Montandon Baptist Church

Committed to Serve Christ, Comissioned to Serve Others

PRAYER


Prayer for Kayla Bilger now in Afhganistan. 


Friends and Family  

Jean Ametti                 Skeet Reidell         

Wendy McCleary          "Jane"

Fred Smith               Dave Geiser

Jim Clouse             Marlin Danowsky        

Daryl (Songsters)     Bill Dressler           

Joe Evans               Randy Evans

Families in Crisis       Paul Fitzgerald

Mackenzie Heyler        Mike Hobbins

Bob Hummel        Betty Hummel         

Bob Kingston         Carol Kingston          

Daniel Klingaman      Zach Mahserjian-Smith

Dan Leet            Tim & Jennifer Schwartz     

Lucien Maurer        Dave Scholl

Shannon & Dan Hagenbuch 

Sherry Jackson         Todd Shriver

Deb & Bryan Rager    Pam Shriver

Kurt Savidge            Esther Brouse-Fisher

Harold Savidge     Sue Vance

Special Unspoken      Brandy Sutton

Pat Thomas            Bob Snyder

Tom Weaver           Ron Troup

Earl Pidcoe          Donna Sauers

 Bob & Edythe Werbe     

Victor & Cindy Friedel        

Iranian people         Beck Family  

Haitan People and volunteers

Other National disaster areas

Bus Drivers           Our Children's Ministry

Uganda Bomb blast survivors & families of those whom did not.

Jake Fisher family      Ida Mae Hartman

Pat Dublin               Scot Mallory


Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

 
Families in trials and turmoil
Unsaved Loved Ones
For Believers to Surrender to the Holy Spirit
Northumberland Baptist Association/ ABC~USA
The U.S.A. & all Military Service Men & Women & their families
Our President, Nation's Leaders & Elected Officals

Praise and Congratulations

Zach Mahserjian-Smith               Jamie's new work position


My Child

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
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Almighty God

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Hot Chocolate

A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups- porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some esquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, he professor said, "Notice that all the nice -looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups..."

Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cup. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot chocolate. 


Has this ever happened to you?

 

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17


"Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Whosoever acknowledges me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven." Mt. 10: 31 - 32


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