Sunday

“The Lord is far from the wicked,

but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”

~Proverbs 15:29~

“[God’s] peace will guard your hearts and minds

as you live in Christ Jesus.”

~Philippians 4:7 (NIV)~


Jadon’s Story

I’m so sorry I haven’t posted in so long. I’ve been very busy and I
haven’t had much time for computers. I’m feeling much better but my
seizures aren’t any better. In fact they are more intense:( We don’t
know why. We had blood work done Monday but we still don’t have the
results. We increased my vimpat some more but it hasn’t helped any.
I’m sure we will make some more changes on Monday. We have also
completed the paperwork to try and get a nurse to come watch me while
my mommy works. I stay with my Mimi right now but I’ll need someone to
watch me next year. Please pray that we get this approved. It would
surely make things less stressful. We got my early steps yearly
evaluation back. My lowest scores were in motor and speech but we knew
this. This best news is my social/emotional scores were normal. This
means my alertness and interaction with others is normal. I also show
appropriate emotions to the situation. So that is great news. Last
year I didn’t score very high in this area and this year normal. So we
are very happy about this. I’m a fighter and I will keep fighting this
horrible monster. Don’t forget today is purple day. So wear your
purple for me today. Love you and please continue to pray for me.

 

From James Rimes

Mrs. Fochia Wilson, retired principal at Kentwood
Elementay School, passed away today at her residence.

 

Heart to Heart with Holley

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I say into the phone, “But I feel so weird. Who else does this?” I’ve let my imagination run wild again–comparing myself to other people in my life.

Wise Denise says into the phone, “It’s kind of like being ‘in the world but not of it’. We’re all called to do things that are a little different.”

“Yes,” I ponder, “The world says,‘Everybody’s doing it so you should too.’But it seems like God says, ‘Nobody’s doing it so I need you to.'”

Build an ark.

Lead a nation across a desert.

Become a king instead of a shepherd.

What God calls us to do always seems a bit unlikely and impossible. But we need you to be YOU and to do what only you are called to.

Let’s keep at it.

Keep our heads up.

Keep our hands and hearts open to the One who has more for us than we can even imagine.

Holley, thanks for sharing and for reminding us to keep and hands and hearts open to God.

 

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

Chloe Neyland did well with her heart test.  Doctors will make a joint decision as to what the next step is.

Mr. Harley Kliesch was admitted to North Oaks yesterday as was my momma, Dot Smith.  Please pray for both families.

Mr. J.D. Smith was released from North Oaks yesterday, but doctors still have not determined his problem.  Pray for a diagnosis, so proper treatment can begin.

Mrs. “Bill” Hughes is still at North Oaks.  Please remember her in your prayers.

 

Esther “Annie” Willie Hoosier
(October 22, 1927 – March 25, 2011)

A dedicated wife, loving mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, March 25, 2011 at Specialty Long Term Care Hospital in Hammond. She was born October 22, 1927 in Livingston and was 83 years of age. She was a member of Montpelier Baptist Church, a devout Christian and a generous person who loved to meet the needs of others. She is survived by her 2 sons, Normand Patrick Hoosier and his wife, Esperanza, Montpelier and Robert Gilbert Hoosier and his wife, Marie, Patterson; 6 grandchildren, Angel Hoosier Matherne, Jessica Primeaux Cook, Matthew Hoosier, Audry Hoosier Hendry, Melissa Hoosier Liberto and Bridget Hoosier Spears; 8 great-grandchildren, Luke, Rece, and Tate Matherne, Preston, Lawson and Cooper Hendry, Jake Liberto and Nathan Spears; 1 sister, Fay Bishop, Hammond. Preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Gilbert Hoosier; 2 daughters, Carol Primeaux and Mattie Pearl Drago; granddaughter, Amanda Dawn Hoosier; sister, Myrtle Passman; 5 brothers, Russell, Hulos, George, Lindsay and Leroy Willie. Visitation at Montpelier Baptist Church, Montpelier, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Rusty Durand. Interment Montpelier Cemetery, Montpelier. Memorial contributions may be made to Montpelier Baptist Church. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

 

Pray for the stage construction for the Easter drama to go smoothly and without any accidents today.

Friday

“Devote yourselves to prayer;

stay alert in it with thanksgiving.

At the same time,

pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message,

to speak the mystery of the Messiah

–for which I am in prison.”

~Colossians 4:2-3, HCSB~

Did you catch all the verbs and all the commands?

 

 

Roger Pittman will be having a heart procedure next Monday.  Start to wrap him in your prayers.

 

Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 24 2011

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Major pro-life legislation sweeping S.D., nation

http:B//www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34906

Stetzer at NAMB: Make church planters heroes among Southern Baptists

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34907

‘Transformational’ retreat aids pastors

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34908

NEWS BRIEFS: David Platt weighs in on Rob Bell controversy; Colo. civil unions advance

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34909

Ethnic leaders share missions summit goal

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34910

National Acteens Panel named by WMU

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34911


WorldCrafts launches new branding & website

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34912


WORLDVIEW: Not later — now

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34913

 

Thank you for praying for the many who have been listed lately.  Your prayers make a difference.  My daddy talks about how sick he was this time last year.  People began praying for him as plans were being made to admit him to the hospital.  Once there, no more fever and no more violent chills that had occurred daily for a while!  Daddy said it was because people had started to pray for him!  Thanks!

Anna Lee

 

Thursday Addition

From Lisa Magee

Mrs. Eva Watts is in North Oaks. She will have gallbladder surgery today.

Bernie Gill will be able to go home today and complete his recovery there.  The family is most appreciative of your prayers.

Mrs. Annie Belle Harrell continue to have problems with dizziness.  Please pray this clears.

