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Category Archives: Bible Verses
Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
St. Augustine Beach Campsite – Notice the item leaning against the tree. Our Rock Guard. How does our rock guard fit into this post? This ordinary piece of equipment played a part in changing the course of our 2018 tour. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bible Verses, Memoir
Tagged Anna Maria Island, Austin, Clermont, Dallas, Florida, Fort Stockton, Mohs Surgery, Motorhome, Pensacola, Rolling Ridge RV Park, RV, San Antonio, St. Augustine Beach KOA, Texas, Winter Garden
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I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Morning, Photo
Tagged Ashes, Beauty, Black Clouds, Brokenhearted, Carol Ann Hoel, Gloom, Grace and Truth, Jesus, Light, Lord, Mercy, Storm Clouds, Sunrise, Troubles
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NO – NOT AGAIN – Yes Again – Nighttime – After a Lovely Valentine’s Day Lunch with Our Friends – It Happened Again – I Fell – Two Injured Feet This time – But All Is Well –
What a lovely view looking at the neighborhood while standing on the steps between the floor of our coach and the pavement below! Daylight is so much better than darkness, especially on the dark Sunday night of Valentine’s Day. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Healing, Memoir
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, crutches, Fall, Healing, injured feet, injuries, Joy, skinned knee, sprained foot, sprained toe, steps, Swelling, two injured feet, urgent care, Weeping
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God Bless America – Land of the Brave – Land of Many People – We Have Our Problems – But We Are Blessed – And Will Be Blessed – God Loves Us and the Entire Population of Earth –
How can I say with assurance that God loves us in America and all the populations of the Earth? The Gospel, the good news to all peoples, proves that God loves us. He gave us His Son, Jesus, who offered … Continue reading
I Knew – I Knew – I Know –
When uncertainties like monsters Loom in the shadows – When chaos roars – I hear Your Love song – Grace – Grace – Grace – And my heart sings back to You – I knew You would not fail – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Chaos, Christian, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, God is Love, Goodness, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, Lord Jesus, love, Terrorism, Terrorist attack, Uncertainties
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Let Us Not Lose Our Confidence – The Gospel Is Simple – Jesus Is LORD and Savior – We Have Been Redeemed – Believe – Receive – Be Happy –
Jesus saved us On the cross – Bore our sins – Recouped our loss – We are His – He is ours – Forever safe – Forever blessed – We may fail – We may fall – We are weak … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Carol Ann Hoel, Christ, Confidence, Faithfulness, God, Isaiah 54:17, Jesus, John 3:16, Might God, Redeemed, Redeemer, Savior, Super Size
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When My Faith is Weak – When I Should Trust but Don’t – I Call on You – Strong One – You Show Me – I Praise You – My LORD – My Savior – My God –
When my future seems in jeopardy – When my heart flutters without rest – I call on You – LORD – Strong One – And You rescue me from doubt – You show me the way out – It was there all the time – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Christ, Doubt, Faith, God, Jeopardy, Jesus, Lord, Praise, Rescue, Savior, Strong One, Trust, Way Out, Weak Faith, Weakness
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Jesus – Our Savior – Our Lord – Gives Us beauty for Ashes – Joy for Mourning – Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness – Calls Us Trees of Righteousness – The Planting of the Lord – That He Might Be Glorified –
Look at the fields – they are ready to harvest – Is that what I should see – I don’t know – Maybe so – Lord – You give us beauty for ashes – Joy for mourning – Praise for the spirit of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged beauty for ashes, Brokenhearted, Carol Ann Hoel, Comfort, Father, garment of praise, Gift, Grief, Harvest, Joy, Mourning, Praise, Righteousness, too much sorrow, Trees of Righteousness
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God Loves Us – Did You Know – What Good Is Being Loved unless We Know – We Have Been Redeemed – Hear and Believe –
Psalm 107:8 – The Bible (KJV) – Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! I heard a story once (not a Bible story). I’ll try to tell it … Continue reading
The Gospel – Why – When We Heard and Believed It – Don’t We Rest in It All the Time – Are We Safe or Not – What Hinders Us – What Causes Distress – What Clouds Our Thinking –
The gospel as articulated in full by the Apostle Paul: the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus, the foundation of our faith, the message that birthed the church, the milk and the meat of our happy existence is the good … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bright Future, Condemnation, Devil, Forgiven, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Justification, Lord Jesus, Redemption, Rest, Salvation, Savior, Subversive, Truth
