Genesis 12:1-3 states, āNow the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred. And from thy fatherās house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be …
Hebrews 12:29: “For our God is a consuming fire.ā In Matthew 9:37 Jesus said, “…the harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” Again in John 4:35, “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; …
Jonah 1:2 says, āArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.ā Have you found your calling? This could refer to an occupation, a ministry, or in Jonah’s case a call to preach. While at the Bible College I met all kinds of men, young …
Proverbs 4:18 states, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.ā In Daniel 12:3 we see that not only will the path of the just shine, but so will the traveler on that path. āAnd they that be wise shall shine as the …
Daniel 4:37 says, “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgement; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” When I was a boy of about nine, our family moved from California to Cheney, Washington. We lived in a …
Acts 2:1 states, āAnd when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Years back there was a Catholic school for girls. There was very strict trainingāgetting up early was part of it. When the old red rooster crowed at sunrise the sister in charge would make …
Luke 23:42 says, āAnd he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.ā As a young teenager I would hear my dad sing, “The Last Mile of the Way,” by Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1908). I didn’t realize at the time that my little brother was on his last mile of the …
Psalm 97:4 states, āHis lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled.ā Upon almost being hit by lightning, Martin Luther vowed to become a monk. A couple of weeks after the incident he joined a monastery and kept his vow. I know somewhat how he felt. I was upstairs in our vacant farmhouse when …
II Corinthians 5:17 states, āTherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.ā My Old Pop used to say, “The worst of ridinā beats the best of walkinā.” Before I was old enough for a car I wanted one in the …
Jeremiah 7:4 says, āTrust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.ā Back around 1970 in Northeastern Oregon, there was a man offering fire insurance to his community. He had his own fire truck. When there was a house fire …
