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There are many NAMES in the scripture. Some very prominent and others are just names. Just as today, many times there is more than one individual with the same name. But God had them all put into scripture for a reason.

Select a name to learn more:

Abel, Abiathar, Abimelech, Abinadab, Ahab, Ahio, Ahithophel, Amaziah, Amram, Apollos, Ariel, Asaph, Asher
Barak, Boaz
Caleb, Cain
Elias, Elijah, Enoch, Enoch’s, Enos, Epaphras, Esau
Gabriel, Gideon
Habakkuk
Jehiel, Jeiel, Jephthah, Jesse, Joel, Joshua
Kish
Lot, Lucifer
Michael, Michael the Angel
Noah, Nimrod
Obadiah, Obed, Omri
Samson, Seth
Theophilus
Uriah, Uzzah
Zacharias, Zebadiah, Zechariah

When a name mentioned in the Old Testament is repeated in the New Testament, it validates the truthfulness of Scripture.

More names will be added as they become available.

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Some Southerners are pretty skeptical of horoscopes and the people that read them. If we are to ever fully understand all the star signs and the people they represent, we need symbols that all true Southerners understand: See the list below:

OKRA (Dec 22 – Jan 20): Are tough on the outside but tender on the inside. Okras have tremendous influence. An older Okra can look back over his life and see the seeds of his influence everywhere. You can do something good each day if you try.

CHITLIN (Jan 21 – Feb 19): Chitlins come from humble backgrounds. A Chitlin, however, will make something of himself if he is motivated and has lots of seasoning. In dealing with Chitlins, be careful – they may surprise you. They can erupt like Vesuvius. Chitlins are best with Catfish and Okra.

BOLL WEEVIL (Feb 20 – March 20): You have an overwhelming curiosity. You’re unsatisfied with the surface of things, and you feel the need to bore deep into the interior of everything. Needless to say, you are very intense and driven as if you had some inner hunger. You love to stay busy and tend to work too much. Nobody in their right mind is going to marry you, so don’t worry about it.

MOON PIE (March 21 – April 20): You’re the type that spends a lot of time on the front porch. A cinch to recognize the physical appearance of Moon Pies. Big and round are the key words here. You should marry anybody who you can get remotely interested in the idea. It’s not going to be easy.  You always have a big smile and are happy. This might be the year to think about aerobics. Maybe not.

POSSUM (April 21 – May 21): When confronted with life’s difficulties, possums have a marked tendency to withdraw and develop a don’t-bother-me-about-it attitude. Sometimes you become so withdrawn, people actually think you’re dead. This strategy is probably not psychologically healthy but seems to work for you. You are a rare breed. Most folks love to watch you work and play. You are a night person and mind your own business.

CRAWFISH (May 22 – June 21): Crawfish is a water sign. If you work in an office, you’re hanging around the water cooler. Crawfish prefer the beach to the mountains, the pool to the golf course, and the bathtub to the living room. You tend not to be particularly attractive physically, but you have very, very good heads.

COLLARDS (June 22 – July 23): Collards have a genius for communication. They love to get in the melting pot of life and share their essence with the essence of those around them. Collards make good social workers, psychologists, and baseball managers. As far as your personal life goes, if you are Collards, stay away from Crawfish. It just won’t work. Save yourself a lot of heartache.

CATFISH (July 24 – Aug 23): Catfish are traditionalists in matters of the heart, although one’s whiskers may cause problems for loved ones. You Catfish are never easy people to understand. You run fast. You work and play hard. Even though you prefer the muddy bottoms to the clear surface of life, you are liked by most. Above all else, Catfish should stay away from Moon Pies.

GRITS (Aug 24 – Sept 23): Your highest aim is to be with others like yourself. You like to huddle together with a big crowd of other Grits. You love to travel though, so maybe you should think about joining a club. Where do you like to go? Anywhere they have cheese, gravy, bacon, butter, or eggs and a good time. If you can go somewhere where they have all these things; that serves you well. You are pure in heart.

BOILED PEANUTS (Sept 24 – Oct 23): You have a passionate desire to help your fellow man. Unfortunately, those who know you best, your friends and loved ones, may find that your personality is much too salty, and their criticism will affect you deeply because you are really much softer than you appear. You should go right ahead and marry anybody you want to because in a certain way, yours is a charmed life. On the road of life, you can be sure that people will always pull over and stop for you.

BUTTER BEAN (Oct 24 – Nov 22): Always invite a Butter Bean to a party because Butter Beans get along well with everybody. You, as a Butter Bean, should be proud. You’ve grown on the vine of life, and you feel at home no matter what the setting. You can sit next to anybody. However, you, too, shouldn’t have anything to do with Moon Pies.

ARMADILLO (Nov 23 – Dec 21): You have a tendency to develop a tough exterior, but you are actually quite gentle and kind inside. A good evening for you—old friends, a fire, some roots, fruit, worms, and insects. You are a throwback. You’re not concerned with today’s fashions and trends. You’re not concerned with anything about today. You’re almost prehistoric in your interests and behavior patterns. You probably want to marry another
Armadillo, but a Possum is another somewhat kinky mating possibility.

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. Now she’s 97 years old and we still don’t know where she is.

 The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

 I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven’t lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.

 I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.

 I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

 I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

 The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

 If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

And last but not least: I don’t exercise because it makes the ice jump right out of my glass.

 You could run this over to your friends but why not just e-mail it to them!

Seriously, consider what the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy:  1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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Let your imagination run wild -think of everything trees are good for: all the do-it yourself projects that involve wood. Probably one of the most pliable and durable of all natural products that man has ever worked with. What good is a tree? It prevents erosion, provides shade, food, lumber products for homes, furniture, boats, wagons, paper products, heat, etc…
Trees are very important to man. Not only have they protected, sheltered, and fed him throughout history, but they have also been his weapons of war, bows, arrows, spears, even guns. (Ezekiel 39:9)
A new process of pressing wood together makes it harder than steel. (Look it up on internet).

The Bible has much to say about trees. Over 300 references, naming over 30 types of trees are in the Scriptures. Trees were worshipped by the pagans and many times sacrifices were offered under trees (Deuteronomy 12:2). The Hebrews were forbidden to plant a tree near a sacred altar (Deuteronomy 16:21). Tree limbs were used in the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:40).

Places of importance were often referenced by trees:
Genesis 12 Abram received promises from God under an Oak Tree
Judges 4:5 Debora dwelt under a Palm Tree
1 Samuel 14:2 King Saul and 600 men rested under pomegranate tree
The Lord Jesus referenced trees in his parables:
The Olive tree… The Fig tree… The Fruit tree…
Palm trees paved the way for the Lord entering Jerusalem.

There are many lessons to be learned from the trees named in the Scriptures:
Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
Isaiah 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Psalm 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Exodus 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Just to mention some of them.

BUT the three most important trees:
Genesis 2:9 The TREE of Life (Also in Revelation 22:1-2)
Genesis 2:9,17 The TREE of the knowledge of Good an Evil
Deuteronomy 21:22 The TREE of Death Galatians 3:13

Joyce Kilmer wrote:
I think I shall never see, A poem as lovely as a tree,
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed, Against the earth sweet flowing breast,
A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray,
A tree that may in summer wear, A nest of Robins in her hair,
Upon whose bosom snow has lain, Who intimately lives with rain,
Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.

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