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Friend of the Friendless – Jesus – Jesus – Jesus –
Jesus – Jesus – Jesus – Friend of the friendless – Calmer of the storm – Keeper of the Covenant – I rest in You – Blue on blue – Sky on water – Me and You – Peace like … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blue on Blue, Calm Storm, Cleanses my soul, Covenant, Doubt, Fear, Friend of Friendless, Jesus, love, Me and You, Peace, rain, Rest, Sky, Water
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Gluten-free Diet Perplexing – Limiting – All Our Friends Affected by It – We Could Only Go to Select Restaurants that Served Gluten-free Fare for Me – What to Do –
Approximately 21 months or almost two years I have enjoyed life without the distress of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or chronic colitis or whatever name the medical world gives to this painful and embarrassing condition these days, and I am grateful. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Gluten-free, Healing, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Celiac Disease, Chronic Colitis, Convinced, Gluten-Free, Healing, IBS, Ice Cream Cone, Ice Cream Social, Mark 11:23-24, myopia, Receive, Trust, Wheat, Wheat-containing ingredients
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Jesus Is the Brightness of God’s Glory and the Express Image of His Person – As the Apple Tree among the Trees of the Wood – So Is My Beloved among the Sons – His Banner over Me Was Love –
Whatever we want to know about God May be seen in Jesus – who is the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person – Lord of Lord – King of Kings – Jesus – The Lamb that was … Continue reading
Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up – What Is It – Is it the Basics – The Introduction – Neither One – Jesus Is the Gospel – The Gospel Is Good News – Really GOOD News –
If one were randomly to ask people in this country, the United States of America, the question, What is the gospel, very few would say they had never heard of it. Some would say they weren’t sure but it had … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses
Tagged Christianity, Church, Cross of Christ, Crucifixion, Good News, health, It Is Finished, Jesus, Poverty, Prosperity, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation, Sickness, The Gospel
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It Is Finished – We Rest in His Completed Work Alone – We Have Nothing to Add – Jesus – Lord of Lords – King of Kings – Gave Himself for Us – He Lives – We Live –
The law has been fulfilled by our Savior – Not by you or me – no – not by us – Our fallen state has been redeemed – But what must we do to stay redeemed – What crown of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abide in Him, Carol Ann Hoel, Christ Jesus, Crown of Thorns, It Is Finished, Jesus Christ, Let God be God, Lord, love, Nothing Lacking, punishment, Redeemer, Rest in Him, Salvation, Savior
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Roses in Water – Lovely They Appear – After Picked and Packed – Handled and Set Aside without Water – Gifted and Carried in the Arizona Sun – Yet They Beautify – They Remind Me that God is Good –
Three couples, including Steve and me, dined at the Hilton for Mother’s Day. (This is not a Mother’s Day post, but these were Mother’s Day roses.) One rose was presented to each woman as she entered the door. There were many … Continue reading
What Do We Say to the Voices of Discouragement and Despair We Hear Everyday – God Has Given Us the Spirit of Power – Love – and Sound Mind – Come to Jesus and Rest –
There’s a place prepared for us – Jesus said – We should not be troubled nor afraid – How quickly we leave our lofty realm of trust – How we drop from faith to fear in a moment – We hear … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Another Voice, Deceitful words, Discern Spirits, Fear, Jesus, Lies, love, Never Leave, Peace, Place Prepared, Power, Sound Mind, Troubles, Trust, Voice
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There Is None Like You – Lord – Oh – I Said that Before – I’ll Say It Again – Lord – There Is None Like You –
I was a child when You first revealed Yourself – Lord – Young and helpless – alone – Unseen but always with me – As I grew – always You Were watching Over me – More aware of You I became – … Continue reading
Lord – There is None Like You – Not One –
Lord – You excite me – You fill my heart with wonder – All the blessings I expect from You You exceed – Lord – You humble me – You stop pride in its tracks – How do You do it – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Excite me, Humble, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leading Me, Lord, Loving unreservedly, None Like You LORD, Pride, Show Me, The Lord, Wonder, You exceed
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