Category Archives: Prayer

Why and How to Pray Scripture

Dr. Bailey has been the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, since 1989.  He formerly served as Professor of Old Testament at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary from 1978 to 1995. He has authored five books: Step by … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned from Iraq that Apply to Ministry Anywhere:
A Southern Baptist Chaplain in Action

By Dr. Page Brooks, Chaplain for the Louisiana National Guard, Assistant Professor of Theology and Islamic Studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Founding Co-Pastor of the Mosaic Church in New Orleans Throughout the Bible we see where God … Continue reading

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A Day of Mourning for Our Nation

Yesterday should be known as a day that our country took a huge step down.  In fact, it should be known as a day that our nation fell down into a deep pit.  That deep pit’s name is socialism.  Today … Continue reading

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Prayer for Dr. Hawkins

According to Baptist Press, “O.S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has announced he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery in September.”  To read the entire article click here. All of … Continue reading

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Praying for Caycen

About three years ago I heard that Caycen had a lump in his abdomen. It turned out that it was cancer. From that time our church began praying for him and his family. The first round of Chemo seemed to … Continue reading

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A True Pattern of Prayer

Video Perspective by Bart Barber

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Calling for your Prayers

I encourage you to read the post at this link. Once you read that I encourage you to stop and pray for two families. First, pray for the Scroggs family. They are going through a rough time, especially at this … Continue reading

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Pray for Dr. Vines!!

Just received word this morning that Dr. Vines is preparing for a funeral.  Why am I asking our readers to pray for him as he prepares a funeral?  This funeral is being prepared for Dr. Vines’ 94 year old mother … Continue reading

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Pray for Knoxville

As many of you probably already know, another incident of a school shooting happened in Knoxville. Our friend, Tim Guthrie, pastors in Knoxville and actually had two of his sons in school when this occurred. We are reprinting his viewpoint … Continue reading

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Prayers for the Kaufman Family

We, at SBC Today, have learned about the recent loss of Debbie Kaufman’s son-in-law. We call upon all to pray for the Kaufman family and their daughter during this time of heartache. Debbie, all of us at SBC Today wish … Continue reading

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