25 Miracles, Part 2 

9. Light makes flowers bloom. Temperature and light activate a hormone - florigen - produced in leaves. 

10. Octopuses have no bones, three different hearts, blue blood and mini brains.   

11. Trees outnumber stars, all to purify our air. 

12. Oldest restaurant: Sobrino de Botín in Madrid, Spain. An oven fire has been burning for 300 years. Okay, not a miracle. 

13. Underdogs can win. In the 1694 Battle of Hadow, 400 Polish soldiers used fortifications to defeat 40,000 Ottomans. (The Ottoman dynasty was centered in today's Turkey, if we remember right.)

14. Babies grow billions of times - from conception to birth. Multiplying cells align themselves to form heart, brain, eyes, kidneys, hands, feet, etc. A baby survives in amniotic fluid for 9 months. Immediately after birth there is breath, and oxygen through the lungs. It's an impossibly complex process. Babies are born with 300 bones, many of them being cartilage to help babies pass through the birth canal. Eventually, they fuse into 206 bones. 

15. Organization of the human body. It takes up to 9,000 atoms in their proper place for the baby's body to form. Adoms are the basic building block of all matter.  

More miracles tomorrow.

Twenty-Five Everyday 'Miracles' 

1. Hummingbirds flap their wings 50 times/second. Their heart beats 20 times/second. They weigh same as a penny. They can fly forward, backward and upside down. They migrate up to 500 miles without stopping. 

2. Dying stars can be reborn. Fusion reactions. 

This list in Epoch Times includes scientific discoveries.

3. Music of the spheres. Resonances and radio waves travel through space. Inaudible, so don't waste your time. 

4. Earth's heartbeat. Electreomagnetic resonances generated by lightning in earth's cavity. 

5. The moon isn't gray. It has more colors than we can perceive. A photo on the back side was taken during the recent space mission. Okay. Not a miracle. 

6. Earths 23.5-degree tilt. Sunlight causes the seasons. It hits some parts of the globe more directly than others.  

7. Jelly fish injured or starving revert to earlier stage of life.

8. Trees can talk. They exchange information and nutrients. Underground latticed fungi. Some trees can use the network to send warnings, and transfer nutrients to other trees before they die.

Better miracles coming

Over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we will have 25 everyday miracles (article in Epoch Times). Divine origin?  

What About Prayer?

     Pastor Jim Cymbala in Brooklyn, New York, says, Faith is the opposite of worry. Worry is the opposite of faith. The only cure is to bring everything to God in prayer.  

     A city that needs prayer these days is Brooklyn. We all do.

     Jerry Pierce of Decision magazine asked Cymbala, "What are some necessary conditions in Scripture for effective, powerful prayer?"

     He answered, "First, you or the people you're asking to pray are born again. Do they show vital signs that they're new creations? Second, you can't have sin in your life. Third, we need the Holy Spirit. Paul said in Romans 8, "We don't know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit helps us."

     Pierce: "If you had just one sermon to preach on prayer, what would be your main message?" Cymbala: "That God is faithful and fulfills His promise. God answers prayer. You don't see it...and might not feel it. There's a plague in our country worse than COVID. And that's worry." 

     "In Philippians 4:6, Paul wrote: 'Do not be anxious about anything.  But in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.'" 

     "The joy of the Lord is our strength, but we have to walk by faith. You can't walk by faith when you're worrying. We are all guilty of worry. It's not looked at as a sin." 

     "If our enemy can get Christians worrying, he can get them into carnality (indulgence) and unbelief really quick. The only cure is to gather together and pray. God said, My house should be called a house of prayer.

Are We Honest, Truthful and Virtuous? 

     Yesterday when we wrote this headline, little did we know we would post the same question today. Believers in God - like most of our founders - are supposed to serve Him first of all. Then we may have time and interest, concern and ability to serve our government - local or national.

     Or at least, vote honestly. It's not easy, so we normally vote by the party. Although there are many independents these days. Voting began with certain men, then all men of age, then women and ... what's up with Pennsylvania? Our home state has 100,000 non-citizens on state voter rolls!!!  

