Wednesday Evening

From Keri Harper Wickham

Please keep my brother, Pete Harper, in your prayers. He is having surgery tomorrow morning in SC to remove a brain tumor. He found out this morning and they immediately hospitalized him and scheduled surgery.

Petey grew up in Roseland and still has lots of family in this area.  We recently visited with him when he was home for his father’s funeral.  I know his family well and know they will appreciate every prayer for Petey, who now goes by “Pete”.

Micah Tolleson (22) had his third day of treatment today.  Pray for the whole Tolleson family as there are many health issues in his immediate family.

Dr. Earl Council has family members in Florida who are having health issues.  Please pray for the Council family.

Wednesday

Robert Frohn of Amite had a heart attack yesterday and stints put in last night. He is in ICU at North Oaks. Please remember him in prayer this morning.

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CONTRAST

million.jpgIF I OFFERED you a method for making a million dollars, and it was s certain process, would you listen…?

What if I offered you the ability to live your life in a wise, godly manner? Would you listen? Sorry, but I do not have the million dollar deal figured out, but I do know where to find the process for living.

That process is found in Psalm 1. It contrasts the difference between the man who wants to live in a godly manner and the one who does not. The contrast is between day and night. One many follows the way of God and is blessed. What is his process? First, he makes his own decisions about what he is going to do. He avoids evil company and refuses to associate with people who are cynical about everything. We often have to work with such people, of course, but we do not need to spend our “off” time with them.

The godly man looks to the true source of wisdom and strength — God Himself. He drinks in godliness as a tree drinks in the water running along its roots. Because of that action and attitude, the man yields fruit. He prospers.

On the other hand, the man who lives as if God were irrelevant is like chaff. He is blown away and has no lasting impact on life. Evil is its own worst enemy and is self-destructive. As the psalmist puts it, “The way of the wicked will perish” (v. 6). Oh, that might not happen right away. In fact, some of the world’s biggest scoundrels seem to have it all. But appearances are deceptive. What they build will not last.

God keeps the way of His people: “For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous” (v. 6). These two ways of living could not be more diverse. One way is day; the other way is night.

Where do you live? Don M. Aycock & Mark Sutton, “The Difference Between Day and Night,” Still God’s Man, 147-148

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Psalm 1

Posted by Mike Benson

I think the weatherman who promised cooler weather yesterday was wrong.  Today, the report is for hot weather.  Take care of yourself and others today.

Anna Lee

Tuesday Obituary

Rev. Ed Griffin, 76 years old of Hammond, died July 25, 2010, in Richard Murphy Hospice House.

He was born on August 27, 1933, in Gloster, Mississippi son of the late Dock and Edith Stevens Griffin.

Brother Ed was a pastor for over 57 years having served at St.Stephens Baptist Church, St. Stephens, AL; Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Brookhaven, MS; Roseland Park Baptist Church, Picayune, MS; Calvary Baptist Church, Bogalusa, LA; Woodland Park Baptist Church, Hammond, LA; First Baptist Church, Ridgeland, MS; Clifton Baptist Church, Franklinton, LA; Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Independence, LA; and Interims @ New Zion Baptist Church, Covington, LA; New Beulah Baptist Church, Albany, LA; Colyell Baptist Church, Livingston, LA.

He graduated from Mississippi College where he was a four year letterman in football. He was three years All Conference and his senior year, he was the Little All American. In 2004, Brother Ed was inducted into the Mississippi College Hall of Fame. He received his Masters of Divinity from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Surviving are wife of 55 years, Gloria W. Griffin, daughter & son-in-law, Beth and Jimmy Stire, daughter, Lisa Griffin, son & daughter-in-law, Greg L. and Susan A. Griffin, grandchildren, Bradley Stire, Lance Traylor and his wife Brandi , 4 sisters, Dorothy Barbato, Betty Hughes, Ruby Cliburn, and Peggy Pate.

He is preceded in death by his brothers, D. J. Griffin, Jack Griffin, and a sister, Thelma Wilson.

Friends will be received on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond and on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from 8:00 am until 10:00 am at Woodland Park Baptist Church, 1909 J. W. Davis Dr, Hammond, LA 70403.

