Friday

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh.

Is there anything too hard for Me?”

~Jeremiah 32:27~

 

Teddi Kay and Tobi Klaire Titus will be born about noon today.  Keep the family in your prayers today and in the coming days.

Wayne McNabb’s foot surgery went well.  Pray he is patient during the healing process.

Please continue to pray for Jerry East.  He had a heart attack while in OK and is hospitalized there.

Please check Prayers for Eli on Facebook.  You’ll know how to pray after reading a few posts.

Pray for Jennifer Pittman, Tyrone Harrell, and Lynn Huff, as well as their families.

Susan Denise Stewart
(December 21, 1965 – August 14, 2013)

A resident of Amite, died at 10:20AM on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born December 21, 1965 in Independence and was 47 years of age. She worked as a floor supervisor at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center. Survived by husband, Timmy Stewart, Sr., Amite; son, T.J. Stewart, Jr. and wife, Krystina, Amite; 3 grandchildren, Jayda Marie Stewart, Gage Allen Stewart and Mya Leigh Stewart; parents, Willie and Margaret Rhodus, Roseland; 2 brothers, Michael Carter and wife, Cheryl, Amite, and Willie Rhodus, Jr. and fiancé, Renee Hutchins, Roseland; 2 sisters, Melinda Stewart and husband, Zack, Roseland and Melissa Granger and husband, Edward, Kentwood; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by grandparents, Kirk and Edith McKee, sister, Shelia Carter; nephew, Wesley Carter and 2 uncles, Marvin and Joe McKee. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Friday, August 16, 2013, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 1:00 PM Saturday, August 17, 2013. Services conducted by Rev. Mike Foster and Rev. Bob Simpson. Interment Natalbany Cemetery, Independence.

 Last night at the Third Thursday meeting we had people from nine different churches.  It’s a good feeling to see friends, some old and some new, fellowshipping and singing together.  Even though people were from different churches, we all serve the same God!  I’m already looking forward to the next meeting.

 Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “Contained, But Not Extinguished” – http://odb.org/ 

Missions – Kids on Mission Pray – http://kidsonmission.org/prayer/

Pray for the final preparations for Connect, the WMU training meeting at Kentwood tomorrow.

Missions – Today would be a good day to bag up some shoes you no longer wear that could be useful to someone else.  If you deliver them to FBC, Kentwood, I will get them to Re-Store in Amite.  Let’s pray this business will meet both physical and spiritual needs.

I feel so blessed today.  I hope you do too!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere,

lifting up holy hands,

without wrath and doubting.”

~1 Timothy 2:8~

 

Pray for Jimmy Schwartz and for Ruby as she is his caregiver.

Betty Taylor’s mom, Ruby Ziggler, is now at Magnolia.  Pray for her and for her family as they help care for her.

Ann and Lynn Huff are back at home.  Pray both of them have improving health conditions.

Continue to pray for Robbie Lynn C.  Kirby as she works to overcome her health issues.

Pray for Tedd and Kayla Titus.  Their families will welcome twin daughters tomorrow.

Pray for the homebound and their caregivers.  You can add specific names today.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Inspirational – Billy Graham Evangelistic Association – Decision Magazine – “Pitching the Gospel” – http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp?articleid=9556&BA=2938&QR=120&utm_source=DecDevo8.14.13&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=DecisionDevotional

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – The Anchor of our Hope – http://odb.org/

Don’t forget the Third Thursday Meeting at the cabin.  Call me for more information or directions.  David and I are looking forward to another great night featuring James Rimes and Andy Taylor leading our worship.  God has blessed us so much!

Thanking God for the rain we received yesterday,

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday – Early Afternoon

First, I forgot to mention that Mrs. Susie Wales is coming home today.  She’s very excited to be home.  She and her family thank you for your prayers, cards, and visits.  She plans to work hard to get back to the way she was before the first hip surgery.  Chris and Kathy encourage you to call or visit her.

 

Great news: Austin Rose attended school today.  It was his first day of 11th grade.  Thank God for this huge step and pray he will be able to have a good junior year.

Wednesday Morning

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer;

And while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

~Isaiah 65:24~

Thank you for participating in the guided prayer I posted yesterday.  Sometimes, you need to add the names and situations I am not aware of or cannot post on The Prayer Link.

Pray for Wayne McNabb as he has foot surgery tomorrow.  Pray his diabetes does not complicate the procedure or lengthen the healing time.

Pray for Kathy Jo Thompson, of Folsom,  who is having problems that seem to indicate a brain tumor.   She will bee going to a hospital for testing.  She asks for prayer as she undergoes test and for her parents.

