Photo for 06/01/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…A bouquet of Columbines at the summit.

Points To Ponder 06/01/2008

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PTP: If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."

16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

18 "But they all alike began to make ___________. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'

19 "Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

20 "Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'
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Photo for 05/31/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Another view from the top…the clouds are rolling in…

Points To Ponder 05/31/2008

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PTP: God will not accept praying as a substitute for obeying.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the ______________ of the righteous."
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Photo for 05/30/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Another view from the top…

Points To Ponder 05/30/2008

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PTP: A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be ________, and he who humbles himself will be __________."
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Photo for 05/29/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…The view from the top…

Points To Ponder 05/29/2008

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PTP: There's no such thing as improvement without work.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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5 Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" 6 And they had nothing to _______.
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Photo for 05/28/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…We are getting close to the top as the road cuts through a large snow field…

Points To Ponder 05/28/2008

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PTP: Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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14:1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" 4 But they remained _______. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.
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Photo for 05/27/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…More Indian Paintbrush!!!

Points To Ponder 05/27/2008

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PTP: Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. - Oscar Wilde
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who _____ the prophets and _______ those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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Photo for 05/26/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Lots of Indian paintbrush!!!

Points To Ponder 05/26/2008

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PTP: God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you." 32 He replied, "Go tell that _______, 'I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.' 33 In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day-for surely no prophet can die outside ____________!
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Photo for 05/25/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Another waterfall..

Points To Ponder 05/25/2008

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PTP: You may not be what you think you are, but what you think, you are.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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28 "There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are ______ who will be first, and first who will be ________."
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Photo for 05/24/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Indian Paintbrush…

Points To Ponder 05/24/2008

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PTP: Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"

He said to them, 24 "Make every effort to enter through the _________ door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.'

"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

26 "Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

27 "But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you __________!'
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Photo for 05/23/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…

Points To Ponder 05/23/2008

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PTP: Hanging onto bitterness and resentment is like drinking poison and expecting somebody else to die.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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20 Again he asked, "What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like ___________ that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
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Photo for 05/22/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…

Points To Ponder 05/22/2008

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PTP: The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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18 Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a _________ seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches."
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Photo for 05/21/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…Here is the first of several waterfalls en route to the summit…

Points To Ponder 05/21/2008

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PTP: A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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15 The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?" 17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were __________ with all the ___________ things he was doing.
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Photo for 05/20/2008

We are now going to travel to the summit of Ingram Pass (close to Ouray, Colorado)… The trip we will be taking starts from the summit of Red Mtn. Pass…

Points To Ponder 05/20/2008

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PTP: Those who are willing to face the music, may someday lead the band.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a _______ for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. 14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."
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Photo for 05/19/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado… Our last photo of Red Mtn. Town….Still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/19/2008

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PTP: “When you have read the Bible, you know it is the word of God, because it is the key to your heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.” - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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6 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?' 8 "'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it ________.'"
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Photo for 05/18/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Powder cache (where they store explosives)… Still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/18/2008

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PTP: The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 13 (NIV)
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13:1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them-do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you _________, you too will all perish."
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Photo for 05/17/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Talk about hanging on by a thread…. Still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/17/2008

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PTP: “It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.” - Horace Greeley, Editor and Politician
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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57 "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is _________? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny."
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Photo for 05/16/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is another view of the Yankee Girl Mine. Still standing in 2007…actually they we restoring it in 2007

Points To Ponder 05/16/2008

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PTP: Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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54 He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does. 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this __________ time?
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Photo for 05/15/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is the Yankee Girl Mine. Still standing in 2007…actually they were restoring it in 2007...

Points To Ponder 05/15/2008

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PTP: We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions. Isaac Singer
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but ___________. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
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Photo for 05/14/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Just below the National Belle Mine are the remains of the old jail…….Still standing (more or less) in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/14/2008

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PTP: Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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47 "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be ___________.
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Photo for 05/13/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Wild Iris at the National Belle Mine…

Points To Ponder 05/13/2008

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PTP: Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one. Walker Payton
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?" 42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the ___________________.
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Photo for 05/12/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Structures at the National Belle Mine….Still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/12/2008

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PTP: If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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35 "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not ____________ him."
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Photo for 05/11/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Structures at the National Belle Mine….Still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/11/2008

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PTP: If your troubles aren't big enough to pray about, then they certainly aren't big enough to worry and fret about.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your _________ will be also.
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Photo for 05/10/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). This building was still standing in 2007...

Points To Ponder 05/10/2008

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PTP: Worry is the advance interest you pay on troubles that seldom come.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 12 (NIV)
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27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be __________to you as well.
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Photo for 05/09/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). If you look closely you can see the mine we looked at yesterday at the far end of this small pond.

Points To Ponder 05/09/2008

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PTP: At day's end, turn all your problems over to God....He's going to be up anyway.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:13-15 (NIV)
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22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his ________? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
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Photo for 05/08/2008

\We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). About a half block from where the old boarding house stood is this mine….It was still standing in 2007…

Points To Ponder 05/08/2008

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PTP: You can't have everything. Where would you put it!
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:13-15 (NIV)
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16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '
20 "But God said to him, 'You __________! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."
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Photo for 05/07/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is one of the other buildings that once stood near the old boarding house.

Points To Ponder 05/07/2008

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PTP: God promises us daily bread---not flour for a year in advance.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:13-15 (NIV)
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13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14 Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his ______________."
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Photo for 05/06/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is one of the other buildings that once stood near the old boarding house.

Points To Ponder 05/06/2008

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PTP: An admission of error is a sign of strength rather than a weakness.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:11-12 (NIV)
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11 "When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the _______ _________ will teach you at that time what you should say."
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Photo for 05/05/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is one of the other buildings that once stood near the old boarding house.

Points To Ponder 05/05/2008

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PTP: Don't let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:8-10 (NIV)
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8 "I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. 9 But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who __________ against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Photo for 05/04/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Here is old boarding house (that has now been torn down) as seen through the windows of another building that was next to it. The owner the three buildings that stood here tore them down so he could subdivide and sell the acreage for new homes.

Points To Ponder 05/04/2008

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PTP: The main difference between the wise man and a fool is that a fool's mistakes never teach him anything.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:4-7 (NIV)
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4 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the _______, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many __________.
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Photo for 05/03/2008

We have now arrived at Red Mtn. Town (close to Ouray, Colorado). Unfortunately this old boarding house has now been torn down …:0(

Points To Ponder 05/03/2008

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PTP: Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke 12:1-3 (NIV)
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12:1 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or ___________ that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
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