Produced, arranged, recorded, and mixed by John D’Elia Musicians: John D’Elia, guitars, bass, percussion Beth D’Elia, vocals Bill Hutzel, solo flute How profound to think that blessings often cause us to divert our attention away from God, and that troubles almost always make us look to God. Such were the troubles of John Newton who …
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So this is what it feels like to be a castaway on a deserted island
A man on a deserted island placed a message for help in a bottle and threw it into the sea. The bottle drifted on the waves for a while, until someone found it and read the man’s note. It was an SOS for help. A search and rescue party was then dispatched. The island …
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In no uncertain terms
How many of us can say that God has spoken to us in no uncertain terms? Yet, He probably has and you just didn’t know it. I refer to them as God-incidences, messages of reassurance that come when we most need them. The events in the following story came during a time of great anxiety. …
Thanksgiving: In a politically correct world
Although Thanksgiving was first observed here in America following the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock in 1620, George Washington, the first President of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day on October 3, 1789. The decree appointed the day “to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal …
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and he will lift you up
When I was in junior high school, I used to go over to my cousin’s house often. I looked up to my cousin Marty who was several years older than me. I loved my cousin. We would sit up in his room calling on his HAM radio anyone who would answer. “Breaker, Breaker good buddy …