Photo for 09/01/2010

A summer view of Alta Lakes....at Alta, Colorado....

There are actually three lakes at Alta Lakes...this is the biggest one and in my opinion the prettiest...

Points To Ponder 09/01/2010

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Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. - D.L. Moody
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Pick the correct answer…………. Genesis 24:1-27

What did Abraham do to get a wife for his son Isaac? (pick one)

1. He took out an ad in the “Desert Times”
2. He sent the chief servant in his household back home to his own relatives to get a wife for his son Isaac.
3. He had all his relatives come from Haran to a great banquet which he gave in honor of Isaac. The sole purpose of the banquet was to find a wife for Isaac.
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Photo for 08/31/2010

A fall view of Alta Lakes....at Alta, Colorado....

Points To Ponder 08/31/2010

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God doesn't want shares of your life, He wants controlling interest!
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Pick the correct answer…………. Genesis 23:1-2

Sarah, the wife of Abraham, lived to be: (pick one)
1.) 112 years old.
2.) 123 years old.
3.) 127 years old.
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Photo for 08/30/2010

A very small island at one of the Alta Lakes....at Alta, Colorado....

Points To Ponder 08/30/2010

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Most people want to serve God - but only in an advisory capacity.
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Pick the correct answer…………. Genesis 22:1-16

Some time later God greatly tested Abraham. What was the test? (pick one)
1.) Take your wife, Sarah, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice her there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.
2.) Take your son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.
3.) Take seventy-seven of the best sheep of your flock, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice them there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.
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Photo for 08/29/2010

One of the Alta Lakes....at Alta, Colorado....

Points To Ponder 08/29/2010

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Many prefer to save their feelings instead of their souls.
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Pick the correct answer…………. Genesis 21:9-21

After Isaac was born Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking Isaac. As a result what happened to Hagar and her son Ishmael?

• Sarah left Abraham and moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while she stayed in Gerar with King Abimelech.
• Abraham gave both Ishmael and Isaac equal shares of his inheritance.
• Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar and then sent her off with Ishmael into the desert of Beersheba.
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Here is a web link that you can use to look up the passages in the Bible Quizzes…….
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/
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Photo for 08/28/2010

A marmot at the ghost town of Alta, Colorado....

Points To Ponder 08/28/2010

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Selective obedience is disobedience.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 21:1-8

Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name _ _ _ _ _ to the son Sarah bore him.

How old was Abraham when this child was born? _ _ _
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Photo for 08/27/2010

An abandoned building at the ghost town of Alta, Colorado....Lizard Head Peak is in the background...

Points To Ponder 08/27/2010

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Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell. - C.H. Spurgeon
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 20:1-18

After the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar. While in Gerar Abraham told a “half-lie”.

What was the “half-lie” and what were the consequences?
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Photo for 08/26/2010

An old cabin at the ghost town of Alta, Colorado....

Points To Ponder 08/26/2010

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One half of the troubles in the world can be traced to saying "yes" too quickly and not saying "no" soon enough. - Josh Billings (1818-1885)
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 19:17-26

When Lot and his family fled from Sodom and Gomorrah what happened to Lot’s wife and why?
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Photo for 08/25/2010

Our next stop is the old ghost town of Alta and Alta Lakes....

Points To Ponder 08/25/2010

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If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives. - Charles Stanley
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 19:15-16.

When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah how many lives were spared?

BONUS POINT: Who were they?
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Photo for 08/24/2010

Dense wildflowers and aspen on the west side of Ophir Pass (goes from Ouray to Telluride).

Points To Ponder 08/24/2010

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If you could kick the person most responsible for most of your troubles in the backside, you wouldn't be able to sit down for two weeks.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 18:20-33

Abraham interceded on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah and asked the Lord "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people in it? The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

Abraham continued to intercede until the Lord agreed to spare the place for just _ _ people.
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Photo for 08/23/2010

Columbines on the west side of Ophir Pass (goes from Ouray to Telluride).

