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

I Kings 18:30 says, “And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.” This reminds me of the old-time altar calls I remember from my youth. I can see Elijah standing there by

I Kings 18: 26 & 28 states, “And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

I Kings 18:17&18 states, “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him. Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.” Henry Wadsworth

I Kings 18:3-4 states, “And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)” 

Judges 7:2 says, “And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.” Curly was an old, ragged farm dog—partly poodle and average size. He loved to ride