Photo for 10/01/2012

A marmot at the ghost town of Alta…

Points To Ponder 10/01/2012

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TIME...a most valuable gift...

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the pastor who prepares a new message for each Sunday.

To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask someone struggling with cancer or something similar.

To realize the length of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed their plane.

 
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.

To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

 
Remember………..time waits for no one.
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Fill in the blanks. What are the circumstances surrounding this passage? 2 Chronicles 7:1-2 (NIV)

When __________ finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it.

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Photo For 09/30/2012

Another shot of one of the Alta Lakes…

Points To Ponder 09/30/2012

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Unfair criticism can help you if it teaches that you don't need others' approval to please God, be happy, or be effective.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blanks. What are the circumstances surrounding this passage? Judges 13:19-20 (NIV)

And the LORD did an amazing thing while ___________ and his wife watched:

As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, ­­­­___________ and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.

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Photo For 09/28/2012

The ghost town of Alta…near Alta Lakes. This was a boarding house for miners. Lizard Head Peak can be seen in the background…

Points To Ponder 09/28/2012

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Experience isn't what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you. - The Purpose Driven Life
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Fill in the blank. What are the circumstances surrounding this passage? Numbers 17:8 (NIV)

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that __________ staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.

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Photo For 09/27/2012

For a short distance we will pick up the highway and then take the turn off to Alta Lakes and the ghost town of Alta. Here is one of the three Alta Lakes

Points To Ponder 09/27/2012

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Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. - Albert Schweitzer
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blanks.(NIV) Exodus 34:29

When _________ came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was ____________ because he had spoken with the LORD.

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Photo For 09/26/2012

For our next side trip we are going from Ouray to Telluride via Ophir Pass. At the Ophir end of the pass the scenery becomes very lush and green.

Points To Ponder 09/26/2012

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"Unless you try to do something beyond  what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ronald E. Osborn
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Fill in the blank. What are the circumstances surrounding this passage? Numbers 16:31-33

As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, and their households, and all ______________________________________________ with 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. (NIV)

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Photo For 09/25/2012

For our next side trip we are going from Ouray to Telluride via Ophir Pass. As I said the west (Telluride) side of the pass gets very narrow… :0)

Points To Ponder 09/25/2012

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Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blank. What are the circumstances surrounding this passage? Exodus 4:6-7 (NIV)

Then the LORD said, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So _________ put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was leprous, like snow. "Now put it back into your cloak," he said. So ___________ put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.

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Photo For 09/24/2012

For our next side trip we are going from Ouray to Telluride via Ophir Pass. The west (Telluride) side of the pass gets very narrow and it’s not uncommon to experience heavy rain…

Points to Ponder 09/24/2012

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Systems are often worse, but never better, than the individuals in them. It's why justice is a Kingdom issue.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blank. What are the circumstances surrounding this verse? Exodus 17:5-7 (NIV)

 

. . . . . . . Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So ________ did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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Photo For 09/23/2012

For our next side trip we are going from Ouray to Telluride via Ophir Pass. In this photo we are at the summit of Ophir Pass….

Points To Ponder 09/23/2012

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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them. - Charles West.
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Who are the “us” in the following passage? What are the circumstances surrounding this verse? Genesis 11:7 (NIV)

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
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Photo For 09/22/2012

From Animas Forks we followed the road on down into Silverton where we were able to get photos of two DSNGRR trains and three engines… In this photo the fireman is cleaning up the tender before they head back to Durango…

Points To Ponder 09/22/2012

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When people are rude to you, they reveal who THEY are, not who you are. Don't take it personally.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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FILL IN THE BLANKS………. Romans 14:7-9 (NIV)

7        For none of us _________ to himself alone and none of us _________ to himself alone.

8        If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

9        For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the _________ and the _________.

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Photo For 09/21/2012

From Animas Forks we followed the road on down into Silverton where we were able to get photos of two DSNGRR trains and three engines…

Points To Ponder 0921/2012

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Hummmm….I saw a list of "100 Things To Do Before You Die"… However, they left out "Praying for Jesus to save you."
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FILL IN THE BLANK………. Luke 13:10-13 NIV

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for ______ years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."  Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

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Photo For 09/20/2012

Our last photo of Animas Forks, Colorado……

Points To Ponder 09/20/2012

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Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself. - Oswald Chambers
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FILL IN THE BLANK………. II Kings 2:1ff (NIV)

Then _______ took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. "Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

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Photo For 09/19/2012

If you lived in Animas Forks, Colorado…… This would be the summertime view from your front porch…Wintertime would be an entirely different scenario :0)

Points To Ponder 09/19/2012

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If it's over your head is under God's feet.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Where did Jesus send Peter to get the tax money?

