A friend posted some photos of the night sky . . . taken though a telescope. Amazing!
Psalm 19:1 (NIV)
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Your glory, Lord God, displayed in ways I can’t even see. Glory beyond my imagination. I’m in awe!
Picture this:
Isaiah 55:11 (MSG)
So you’ll go out in joy,
you’ll be led into a whole and complete life.
The mountains and hills will lead the parade,
bursting with song.
All the trees of the forest will join the procession,
exuberant with applause.
Mountains march, hills sing, and the trees give them a standing ovation.
We took a delightful Sunday drive along a scenic byway. These words played through my mind:
“All nature sings,
and round me rings
The music of the spheres.”
Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901)
Matthew 11:15 (NIV)
Whoever has ears, let them hear.
Through faith, we have access to God’s power.
Ephesians 1:19 (AMPC)
And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength.
Great power. Unlimited power. In and for and through us who believe.
By faith, we go.
In faith, we rest.
In faith:
Hebrews 11
By faith Abel . . .
By faith Enoch . . .
By faith Noah . . .
By faith Abraham . . .
How about a personal version of Hebrews 11?
By faith [fill in your name] _____________ [fill in the blank].
How do you finish the sentence? 
Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday? What is Pentecost?
The Holy Spirit descended on the believers during the Feast of Pentecost, and thus started the Christian Church.
Without Pentecost, we wouldn’t be in church each week. That’s something to remember on Memorial Day weekend, when we honor those who died for the freedom we enjoy—including the freedom to be in church.
This coming Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God promised visions, dreams and prophecies.
Acts 2:17-18 (NIV) – quoted from Joel 2:28-29
In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
Young and old, men and women, sons and daughters — speak up! Now is the time.
The coming of the Holy Spirit wasn’t random timing.
Leviticus 23 (excerpts with celebrations underlined)
The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast . . . Bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain [First Fruits] you harvest . . . From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks [Feast of Weeks – Pentecost].
Jesus was crucified on the Passover, buried on the Festival of Unleavened Bread and raised from the dead on the Day of First Fruits. The Holy Spirit came on the 50th day, Pentecost.
Thank You, Lord, for Your perfect timeline.
