John 6:66 Staes, “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.” George Washington had a hard time keeping an army together when fighting the British. A volunteer force of men that had no uniforms, often no shoes or enough food to eat, served for the hope of freedom. […]
Ephesians 4:28 says, “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.” Some have read this verse as follows: “Let him that stole steal, no more working with his hands.” There was a
Deuteronomy 7:20 says, “Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.” While fly fishing along the Naches River, I encountered a lot of brush to battle through. Walking along the road, I would find places to get to the water.
Numbers 14:9 says, “Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.” I was privileged to be with my father-in-law during his last days on earth. I even
Luke 2:49 says, “And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” One day waiting in my car, in an industrial area of Yakima, Washington, I saw a businessman walk up the cement steps to the office of a warehouse. He
Revelation 22:11 states, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” It is not how long you live, but how you live that counts.
Proverbs 3:9&10 says, “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” On top of a little hill east of Spokane, Washington, lies the Orchard Prairie Cemetery. Like many small cemeteries, it is
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Daniel 3:1 says, “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.” Now that’s a lot of gold! Louis L’Amour wrote a story of a man who discovered a vein of
Luke 24:49 states, “And, behold I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” Mom had passed away, and Dad did not have much longer to live. I was given the responsibility to oversee their material possessions. Sitting
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II Timothy 1:5 says, “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” I did not find “mother lode” in the dictionary. It is a mining term that refers to the source of