Rufus Williams will not have his heart procedure tomorrow, on the 28th.  Please pray for him and his family as they wait.

I have a request for school uniforms.  Re-Store, in Amite, has a number of requests for school uniforms.  If you have any, please take them to the store which is next to Cooper’s Bakers in Amite or bring them to me at home or at church.  I will be glad to deliver them for you.  Please note that Re-Store is closed Monday, Thursday, and at lunch.  They are open Tues., Wed., & Fri. from 9::30-11:30 or from 12:30-2:00.

Devotional – Our Daily Bread – “The Joy of Disappointment” – http://odb.org/

     I know that has happened to me.  We always need to remember that God is in control and sees the whole picture.  As a matter of fact, He                plans it that way.

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Look as the rain as a positive thing in our lives today.  God sent it to us!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Addition

Two new topics for prayer. (Suggested by Mary Alice Fox)

  • Pray for our local, state, and national leaders that they may make wise Godly decisions.
  • Also pray for our pastors as they lead us in worship.  May they always lead us in a way that is directed by God’s word telling us what God would have us hear rather than what we want to hear.

Thanks Mary Alice.  Those needed to be included.  I was typing “from the top of my head”.

Tuesday

“For we are God’s masterpiece.

He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,

so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

~Ephesians 2:10NLT~

 

Today, I’m going give you an outline for guided prayer.  I hope this will be meaningful to you.   First, I want you to read this devotional on prayer.  

http://www.fishthe.net/prayer/devotional.htmlPray for someone who is hospitalized.

Now, read a line and pray for the person or persons who come to mind.  Then, move on to the next suggestion for prayer.

  • Thank God for what He has done for you.
  • Thank God for your salvation (if you know Him).
  • Thank God for those in your household who know Him.
  • Thank God for the opportunity to worship without fear of prosecution.
  • Thank God for Christian friends.
  • Thank God for Christian family members.
  • Thank God for Christian neighbors.
  • Thank God for those who represent God’s love in your daily world.
  • Thank God for listening to your prayers.
  • Pray for someone in a nursing home.
  • Pray for someone in rehabilitation.
  • Pray for someone who is hurting emotionally.
  • Pray for someone who has lost a loved on recently.
  • Pray for a member of a church staff.
  • Pray for someone who is homebound
  • Pray for someone who needs to choose a church home.
  • Pray for someone who needs follow God.
  • Pray for a Sunday School teacher.
  • Pray for a school teacher.
  • Pray for an elementary student.
  • Pray for a middle school student.
  • Pray for a high school student.
  • Pray for a college student.
  • Pray for a newly married couple.
  • Pray for a couple with a troubled marriage.
  • Pray for a couple with a long marriage.
  • Pray for a single parent.
  • Pray for a child who has health issues.
  • Pray for a child who is physical disabilities.
  • Pray for parents of a disabled child.
  • Pray for someone who lives far from family.
  • Pray for someone who is moving.
  • Pray for a woman considering abortion.
  • Pray for someone who is lonely.
  • Pray for someone who has no family.
  • Pray for someone who has lost all connections with family.
  • Pray for yourself to pray more often.
  • Ask God to help you be a better messenger of God’s love.
  • Ask God to help you be bold in sharing.
  • Ask God to help you be faithful in church attendance.
  • Ask God to help you see where He wants you to improve,
  • Ask God to help you be more faithful in prayer.
  • Ask God to guide you in each choice you make today.

I hope this prayer exercise helps you.  If you have a category that I should add, please feel free to send it to me as a contact message or a comment.  Thank you for your participation.  If you didn’t do it, go back and reread the devotional I suggested at the top of the page.

Anna Lee

 

 

Death Notice

Douglas Duran McMillian
(August 9, 2013 – August 10, 2013)

Infant, Douglas Duran McMillian, passed away peacefully at 12:30 AM on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. He was born August 9, 2013 at 11:25 PM. Survived by parents, Mackie Duran McMillian and Raye Anne Lopinto, both of Kentwood; grandparents, Stephen McMillian, Marsha Miller McMillian, both of Kentwood, and Frank and Mary Lopinto, Amite; great grandparents, Bonnie McMillian, Kentwood, Maxie Miller, Kentwood, Josie Mae DePhillips, Amite, and Carolyn Bel, Bolivar, MO and numerous Aunts, Uncles and cousins. A private graveside services will be held at a later date. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Monday Afternoon

Roseanne Estes Needham

My daughter Roseanne is due with her second child (a girl) she is not due until September 22nd, but she has started to dialate and has been having contractions since last Thursday, they are giving her meds to stop the contractions but it doesn’t seem to be helping very much. Please pray for her and the baby…as much as we are excited and ready to see that sweet new baby…we don’t want her to come if it is not time. I do believe that God has control of this and she will arrive when he is ready!