Matthew 17:24-27

24      After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?"

25      "Yes, he does," he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes-- from their own sons or from others?"

26      "From others," Peter answered. "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him.

27      "But so that we may not offend them, go to  . . . . . . . . (NIV)

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Photo For 09/18/2012

Abandoned house at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 09/18/2012

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For me, it's easier to love and be patient with non-believers than those who claim to be believers but deny and disobey God's Word.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Acts 28:1ff

But ________ shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. (NIV)

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Photo For 09/17/2012

More buildings at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado…

Point To Ponder 009/17/2012

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Do not make prayer a monologue. Make it a conversation
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In what town did Jesus stop a funeral procession and raise the dead person back to life? Luke 7:11..

1. Nazareth
2. Bethabara
3. Capernaum
4. Cana
5. Jerusalem
6. Nain

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Photo For 09/16/2012

More buildings at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 09/16/2012

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Have you ever heard of a church that disciplined members for "storing up treasures on earth"? I doubt it.
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John 10:10 (Fill in the blanks)

The thief comes only to steal and ________ and __________; I have come that they may have __________, and have it to the full. (NIV)
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Photo For 09/15/2012

More buildings and wildflowers at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 09/15/2012

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The seven last Words of the Church: "We have never done it that way" - Ralph Neighbor
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Matthew 8:14-15 (Fill in the blanks)

And when Jesus was come into ________ house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

1. John’s
2. Philip’s
3. Peter’s
4. Matthew’s
5. Levi’s

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Photo For 09/14/2012

The remains of what was once a magnificent home at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado……

Points To Ponder 09/14/2012

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Do you really understand the Cross if you still get cross with people? Do you really understand Grace if you're still ungracious?
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Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV) (Fill in the blanks)

21      "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the ____________ of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22      Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'

23      Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never ________ you. Away from me, you _______________!'

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Photo For 09/13/2012

The remains of an abandoned cabin at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado……The main part of town can be seen in the background…

Points To Ponder 09/13/2012

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We want to change our circumstances. God wants to change us.
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Luke 18:29-30 (Fill in the blanks)

29      "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30      will fail to receive many times as much in _______ age and, in the age to ________, eternal __________." (NIV)

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Photo For 09/12/2012

The remains of an abandoned house at the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 09/12/2012

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My circumstances change when I change.
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John 7:38 (Fill in the blank)

Whoever ____________ in me [Jesus], as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (NIV)

Do you have streams of living water flowing from within you?

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Photo For 09/11/2012

The remains of the Bagley Mill at Animas Forks, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 09/11/2011

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God uses brokenness far more than he uses strength or talent. Talent makes you look good. Brokenness makes God look good.
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Luke 4:17-21 (Fill in the blanks) (NIV)

17      The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him (Jesus). Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written:

18      "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach _______ ______ to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim __________ for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the ____________,

19      to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

20      Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him,

21      and He began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

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Photo For 09/10/2012

We’re now dropping down into the ghost town of Animas Forks. The town can be seen in the distance just to the left of the passenger side window on this old truck..

Points To Ponder 09/10/2012

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When God says no to something, who am I to say yes to it?
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I Corinthians 1:10 (The Message) (Fill in the blanks)

I’ll put this as urgently as I can; you must ______ _________ with each other.

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Photo For 09/09/2012

Lake Como as seen from the California Pass area….

Points To Ponder 09/09/2012

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Three classic filters before saying anything: Am I sure it's true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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Proverbs 30:5 (NIV) (Fill in the blanks)

Every ________ of God is ______________.........

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Photo For 09/08/2012

An abandoned stem boiler at a mine near the summit of California Pass (12,960’)….Can you imagine getting this to this location with mules and horses?

Points To Ponder 09/08/2012

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You can’t be spiritually healthy by feeding only on the truths you like to eat. You must also chew on some tough truths about you.
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1 Corinthians 14:20
 

Brothers, stop thinking like ___________. In regard to evil be __________, but in your thinking be ____________.

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Photo For 09/07/2012

Wildflowers en route to Hurricane Pass…