Joshua 4:20-24 "And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever."
MY THOTS: Over & over again God instructed the Israelities to "remember these things". We are to teach all the stories from God's Word. We have stories to share from our own life too. Experiences of how God worked out situations in trials or worked through us to help others. Stories that must be remembered. Stories that strengthen our faith at times when we might grow weary. It is a Biblical principle we must "remember these things."
A "Marker" is our life--while in ID we had lost a few more churches for our regular monthly support. Kevin & I started running 3 paper routes but the deliver was only once a week. At the end of the year when filing our taxes and what we could deduct for that part-time job--mileage, expenses etc. Turned out we were able to claim it as a financial loss. Giving us more greif than a benefit for our needs. With much anxiety we gave up those routes. Not knowing how the Lord would provide. In the mail that day we received a letter from a church in NC. They had heard about our ministry in ID and were taking us on for $150 monthly support. We did not know Pastor McClure or anyone in that church. Now that is of God--that is "something to remember."
MY THOTS: Over & over again God instructed the Israelities to "remember these things". We are to teach all the stories from God's Word. We have stories to share from our own life too. Experiences of how God worked out situations in trials or worked through us to help others. Stories that must be remembered. Stories that strengthen our faith at times when we might grow weary. It is a Biblical principle we must "remember these things."
A "Marker" is our life--while in ID we had lost a few more churches for our regular monthly support. Kevin & I started running 3 paper routes but the deliver was only once a week. At the end of the year when filing our taxes and what we could deduct for that part-time job--mileage, expenses etc. Turned out we were able to claim it as a financial loss. Giving us more greif than a benefit for our needs. With much anxiety we gave up those routes. Not knowing how the Lord would provide. In the mail that day we received a letter from a church in NC. They had heard about our ministry in ID and were taking us on for $150 monthly support. We did not know Pastor McClure or anyone in that church. Now that is of God--that is "something to remember."
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