Photo For 12/01/2013

Another one of the Alta Lakes ..Note “Moss Head Monsters” in foreground…Tomorrow you will see a close up of one of them :0)

Points To Ponder 12/01/2013

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Are you so focused on what you don’t have that you fail to see what you do have?
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Psalm 119:105

Thy ________is a lamp unto my feet, and a __________unto my path.

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Photo For 11/30/2013

Another view of Alta Lakes with daisy’s in the foreground…

Points To Ponder 11/30/2013

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“Those who give false praise to others are setting a trap for them.” Prov.29:5 (NCV)
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Who am I? (Pick one) Romans 16:13

Paul sent greetings to me in one of his letters. He also sent greetings to my mother who as Paul put it “has been a mother to me, too.”

 

• Urbanus
• Rufus
• Tryphena
• Asyncritus
• Nereus
• Julia

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Photo For 11/29/2013

A VERY small island at Alta Lakes…

Points To Ponder 11/29/2013

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Time spent criticizing is time I could be creating instead.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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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 11/28/2013

At Alta Lakes (there are three lakes) with some fireweed in the foreground…

Points To Ponder 11/28/2013

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Today's work is the down payment on your future.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blanks. Matthew 8:8-10 (NIV)

The ______________ replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with _________ under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

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Photo For 11/27/2013

I found this Colorado 2 cent sales-tax token in the road at Alta some years ago.. Colorado used sales-tax tokens from Sept. 1, 1935, to Feb. 28, 1945…

Points To Ponder 11/27/2013

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People and rubber bands have one thing in common: they must be stretched to be effective. - John Maxwell
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Fill in the blanks. Hebrews 12:5-8 (NIV)

And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as a _________ addresses his son? It says, "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Endure _______________ as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are ________________ children and not true sons.

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Photo For 11/26/2013

An old miner’s cabin at the ghost town of Alta, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 11/26/2013

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Who am I? 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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Fill in the blanks.  Matthew 22:29-32 NIV
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 11/25/2013

One of the few full time residents at the ghost town of Alta, Colorado…A marmot…

Points To Ponder 11/25/2013

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Friendship is not a big thing....it's a million little things.
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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 11/24/2013

An old abandoned, sagging building the ghost town of Alta, Colorado…

Points To Ponder 11/24/2013

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Friendship is not a big thing....it's a million little things.
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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 11/23/2013

Lizard Head Peak as seen with a telephoto from the ghost town of Alta, Colorado. Elevation 13,113 feet…

Points To Ponder 11/23/2013

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Many think salvation in Christ is an end all...but it is only the beginning. It is the event that secures for us a place in heaven.... But after the event there should be a process of ongoing spiritual growth as we are conformed into the image of Christ day by day here on earth.
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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 11/22/2013

We are now in the Telluride area at the ghost town of Alta. The Alta Townsite was the center of mining activity in the Alta –Gold King area from 1877 to 1946. Lucien Lucius Nunn, Nicola Tesla and George Westinghouse worked at the site with the first industrial use of alternating electricity. A long distance electric transmission line was completed from the Ames Power Plant on the San Miguel River on June 21, 1891. John Wagner operated the Belmont-Wagner Mill here from 1917-1948. Shown is the old boarding house with Lizard Head Peak in the background...

Point To Ponder 11/22/2013

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Try to fix the mistake - not the blame.
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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 11/21/2013

The aspen lined road that leads into the ghost town of Alta, Colorado (near Telluride, Colorado)…

Points To Pnder 11/21/2013

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How different things would be if we forgot our problems as easily as we forget our blessings.
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Fill in the blank. I Kings 15:9-13 What was the name of this GOOD king?

And King _______ did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.

He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole. The king cut the pole down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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Photo For 11/20/2013

We are now in the Telluride area headed for the ghost town of Alta… Wild rose hip near the ghost town of Alta…

Points To Ponder 11/20/2013

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"The men who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize." - Elisabeth Harrison
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 6:3

At first people on the earth lived long lives:

 

·         Enoch lived 365 years.

·         Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.

·         Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

 However, God became frustrated with man and limited his years:

Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a _________ years."

