Hans left us over 7000 photos on his camera. Over the last 7-plus years, I have featured many of them on my blog. I am going through them again and have started a collection on Fine Art America. I have wanted to do this for a long time and am glad to make some of …
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. . . chastenings are the sure evidence of God's fatherly love. William Bacon Stevens, "The Rainbow in the Cloud" 1856 The furnace of affliction is but the purifying agent to purge away our dross--that the great Refiner may see His own image reflected in purified souls. In furnishing the strongest and most Scriptural consolation which can be offered …
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When Death Comes to a Home Our home now, with half of us gone most of the time, is like a movie with the sound turned off, or a photo album filled with pictures in which there are no people. I go outside and look around the yard; where are the people? Where is my …
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Table of Contents: Will I See My Child Again?False Beliefs About the AfterlifeEverybody Goes to Heaven, No Questions Asked. My Child is not Dead. He is Right Here with Me, I Just Can’t See Him. There is no HeavenThere is No Afterlife.How Can I Be So Confident I Will See My Son Again?How Do I …
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"Cast all your cares upon Him, as fast as they come in." James Smith, (1802—1862) "The Pastor's Morning Visit" Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7 Does God care about me? The Lord knows all His people, all their needs, and all their trials. He thinks upon them, to …
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Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'ns rescued land praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation! Francis Scott Key The Unknown Soldier | Memorial Day This video features a moving speech made by President Ronald Reagan for an Unknown Soldier who was laid to rest in Washington D.C on Memorial …
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 1 Samuel 1:10 Hannah's Song And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy …
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The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. Everything else that was said or done by Christ and the apostles is secondary in importance to the resurrection. If the resurrection did not take place then Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is …
God, Thou Art Love If I forget, yet God remembers.If these hands of mine cease from their clinging,Yet the hands divine hold me so firmly, I cannot fall.And if sometimes I am too tired to call for Him to help me,Then He reads the prayer unspoken in my heart and lifts my care. I dare …
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O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon the trees which yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why wilt thou …
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How can I know God? Who is Jesus? The Bible in Your Language https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-5-24/ https://youcantrusthim.com/2022/11/26/the-way-the-truth-the-life/
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; Psalm 105:5 Let me never, ever forget what I am without you. Everything you do is wonderful and right. Everything.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5:14-15 Every prayer I have ever uttered …
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"Our God takes the multitude of contingencies of human actions and uses them to accomplish His own purposes for His glory. Praise His name!" --John E. Duty in Foundation A Daily Bible Study Guide (Jan-March 2020)
When considering the magnitude of what the Lord Jesus has done for us, His children, I rejoice. But sometimes this joy is too deep for just a smile or a prayer or a song. Many times, with gratitude, I can only weep. PsalmsChapter 103 (A Psalm of David.) Bless the LORD, O my soul: and …
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