Points To Ponder 08/23/2010

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Whatever is denied cannot be healed. John Eldredge
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Genesis 18:8-15

Then the LORD said, (to Abraham) "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

What was Sarah’s response to this news from the Lord?
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Photo for 08/22/2010

Traveling down on the west side of Ophir Pass (goes from Ouray to Telluride). This pass is fairly tame with only a class ‘2’ rating. Most of the road is not very rough...just narrow ...hard when you meet somebody coming the other direction. Directly ahead on the left is a pull off where you can get around another vehicle :0)

Points To Ponder 08/22/2010

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God won't ask how many promotions you took to chase a dollar bill. He will ask how many promotions you refused, to advance your family's quality of life.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 17:1-5.

How old was Abram when God changed his name to Abraham? _ _ .

Why did God change his name?
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Photo for 08/21/2010

Traveling down on the west side of Ophir Pass (goes from Ouray to Telluride). This pass is fairly tame with only a class ‘2’ rating. Most of the road is not very rough...just narrow ...hard when you meet somebody coming the other direction.

Points To Ponder 08/21/2010

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Some of us are like wheelbarrows - only useful when pushed, and very easily upset. - Jack Herbert
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 16:16

Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of Sari, bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

How old was Abram when Ishmael was born? _ _
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Photo for 08/20/2010

Looking down on the west side of Ophir Pass (goes from Ouray to Telluride). This pass is fairly tame with only a class ‘2’ rating.

Points To Ponder 08/20/2010

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There are three kinds of memory....good, bad and convenient.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 16:1-15

When Sarai, Abram's wife, realized that the LORD had kept her from having children how did she try to remedy this problem?
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Photo for 08/19/2010

Waterfall on the way back down into Yankee Boy Basin.....

Points To Ponder 08/19/2010

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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 15:1-7

When God promised Abram that a child coming from his own body would be his heir what was the illustration God provided as to how numerous the offspring Abram would be? Why was this promise from God so astonishing?
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Photo for 08/18/2010

Headed back down into Yankee Boy Basin.....Cirque Lake is just out of view to the right.

Points To Ponder 08/19/2010

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“The true Soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G. K. Chesterton
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Genesis 14:11-20

Four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; and they also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom. As a result Abram took _ _ _ trained men born in his household and went in pursuit and recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.

BONUS POINT: What was the name of king of Salem (He was priest of God Most High) who brought out bread and wine to Abram and blessed him when he returned from pursuing the four kings? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . What did Abram give to this king?
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Photo for 08/17/2010

Cirque Lake.....The end of the road can be seen in the background...there are some Jeeps parked just to the left of the small snowfield on the right side of the above photo.

Points To Ponder 08/17/2010

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Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. - Zig Ziglar
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 12:11-20 and Genesis 20:12

What was the half truth that Abram asked Sari (his wife) to tell the Pharaoh of Egypt?

BONUS POINT: Why did he ask her to tell Pharaoh this half truth?
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Photo for 08/16/2010

Columbine at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/16/2010

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Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. - Michael Landon (1936-1991) Actor
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Fill in the blanks.

Terah (the father of Abram) and his family did not go all the way to the “Promised Land” but stopped in Haran.

Terah died there at the age of _ _ _.

How old was Abram when he, Sarai and Lot left Haran and again headed for the “Promised Land”? _ _

BONUS POINT: How old was his wife Sari _ _ (when they headed for the “Promised Land”)?

Photo for 08/15/2010

More wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/15/2010

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The root of the word MISERABLE is MISER.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 11:31

Who did Terah take with him when he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.
1. _ _ _ _ _
2. _ _ _
3. _ _ _ _ _
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Photo for 08/14/2010

More wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/14/2010

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Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer. - Oswald Chambers
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 11:26-27

Who was the father of Abram (latter on God changed his name to Abraham)? _ _ _ _ _.

Bonus Point: Who were the two brothers of Abram? _ _ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _

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Photo for 08/13/2010

More wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/13/2010

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Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Matthew 6:9-15.

In the "model prayer" where Jesus gave us instructions on how to pray he said we are to forgive men when they sin against us. What did He say will happen if we do NOT forgive those that sin against us?
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Photo for 08/12/2010

More wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/12/2010

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“When you’re faced with an enormous disadvantage or handicap, admit it and see how you can change the disadvantage into an advantage and use it for the glory of God”. - Ravi Zacharias
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Fill in the blanks. Psalm 100:1-5

1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with ___________ and his courts with praise; give _______ to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (NIV)
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Photo for 08/11/2010

More wildlife among the wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/11/2010

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"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." — C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blanks. Titus 3:12-14

As soon as I [Paul] send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there. Do everything you can to help _________ the lawyer and ___________ on their way and see that they have everything they need. Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives.
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Photo for 08/10/2010

Mendota Peak from Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/10/2010

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Foresight is better than hindsight, but insight is best.
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Fill in the blank. (Acts 21:39 the city that was Paul’s birthplace)

Paul answered, "I am a Jew, from ___________ in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people." (NIV)
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Photo for 08/09/2010

Columbines at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/09/2010

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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. - Henry Ward Beecher.
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Fill in the blanks. Acts 19:9-10.

