Photo for 06/01/2011

At Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 06/01//2011

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You'll never leave where you are, until you decide where you'd rather be.
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See Genesis 19:15-22 (NIV)

15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished."
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his ______ and the _______ of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!"
18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it — it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared."
21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
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Photo for 05/31/2011

I know I have already sent a couple of pictures of the Sun Stars.....However, sitting out on the deck a couple of days ago I couldn’t help but take this view of them... :0)

Points To Ponder 05/31/2011

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The fewer the words, the better the prayer. - Martin Luther
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:11-14 (NIV)

11 Then they (the angels) struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here — sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was _________.
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Photo for 05/30/2011

Miniature double Columbine in our backyard...The spider web type stuff on and around it is seed “fuzz” from the cottonwoods in the neighborhood.....It looks like it is snowing out!

Points To Ponder 05/30/2011

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When we are right we can afford to keep our tempers. When we are wrong, we can't afford not to.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:6-10 (NIV)
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
9 "Get out of our way," they replied. And they said, "This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them." They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men ______ reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and _____ the door.
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Photo for 05/29/2011

Baby sparrow in our backyard...

Points To Ponder 05/29/2011

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People who wait until they feel like doing a job rarely do.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 19:1-5 (NIV)

19:1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning."
"No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom — both young and old — surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have ____ with them."
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Photo for 05/28/2011

Groundhog on our back deck...

Points To Ponder 05/28/2011

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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged - Ronald Reagan
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See Genesis 18:13-12 (NIV)

20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 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 fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing — to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
27 Then Abraham spoke up again:......Abraham continued to intercede until the Lord agreed to spare Sodom and Gomorrah for just _ _ righteous people.

33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
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Photo for 05/27/2011

Rose at Weston, Missouri...Photo taken today...

Points To Ponder 05/27/2011

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Cooperation is spelled with two letters: "WE".
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See Genesis 18:13-12 (NIV)

13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' 14 Is anything too ______ for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh."
But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."
16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."
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Photo for 05/26/2011

Buckeye Moth out at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 05/26/2011

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Don’t mortgage the souls of your children to buy things. Don’t think that quality time will substitute for quantity time. The average American father spends 12 minutes a week in meaningful dialog with their children. Kids need both. Children need the “rock” that doesn’t roll........
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See Genesis 18:6-12 (NIV)

6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread."
7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. 8 He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him.
"There, in the tent," he said.
10 Then the LORD said, "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. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah ________ to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
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Photo for 05/25/2011

Yellow Sulfur butterfly out at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 05/25/2011

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You eventually reap what you presently sow.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 18:1- (NIV) You have to read the “rest of the story” to figure out who these “men” were...

18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw _______ men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. 4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. 5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way — now that you have come to your servant."
"Very well," they answered, "do as you say."
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Photo for 05/24/2011

“Move over...I’m coming in for a landing”....I shot this in 2008 out at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 05/24/2011

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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 17:23-27 (NIV)

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, 25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen; 26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day. 27 And every male in Abraham's household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
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Photo for 05/23/2011

I shot this Peony in our side yard after some rain a couple of days ago...

Points To Ponder 05/23/2011

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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. - Albert Schweitzer
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 17:17-22 (NIV)
17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him _______. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with _______, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year." 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
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Photo for 05/22/2011

I shot this out at Shawnee Mission Park today...There used to be an old farmhouse here but they tore it down a few years ago this old pump is all that remains.

Points To Ponder 05/22/2011

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God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere. - Timaeus of Locris.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 17:15-14 (NIV)

15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be _______. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
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Photo for 05/21/2011

Flowers on our front porch...shot today...not sure what they are?????

Points To Ponder 05/21/2011

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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 17:9-14 (NIV)

9 Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be ___________. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner — those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
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Photo for 05/20/2011

A small yellow flower on our deck..I have no idea what it is...if you know what it is please let me know :0)

Points To Ponder 05/20/2011

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When you choose a habit, you also choose the end result of that habit.
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See Genesis 17:1-8 (NIV)

17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. 2 I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers."
3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be __________, for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."
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Photo for 05/19/2011

Sun Star flowers on our kitchen table...These were outside on our deck but recently my wife brought then in to use as a center piece on our kitchen table....I was eating lunch today and noted that with only the incandescent overhead light on the flowers were brilliantly lit and the living room behind them was dark...So I went and got my camera...I took the picture at f/13 for 1.3 seconds with the ISO set to 125. The lens was set to 240mm. The color temperature was 2850 degrees Kelvin.

Points To Ponder 05/19/2011

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God creates out of nothing, therefore until a man is nothing God can make nothing out of him – Martin Luther
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 16:15-16 (NIV)

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was _________-_____ years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
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Photo for 05/18/2011

Red and yellow Columbine in our backyard today....

Points To Ponder 05/18/2011

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In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being. - Francois Fenelon
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See Genesis 16:7-14 (NIV)

7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?"
"I'm running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered.
9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her." 10 The angel added, "I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count."
11 The angel of the LORD also said to her:
"You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him __________, for the LORD has heard of your misery. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him,a nd he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."
13 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me." 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
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Photo for 05/17/2011

Vinca Vine blossom in our backyard today....This was shot with my new camera....

