“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • The First Time I Felt Like a Grown Up

    The first time I felt like a grown up was when I joined the Navy and put on the uniform of the greatest Navy in the world. I was on my own. I needed to depend on me for everything.… Continue reading

    The First Time I Felt Like a Grown Up
  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 265 – Provision Psalm 146:1 Praise YAHH! Praise JEHOVAH, O my soul! 2 While I live, I will praise JEHOVAH; I will sing praises to my Elohiym while I have my being. 3 Do not put your trust in… Continue reading

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    Day 264 – Praise Psalm 145:1 (A Praise of David.) I will extol You, my Elohiym, O Melek; and I will bless Your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name… Continue reading

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    Day 263 – Praise Psalm 144:1 (A Psalm of David.) Blessed be JEHOVAH my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle— 2 my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield… Continue reading

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    Day 262 – Prayer Psalm 143:1 (A Psalm of David.) Hear my prayer, O JEHOVAH, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness. 2 Enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your… Continue reading

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  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 261 – Trouble Psalm 142:1 (A Contemplation of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave.) I cry out to JEHOVAH with my voice; with my voice to JEHOVAH, I make my supplication. 2 I pour out my… Continue reading

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  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 260 – Prayer Psalm 141:1 (A Psalm of David.) JEHOVAH, I cry out to You; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You. 2 Let my prayer be set before You as… Continue reading

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  • If I Lost Everything

    When natural disasters hit and storms destroy everything a person has, it’s hard to start over from nothing. I’ve never faced that situation. However, if I lost everything in my life, there is one thing I could never lose and… Continue reading

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    Day 259 – Prayer Psalm 140:1 (To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.) Deliver me, O JEHOVAH, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, 2 who plan evil things in their hearts; they continually gather for war. 3… Continue reading

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  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 258 – Search Me Psalm 139:1 (For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.) O JEHOVAH, You searched me and know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts afar off. 3… Continue reading

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