Ray Gill had outpatient knee surgery.  Pray for his recovery.

Joan Hagan continues to have heart issues.  She certainly appreciates your prayers.

Mrs. Dorothy Ricks is doing well.  If she continues to do well, she may be back at home before long.

Mrs. Sherry Day has complete her chemotherapy and will now begin radiation. Keep her in your prayers.

Please take time to ready the latest journal entries concerning Callie Cole.  God has brought this young lady a long way.  Pray for her continued progress, especially her efforts to return to school.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole/journal

Thursday

“Be anxious for nothing,

but in everything by prayer and supplication,

with thanksgiving,

let your requests be made known to God.”

~Philippians 4:6~

 

Debbie Miller would like to thank you for praying for her cousin, Janet Phillips Myers.  She’s being treated at M.D. Anderson and doing very well.

Mrs. Susie Wales had outpatient surgery in Baton Rouge.  All went well.

Rufus Williams is continuing to have heart issues.  Pray for him as he is being treated.

Mr. J.D. Smith and Mrs. “Bill” Hughes are both in North Oaks.  Add them to your prayer list.

Mr. Wenous Goings has been moved from North Oaks to the nursing home in Hammond again.  Pray for Mr. Wenous.

Chloe Neyland, two months old, is in Children’s Hospital in New Orleans.  She will have a heart cath. between 10:00 and 12:00 this morning.  Pray pray for her, the medical staff, and her new family.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

Consider these quotes from the past:

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.  The device is inherently of no value to us.” –Western Union internal memo, 1876.

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” –Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value.  Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” –David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” –Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” –Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

“I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” –The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

“But what … is it good for?” –Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” –Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” — Bill Gates, 1981

It’s amazing that we’ve accomplished so much technologically in this country considering the pessimistic views held by many (even more amazing when you consider that some of the achievements eventually came from people who at one time held the pessimistic views themselves).

What is your vision for the future?  What would you like to accomplish?  More to the point, what would you like to see God accomplish through you?  There will likely be someone around you ready to tell you that “it can’t be done”, or “we’ve tried that before with no success”, or “it’s too much trouble”.

And they may be right.  Or they may have a “grasshopper complex” like the ten spies in Numbers 13 who were unable to see what God could accomplish because they were looking so intently at the obstacles in their way.

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.  Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

May the God who can do more than we can even imagine (and I can imagine a lot!) be with you this day.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Thanks for praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
MARCH 23, 2011

“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 89:1)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa of Mexico (southern North America).

JAPAN IN CRISIS. Hearing that her husband would be entering the Fukushima nuclear facility to try to avert disaster, a Japanese wife bravely said, “I hope that you will be the savior of Japan.” As we continue to pray for Japanese families who have suffered such loss in recent days, let us also continue to pray that they will place their faith in the One who can truly save them for all eternity. Christ has already paid the price to redeem their souls. Pray that those whose lives were forever changed as the earth shook and the ocean roared and those for whom life continues as usual will seek to know the Savior who died on Calvary so that they might truly live. Less than 1 percent of Japan’s people know Christ.http://eastasianpeoples.imb.org/

AMERICAN PEOPLES. Give thanks to God with a worker who writes: “Her face was full of wrinkles, and her hands a bit unsteady, as she led me outside of the church building. She said, ‘I want to show you where we prayed when we were locked out of our building. Following the revolution, our pastor and leaders were in jail and our church building was padlocked, but a few women and children gathered here each Sunday to pray, sing and worship God. We prayed for our neighborhood and for our nation, and I know that today many of those prayers are being answered.’ As I looked back into the open building at the now thriving, growing church, I knew I was standing on holy ground, seeing the truth of James 5:16b: ‘The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.’”

WOLOF OF SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA (WUHL-uf). “In December, a team from a partnering church worked with teachers and students who were taking English,” writes the Wolof Team. “Teams from this church have been coming here since 2009. They are now realizing that they have an opportunity in one village, where they can spend all their time living with the villagers, sharing chronological Bible stories with them, and experiencing life in the village. They have shared with the chief imam (religious leader) and the chief, answering some of their questions about sin and about how we know that our prayers are answered. The question on everyone’s heart is the same wherever they go: ‘Is God real and is He interested in me?’ The chief imam and chief of the village have told this team that the village is completely open to them. This team has prepared college students and individuals as old as 72 years of age to story the Bible chronologically and to share their testimonies. Pray that this village will continue to be open and that understanding will come to those who have heard the testimonies and stories of the volunteers.”

 

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Thanks

We deeply express our gratitude to North American Mission Board for featuring us and our ministry in the missionary week of prayer, 2009.  We are thankful to NAMB for their prayer and financial support.  We know all of our Southern Baptist churches in North America will be praying for us and NAMB is acting as a channel of blessing for us.
We praise God for NAMB and all of its stuffs for their great encouragements.
We hope NAMB will continue their support to us for our frontiers missions work in New England.

Paul and Elizabeth Biswas
Church planting missionary in New England
129A Brown Street
Waltham, MA 02453

 

Baptist Press Stories for Mar. 22 2011

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In quake-torn Japan, a baptism is celebrated     http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34891

Native American-focused event examines ways to remove barriers to Gospel     http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34892

Thousands of Bibles headed to soldiers

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34893

Full face transplant recipient given self-described ‘miracle’     http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34894

Elliff sees IMB role in strengthening CP

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34895

Indiana Baptists launch exec. direc. search

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34896

FIRST-PERSON: Are Christians obsessed with gays and abortion?     http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34897

 

 

Continue to pray for those who have undergone surgery or are hospitalized as well as those grieving over deaths in families.  Spend some time praying for those who do not have Jesus in their lives.

Anna Lee