Pastor's Blog

“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14 KJV)

Today’s Bible reading – Psalms 119:1-88
Tuesday, May 31 – 1 Kings 3-4; 2 Chronicles 1; Psalm 72

(June’s readings will not be available until Wednesday, 6/1)

Happy birthday to my wife, Lisa.  I hope today is a really great day for her.  How old?  Well, she looks about thirty!  She looks younger than she is while I look older than I am so we balance it out!  She wins the “best wife ever” award hands down!  Happy birthday Lisa!  (She is one of our nine blog readers.  Yes, we have dropped below double digits as I learned last week that Soy is no longer a reader which disappoints me!)

No prayer time, Griefshare or GROW tonight due to the holiday.  Church office is closed today.  (I am in town and available in case of an emergency)

Charles Suthoff was taken to the hospital by ambulance yesterday afternoon.  He was admitted and appears to be losing blood internally.  Pray for Charles.

Pastor Doug Chappelle’s mother-in-law, Mary Owens, suffered a major stroke last Thursday.  She was unresponsive for a couple of days but did recognize my voice yesterday afternoon and called my name.  Vicki said that yesterday had been her mom’s best day since the stroke.  Pray for Miss Mary.

Jimmy Moates will have his scan tomorrow, 5/31.  I had said it was going to be last Tuesday but I was wrong.

Eddie Albritton will receive his shot tomorrow, 5/31, that will hopefully help greatly with his hip issue.

Brian Amonett is doing remarkably well!  Amazing!

Courtney Hubbard, Carla Kyser, Becky Sellers and Lisa Thompson all continue to need our prayers in their respective battles against cancer.

The visitation with the Melissa deBrabant family takes place tonight from 5:00 – 7:00PM at the Selma Funeral Home in Selma, Alabama.  The celebration of life service takes place tomorrow, 5/31, beginning at 1:00PM from the Valley Grande Baptist Church in Valley Grande (Selma), Alabama.  Keep praying for Bro. Randy, Will and the rest of the family.

We had an awesome day in our services yesterday!  Glory to God!  Our 10:30AM service saw six public decisions – three professions of faith, one for baptism and two by letter.  We praise God for giving the increase on a holiday weekend!  Amen!

Aaron Chinners did a nice job of sharing from the Word in last night’s service.  He said that he was nervous but it did not show.  What a fine young man!

I pray that you will enjoy your Memorial Day.  Please join me in remembering those who gave their all while serving our country militarily.  We must never forget!  Yes, it is a holiday, family time, et cetera but please do not lose sight of why this day has really been set aside!

Our SNBA went well last night.  Last game of the night was a “loser leave town” match which means that Bradley Phillips had to leave town – literally!  The level of play has increased greatly since Bradley last joined us and he was amazed!  I suspect he will not be back any time soon!  Just saying!

Lord willing, I will spend a good part of the day in the garden and doing yard work.  Lisa is mandating this!  Says it is her birthday!

I pray that you will have a great Monday with Jesus!