But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of ___________. This went on for ______ years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
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Photo for 08/08/2010

Wildlife eating the wildflowers at Yankee Boy Basin... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/08/2010

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When men and women get their hands on religion, one of the first things they often do is turn it into an instrument for controlling others, either putting or keeping them “in their place.” - Eugene H. Peterson
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Who am I? Acts 11:27-28

During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them, named, _____________ stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)
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Photo for 08/07/2010

Here I am walking back up the hill from the waterfalls... :0)

Points To Ponder 08/07/2010

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"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil." - C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blanks. Matthew 22:29-32 NIV

29 Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the _______ in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead-have you not read what God said to you, 32'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the __________."
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Photo for 08/06/2010

Our next stop was at the waterfall and wildflower area. It had been a goal of mine to be able to walk down to the falls and get some pictures (20 years ago you could drive down but it has been closed to motorized vehicles for many years now) so with two trekking poles and my camera we headed to the waterfalls. Unfortunately with my legs there was no way I could get into a position to get the upper falls so I opted to walk down to the lower falls. While it was a difficult walk for me I did manage to get a few good shots of the lower falls. The biggest PTL is that I was able to do the walk without getting hurt!

Points To Ponder 08/06/2010

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If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world. - C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. What incident is this passage referring to? Acts 1:18-20 NIV

19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of ________ 20 "For," said Peter, "it is written in the book of Psalms, "'May his place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in it,' and, "'May another take his place of leadership.'
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Photo for 08/05/2010

Another half mile or so above the cliff hanger we pass the Imogene Pass turnoff, and eventually come the remains of the ghost town of Sneffels and the Revenue Mill and Tunnel. Sneffels was founded in 1875 (originally called “Porters”) and had a peak population of about 2,000. The Revenue Tunnel supplied access to the Virginius Mine that once had 600 workers and produced gold and silver worth one billion dollars in today’s market.

Points To Ponder 08/05/2010

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"(The Christian) does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us— C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Romans 16:5

Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend ____________, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
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Photo for 08/04/2010

The road up to Yankee Boy Basin is a good graded dirt road until you go beyond the Camp Bird Mine. From there on the road slowly becomes rougher and rougher. About a half mile or so from the Camp Bird Mine the road is literally cut into a cliff where a rock ledge hangs almost completely over the vehicle. It is also a cliff hanger road at this point.

Points To Ponder 08/04/2010

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Anytime we find ourselves doing something we wish we could stop but cannot, it ought to raise some concerns. For that matter, anytime we find ourselves unable to do the thing we want to do, it also ought to raise some concerns. - John Eldredge
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Who am I? See 2 Timothy 4:12; Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4;7,
Titus 3:12 and others...

• I accompanied Paul from Greece to Asia
• I was with Paul in Nicopolis
• I was with Paul in Rome
• I was Paul's amanuensis (copyist) in writing to the Ephesians and Colossians
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Photo for 08/03/2010

We just got back from spending a week in Ouray, Colorado four wheeling. So today we are starting a new trip. The photos you will be seeing are a combination of photos taken in previous years and some from last week. Our first destination is Yankee Boy Basin. Here is a view en route. There are no guard rails here!!!

Points To Ponder 08/03/2010

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The faith which has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils. It is a "dead faith, because it is alone." - J.C. Ryle
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Who are we? Romans 16:7

• We are relatives of Paul and were in prison with him.
• We were Christians before Paul was.
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Photo for 08/02/2010

Another waterfall mine the ghost town of Geneva which is located off of Guanella Pass, Colorado... This picture was shot in 2005...

Points To Ponder 08/02/2010

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Man is so great that his greatness appears even in his knowing himself to be miserable. - Pascal
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Who am I? Acts 27:1-2 (NIV)

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named _________, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the
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