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  The Sea of Galilee   Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done. Sing to Him; yes, sing His praises. Tell everyone about His wonderful deeds. 1 Chronicles 16:8-9 (NLT)   I felt God strongly during our boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.…

The Sea of Galilee from Peter’s Primacy After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these? “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter…

The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NLT)   After Israel, I spent 4 nights in Prague. I traveled alone, so felt most comfortable eating dinner in the hotel restaurant while reviewing trip photos on my iPad. The…

So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his word of creation, so He rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when He rested from all His work…

The Dome of the Rock – a mosque on the Temple Mount I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and…

The Via Delorosa For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 God always provides what we need to do His work. In the Old Testament, when Moses led the Israelites out of slavery, He instructed them to ask the…

The Inaugural Proverbs 31 Tour Group at the Sea of Galilee The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. If the foot should say, “because I am not a hand, I do not belong…

The Pools of Bethesda [At the Pools of Bethesda] Here a great number of disabled people used to lie – the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long…

The Sheep Gate – also call the Lion’s Gate and Stephen’s Gate   Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. John 5:1-2 Just…

Olives on the Tree   We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 I’d been told it would happen. The scriptures are coming alive for me. I honestly didn’t realize how significantly it would change my…