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Where can I go from your Spirit?    Where can I flee from your presence?If I go up to the heavens, you are there;    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.If I rise on the wings of the dawn,    if I settle on the far side of the sea,even there your hand will guide me,    your right hand will hold me fast. Psalm 139:7-10 So do not fear, for I am with you;    do not be dismayed, for I am…

Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of…

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard. 1 Kings 10:7 “A Hampden-Sydney student named Cary Allen had embraced Christ in September 1787. Another, William Hill, began secretly reading Joseph Alleine’s book Alarm to the Unconverted, which he kept locked in his trunk.…

Scripture Passages At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored,…

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. Job 5:2 I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God. Ezekiel 31:9 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4 SPOILER ALERT WARNING If you intend to read this book, the following may give away the mystery But not much of one…

I’m Jemima L Yeggs, a.k.a. Stinker.  Pink Lady Apple Yeggs, my landlady and my auntie, wants to read about how younger people, especially couples respond to what the Bible says.  And she wants to know how God is at work at Lily the Pink. Mary, Arabella, and I were in our “green room.” Stormie and Joan were back on the swooning couch talking to Ethan, but like last week, most of it was…

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:18-19 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. Hebrews 8:13 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he…

I will open my mouth with a parable;    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—things we have heard and known,    things our ancestors have told us.We will not hide them from their descendants;    we will tell the next generationthe praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,    his power, and the wonders he has done. Psalm 78:2-4 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not…

Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind,…

Boilerplate I’m Harold Dykstra.  I’m retired, but I go to food bank distributions all over Tracy and talk to people that need someone who will listen to their story.  My time is well spent.  A police lieutenant suggested that I write down the conversations that I had with an angel.  I did not know she was an angel at the time.  The angel, for a little over a year, indwelled a life-sized posable…

Unless the Lord builds the house,    the builders labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city,    the guards stand watch in vain. Psalm 127:1 “In May 1787, delegates gathered in Philadelphia for a convention to draft a constitution that would establish an effective federal government. They appointed George Washington as chair, but that’s about all they agreed on. From the beginning, the…

When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;    he was exalted in Israel.    But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.Now they sin more and more;    they make idols for themselves from their silver,cleverly fashioned images,    all of them the work of craftsmen.It is said of these people,    “They offer human sacrifices!    They kiss calf-idols!”Therefore they will be like the morning mist,    like…

See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it. Deuteronomy 12:32 “Every word of God is flawless;    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Do not add to his words,    or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. Proverbs 30:5-6 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the…

I’m Lieutenant Deviled Yeggs.  I work homicide in the big city of Tracy.  Working for me are my old partners: Detective Sgt. Jim Wednesday and Detective Poached Yeggs, my nephew who is slowly becoming a good detective.  But then again, I have all the detectives in the big city of Tracy reporting to me.  Even so, I HELP them when they need help, but I WORK homicide. Okay, it has been a hectic…

“‘Do not steal. “‘Do not lie. “‘Do not deceive one another. Leviticus 19:11 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you. ‘I have not…

Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified. 1 Corinthians 14:16-17 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was…

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.    And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy    and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Not to us, Lord, not to us    but to your name be the glory,    because of your love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1 “’In his book Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, Daniel L. Dreisbach observes that the leaders of the…