!: The Elevator

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Elevator: Jeremy, an eight year old friend of ours, came to visit for a weekend. He is fond of fossils so we took him to the University museum to see...

A Shelter from the Storm

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Shelter from the Storm: In 1968, when I was thirteen years old, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town about thirty minutes away.  While they were gone a to...

: The Christmas Tree Song

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Christmas Tree Song: In first grade, before Christmas break, we were taught the German song, "O, Tannenbaum" (Oh, Christmas Tree).  That same week D...

Buffy the Kitten

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Buffy the Kitten - My Nurse: In 1968, due to orthopedic surgery, I was completely bed-ridden for two months so was allowed to adopt a kitten! Since a friend's cat...

: My Horse Friends

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: My Horse Friends: A major facet in my youth was horses. Our Lutheran church friends from Germany, two elderly brothers Karl and Ernie Wolff, owned Hillside ...

: VBS - Vacation Bible School

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: VBS - Vacation Bible School: In the 1960's - during two weeks in June - from nine a.m. until noon - mornings were spent at Missouri Synod Lutheran Vacation Bible Sc...

!: Confirmation

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Confirmation: Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." John 6:39 [KJV] In seventh...

!: TRICK or TREATING 1964

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: TRICK or TREATING 1964: On Halloween 1964 I was allowed to go "trick or treating" with the neighbor kids Merry and Mark who were two years older than me. ...

: Amusing Stories for Tough Times

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amusing Stories for Tough Times: What with tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms for the past 5 weekends in Nebraska, I thought I'd tell some true, amusing stories. As ...

: God's Protection in Disasters

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters : God has protected me from many things including natural disasters. In Alaska, in 1...

: Orange Pie Filling

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Orange Pie Filling: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Orange Pie Filling : RECIPES FROM DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG'S WIFE – late 1880’s Mrs. Kellogg was Superintendent of th...

Freedom of Opinion - Public School

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Freedom of Opinion - Public School: Public elementary school, District 66 in Omaha, Nebraska, had many memorable, spiritual moments! For instance in two different grades our t...

Kidnapped

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Kidnapping: In 1972, my boyfriend, a leading high school actor, encouraged me to try out for a play. Haughtily he challenged, "I realize you are ...

Pop Bottle Tops

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Pop Bottle Tops: After Halloween in 1964 my friend, Merry, and I got into more trouble . In her basement we found a wall box with pop bottle tops stickin...

Carry Me Through

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Carry Me Through: I dreamed I was trudging up a steep, sand mountain carrying a heavy load of burdens.  I kept slipping and sliding, falling down and sliding...

Grandma's Ghost - True Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Seeing Grandma's Ghost - True Story: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God..." 1 John 4:1 [RSV] When Adam and ...

Moon Landing 1969

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Moon Landing 1969: Summer School is a good thing! In 1969 I participated in voluntary Middle School summer school activities. Those being meteorology and as...

Mind Games

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Games of the Mind: Don't play mind games with the devil, he'll win every time. Instead, turn to Jesus Christ, He will beat the devil, and Jesus will ...

Winner Every Time

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Always Wins!: If you think you can beat the devil on your own, you are greatly mistaken. Satan (Lucifer) was the fourth most powerful being in the univer...

Amidst the Strife of Nations....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amidst the Strife of Nations....: He who slumbers not, who in every crisis has been the strength and dependence of His people, will carry out His eternal purpose.   He wil...

: What To Do Right Now

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What To Do Right Now: God loves you so much. He gave His life to save you from eternal death. He longs for you to be happy now and in your eternal Home in Heav...

Our Prayers Cannot Die Away

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Prayers Cannot Die Away: Amid the anthems of the celestial choir, God hears the cries of the weakest human being.   ...They may be inaudible to any human ear, bu...

How to Handle Your Problems

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: How to Handle Your Problems: Prayer is the answer to every problem in life. It puts us in tune with Divine wisdom, which knows how to adjust everything perfectly. So o...

God's Leading Statesmen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Leading Statesmen: God has His agents among the leading men and women of the nation. With unanswerable arguments statesmen who fear the Lord are influenced by...

