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sunrays shine on an orange and yellow sunflower As a countenance is made beautiful by the soul's shining through it, so the world is beautiful by the shining through it of God. FRIEDRICH HEINRICH JACOBI

A True Beautiful World

ByMary April 1, 2025March 30, 2025

As a countenance is made beautiful by the soul’s shining through it, so the world is beautiful by the shining through it of God. FRIEDRICH HEINRICH JACOBI

I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him. Ephesians 1:19 powerful waterfalls

Verse of the Day

God’s Incredibly Great Power for Believers

ByMary March 31, 2025March 30, 2025

Ephesians 1:19 I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him.

James 1:13 No one undergoing a trial should say, I am being tempted by God, since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. James 1:16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. clouds obscure mountains in a dark gray day

Moments

What is the Remedy for Deception?

ByMary March 30, 2025March 30, 2025

James 1:16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. James 1:13 No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. I know a bit about deception. While serving in the United States Army, I was assigned to…

cover bridge over a river Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders work for nothing. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the men who watch over it stay awake for nothing. Psalm 127:1

Verse of the Day

Unless the Lord Watches All

ByMary March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders work for nothing. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the men who watch over it stay awake for nothing. Historic Goodpasture Covered Bridge, Vida, Oregon

Verse of the Day

The Living Stone Rejected by People

ByMary March 27, 2025March 24, 2025

1 Peter 2:4 Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected by people as worthless but chosen by God as valuable.

Look up and not down; look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand. Edward E Hale sun shines through the branches of a tall redwood tree

Quotes & Sayings

Where You Look Is Where You Go!

ByMary March 26, 2025March 24, 2025

Look up and not down; look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand. Edward E. Hale

Psalm 8:4-6 New International Version what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them[ with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet a man stand on the top a rock peak looking down on a vast valley with mountains in the distance and a deep blue sky

Verse of the Day

What Is the Significance of a Human Being?

ByMary March 25, 2025March 24, 2025

Psalm 8:4-6 What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2 Peter 1 5 -7 a steel bridge spans a deep wide red rock canyon with another red rock canyon in the background

Verse of the Day

The Building Blocks of Faith

ByMary March 24, 2025March 18, 2025

2 Peter 1 : 5 -7 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.

dark blue storm clouds fade into lighter bright sunlit clouds that fade into the deep blue ocean waves which then fade into a quiet sunset reflecting beach Abide in me; o'ershadow by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. Harriet Beecher STOWE

Quotes & Sayings

What is a Recipe for a Calm Heart?

ByMary March 23, 2025March 18, 2025

Abide in me; o’ershadow by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Psalm 107 8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind a young boy with his face and arms raised to the sky stands in the autumn forest with his dog

Verse of the Day

Mankind! Give Thanks to the Lord!

ByMary March 22, 2025March 18, 2025

Psalm 107 : 8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind