 Kenneth Mangham 10-1
Jonathan Dalton 10-9
Charles Roberts 10-11
Jeannie Brown 10-12
Natalie Nard 10-19
Christa Kinsey 10-30
October
 1/Esther 4-72/Esther 8-103/Ezra 1-4
4/Haggai 1, 2 Zechariah 1, 25/Zechariah 3-6
6/Zechariah 7-107/Zechariah 11-14
8/Ezra 5-79/Ezra 8-1010/Nehemiah 1-311/Nehemiah 4-612/Nehemiah 7-9
13/Nehemiah 10-1314/Malachi 1-4
15/Matthew 1-416/Matthew 5-7
17/Matthew 8-1118/Matthew 12-1519/Matthew 16-1920/Matthew 20-22
21/Matthew 23-2522/Matthew 26-28
23/Mark 1-324/Mark 4-6
25/Mark 7-1026/Mark 11-13
27/Mark 14-1628/Luke 1-3
29/Luke 4-630/Luke 7-931/Luke 10-13
Can you solve this puzzle?
There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find
them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a
gentleman in an airplane seat pocket on a flight from Los
Angeles to Honolulu keeping him occupied for hours. He
enjoyed it so much he passed it on to some friends. One friend
from Illinois worked on it while fishing from his john boat.
Another friend studied it while playing the banjo. Elaine Taylor, a
columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her
weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of
solving the puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help
her nerves. There are some names that are really easy to
spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find
themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not
necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are
forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some
of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our
genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the
books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event,
which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth
set a new sales record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed
over 200 patrons who reported this puzzle was one of the
most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Hummana humbly
puts it, "the books are all right there in plain view hidden from
sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations
from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help
is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their
numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the
middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete
really well against those who claim to know the answers.
Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus, there really are
30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph
waiting to be found.
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Another month has come and gone, and very quickly I might add. Does it seem possible that Thanksgiving will soon be upon us? Not to mention Christmas, perhaps this year we will be able to sing that old favorite, hymn 286. Last month was the newsletter's 2nd anniversary. I thank God for the patience and perserverance to continue this undertaking.
September proved to be fairly quiet at JBC. We were blessed to have met and visited with missionary, Bro. Marshall Dies and his wife, Amie. They are missionaries to Sinaloa, Mexico. He preached the Sunday evening service on the 14th. Keep these in your prayers for God's guidance as they travel to a foreign land; there aren't alot of fundamental baptist churchs in Mexico. Remember all the prayer requests we have on Wednesday nights, if you miss on Wednesday's your missing a real blessing. Hat Sunday (we need someone to come up with a better name for it, help please) will be Oct. 12th, get those bonnets ready!
When We Are Ready
by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
"Blessed are all they that wait for him" (Isa 30:18).
We hear a great deal about waiting on God. There is, however, another side. When we wait on God, He is waiting till we are ready; when we wait for God, we are waiting till He is ready.
There are some people who say, and many more who believe, that as soon as we meet all the conditions, God will answer our prayers. They say that God lives in an eternal now; with Him there is no past nor future; and that if we could fulfill all that He requires in the way of obedience to His will, immediately our needs would be supplied, our desires fulfilled, our prayers answered.
There is much truth in this belief, and yet it expresses only one side of the truth. While God lives in an eternal now, yet He works out His purposes in time. A petition presented before God is like a seed dropped in the ground. Forces above and beyond our control must work upon it, till the true fruition of the answer is given.--The Still Small Voice
I longed to walk along an easy road,
And leave behind the dull routine of home,
Thinking in other fields to serve my God;
But Jesus said, "My time has not yet come."
I longed to sow the seed in other soil,
To be unfettered in the work, and free,
To join with other laborers in their toil;
But Jesus said, "'Tis not My choice for thee."
I longed to leave the desert, and be led
To work where souls were sunk in sin and shame,
That I might win them; but the Master said,
"I have not called thee, publish here My name."
I longed to fight the battles of my King,
Lift high His standards in the thickest strife;
But my great Captain bade me wait and sing
Songs of His conquests in my quiet life.
I longed to leave the uncongenial sphere,
Where all alone I seemed to stand and wait,
To feel I had some human helper near,
But Jesus bade me guard one lonely gate.
I longed to leave the round of daily toil,
Where no one seemed to understand or care;
But Jesus said, "I choose for thee this soil,
That thou might'st raise for Me some blossoms rare."
And now I have no longing but to do
At home, or else afar, His blessed will,
To work amid the many or the few;
Thus, "choosing not to choose," my heart is still.
--Selected
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