Jesus, No Civil Reforms

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: No Civil Reforms: "The Savior attempted no civil reforms, attacked no national abuses, condemned no national enemies. Nor did He interfere with the auth...

Solve the Problem

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Solve the Problem: There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society.  Those who ho...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ANCIENT PROPHECY

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ANCIENT PROPHECY: Christ’s Birth Foretold in the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures The people who walk in darkness will see a great Light. A Light will...

The god that atheists detest...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The god that atheists detest...: The God that atheists detest, I don't like either. The God that I love is the loving, truthful, kind and gentle God that I've kno...

Genesis chapter 1, verse 1

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Genesis chapter 1, verse 1: IN THE BEGINNING GOD created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 from the first book of the Holy Scriptures

Shelter from the Storm

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Shelter from the Storm: In 1968, when I was thirteen years old, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town about thirty minutes away.  While they were gone a to...

: God's Protection in Disasters

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters: God has protected me from many things including natural disasters. In Alaska, in 1967, we were traveling with Uncle Morris in a motor ho...

: Eye has not seen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Eye has not seen: Eyes have not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the mind of mankind, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. ...

Our Daily Test

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Daily Test: Day by day God instructs His children. By the circumstances of the daily life He is preparing them to act their part upon the wider ...

: Prophecy

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Prophecy: Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe His prophets and you will prosper. 2 Chronicles 20:20 Do not despise ...

The Holy Spirit & the Trinity

Read 1 John 5:7. Three bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

Downsizing

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Always Room for One More: God never downsizes His kingdom. There is always room for one more.

God's People are Safe

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's People are Safe: God who slumbers not, who in every crisis has been the strength and dependence of His people , will carry out His eternal purpose.     He...

CATHOLIC church statement

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: CATHOLIC: LAUX, John.   A COURSE IN RELIGION FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES   Vol. 1   p 51      1936      "If we consulted the Bibl...

: We are Not Left Alone

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: We are Not Left Alone: Through all our trials we have a never-failing Helper.  He does not leave us alone to struggle with temptation, to battle with evil, and be...

Ocean voyage

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Lover of the Sea: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Lover of the Sea : On an ocean trip Ellen G White wrote," the waves ran high and we were tossed up and down so very ...

: God will wipe away all tears

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God will wipe away all tears: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God will wipe away all tears : God will wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither sor...

!: Obtaining Knowledge

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Obtaining Knowledge: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Obtaining Knowledge : Gods people are directed to Holy Scripture as their safeguard against the influence of false teache...

Signs of the Last Days and the Jesus' coming

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: the Last Days and the second coming: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jesus' Second Coming & the Last Days : But no one knows the day or hour of Jesus coming, not even the angels nor ...

Are the Deceased Alive or Dead?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are the Deceased Alive or Dead?: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are the Deceased Alive or Dead? : The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing.  Neither do they have a...

: Gasoline!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Gasoline!: Back when Andy and I were separated, I was left without money. I secured a position, but my first payday was 4 weeks away! I needed gasoli...

God's Free Love

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Free Love: God's love cannot be bought - He gives it freely.

Woman's Best Friend

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Woman's Best Friend: The Savior is woman's Best Friend, and He will aid her in all life's relationships.

: Stop Worrying My Daughters

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Stop Worrying My Daughters: ...We want to see you trusting fully in the precious Savior. He loves you. He gave His life for you because He values you. …Put away your...

Zucchini Boats - Entree

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Zucchini Boats - Entree: Debra’s Zucchini Boats From the kitchen of: Debra M INGREDIENTS Two large zucchini 1 pkg Pepperidge Farm Stuffing - sage 1 - 28 o...

Black Bean Chili - Vegan

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Black Bean Chili - Vegan: INGREDIENTS Three 16 oz. cans of black beans plus juice 46 oz. can of tomato juice or V8 juice 28 to 32 oz. of diced tomatoes - canned or...

Upper Peninsula Pasty - recipe

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Upper Peninsula Pasty - recipe: PASTY (pass-tee) Recipe from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan FILLING 3 lbs of potatoes diced - frozen diced potToes are okay 1 cup car...