     States are independent - the Federal Government cannot by law require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Whoa! Pennsylvania allows thousands of non-U.S. citizens to vote through a 'motor-voter' system. Qualifications? No matter. 

     Judicial Watch has successfully sued nearly two dozen states, forcing them to take steps to remove ineligible names (including non-citizens) from their rolls. Result: nearly 7 million ineligible voter names are off the rolls. 

     States include Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, and cities New York and Washington, DC. There are 17 million non-citizens to go. Then will we be honest, truthful and virtuous? Voting is just one activity. 

We may follow up tomorrow. 

        Jimmy

The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous. 

     We stole this line from Epoch Times. Do you think the USA is secure, with our powerful military? Not all of us pass the test. By far.

     We love providing readers with endless truth from the Bible. By the way, Mrs. Donut and I didn't attend church today. Or last Sunday. 

     Now, about channels. Not the English Channel, or the TV channel. Or simply the canal. 

Channels only, blessed Master

But with all Thy wondrous power

Flowing through us. Thou can use us

Every day and every hour.

     Mary Maxwell wrote this hymn with a channel in mind. The channel is us. She said, "We are conduits for the living water of Christ. The Spirit flows within us and through us to others." 

     An article says, "We don't create goodness. We merely receive it and channel it forward. What kind of signal do others get from us? Is it clear, or is it static interference?"      

     We can't ask Mary. She lived from 1837 to 1915. 

     Correction: Mrs. Donut and I have missed three straight Sunday services. One of us has shingles, so we must not mingle. Our neighbor friends don't come by our channel. And no one invites us to follow the channel into their house.  

     When at home on Sunday, we watch Pastor Jeffress on TV in Dallas, then on radio, the late Pastor Wiersbe and Pastor Miller, both at Moody Church in Chicago.    

        Jimmy 

First of All, What? 

     As we noted yesterday, America - founded mostly by men who desired freedom of religion, and other freedoms - is 23 days to our July 4th "birthday." We will be 250 years old. 

     We also wrote of the divide - the war - our founders like Benjamin Franklin hoped would never happen. People who don't believe in God are working, plotting and planning to take control...as happened in China.

     So, what do Christians and Jews in America do?   

     Pastor Jim Cymbala, in New York City where a Muslim mayor reigns, says Faith is the opposite of worry. Worry is the opposite of faith The only cure is to bring everything to God in prayer. 

     He quotes Timothy: First of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority. In Acts, Jerusalem where the Lord birthed the church, believers were devoting themselves to prayer...and other acts. 

     Cymbala notes, When Peter got imprisoned, they prayed him out. Paul continually asked the churches to Pray for me that I may speak boldly. Cymbala adds, "God has chosen sovereignly that through the conduit of prayer - asking in childlike faith - He answers. The disciples never said to the Lord, "Teach us to preach." They asked, "Lord, teach us to pray."

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

       Jimmy

 What's Your Worldview?

     We still have lots to share from our book, Creation and Evolution 101. But today we fly right to the last chapter where the authors present two views of our world and our lives. 

     One. God created everything and the Bible is well written, with history recorded by 40 authors over hundreds of years. No theories.

     Two. There is no God, and everything from earth to outer space just happened. Everyone can decide how they want to live, and when they die, that's it. No truth necessary. 

     The Bible covers the good and not so good about God's chosen people, and others. It tells the miracle story of Jesus' birth, the disgusting crucifixion (to pay our debts), and his glorious resurrection. But the Bible isn't just history. It foretells what's to come, the last chapter best of all. 

     Christianity as it is known, had ups and downs over the centuries. Humans, you know. Advances in science in the 20th century have helped Christian and non-Christian scientists understand much. 

     Boom! Some scientists don't accept the new truth, and rather than just disagree, they make war against Jews and Christians, fabricating and well, raising hell. Along with them are American politicians striving to thrive at the expense of everyone else. Their lies are well known: What they accuse of others, they themselves are doing. Clever. 

     Their heroes are Darwin, Marx, Neitzsche and Freud. Communism best describes their goals.

           Jimmy