by Elaine Olsen | Jul 24, 2008 | A Zoo's Pondering, family fun, living God's truth
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he knows and understands me, … .’” (Jeremiah 9:23-24a). I am reminded...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 22, 2008 | A Zoo's Pondering, family fun, living God's truth
“However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’—but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. … We have not received the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 21, 2008 | A Zoo's Pondering, family fun, living God's truth
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 19, 2008 | marriage
“This is what the LORD says: ‘When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 16, 2008 | Living Our Consecrated Deserts
“When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached...