Services will be held at Woodland Park Baptist Church on Wednesday, at 10:00 am, with Dr. Lonnie Wascom officiating.

Interment will follow in the New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington, Louisiana.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Richard Murphy Hospice House, 16013 Halbert Ln., Hammond, LA 70403.

Second Timothy 4:7, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

Tuesday

“Even if my mother and father forsake me,

the Lord will receive me.”

Psalm 27:10

Pray for Mrs. Catherine Yarborough who will be having surgery Thursday.

Pray for Ellen Morris vande Vuss who will be having kidney stones blasted today.

Pray for Mrs. Katherine Sanders.  She has been “under the weather”.

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Mission Team News

  • The Amite team had 70 in VBS yesterday.
  • The Canadian team (Miranda Erwin and others) had camp in the morning and did service projects in the afternoon
  • The Kentwood team is scheduled for VBS this morning and youth rally tonight.

Continue to pray for the Muse family today.

From Judy McElveen

Thank you for your prayers for my cousin, Frank and his family. God has released him from his pain. Our God is an awesome God.

Baptist Press Stories for Jul. 26, 2010
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Groups call Justice Department’s defense of Day of Prayer inadequate
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FIRST-PERSON: Atheism among scientists
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Enjoy a cooler day today!

Anna Lee

Monday Evening

Charles Wayne Rohner
(August 22, 1944 – July 26, 2010)

A resident of Amite, LA, died at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. He was born August 22, 1944 in Amite, LA and was 65 years of age. He was a veteran of Viet Nam and retired from Local 2B Operating Engineers. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. on Wednesday until religious services at 1 p.m .Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Don Meadows. Interment Killian Chapel Cemetery, Amite, LA. Survived by wife, Joyce Hughes Rohner, Amite, 3 sons, Mark Rohner and his wife, Renie, Holden, David Rohner, Albany, and James “Scooter” Rohner and his wife, Beth, Roseland, grandchildren, Larrilyn Rohner, Chris Rohner, Blake Rohner, and Jayden Rohner, great-grandson, Bryson Rodriguez, brother, Jimmy Rohner, Amite, 2 sisters, Sharon Needham, Amite, and Linda Rohner, Amite, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Earl and Betty Hughes, Roseland. Preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Ruth Rohner.

Chris Bond
(February 27, 1973 – July 26, 2010)

Died at 8:04 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at his residence near Independence. He was born February 27, 1973 and was 37 years of age. He is survived by his grandmother, Inez Randall, Amite, special niece, Laci Randall, 2 special nephews, Blake and Will Carter, special cousin, Shelby Smith. Preceded in death by his mother, Barbara “Bobbye” Randall Bond, father, Carlton G. Bond, Sr., brother, Carlton “Chip” Bond, Jr., grandparents, Lawrence Randall, Clarence and Meda Bond, cousin, Jason Randall.

Arrangements are incomplete at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite.

Monday

The Kentwood Mission Team arrived safely in Canada.  They will be doing VBS in the mornings and working with the youth at night.

Miranda McDaniel Erwin and some of her family members are participating in a mission trip from Canada into another area of Canada this week.

Please pray these mission trips bring others into the “fold”.

Sunday

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth.

For I am God, and there is no other.”

~Isaiah 45:22, HCSB~

The youth from Osyka have returned from M-Fuge.  They had a wonderful experience.

The mission team from FBC, Amite made it to Mexico City yesterday.  Pray for their time of ministry there.  Also, pray for the health of the team.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

I HAVE A confession–I didn’t pay any real attention to the World Cup…

Yes, I dabbled in “football” (e.g., soccer) when I was a youngster, but the sport just didn’t hold my attention. Sure, there was a lot of movement on the playing field, but a score of 2-1 or 2-0 just wasn’t sufficient for my personal taste. There simply wasn’t enough “scoring return” for all of that cumulative exertion. “He shoots–No!” “He shoots–No, he missed!” “He shoots–and the ball goes wide!” That mantra continued for all but a few, brief moments during every game. But enough about my sporting affections.