Orange Pie Filling

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Orange Pie Filling: RECIPES FROM DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG'S WIFE – late 1880’s Mrs. Kellogg was Superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium [Hospital] Sc...

Lessons from a Rescue Dog

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Lessons from a Rescue Dog: "All about us God has placed the beautiful things of nature that they may teach us about Him." The Wonderful Way (Dept. of Educa...

Our Daily Test

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Daily Test: Day by day God instructs His children. By the circumstances of the daily life He is preparing them to act their part upon the wider ...

!: If You Can...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: If You Can...: If you can find this book, Please Read! Available on Amazon The Third Coming (2006) by Celeste Perrino Walker. A story of a mom working 2 ...

Those who Hate God

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Those who Hate God: The Lord delights in mercy; and for the sake of a few who really serve Him, He restrains calamities and prolongs the tranquility of multitud...

In Answer to the Prayer of Faith

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: In Answer to the Prayer of Faith: It is a part of God’s plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask. The Great C...

A Real Promise

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Promise: Do not dishonor God by words of repining, but praise Him with heart and soul and voice.   Look on the bright side of everything.   Do not b...

Amidst the Strife of Nations....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amidst the Strife of Nations....: He who slumbers not, who in every crisis has been the strength and dependence of His people, will carry out His eternal purpose.   He wil...

Finances in Difficult Times

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Finances in Difficult Times: No one ever trusted God in vain.  God never disappoints those who depend on Him. ...It is very tempting to trust in the power of the gove...

: Pre-Requisite for Eternal Life

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Pre-Requisite for Eternal Life: Faith in Jesus Christ is the pre-requisite for receiving the gift of eternal life.  It is a GIFT ! God gives salvation to those who seek i...

Whom should we obey spiritually ?

We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:29, spoken by the Apostle Peter, Holy Scripture, the Bible

God our Refuge

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God our Refuge: Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your refuge; then no evil shall happen to you. Neither will any plag...

Once Saved, Always Saved

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Once Saved, Always Saved: There is an idea that once you are saved, you are always saved... And there is nothing the devil can do to stop it. Is this what Holy Scr...

Live to be a Blessing

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: An Influence that All will Value: Cultivate respect for yourself because you are Christ’s purchased possession. Success in the formation of right habits, advancement in th...

Our Daily Test

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Daily Test: Day by day God instructs His children. By the circumstances of the daily life He is preparing them to act their part upon the wider ...

: Listen Up !

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Listen Up !: People all around the world, who are in desperate need of hope, are responding with joy to the message of hope - Jesus is coming soon! Wha...

Demonic Miracles & Healings?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Demonic Miracles & Healings?: Many Christians assume that any supernatural power must come from God. Can Satan actually heal? And if so, how can we tell the working of t...

: Love & Care

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Love & Care: …the greater our love for God, the stronger should be our love and care for those whom He has given us. The Saviour never taught idleness a...

: Let him make peace with Me

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Let him make peace with Me: Let them take hold of My strength, that they may make peace with Me, and they will make peace with Me. Isaiah 27:5 the Old Testament of ...

The Devil's: Counterfeit Second Coming

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Counterfeit Second Coming: Satan is not permitted to counterfeit the manner of Jesus' second coming.  The Savior has warned His people against deception on this p...

: Satan's Lies Debunked

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Satan's Lies Debunked: If we believe Satan’s lies, we will begin to doubt God, forget that God loves us, and focus on our hopelessness. Jesus stood up against S...

Its Been a Rough 3 Weeks

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Its Been a Rough 3 Weeks: I’ve been going thru a rough 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I was going by feeling and not by faith. Satan was getting a strong hold on my emotio...

We are Never Abandoned

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Never Abandoned: Christ will never abandon those for whom He has died [He died for everyone].  We may leave Him and be overwhelmed with temptation, but Ch...

God Rescues Every Time

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Rescues Every Time: God hears His people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, He ...

A Curse into a Blessing

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Curse into a Blessing: And the Lord your God will turn a curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. Deuteronomy 23:5

: Depression

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Depression: The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you or forsake you.   Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. De...

