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Cloud

**Appears 147 times in Scripture, 124 times in OT and 23 times in NT**

Clouds are visible accumulations of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the Earth’s atmosphere. Clouds differ greatly in size, shape, and color. They can appear thin and wispy, or bulky and lumpy.
The first appearance of Cloud in found in Genesis 9:13-16 following Noah’s flood, God placed a cloud and a (rain) Bow in the sky promising never to Flood the earth again.
In Exodus 13-14 God uses a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, as they flee Egypt, heading for Freedom and the promised land.
Exodus 16:10 … As they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
God used the (thick) Cloud many times as the traveled in the wilderness:
Exodus 19:9,16, 24:15-16,18, 33:99-10, 34:5, 40:34-38
… the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
The Cloud appeared in the Tabernacle so God could peak with them Leviticus 16:2,13 Numbers 9:15-22 (16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night).
Reminding them that God was always there with them.
Numbers 10-16, Deuteronomy 1:33, 4:11, 5:22, 31:15

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Spring-Fall

Prior to the 16th century there were only 2 seasons: Summer and Winter
God says there will always be Summer and Winter:
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Psalm 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

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Drought

**Only appears 10 times in the Old Testament**

**A prolonged dearth or shortage. A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions.**

Jacob recounts his service to Laban:
Genesis 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Forget not the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Job writes of the woes of mankind:
Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
David writes of his sin:
Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
The Lord is in control:
Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
The Lord God is in control of Israel:
Jeremiah 2:6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
God reminds Isael:
Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
God sent a drought:
Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

It appears God used the drought to punish sin.

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Rain

From Creation until Noah there was no rain:
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Noah’s flood is recorded in Genesis 6-8
Rain is 1st mentioned in Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Question? Where did all the water go: IF there was a worldwide flood?
Answer: JOB 38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. They are frozen in the Ice caps.
The next mention of Rain is in Exodus during the Plagues:
Exodus 9:18,23,33-34
And referring to Manna: Exodus 16:4
God promises rain for the crops in the promise land: Leviticus 26:4. Deuteronomy 11:11,14,
And if they disobey no rain: Deuteronomy 11:17
Rain when obedient, No rain when disobedient: Deuteronomy 28:12,24, 32:2
Samuel writes, rain is from God:
1 Samuel 12:17,18, 2 Samuel 1:21, 23:4, 1 Kings 8:35-36
Elijah withholds the rain: 1 Kings 17:1,7,14,
Elijah calls forth the rain: 1 Kings 18:1,41,44-45
The Lord withholds the wind and the rain: 2 Kings 3:17
Rain withheld, rain given: 2 Chronicles 6:26-27, 7:13
Ezra speaks of the great rain: Ezra 10: 9-10
Job writes about the rain: JOB 5:10, 20:23, 28:26, 29:23, 36:27, 37:6, 38:26,28
Psalms remind that Rain is from God, as a blessing and a punishment:
Psalm 11:6, 68:9, 72:6, 84:6, 105:32, 135:7, 147:8
There 5 references in Proverbs 16:15, 25:14,23, 26:1, 28:3
There are two comments in Ecclesiastes 11:3, 12:2
Song of Solomon 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Rain, a blessing and a punishment: Isaiah 4:6, 5:6, 30:23, 44:4, 55:10 Jeremiah 3:3, 5:24, 10:13, 14:4,22, 51:16 Ezekiel 1:28, 38:22
And on into Hosea 6:3, 10:12, Joel 2:23, Amos 4:7, Zechariah 10:1, 14:17

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Thunder

**Appears in Scripture 19 times 16 times in OT and 3 times in NT**

During the Plagues upon Egypt: Exodus 9:23,29,
Sometimes used to describe God speaking or loud noise:
Job 26:14, 39:19, 39:25, 40:9
Psalm 77:18, 81:7, 104:7, Revelation 6:1, 14:2
Sometimes used to describe Judgement:
1 Samuel 2:10, 7:10, 12:17-18,
With the Thunder many times came Lightning, Rain, Hail, Fire:
Job 28:26, 38:25, Isaiah 29:6
Interesting that the Lord Jesus called James and John (Sons of Zebedee) The sons of Thunder: Mark 3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Perhaps, BECAUSE of Luke 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

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Snow

**Appears 25 times in Scripture 22 times OT 3 times NT**

Sleet, A mixture of rain and snow or hail, is not in Scripture.
Snow, Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
Leprous as snow. A sin to Moses. Exodus 4:6 … his hand was leprous as snow.
Numbers 12:10 …behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: …
2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman … a leper as white as snow.
Describing season: 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah … slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 1 Chronicles 11:22
Job refers to snow 5 times: Job 6:16, 9:30, 24:19, 37:6, 38:22

Psalm 51:7, 68:14, 147:16, 148:8
Proverbs 25:13, 26:1, 31:21
Isaiah 1:18, 55:10, Jeremiah 18:14, Lamentations 4:7
Daniel’s vision of the Lord:
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Visions of the Lord Jesus:
Matthew 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Mark 9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Revelation 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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Here Am I

Abraham responds to God
Genesis 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Isaac responds to God
Genesis 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Genesis 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Jacob responds to God
Genesis 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Joseph responds to Jacob (Israel)
Genesis 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Jacob (Israel) responds to God
Genesis 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Moses responds to God
Exodus 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I

1 Samuel 3:4-8 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
Isaiah responds to God
Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Saul (Paul) answered the Lord Jesus
Acts 9:6 … Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
Ananias responds to God
Acts 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

How will (do) you respond to what God wants you to do?

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Tempt

To entice to do wrong by promise of pleasure or gain.

In the Bible the word temptation primarily denotes a trial in which man has a free choice of being faithful or unfaithful to God; only secondarily does it signify allurement or seduction to sin.
Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Exodus 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Isaiah 7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Matthew 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Mark 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
Luke 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Luke 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
Acts 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Acts 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

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Sins Revealed

Moses issues a warning to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad: Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

The Lord Jesus instructions to his twelve disciples as he sends them out:
Matthew 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Also recorded by Luke:
Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
By the sea side he, in a parable, traches them:
Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Luke records the same event:
Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

The apostle Paul writes that all believer’s works will be tested:
Romans 14:11-12 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

And the apostle John warns, that all unbeliever’s will be judged:
Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Stress

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “how heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

He continued, “And that’s the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Relax; pick them up later after you’ve rested. Life is short. Enjoy it!”

And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:
-* Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.
-* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
-* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
-* If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
-* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
-* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
-* Never buy a car you can’t push.
-* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
-* Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
-* Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
-* The second mouse gets the cheese.
-* When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
-* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
-* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
-* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
-* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
-* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today.
-* You Can Stop a Do BUT YOU CAN NEVER UNDO A DID.
-* The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

SOMEONE ONCE SAID there are three types of people in the world: Those who make things happen; those who watch what happens; and those who never know what happened.

“A good reputation is the hardest thing to build and the easiest thing to destroy.”
“Successful people are the one who can think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at”
“You cannot have success without the failures”

“It is a luxury to be understood”

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