Several days ago, I stumbled across an article in USA Today pertaining to the World Cup. The piece said:

“The Dutch will literally be praying for victory in the World Cup Final.

On Sunday morning in the village of Obdam, north of Amsterdam, the
Rev. Paul Vlaar and the members of his choir plan to wear orange
robes for Mass before the Netherlands’ match against Spain kicks off
in South Africa.

The candles, piano and even the snacks served with coffee afterward
will also bear the national hue.

‘I will say a special prayer and talk about the football game in my
sermon,’ Vlaar said Thursday.

He is expecting only a few hundred people in his small parish church,
but the Catholic priest has caught the mood of the nation as it heads
to its first World Cup final in 32 years…”  Friday . July 9, 2010 . 8C

I had to stifle a laugh when I first read those brief paragraphs. The big news of the day was about how a nation bowed in reverential prayer for a win over their European opponents.

May I ask a few questions…? Forgive my sarcasm, but a few points seem in order:

1. Have we really come so far as human beings that we think God is concerned with the outcome of a soccer match? With all of the issues that plague our planet and the souls of mankind, is the Almighty bending His ear to hear prayers about an activity with no eternal dimensions?

2. Have we become so selfish that we can petition the Lord for a victory in this realm?James said, “You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:3). Toask amiss is to ask for the wrong reason. “Lord, help us to crush the Spaniards today as we battle them for supremacy in this epic struggle…”

3. The apostle Paul’s mandate to preachers says, “Preach the Word…” (2 Timothy 4:2a). Read that again slowly, “Preach…the…Word.” And why are we to preach the Word? Because it’s the only message for a lost and dying world (cf., 1 Corinthians 1:18, 21). A worship service and a sermon that majors on the outcome of a football game obviously can’t accomplish the Lord’s purpose. People are hell-bound and separated from the Father (Romans 3:23). They need the Word, not ESPN.

4. Paul spoke of those “whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame–who set their mind on earthly things” (Philippians 3:19). Earthly things, perhaps like a football match?

If this whole situation weren’t so sad, it would be humorous. Dear friends, God is not Santa Claus–One who grants our whims like a child’s Christmas list. Worship is not about my wants; it’s about what the Lord desires and commands.  Mike Benson at: http://www.forthright.net/fidelity/worship_and_the_world_cup.html

“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”

~Colossians 3:2~

Have a great Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday Obituary

Please be in prayer for the family of Jimmy Muse.

James Edward Muse, Jr.

James Edward Muse, Jr., 69 years old of Kentwood, Louisiana, died July 24, 2010, surrounded by friends and family at his home. He was born on September 23, 1940 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, son of the late James Edward Muse, Sr. and Vera Kennedy Muse.

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Norma Travis Muse; daughter, Elizabeth Muse Sharp and husband Ronnie, Pumpkin Center; son, James Edward Muse III, Aurora, Colorado; daughter, Trudy Muse Shockley and husband Walter, Springfield; son, Stephen Creighton Muse and wife Melissa, Magnolia, Texas; grandchildren, Ronnie Paul Sharp, Atlanta, Georgia; Jordan Amber Shockley, Springfield; Brayden Alexander Muse and Sydney Elizabeth Muse, Magnolia, Texas; sister, Parmys Muse Weinberg, Carmichael, California; John Kent Muse, Sr., Kentwood; and Abbie Muse Hilburn, Kentwood.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Helen Lurline Muse.

Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home in Kentwood, on Monday, July 26, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until services begin at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel, conducted by Pastor Kevin D. Smith.

Interment will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Kentwood.

An on-line guest book is available at http://www.mckneelys.com.

Saturday Addition

From Pam Sellers

Please add my great-nephew, Luke Locklear, to the prayer list. He is two months old and will be having heart surgery on Monday.

From Stacey Scarle

Well, I got all good news from my oncologist Friday! She said all of my tests and scans were clear and that I was strong and handling the chemo remarkably well. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. Next month I have chemo on the 17th, see the surgeon on the 18th and the oncologist on the 26th. Please keep me in your prayers. I’m praying for a miracle. ~ Stacey