Psalm 75:2 says, “When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.” My cousin, Jerry, came to visit me after I became the pastor of a church in Ritzville, Washington. As we visited in the front room he asked me, “So, are you the head rat here?” “Yes, I guess you could say that,” […]

Psalm 66:8-9 says, “O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.” It has been over 60 years since I made the choice to follow Jesus. As a teenager in a revival meeting at

Job 31:14 says, “What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?” Our first house was a “fixer-upper.” It was without electricity or water. It had not been lived in for 27 years. Birds had flown in and roosted. A dead pigeon was stuck on the

I Corinthians 2:9 states, “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Paul was writing about the crucified life (verse 2). In verse 14 he states, “But the natural man receiveth not

Ezra 8:15 says, “And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.” As a young pastor in my first church I learned a lesson about “Church in

Psalm 73:2 says, “But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.” The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington was erected in one year. It was completed the day before the 1962 World’s Fair opened. The top floor is over 500 feet from the ground. An elevator goes up through

Philippians 3:10-11 says, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.” Over a half dozen men showed up for the big day of cement pouring. Dad had

II Kings 22:19 says, “Because thy heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord , when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee,

II Kings 17:25 says, “And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.” The Colville area of Washington State is heavily infested with deer. There is a saying; “There are only two kinds of people

Psalm 18:28 states, “For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.” “Candle power” is a term used to measure the brightness of light. Another term used is “lumen.” Lumen is the smaller measurement. It takes 1,256 lumen to equal one candle power (Google).  As a young man in the