All of this is has been very stressful on her and J.B.
Just keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks!

Charlene Blades

Wilda Evelyn Hayden
(September 23, 1931 – August 12, 2013)

A lifelong resident of Amite, died at 2:30 AM on Monday, August 12, 2013 at St. Clare Manor in Baton Rouge. She was born September 23, 1931 in Chesbrough and was 81 years of age. Survived by her son, Richard Hayden and wife, Sherri, Baton Rouge; granddaughters, Jennifer Erin Smith and husband, Field, Jefferson and Meghan Elizabeth Hayden, Burleson, TX; great grandsons, Hayden Carter Smith and Linus Brasfield Smith; brother, George Hyde, Amite and numerous nephews and nieces. Preceded in death by husband, Ellis P. Hayden; parents, Willie and Lillian Hyde and sister, Ruth Spring. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9:00 AM until religious services at 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Services conducted by Bro. Kenneth Istre. Interment Hyde Cemetery, Chesbrough

 

Sunday Addition

More from other churches….

Spring Creek Baptist Church

Well you are up and reading why not get dressed and get to Church? That is what would really make the day.

Remember if you don’t have a Church home at Spring Creek we have two morning services one at 8:45 and one at 11:00 and we would love for you to visit with us. In fact consider this your personal invitation. God bless.

In case you are wondering this morning we will be looking at Jeremiah 29:11-13. What a great passage of Scripture!

The Lord’s Church

We are continuing our message series “It’s all about Jesus” today at TLC. This morning we are looking at Eph. 2;11-22; Jesus our peacemaker. See you at 9:50 AM!!!

Hillsdale Baptist Church

Tomorrow (TODAY)is Sunday. Where are you going to worship the Lord? If you don’t have a church home, we would love to have you visit with us and possibly make our church your church. We have a wonderful church family. Sunday School is at 10am and worship service is at 11am. Ya’ll come now.

Sunday

“But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time.”

~Psalm 69:13a~

Please remember my classmate and friend since childhood Aurelia Ann Varnado (Weegee), Cancer has taken over most of her body including sternum and lumbar area. She is in good spirits and will begin chemo next Tuesday. I know Jesus will hold her hand through this but prayers are needed badly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Fran Walker

Please add Ann Huff to your prayer list.  She is hospitalized in Baton Rouge following a stroke.

We’ve been praying for Eli.  Today, Prayers for Eli on facebook, indicate he has completed his chemo.  Continue to pray for this young man.

Line Creek Baptist Church

Tomorrow morning (TODAY), during our worship service, we are going to have “the blessing of the backpacks.” Actually, we are going to have a time of prayer for each kid that is starting school (or already has started school), while wearing/carrying his or her backpack/bookbag. We are also going to have a special time of prayer for all of our teachers. Don’t forget to bring your backpack/bookbag, if you’ve got one. See in the morning!

Greensburg Baptist Church (From JoEllen Carruth)

I would like to invite everyone to the First Baptist Church in Greensburg this Sunday morning at 9:15 a.m. for Sunday School and then 10:30 a.m for our 147th celebration worship service. Over 147 years ago the church was begun on the present site and has been a part of the Greensburg community. We will have one of our former pastors, Dr. Arthur “Bo” Rice as our speaker and one of our former music directors, Chuck Brown will lead our music. We will have “dinner on the grounds” following the morning worship. Please come and be a part of this celebration in our community. Everyone is welcome.

Pray for us later this morning as  we make a delivery of items to Williams Blvd. Baptist Church.  The items will be delivered to the Hatchels at the end of this week.  Especially pray for the ministry of the nine people who will work among the Gypsies.  May their efforts be multiplied by our God who wants the Gypsies to know Him.

For those of you who missed this video of a portion of Daddy’s services, please remember we will all be “Going Home” one day thanks to God’s “Amazing Grace”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hKXlaZobLc&fb_action_ids=10151863407292932%2C10151863316122932&fb_action_types=yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151863407292932%22%3A152390074956221%2C%2210151863316122932%22%3A1375851602635383%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151863407292932%22%3A%22yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne%22%2C%2210151863316122932%22%3A%22yt-fb-app%3Aupload_ne%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Anna Lee