Morning! I just wanted to give everyone an update. I have been preparing for and attending the CIA Instructors Academy and that is where I have been! It was an excellent experience. I have some new ideas and fresh energy, but will need this week to work out some of the details and get back in the swing of things. Please feel free to read through 1 Peter and 2 Peter for study, this is what our Sunday group is currently studying. Posts and podcast, Lord willing, should res

Matthew 6: 1-4 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that

Psalm 111: 1-10 “Praise The LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. The Works of the LORD are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them. His Work is honorable and glorious, and His Righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful Works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. He has declar

1 Corinthians 2: 1-10 “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men

John 16: 12-16 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. A lit

Malachi 3: 1-12 “Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming.’ Says the LORD of hosts. ‘But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiners’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and

1 Peter 2: 1-12 “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus

Proverbs 13: 3 “He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.” Just down the street from the weathered meeting house, on the opposite side of the road, Moose and Cbot come upon the sheriff’s office. It sits a little apart from the rest of the block, deliberate and set back like a scarecrow watching the town without being watched in return. Surrounding it hums a ring of artificial space generators—strange alien machines ha

Ephesians 4: 1-7 “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Sprit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you al

Leviticus 19: 1-8 “And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy for I the LORD your God am Holy. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God. And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it of your own free will. It

1 Peter 4: 12-17 “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you are reproached for the Name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. But let non

Romans 12: 14-21 “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, bu

Romans 13:1-10 “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to

Proverbs 27: 12 “A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished.” Moose and Qbot find the cargo bay doors open as they arrive back at the docking platform. The cargo bay is cool and dry, the humidity kept low for all the books in digi-crates. A slight hum of air circulators quietly fills the room as the two step inside. Artbot and Cbot are standing by the diagnostic computers staring at a screen. “Captain, you’re back!” Artbot looks ove

1 Peter 2: 1-10 “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus