GOD GIVES US ART “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 Some people are very good at drawing. Some people can look at a person’s face and draw it perfectly. Others can take a piece of clay and shape it into a running horse or a growling […]

GOD GIVES US INTELLIGENCE “The wise store up knowledge.” Proverbs 10:14 We praise God because we are wonderfully made. How true that is when we think about the great blessing of our brains. That organ between our ears weighs only three pounds, yet it is one of the most fantastic […]

GOD GIVES US FOOD “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” Psalm 145:15,16 We all love to eat! Some of us like chocolate and pizza, while others like […]

GOD GIVES US RICHES “Wealth and honor come from you.” 1 Chronicles 29:12  Do you have any money? Did you work for it, or was it given to you? We are happy when we have money in the bank, then we can claim the riches are all ours. But that […]

GOD GIVES US PRAYER “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;  knock and the door will be opened to you.” Luke 11:9 The words of today’s Bible passage tell us so much about prayer that someone wrote a poem about it. (Author unknown.)   […]

GOD GIVES US PLANT LIFE TO ENJOY “The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food.” Genesis 2:9  Scientists estimate there are 23,000 different types of trees in the world. Many are quite unusual like the […]

GOD GIVES US MUSIC “Make music from your heart to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:19  Try to think of all the times in your day you hear music. Nearly every television program and ad includes music. And we often hear someone close to us singing, humming, or whistling a tune. Music […]

GOD GIVES US STRENGTH “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13  Have you ever heard of Jonas Rantanen of Finland? In 2011, Jonas did something no one else had ever done. He lifted a weight of 1,268 pounds. Today he still holds that record. […]

GOD GIVES US A COLORFUL WORLD “The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn.” Exodus 38:18 What comes in boxes of 8, 16, 24, 48, 64, 72, 80, 96, and 120? Crayola Crayons. In 1903 the Crayola Company introduced a box of […]

GOD GIVES US GOVERNMENT “Be subject to rulers and authorities” Titus 3:1  In the United States we are fortunate to have a government called a “republic” where the people elect representatives to serve them. God has blessed us with the freedom to choose whom we would like to serve us […]