Saturday

“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.”

~Mark 10:43 MSG~

Caring Bridge

Baptist Press

November 13, 2009

VIRGINIA–In Ethiopia, uncovering the truth. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31686

LOUISIANA–Great Commission resurgence requires radical change, Rankin says. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31687

WASHINGTON–Calif. reverses on non-embryonic research. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31688

WASHINGTON–Attorney: ENDA would ‘burden’ religious groups. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31689

WASHINGTON–Down diagnoses in unborn up, births down. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31690

GEORGIA–‘Fireproof’ makers to announce next movie. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31691

COLORADO–Colo. Baptists mark 54th meeting. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31692

GEORGIA–Ga. Baptists minister in the rain. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31693

SOUTH CAROLINA–S.C. Baptists address legislative issues. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31694

MISSOURI–Anglo-Hispanic ties grow in Mexico (Mo.). http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31695

TENNESSEE–INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Christians concerned over Orissa acquittal rate. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31696

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Kelly Boggs): If he talks & behaves like a terrorist … http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31697

KOMpray

40 Days and 40 Nights

Can you imagine??? Some missionary kids in Africa get to go to a bush camp, visit a crocodile farm, eat foreign foods!  Missionary families working with Sub-Saharan African people groups can go to a special training called 40/40.  For 40 days and 40 nights, they learn how to live in Africa and learn more about the culture there.

Missionaries are real people who sometimes get nervous about talking in the local language.  Their 40/40 training helps them not be so nervous.  It’s a little like you.  When you first learned to read, it was kind of scary to stand in front of a class and read from a book.  But now?  You are an expert, aren’t you?  …okay, maybe you need more practice… That’s just what the missionaries and their children need—practice.  40/40 helps them get that practice.

One missionary learned so well, he went into a village by himself and talked to the chief of the village.  Then he sat in the yard with 23 people and told them about Jesus.  He was SO excited!

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

Please pray for my friends because not all are Christians.  Please pray for my family that they will be safe and please pray for me that I will know God more, (I am a Christian but I still need to learn and need God’s help).  JESSE, age 13 (East Asian peoples)

Me and my family are going to the US for a year.  And we won’t go back to the same country when we go back to the field.  I am very, very, very sad.  After we go to the USA for a year we are going to a different country.  Got to go and thank you.  Bye.  PS.  Please pray for my family.  AY, age 8 (East Asian peoples)

Who’s missing? Whose mission?

You play a key role in teaching children about God’s love for children who live in Peru, Ghana, India or China, about the people He uses to show His love and about His commission to all who love Him to tell His story around the world. During 2009, we invite you to join us as we focus on “Who’s Missing? Whose Mission?”  More than 1.5 billion people are still missing out on the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Do your children know they have an important role in helping to reach them?

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

RECENTLY MY WIFE and I sat in the backyard swing discussing how busy our lives had become…

Between activities at work, a full schedule with our church family, grandchildren and various other commitments, we determined that we hardly had time to even talk with one another.  We continued with a discussion of the reasons for all that we were involved in when my wife said, “You know, one of the sweetest times I can remember was sitting in the carport, eating cheerios, watching the rain pour down, and talking to each other’s hearts.”  She remembered how relaxed we were when I was recovering from heart-valve replacement and she was looking after me. Memories are the wallpaper of our hearts, and on those sheets we write the things that matter and affect us the most.  I understood exactly what she was feeling, because I felt it too.

How much joy do we miss because we have allowed the world to dictate what we do with our time, and because we allow others to assign importance to the real treasure that makes up our lives–our time?  We fill up every minute with things that “must” be done or else.  More often than not, that “or else” amounts to virtually nothing.  Our time is the most important commidity we have.  We measure our very lives by time and write on our hearts the memories that matter.  Those we help, those we love, those we pray for, those we share with, and those we serve are all written in the time record of our lives.

Perhaps the lesson is that no matter what we “must” make time for, we should never neglect to just eat cheerios and watch the rain.  Don’t just use time…make it count.  Ken Upchurch

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16
Reminders
  1. Revival at Greenlaw Baptist Church led by Rev. Gibby McMillan
  2. Revival at FBC, Kentwood led by Dr. Bill Richardson and Rev. Dennis Walker.  Bring side dishes  and desserts for dinner tomorrow.
Have a great day today as you prepare for the Lord’s Day tomorrow.
Anna Lee

Friday

“Declare His glory among the nations,

His wonders among all people.”

~1 Chronicles 16:24~

Please pray for Billie Jean Booty.  She continues to have several health issues.  Your prayers  will be greatly appreciated.

Caring Bridge Sites:

PRETEND THAT YOU’RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK

The story is told of a married couple who enjoyed their luxury fishing boat together, but it was the husband who was always behind the wheel operating the boat.  He was concerned about what might happen in an emergency.  So one day out on the lake he said to his wife, “Please take the wheel, dear.  Pretend that I am having a heart attack.  You must get the boat safely to shore.”  So she drove the boat to shore.

