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.

Monday

Three requests from Susie Sharkey

Please be in prayer for Wanzie Williams. She had to go to the ER yesterday. She said they told her that her blood pressure was high and treated her for inter-ear. She is still going on the senior trip anyway.

Please be in prayer for Roy Frazier. He is in MD Anderson and is having congestive heart problems. Roy is Julee Sharkey Frazier husband.

Also my daughter-in-law (Heather Sharkey) wanted me to put Buddy Colton on the prayer list. He also is going to MD with cancer.

Pray for the senior adults as they begin traveling at 6:30 this morning.

Stay alert to the Hurricane Ida updates.  Pray for those in the path of the storm.  Make early preparations in case we are affected.

Captain Kirk S. Varnado
(January 18, 1940 – November 8, 2009)

Captain Kirk S. Varnado

Captain Kirk S. Varnado was born January 18, 1940 and passed away at 1:18 A.M., Sunday November 8, 2009 at his residence in Amite. Kirk was 69 years young and a native of Independence.

Captain Kirk was a retired supply boat captain with over 30 years of service. After retireing his passion was riding his motorcycle.

Captain Kirk is survived by his 2 daughters,Krystal Varnado, Amite, and Deborah Varnado, New Smyrna Beach, FL.; 1 son, Billy Shane Cooley, Sandusky, Ohio; 6 grandchildren, Raven Cannon, River Hayden, Riley Hayden, Emily Cooley Taylor Cooley, and Justin Cooley; numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Iley and Alva Antonio Varnado; previous wives, Deborah P. Varnado and Delores H. Varnado; 1 sister, Virginia Golman; 5 brothers, Edgar Iley Varnado,Donald Earl Varnado, Henry Norton Varnado, Charles Bernard Varnado, and

Visitation will be at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 12 Noon until Religious Services in the Funeral Home Chapel at 4:00 P.M. with Rev. Larry Blades officiating. Cremation to follow conclusion of services.

In lieu of flowers the family request plants or pick-up cards for later use.

An on-line Guestbook and to view a video tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N and Hwy. 16 West behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bond Eye Clinic.

Repentance

WHEN BABIES ARE born prematurely, one of the most common critical problems is with their underdeveloped lungs…

In September 1996, the New England Journal of Medicine reported the results of a pilot study that offered hopeful treatment. The treatment is surprising. In the study, doctors filled the lungs of critically ill premature babies with liquid — an oxygen-rich liquid. Through this liquid the babies actually “breathe.”

Normally, when fluid fills the lungs, people drown. But this special oxygen-filled fluid actually saves lives.

In a similar way,

there is a sorrow that kills

and another sort of sorrow that brings life.

Sorrow because there are consequences for my sin

drowns my spirit and brings death;

godly sorrow that produces repentance brings life.

“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,

not to be regretted;

but the sorrow of the world produces death.”

2 Cor. 7:10

Posted by Mike Benson at October 31, 2008

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

Anna Lee