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Photo For 11/19/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. We are now headed down out of Governor Basin and once again Yankee Boy Basin can be seen in the distance…

Points To Ponder 11/19/2013

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Don't let success go to your head or failure go to your heart.
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Fill in the blanks. Exodus 4:2-3 (NIV)

Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground." ___________ threw it on the ground and it became a _______, and he ran from it.

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Photo For 11/18/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. A waterfall in Governor Basin…

Points To Ponder 11/18/2013

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Your church’s competition isn’t other churches; it’s recreation and entertainment. We're on the same side and we must help each other…
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Fill in the blank. What were the circumstances behind this incident? 1 Samuel 4:20-22 (NIV)

As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention. She named the boy __________, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel"-- because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."

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Photo For 11/17/2013

 

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. Sun and clouds, and more sun and clouds…another lone sunbeam breaking through :0)

Points To Ponder 11/17/2013

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The people who do things that count don't usually stop to count them.
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Fill in the blanks. Genesis 11:26-29 (NIV)

After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was _________, and the name of Nahor's wife was _________; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

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Photo For 11/16/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. Pink Elephants….If you look closely you will note the each blossom looks like a pink elephants head…

Points To Ponder 11/16/2103

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Making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
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Who am I…………? See Acts chapter 10

I was a Roman soldier stationed in Caesarea who was the first recorded Gentile convert to Christianity. I was a God-fearing man who was strongly attracted to the Jewish teaching of the belief in one God. God sent a heavenly vision both to me and to Simon Peter so I sent men to get Simon Peter. While Peter was still preaching to me and my household, "the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the Word", And Peter commanded us to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

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Photo For 11/15/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. More clouds and rugged rocks at Governor Basin…

Points To Ponder 11/15/2013

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Whatever your lot in life is, build on it.

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(Pick the correct answers)…Who was the High priest and who was his father-in-law? (John 18:13)

I was appointed the high priest of Israel in about A. D. 18 by the Roman procurator, Valerius Gratus. My father-in-law, and I were high priests when John the Baptist began his preaching.

1. Eltolad
2. Caiaphas
3. Chidon
4. Annas
5. Arctura
6. Asinah
7. Asnapper

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Photo For 11/14/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. God’s giant boulder field at Governor Basin…

Points To Ponder 11/14/2013

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People do not really decide their future…They decide their habits - then their habits decide their future.
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1 Samuel 16:6-11 How many brothers did David have?

          And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, the LORD has not him. Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen him. Again, Jesse made _________ of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen any of these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he comes here.

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Photo For 11/13/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. Indian Paintbrush at Heaven’s Half Acre in Governor Basin…

Points To Ponder 11/13/2013

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We're not put on this earth to see through each other but to see each other through.
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Name this couple: For the answer see Luke 1:5ff

He was the father of John the Baptist and a priest of the division of Abijah. His wife was one "of the daughters of Aaron" meaning she also was of priestly descent. Although both "were... righteous before God, they had no child, because the wife was barren". However, God performed a miracle, and the wife conceived the child who was to be the forerunner of the Messiah.

BONUS POINT: Who was the significant visitor that came by to visit when the wife was six months pregnant?

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Photo For 11/12/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. Indian Paintbrush at Heaven’s Half Acre in Governor Basin…

Points To Ponder 11/12/2013

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One moment of patience may ward off a great disaster; one moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
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Revelation 21:1-21 What is the ninth foundation made of? What are the streets made of?

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. . . . . . And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. . . . . . .And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a _________; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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Photo For 11/11/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. A break in the clouds at Governor Basin…The Mountain Top Mine Boarding House can be seen at the extreme left in the photo…

Points To Ponder 11/11/2013

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Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer. - Owen Feltham
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Hebrews 5:8ff

Although he was a Son, He learned _____________ from what he _____________ and, once made ______________, he became the source of eternal _____________ for all who __________ him.

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Photo For 11/10/2013

We are now traveling to my favorite location in the Ouray, Colorado area, Governor Basin. Sneeze Weed…

Points To Ponder 11/10/2013

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Blessed are the balanced; for they shall outlast everyone. - Rick Warren
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Acts 4:33-37 NIV

34 There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

36 __________, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of _______________), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet.

What was the given name of Barnabas?

Þ  Joseph

Þ  John
Þ  John Mark
Þ  Cephas
Þ  Simion
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