Later that evening, the wife walked into the living room where her husband was watching television. She sat down next to him, switched the TV channel, and said to him, “Please go into the kitchen, dear.  Pretend I’m having a heart attack.  You must set the table, cook the dinner, and wash the dishes.”

It’s not a very pleasant thing to pretend such a thing, but there are some legitimate concerns we should have.  I wouldn’t consider it at all out of place for an insurance salesman to ask the question, “If you were to have a heart attack today, would your wife and children be taken care of?”

An even more important question, though, needs to be raised as we consider our spiritual relationship with God.  If I were to have a heart attack tonight and die, would I be prepared to stand before the great judgment seat of Christ?  It’s a legitimate question.  When I was a teenager, I thought that I would live forever.  As I grow older, I become more and more aware of the fact that each day is a blessing provided by God, and I am not promised even one more.

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (James 4:13-14)

I know it requires a degree of seriousness that may make you a bit uncomfortable, but just for a moment, pretend that you are having a heart attack.  Are you prepared for eternity?

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Enjoy a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord

does not save with sword and spear;

for the battle is the Lord’s,

and He will give you into our hands.”

~1 Samuel 17:47~

Pray for the LaBauve family and the Carter family because of the loss of a loved one.

Pray the senior adults have another great day in Branson.  Pray that as they interact with various people today, those people will see Jesus in them.

Pray for all the rest of us that as we interact with people wherever we are, those people will see Jesus in us.

Caring Bridge Sites

Baptist Press

November 11, 2009

WASHINGTON–ERLC lays out 15  principles for health care reform. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31663

TEXAS–AMA reconsiders medical marijuana. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31664

FLORIDA–VETERANS DAY: WWII POW recounts a sustaining faith. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31665

FLORIDA–VETERANS DAY: After Battle of the Bulge, he credits angels’ care. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31666

TEXAS–VETERANS DAY: Prof to serve God & country. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31667

TEXAS–Obama, at memorial, cites troops’ defense of freedom. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31668

TENNESSEE–BP journalism contest draws 20 schools. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31669

VIRGINIA–FIRST-PERSON (Adam Cole): Christ, at work in the military. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31670

TENNESSEE–FIRST-PERSON (David Francis): Missions and class Christmas parties. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31671

Leave

aaam.jpgWHAT SHOULD WE leave behind when we die…?

A faithful family.

We will leave a mourning family behind on that sad day, but will we leave a faithful one? Will each be on his or her way to heaven? We are not able to make decisions for them, but we will have a great influence on each, especially our children (Proverbs 22:6).

Sarah left a godly man to mourn (Genesis 23:2).

Abraham left faithful sons behind (Genesis 18:19; 25:8).

Zebedee and Salome gave the world James and John. Lois taught Eunice, who molded Timothy (2 Timothy 1:5;3:15).

If we would leave such a family, we must start NOW, because the years may come when they will not listen (Ecclesiastes 12:2). No greater legacy can be left than faith in God and faithfulness to His church. (Allen Webster)

“You are the light of the world…” Matthew 5:14a

Posted by Mike Benson


“This little light of mine.

I’m going to let it shine….”

Let your light shine today.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Afternoon

From Melissa Simpson

Barbra Roberts died today at 12:15 pm. Please pray for the family and her many friends.

From Majel Dean

We are all well and having a great time.  Today we see Doug Gabriel , Shoji Tabuchi and Tony Orlando with the Lennon Sisters.  Christmas lights here are beautiful.  We have heard some good comedians, but we have our own on the bus, Tom Brister.  He keeps us laughing! Majel

Lawana called to say her sister’s body will have an autopsy and then be cremated.  Her ashes will be taken to Florida later.  Jean Carter DiMauro was 50.

Verlie Walker Crowe
(December 17, 1919 – November 10, 2009)

A native of Bolivar, died at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at her residence in Bolivar, LA. Age 89 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 1 p.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Bro. Dan Bond and Elder Jason Skipper. Interment Stoney Point Cemetery, Stoney Point, LA. She is survived by 4 sons, Jerry Crowe and his wife, Carol, Amite, Ronnie Crowe, Walker, Gaylon Crowe, Covington, Gary Joe Crowe and his wife, Susanne, Bolivar; and a daughter, Linda Dykes and her husband, Sherwood, Folsom; 8 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Crowe; parents, Percy and Lula McDaniel Walker; brother, Charles Walker; 3 sisters, Dorothy Currier, Martha Cox, and Bobbie Jean Mixon.

Wednesday

“Ask, and it will be given to you;

seek, and you will find;

knock, and it will be opened to you.”

~Matthew 7:7~

Mrs. Kathryn Sanders is home and doing better.  Please continue to pray for her.

Dr. Earl Council is also felling much better.  He got a good report yesterday in Ruston.

There are no funeral arrangements for Jean Carter DiMauro yet.  Please continue to pray for the family.

Mrs. Lois LaBauve

Visitation at First Baptist Church of Greensburg, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Baptist Press
November 10, 2009

TEXAS–Pastor treks to mosque in Killeen. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31656

TEXAS–At Fort Hood, chaplain aids grief-stricken. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31657

TEXAS–2 mass murders in 1 town improbable, pastor says. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31658

WASHINGTON–Pro-lifers: No room for compromise in health care. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31659

IOWA–Iowa messengers approve sale of building. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31660

GEORGIA–States to handle DR for Ida. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31661

GEORGIA–FIRST-PERSON (Scott Barkley): Happy birthday to us. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31662

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor

TWO “OLD BOYS” down home went deer hunting and hit the jackpot…

They killed an eleven-point buck and were dragging him through the thick underbrush toward their truck when they encountered another hunter who offered some free and unsolicited, “Fellows, it’s none of my business, but if you will pull that deer by the horns instead of by the legs, those horns won’t get caught in the underbrush, and he will be lots easier to pull.”

Recognizing the wisdom involved, combined with their desire to be friendly, they  dropped the deers legs, grabbed him by the horns, and started pulling.  After a couple of minutes, one of them commented that their benefactor was one smart guy because the deer was much easier to pull.  The other “old boy” wasn’t so sure about the wisdom, though, as he said, “Yes, but we’re getting farther from the truck all of the time!”

Of course, it’s a joke.  However, it’s not a joke that many husbands and wives are getting farther apart as the years go by when they should be getting closer together.  The net result is that our society and our way of life are all being negatively impacted, and our nation itself, based on historical evidence, is threatened.  Zig Ziglar

“And He answered and said to them,
“Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘
made them male and female,’ and said, ‘
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh’?
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together,
let not man separate.”
Matthew 19:4-6
Have a great day!
Anna Lee

Tuesday Afternoon

Lois Newman LaBauve
(Died November 9, 2009)

Lois Newman LaBauve

Died at 3:48AM on Monday, November 9, 2009 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She was a native of Magnolia, MS and a resident of Fluker, LA. Age 73 years. Visitation at First Baptist Church of Greensburg, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Mark Robinson. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, LA. Survived by husband, Earlo LaBauve, Fluker, 2 daughters, Sharon LaBauve Martin and her husband Curt, Kentwood and Elaine LaBauve Harrington and her husband, Ken, Denham Springs, son, Lawrence E. “Larry” LaBauve, Jr. and his wife Keri, Baton Rouge, 3 grandchildren, Misty Holder, Denham Springs, Destiny Martin, Kentwood, and Brendon LaBauve, Baton Rouge. Preceded in death by parents, James Eugene and Annie Williams Newman, 3 sisters, Helen Yentzen, Winnie Cox, and Myrtle Courtney, and brother, John Morris Newman. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Tuesday

We are to use our blessings to bless others.

“I will make you into a great nation.

I will bless you . . . and you will be a blessing to others.”

~Genesis 12:2 NLT~

Senior Adult Branson Trip

We arrived about 5:45 p.m., checked into motel and went to dinner.   Tues. we see 12 Irish Tenors, go on Showboat Branson Belle for dinner and then to Baldknobbers show.  Sounds like a full day.

Majel Dean

Pray for the LeBauve family as they make funeral arrangements for “Miss” Lois today.

Pray for Jean Carter DiMauro’s family as they also approach time for her funeral.

Caring Bridge Sites

Baptist Press

November 9, 2009

RUSSIA–Russia may restrict missionary activity. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31647

WASHINGTON–Pro-lifers win major victory in House. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31646

TEXAS–Chaplains at Fort Hood face wide-ranging needs. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31648

TEXAS–Fort Hood-area churches offer refuge. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31649

TEXAS–Gov. urges Fort Hood community to mutual support. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31650

VIRGINIA–FIRST-PERSON (Mark Edworthy): The wall became a door. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31651

ILLINOIS–FIRST-PERSON (Mark Coppenger): One down. One to go. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31652

MISSOURI–BERLIN WALL RETROSPECTIVE (R. Philip Roberts): True freedom. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31653

VIRGINIA–Liberty students swing election, get lesson in democracy. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31654

FLORIDA–Fla. Baptists to brave Ida winds & rain. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31655

Mature

laughing.jpgTOP TEN SIGNS YOU’RE GROWING MORE “MATURE”

10. Your teeth spend the night in a jar.

9. You have an executive “lift” chair.

8. It takes you longer to go to sleep than it did to get tired.

7. You and the pharmacist are on a first-name basis.

6. It takes you twice as long to look half as nice.

5. The pressing question of your life is, “Where did I park the car?”

4. You get winded playing Bible Trivia.

3. You know all of the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

2. You walk with your head held high…to see through your bifocals.

1. Shuffleboard doesn’t sound too bad.

“The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.” Proverbs 16:31

Posted by Mike Benson

Pray for our senior adults as they have fun and are walking, talking testimories to others as they spend the week in Branson.

Have a wonderful day!

Anna Lee

Monday Evening

Momma got a good report on her eye pressure today.  She is so much better than she was a month ago.  Thanks to those who have asked about her and prayed for her.

Lois Newman LaBauve (Sharon Martin’s mother)
(Died November 9, 2009)

Died at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, November 9, 2009 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge.

She was a resident of Fluker, LA.

A complete notice will be available on Tuesday.

McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

Please continue to pray for the family as they rest up and make arrangements.