for because of all the recent deaths in our communities. Pray for the families you know who had recent obituaries.
Additional Bible Reading
‘God’s Spirit Will Be with God’s People, Forever!’ (Is. 59:21)
“This is what I promise them” says the Lord. My Spirit that is on
you and my words I have given you will not leave you. They will
be with your children and grandchildren forever,” says the Lord.
(Easy English Translation)
None of us are imperfect, but we can all continue serving God, praying,
helping, and encouraging others. etc. Take a step, even a little one, in
being a friend who encourages others in their walk with God. Consider
the opportunities you have during this day and act on them or make a
specific plan and follow through. “Take a step to ….
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good a good weekend. Now, let’s make today a great day!
Verse of the Day
Prayer Focus
Today, we need to pray for all the families who have lost someone in the awful flooding in Texas. Let’s also pray for other who were there and who survived. Their young lives have been changed forever.
Be ready to proclaim as God gives you opportunities. God has a purpose for you!
Two Rivers WMU
There will be a meeting Saturday, July 19th at FBC, Greensburg at 10:00 A.M. I hope you will feel free to attend whether or not your church has an active WMU organization. Please bring a side dish or dessert for the potluck meal to follow. It’s okay to bring your school age girls too. FBC, Greensburg will help inform you about OCC. at their church. (Leadership from various churches will meet at 9 A.M.)
Christmas Cards
Yesterday, Linda Callihan came to me as I was waiting for church to begin. She brought me Christmas cards for our December WMU project. She missed the opportunity last December, so brought the cards early this year. Women on mission collects stamped cards each year and gives them to prisoners in our parish jails, Amite and Greensburg. She is the first to donate this year!! You can be second!
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