Points To Ponder 05/17/2011

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It takes only 10 minutes to find in others the faults we often fail to discover in ourselves in a lifetime.
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See Genesis 16:1 (NIV) The plot thickens as Abram and Sarai take matters into their own hands instead of waiting upon God...

16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her."
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me."
6 "Your servant is in your hands," Abram said. "Do with her whatever you think best." Then Sarai ____________ Hagar; so she ______ from her.
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Photo for 05/16/2011

Red Hot Poker at Shawnee Mission Park...

Points To Ponder 05/16/2011

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Your biggest mistake will come from trying to cover up your greatest sin. Cover ups never work. (See Proverbs 28:13) - Rick Warren
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See Genesis 15:17-19 (NIV)

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of ______ to the great river, the ___________ — 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."
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Photo for 05/15/2011

Monarch Butterfly at the Legler Barn Museum...

Points To Ponder 05/15/2011

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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
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See Genesis 15:8-15 (NIV)

8 But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
9 So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated _______ __________ years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

BONUS QUESTION: What is the name of the country that Abraham’s descendants would be enslaved in?
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Photo for 05/14/2011

Water lily at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School water garden...

Points To Ponder 05/14/2011

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If you get too big for your britches you’ll be exposed in the end. - Rick Warren
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See Genesis 15:1-7 (NIV)

15:1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:
"Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."
2 But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."
4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars — if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
6 Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as ___________.
7 He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."
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Photo for 05/12/2011

Butterfly at Shawnee Mission Park in 2010...

Points To Ponder 05/12/2011

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You cannot stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it. - Harry S Truman
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See Genesis 14:18-20 (NIV)

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?

18 Then _____________ king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram gave him a _______ of everything.
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Photo for 05/11/2011

Yellow Sulfur butterflies at Shawnee Mission Park in 2008...

Points To Ponder 05/11/2011

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The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
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See Genesis 14:13-17 (NIV)

13 One who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 He recovered _____ the goods and brought back his relative ______ and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
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Photo for 05/10/2011

Wild Turkey’s at Shawnee Mission Park in 2008...

Points To Ponder 05/10/2011

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Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger. - C.S. Lewis
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See Genesis 14:1-12 (NIV)

14:1 At this time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim 2 went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea). 4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. 7 Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim 9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar — four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. 11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. 12 They also carried off __________ _________ _____ and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
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Photo for 05/09/2011

Yellow Daylily... Shot in 2007...

Points To Ponder 05/09/2011

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To profit from good advice requires as much wisdom as to give it.
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See Genesis 13:14-18 (NIV)

14 The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to _____ and your ________ forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."
18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
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Photo for 05/08/2011

Baby bunny among the Columbines.....Shot in 2007...

Points To Ponder 05/08/2011

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Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.
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See Genesis 13:8-13 (NIV)

8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."
10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near _______. 13 Now the men of ______ were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.
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Photo for 05/07/2011

Sun Star flower on our back deck earlier today.....

Points To Ponder 05/07/2011

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The more fully that the gospel is preached, in the grand old apostolic way, the more likely is it to accomplish the results which it did in the apostolic days. - Horatius Bonar
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See Genesis 13:1-7 (NIV)

13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier 4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. 7 And _________ arose between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
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Photo for 05/06/2011

Miniature red columbine in our backyard a couple of days ago...

Points To Ponder 05/06/2011

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Two sons were left a large piece of property by their father. For months they fought over how the land should be divided. Finally, they brought their problem to their preacher and asked him to solve it.

“Come back tomorrow,” said the preacher, “and we will talk.”

The next day the sons returned and the preacher gave them his solution.

“Toss a coin,” he said to one of the brothers.

“You call it, heads or tails,” he said to the other. “The one who wins the toss divides the land.”

“That’s no solution,” said one of the brothers. “We’re right back where we started from.”

“Not so,” said the preacher. “The one who wins the toss divides the land; but the other gets first choice.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 12:17-20

What happened to Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai?

17 But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!" 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
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Photo for 05/05/2011

Clematis at the Legler Barn Museum in 2008...

Points To Ponder 05/05/2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. - Abraham Lincoln.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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See Genesis 12:10-16

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?

10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."
14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman. 15 And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
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Photo for 05/04/2011

Blanket flower at Shawnee Mission Park...in 2006...

Points To Ponder 05/04/2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Hummmmm...Survey’s show that only 8 percent of an American audience pays attention to the content of a speech, 42 percent to the speaker’s appearance, and 50 percent to how the person speaks. – Os Guiness
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 12:6-(NIV)

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring __ ______

______ ________ _______ So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

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Photo for 05/03/2011

Geranium in our backyard...in 2006...

Points To Ponder 05/03/2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out. - Grover Cleveland

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BIBLE QUIZ:  

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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 12:1-5 (NIV)

12:1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

2 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will ______ those who ______ you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was _______-______ years old when he set out from Haran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

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Photo for 05/02/2011

Poppy in our backyard...a couple of years ago...

Points To Ponder 05/02/2011

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Where there’s a spirit of intercession, there’s also an outpouring of God’s favor.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 11:31-32 (NIV)

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson ____ son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law ______, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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