Job 42:1-2 (NIV):  Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.” I am a planner. When I found out that a floating dock was needed to hold a water pump for a sprinkler system I wanted, I[Read More…]

Esther 4:16 (NIV):  “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it[Read More…]

Nehemiah 4:7-8 (NIV):  But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up[Read More…]

Ezra 7:10 (NIV):  For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. I was stationed in South Korea from 1994-1995 without my family. Being away from my “normal” allowed me to do things that[Read More…]

2 Chronicles 10:13-14 (NIV):  The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders, he followed the advice of the young men… When I was 19 I really made a lot of bad decisions. I thought they were good at the time. I thought I was making good decisions.[Read More…]

1 Chronicles 4:10 (NIV):  Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. I know that God[Read More…]

2 Kings 6:5-6 (NIV):  The iron axe head fell into the water…  The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. I feel so blessed to live on property with a[Read More…]

1 Kings 1:5 (NIV):  Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. As a teenager I rode my bike everywhere. I rode long distances. I remember riding on[Read More…]

2 Samuel 22:29 (NIV):  “You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light. ”  Deep darkness is really dark. I’m not talking about the darkness at night. Night time is different. Where I live I can see at night. On cloudless nights there are stars and sometimes[Read More…]

1 Samuel 6:12 (NIV):  “Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.”  I’ve been[Read More…]