Help for Anxiety

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Help for Anxiety: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.   Psalm 9:9 When I said, “my foot is slipping,” God’s love su...

: Self-worth, Self-Respect

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Self-worth, Self-Respect: Many struggle with feelings of self-worth and value. The Lord has given each one of us a sense of self respect, and this must not be oppo...

Depressed?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What To Do Right Now: God loves you so much. He gave His life to save you from eternal death. He longs for you to be happy now and in your eternal Home in Heav...

Biblical Names & Their Meanings

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Biblical Names & Their Meanings: The names of Jacob’s sons (and their meanings) are listed in Genesis 29:32-35; 30:1-24; 35:18; and grandson Manasseh in Genesis 41:51. Howev...

Jimmy Stewart

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: True Story: Having read that many people die without hope in the resurrection, I pray nightly for the Lord to be with all those who are dying, to com...

: A Warning Dream to Deb M

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Warning Dream to Deb M: A Warning Dream to Deb M In the dream: after purchasing a small, beautiful acreage on the edge of a forest we went about our chores. Sud...

: Carry Me Through - a dream to deb m

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Carry Me Through: I dreamed I was trudging up a steep, sand mountain carrying a heavy load of burdens.  I kept slipping and sliding, falling down and sliding...

: Illustration of Jesus' Second Coming - Deb M Dream...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Illustration of Jesus' Second Coming - Deb M Dream...: Illustration of Jesus’ Second Coming – Deb's Dream Being chased by killers I ran into the woods and stopped in a small clearing where a...

The SHAKING - A Dream given to Deb M

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The SHAKING - A Dream given to Deb M: The following dream was given in answer to prayer. Being a new Christian and believing this denomination was God's true church, I was ...

True Love Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: True Story: Long ago, God made the heavens and the earth, and placed the first parents of humanity in the Garden of Eden. This couple disobeyed God, an...

Thoughts of Hope

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Clouded because of Pain: “Often your mind may be Clouded because of pain. Then do not try to think. You know that Jesus loves you! He understands your weakness. ...

Thoughts from Timothy

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: First Timothy Thoughts: Now the Spirit explicitly states that in the last days some will depart from the faith by listening to corrupt spirits and demonic doctrine...

the Last Days and the second coming

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jesus' Second Coming & the Last Days: But no one knows the day or hour of Jesus coming, not even the angels nor Jesus Himself.  Only the Father knows. Pay attention! Watch and ...

: BFF - Best Friend Forever

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: BFF - Best Friend Forever: Jesus is eager to be your BFF. He has not changed with the years. His love is as strong, His understanding as perfect, His sympathy as dee...

: Purchased by the Blood of God

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Purchased by the Blood of God: God is a judge . He is passionately concerned with justice. But He alone is our Intercessor. He presents His own perfect life and shed bloo...

God could not give anything less

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: He could not give anything less: When God gave His Son, Jesus, to die for humanity's sins, He could not have given anything greater - and He could not have given anythi...

beware of angels

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: beware of angels: Just finished reading, Beware of Angels by Roger Morneau, 1997. A true story where people thought they were worshipping and obeying God, bu...

: In Answer to the Prayer of Faith

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: In Answer to the Prayer of Faith: It is a part of God’s plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask. The Great C...

FINAL JUDGMENT GOING ON NOW!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: FINAL JUDGMENT GOING ON NOW!: Solemn are the scenes connected with the closing work of the Judgment. Momentous are the interests involved. The Judgment is now passing in...

: God's Free Love

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Free Love: God's love cannot be bought - He gives it freely.

God Believes in You!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Believes in You!: God is so powerful that He could force us to love Him, but God doesn’t use force, because He loves us and wants us to love Him back . ...

Amidst the Strife of Nations....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amidst the Strife of Nations....: He who slumbers not, who in every crisis has been the strength and dependence of His people, will carry out His eternal purpose.   He wil...

Your Past Experience

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Your Past Experience: Whatever may have been your past experience, however discouraging your present circumstances, if you will come to Jesus just as you are: we...