John 6:5-6 says, “When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.” Years ago I took my family on a camping […]
I Corinthians 2:10 states, “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” During my teenage years, our family lived on a hillside on Bigelow Gulch Road, Spokane, Washington. Full of ambition, I decided to hand-dig a well behind the house. I
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Isaiah 28:16 says, “Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” While studying in Israel, our class came upon a hillside that had long horizontal terraces across it’s face. The
John 6:35 states, “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” As a boy I looked forward to Thursday afternoons when mom would stop by a bread factory and get a large box of day-old
John 5:28-29 says, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice; And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” One of the most well
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Psalm 65:2 states, “O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” Maybe you have had the experience of being in a courtroom—for yourself, for a friend, or to serve on a jury. My grandson, Daniel, is a lawyer. He spends many days in the courtroom actually working for a judge. When someone
Psalm 62:6 states, “He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.” On a church campout in the Cascade Mountains (“Church in the Hills”), I noticed a huge rock bluff. I hiked all around the back side, coming out on the very top of that mammoth rock.
I Kings 18:46 says, “And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.” While sitting in a Naches, Washington school bus, as the driver for a track event, I had a great view of the girls’ 1500 meter race. The
I Kings 18:42 says, “So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and he put his face between his knees,” It was a 115-degree day in Los Banos, California, when I found myself sitting on a curb
I Kings 18:33-35 states, “And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, Do it the second time. And he said, Do it the
