Qoheleth: Verse of the Day

     I encourage you read the whole of this chapter as it is a prayer of King Solomon relating to if God ever displaced the Israelites for their sins asking for Him to hear them when they repented in the foreign lands they were dispersed to.  It reminds us of a truth that All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that if prayers being heard were based on us being sinless, we would NEVER be heard. “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/1/ecc.7.20.KJV “for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.3.23.KJV

 

   

 

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   “Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

   

  Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’S house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

   Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

 

 

   

   

   

 

   

   Praying y’all have a very happy resurrection day (Easter).   I pray you all have a blessed Sunday worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  If you don’t know Him as your savior, He says all we must do is repent and believe and we shall be Saved!! “Because He lives, I can face tomorrow!  Because He lives, all fear is gone!” Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, just because He lives!“                   -Bill and Gloria Gaither         

   

 

   

   Just a reminder that we all need prayer!  My wife and I need it for the emotionalq pain of being separated waiting for the bureaucracy to process her Visa.  My friend Don Hagen needs it for surgery coming up soon (open heart and carotid artery).  And so many others dealing with cancer, etc. We all need it for daily strength as Satan attacks.  And we need it for ourselves so that we stay in communication with the Fsther.

   

   

 “Man Made Forrest”. Bohol, Philippines 🇵🇭 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I just returned from a 3 week trip to the Philippines, where I met my wife Dana and had our Philippine Ceremony (for our online legal marriage) and where I visited our ABA missions and churches in Bohol, Pampanga, and Cebu.  It was a blessed trip and at the risk of sounding trite, it was life changing in many ways.   When I returned I was feeling very down because I had to leave the woman I love behind while we wait for the slow wheels of government to turn on spousal her visa application.  Along with having cried for around 15 hours, Being jet lagged and wearing from travel, I had the added benefit of learning upon my arrival home that someone had liberated my Karvan utility trailer and my Husqvarna riding lawnmower (and they didn’t even mow the lawn on their way out.) I was saddened but at the same time it is only stuff, and not people!  People are irreplaceable and stuff is just stuff!  This verse came into my mind as I thought about the missing items a...