Photo for 01/01/2011

Fireworks at Shawnee Mission Park a few years ago....

Points To Ponder 01/01/2011

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No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson
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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?

Matthew 6:9-15
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Photo for 12/31/2010

In our backyard...squirrel getting ready to raid the bird feeder....

Points To Ponder 12/31/2010

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"Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good." — C.S. Lewis
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A messenger was sent ahead of Jesus to "prepare the way".

What was his name? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Humanly speaking how was this man related to Jesus?

Matthew 11:9-11
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Photo for 12/30/2010

On our front porch...

Points To Ponder 12/30/2010

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You can plan your picnic...but the Lords makes the weather...
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Fill in the blank Matthew 13:10

Jesus used short simple stories that were designed to communicate a spiritual truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. These are commonly referred to as ___________.
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Photo for 12/29/2010

Bench on our deck....

Points To Ponder 12/29/2010

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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. - C.S. Lewis
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What was the occasion at which Jesus performed His first miracle?
What was the miracle?
Who asked Him to do this miracle?

John 2:1-9
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Photo for 12/28/2010

Heavy snow at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 12/28/2010

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson
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Fill in the blanks..... Luke 2:41-51 NIV

41 Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. 42 When he was _________ years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. 43 After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."

49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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Photo for 12/27/2010

At our house...

Points To Ponder 12/27/2010

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The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails.
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Fill in the blanks.....Luke 2:36-39

36 There was also a prophetess, ________, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
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Photo for 12/26/2010

At our house...

Points To Ponder 12/26/2010

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Prepare and prevent rather than repair and repent.
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Fill in the blanks.....Luke 2:21-52

21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord"), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called _________, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, 28 ________ took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

29 "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you now dismiss your servant in peace.
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 which you have prepared in the sight of all people,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel."

33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 Then ________ blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."

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Photo for 12/25/2010

Our house...

Points To Ponder 12/24/2010

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That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving to God for its success. - Francis Quarles
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It would appear that the Wise Men started out following the star when Jesus was born. However, they apparently had to travel a great distance (perhaps from as far away as India) to get to where Jesus was. Matthew 2:1 says, “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem”. Then in Matthew 2:11 it says the Wise Men came to the HOUSE to see the CHILD. They did not go to the manger they went to the house. Also, the Greek word used for CHILD is “paidion” (pahee-dee'-on); an infant, a childling (of either sex), or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl. Also, in Matthew 2:16 we read, “When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were TWO YEARS OLD AND UNDER, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.”

The Bible does NOT say how many Wise Men came to see Jesus. It just says they gave three gifts. Could have been three Wise Men, but not necessarily, could have been two or maybe a dozen…we don’t know.

Matt 2:1-23

Photo for 12/24/2010

Our house...

Points To Ponder 12/24/2010

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So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others. - Francois Fenelon
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In the Christmas story when did the Wise Men arrive and see Jesus for the first time. How many Wise Men were there? How many gifts were given? (pick one correct answer from each section).

1.) The Wise Men arrived within a few hours of the birth of Jesus.
2.) The Wise Men arrived the day after Jesus was born.
3.) The Wise Men arrived up to a year later after Jesus was born.
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4.) There were three Wise Men.
5.) There were two Wise Men
6.) We don’t know how many Wise men there were.
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7.) The Wise Men brought one gift.
8.) The Wise Men brought two gifts.
9.) The Wise men brought three gifts.
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Photo for 12/23/2010

Dove in our backyard...

Points To Ponder 12/23/2010

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"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." - C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:15-18 (NIV)

19 But Mary ______________ up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
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Photo for 12/22/2010

At our house...

Points To Ponder 12/22/2010

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We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. -Dwight L Moody.
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:15-18 (NIV)

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were __________ at what the shepherds said to them.
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Photo for 12/21/2010

At Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 12/21/2010

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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:13-14 (NIV)

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly ______ appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
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Photo for 12/20/2010

Dark-eyed Junco in our backyard...

Points To Ponder 12/20/2010

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"Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we had always expected, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have. So let us leave behind all these boys' philosophies--these over simple answers. The problem is not simple and the answer is not going to be simple either." — C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:8-12 (NIV)

8 And there were ____________living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
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Photo for 12/19/2010

On our house...

Points To Ponder 12/19/2010

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To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. -Thomas Jefferson
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:5-7 (NIV)

5 He [Joseph] went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a ____________, because there was no room for them in the _________.
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Photo for 12/18/2010

The road into Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 12/18/2010

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"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." - C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Luke 2:1-4 (NIV)

2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to _____________ the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
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Photo for 12/17/2010

On our back deck....

Points To Ponder 12/17/2010

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
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Fill in the blank. Luke 1:80 (NIV)

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the _______ until he appeared publicly to Israel.
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Photo for 12/16/2010

A lone duck contemplates jumping into an icy lake at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 12/16/2010

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"A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in." - C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Luke 1:56-62 (NIV)

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about _______ months and then returned home.
57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.
59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."
61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."
62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John." 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising God. 65 The neighbors were all filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, "What then is this child going to be?" For the Lord's hand was with him.
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Photo for 12/15/2010

Icy barbed wire near my house...

Points To Ponder 12/15/2010

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
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Fill in the blanks. Luke 1:39-45 (NIV)

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb ______ for ____. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!"
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Photo for 12/14/2010

Here in Lenexa....

Points To Ponder 12/14/2010

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"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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Fill in the blank. Luke 1:26-38 (NIV)

26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel __________ to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God."
38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
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Photo for 12/13/2010

At Shawnee Mission Park in a snowstorm.....

Points To Ponder 12/13/2010

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[To have Faith in Christ] means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you." - C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
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Fill in the blank. Luke 1:18-25 (NIV)

18 Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years."
19 The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to _______ until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time."
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to ______.
23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25 "The Lord has done this for me," she said. "In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people."
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Photo for 12/12/2010

“Snow Train to Silver Plume” - Photographed and built in our basement earlier this year...This was the cover photo for the NMRA magazine this month.

Points To Ponder 12/12/2010

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"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself." — C.S. Lewis
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Fill in the blank. Luke 1:11-17 (NIV)

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name ______. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. 16 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous-to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
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Photo for 12/11/2010

Cardinal in our backyard last year...

Points To Ponder 12/11/2010

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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? - G.K. Chesterton
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Today we start our 15 days to Christmas countdown....

Fill in the blank. Luke 2:5-10 (NIV)

5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife _________ was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both well along in years.
8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
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Photo for 12/10/2010

Close to Lee’s Ferry on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona, 7.5 miles southwest of the town of Page, Arizona and the Glen Canyon Dam.

Points To Ponder 12/10/2010

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"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins not by strength but by perseverance." - H. Jackson Brown
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 2:10-14 (NIV) What are the names of the four rivers mentioned in the creation account?

A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the _________; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there). The name of the second river is the _________; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the __________; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the ___________.
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Photo for 12/09/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... Near Hermit’s Rest...

Points To Ponder 12/09/2010

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We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. -Dwight L Moody
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Fill in the blank. What were the circumstances behind this incident? Numbers 16:31-3(NIV)

As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with their households and all ________ men and all their possessions. They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.
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Photo for 12/08/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... Near Hermit’s Rest...

Points To Ponder 12/08/2010

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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. - Malcolm Muggeridge
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Joshua 24:15 (Fill in the blanks)

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for ___ and ___ household, we will serve the _______." (NIV)
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Photo for 12/07/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... We are still at Point Sublime...

Points To Ponder 12/07/2010

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"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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Which Old Testament prophet was commanded to do what is outlined below? See 26th book of the Old Testament (Chapter 4)

Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel. "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the house of Israel. "After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
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Photo for 12/06/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... We are still at Point Sublime...

Points To Ponder 12/06/2010

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There is nothing meaner than a coward! - Beth Moore
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Romans 8:38-9:1

For I am persuaded, that neither _________, nor life, nor _________, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to ___________ us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Photo for 12/05/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... Looking up at the Yucca plant we saw yesterday...

Points To Ponder 12/05/2010

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Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. - Martin H. Fischer
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John 15:14

Jesus said, “You are my __________ if you do what I command.”
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Photo for 12/04/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... A Yucca (?) plant at Point Sublime at the North Rim...I normally don’t put me in the photo but I needed a reference for height...I am 6’4”.....Point Sublime and is accessed via a four wheel drive road. You see the same canyon...just from the opposite side...the advantage....we saw eight vehicles in four hours at Point Sublime. At the South Rim you encounter THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES every hour :0)

Points To Ponder 12/04/2010

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The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they have.
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What were the circumstances surrounding this miracle? II Kings 6:17-18

"O LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha....
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Photo for 12/03/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... Cactus blossom at Point Sublime at the North Rim...

Points To Ponder 12/03/2010

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"I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity." — C.S. Lewis
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Jeremiah 1:6

What word did the prophet Jeremiah use to describe his age when the word of the Lord first came to him?

1. A child
2. A youth
3. An old man
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Photo for 12/02/2010

We are at the Grand Canyon..... Getting closer to sunset at Hermits Rest...

Points To Ponder 12/02/2010

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I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.
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Who am I? In the standard arrangement of the books of the Old Testament my book follows the book of Joel...

I was the shepherd-prophet of the Old Testament who denounced the people of the northern kingdom of Israel for their idol worship, graft and corruption, and oppression of the poor. Although I prophesied to the Northern Kingdom, I was a native of Judah, Israel's sister nation to the south. I came from the village of Tekoa which situated about 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Jerusalem.

1. Joshua
2. Jeremiah
3. Amos
4. Jonah
5. Micah
6. Daniel