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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Righteousness that exceeds       "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness." (Matthew 5:6) In a story, “Fiddler on the Roof”, which later on became a movie, Tevye and his neighbors have been informed that the The Tsar has evicted all Jews from their village and confiscated their land. There is a great upheaval and anger in the community, as you can imagine. If someone told this to you and all the people in your area, how would you feel, and what would you do? There is talk of an uprising and revolt. One of the villagers says to Tevye, “We should defend ourselves. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth!” “Very good,” mutters Tevye. “That way the whole world will be blind and toothless.” Tevye’s insight is the same as Jesus’ reinterpretat

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Picture Album of Jesus      "Though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him." (John 1:10) It is very painful when somone one who is closer to you did not recognize you. This can happen after a long time of not seeing each other or something happened physically that has drastically changed your appearance. It is even more difficult if your own spose or children do not recognize you.  The Creator of the universe came to this world the creation did not recognize Him. They did not have any idea of what Jesus would look like. There were no prior pictures of Him nor any detailed descriptions of his physical appearance. But there were story pictures of Jesus described in words and letters by many prophets and saints before His birth.  There

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Jesus Growing Up      Luke 2:41-52 When Jesus was about twelve years old, his parents took him to the temple. On their return travel, Jesus was found missing.  They went back and found him after three days in the temple, "sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions,"  Mary and Joseph were looking for Jesus in the wrong places. They were looking for a boy Jesus they probably thought that he would be playing with other boys somewhere.   The world looks for Jesus as a child or a boy rather than the savior of the world.  When you pray do you think of Jesus as an adult or as a baby?  God wants us to grow up as adults who can relate to the relationship with God. We may know Jesus as a child or a prophet or a saint or a goo

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  The Water Connection      Mark 1:4-11 Water is one of the most powerful elements on the face of the planet. Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water and it is one of the most important natural resources we have. Our body weight is made up of about sixty percent water. Our health and survival is determined in many ways by water and hydration. Water is important to industry, fishing, recreation, boundaries, crop irrigation, and transportation routes. In homes, water is used for cleaning, bathing, and preparing meals. Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water and it is one of the most important natural resources we have. The power of water unlike any other is important because, a slight change in water flow or contamination in it can impact the life of all p