WAKE UP!

The topic of pornography came up 

today and I would like to take a little time to 

touch on this subject as most men, woman or 

teenager do not consider this when they

are searching the web. I ran across an 

employee viewing very explicit photos one 

day at a place I worked and I began 

to pray the Lord would show me the 

words to give him to help him 

understand what he was doing.

As I sat and prayed the Lord laid on 

my heart, "Do you not work at a factory"? 

If so, use that to show him. So I went out 

onto the factory floor and took him

for a walk. So here is a question 

I ask you.

If you go onto the web and 

order 50 blue computers, how many blue 

computers do I have to produce on 

this factory floor to meet your demand?

If you go onto the web and order 1000 

white cell phones, how many white cell 

phones do I have to produce to meet 

your demand? 

If you have 10,000 people 

clicking on a button at one item per 

day how many items do you have to 

produce to meet that demand? Are you 

starting to get the picture? 

We have a nation full of not only men 

but women and teenagers hitting the 

web daily looking at sexually explicit photo's 

(in secret) thinking it's innocent and 

will not hurt anyone. If you don't 

think it drives the demand up than 

let me ask you this question. Why has 

sex trafficking skyrocketed? Rape and 

incest and every sexual sin is soaring 

out of control. Why has Utah set 

pornography as a Health Issue now
because of all the problems it has
been causing?

We better wake up because it is 

an addiction and the more people addicted 

to it the more the demand is raised and 

it could be your child, grandchild, wife
or friend who becomes the next item
placed on the assembly line to meet
the demand of all that is done in secret.
When I worked at the factory we had
a Motto, "Relentless Drive To Win".
That same motto is out there on the
heads of people's lives.  Whether
your click is an minor site, major site
or even an advertisement that seems
innocent but exploits a human being
than you have just added to the
demand of a product and they
will relentlessly go out and find
that product to meet the demand
being requested.

 Ask the person who is at the end
of the rope and lost everything they 

own, their family, their dignity, their
jobs and even their sanity what it cost
them.  As they begin to grew deeper
and deeper into the addiction they
began to do things they would have
never even considered doing prior
to this time.  I have watched
some of the most Godly men fall
into this trap since the year 2000.
Some have lost it all and they
still can't shake free.  Some have
gone to prison or committed suicide
because of this addiction.

It's real!

It's costing our nation far more 

than any of us want to admit.

We just keep sweeping it under the
rug thinking it will go away. 

We'll it's not going away!

It's slapping us in the face

For nothing is secret, that shall
not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and
come abroad.

LUKE 8:17

THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW

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The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me; because the LORD hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the prison
to them that are bound;  To proclaim the
acceptable year of the LORD, and the day
of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;  To appoint unto them
that mourn in Zion,  to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness; that they might
be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he
might be glorified.  And they shall
build the old wastes,  they shall raise up
the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations
of many generations.  And strangers
shall stand and feed your flocks, 

and the sons of the alien shall be your 

plowmen and your vinedressers.  But ye 

shall be named the Priests of the LORD: 

men shall call you the Ministers of our 

God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, 

and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

For your shame ye shall have double; 

and for confusion they shall rejoice 

in their portion: therefore in their land 

they shall possess the double: everlasting 

joy shall be unto them. For I the LORD 

love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt 

offering; and I will direct their work in truth, 

and I will make an everlasting covenant with
 them.  And their seed shall be known among
the Gentiles, and their offspring among
the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the LORD hath blessed. I will greatly
rejoice in the LORD,  my soul shall be joyful
in my God; for he hath clothed me with
the garments of salvation, he hath covered
me with the robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
and as the garden causeth the things that are
sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will 

cause righteousness and praise to spring 

forth before all the nations.

Isaiah 61

STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH

Working in a major city can be quite a 

challenge.  As I drive to work the last 

few weeks instead of taking the train, I 

realized how easy it is to get on the 

wrong road.  Sometimes I drive around

trying to find one particular road 

and I get on a one way going 

home and it takes me too far.

I take an exit and try to get back 

on a road close to what I think

is correct and when I look at my

map I once again realize that I'm
way off track.  

Finally after missing the road two

or three times I decide to pull into 

a parking lot and set my map so it 

speaks to me the directions so that I
will be sure to do it correctly.

All set, I'm ready to make forward 

progress finding my way back home. 

Up over the overpass and back down 

into the downtown she leads me.  Turn

right on this street, turn left in two blocks 

and back up onto the overpass.  After doing

this two times I realized even the lady 

giving directions was not able to 

successfully get out of downtown and
point me in the right direction towards
my house. 

After driving around for thirty minutes I
decide to get on one of the major
expressways and even if I have to 

pay a toll at least I will be able to arrive
at home before midnight or later. 

One day as I entered downtown I looked 

up and the tallest building has a sign on it.
It has four extending small wings, one north,
one south, one east and one west.  

The building beside it is slightly smaller.

I noticed the wording was rather easy to 

see on the smaller building.  I lined
myself up into the crevice
of one of the wings on the tallest
building and I then fixed my eyes on
the letters of the building right beside it
and noticed I was straight centered
in front of the words on the building.
Since those letters were large I would
see them without any trouble no matter
where I was.  Once I was lined
up I began to drive in a straight path
making sure I was totally lined up
in the crevice of the one building
and straight in front of the second
building.  

Much to my surprise instead of taking 

two hours to arrive home, I was able to 

arrive in the normal time frame.
I didn't get lost one time and the drive
was quite pleasant. 

Our spiritual walk is much the same. 

We wonder around aimlessly 

trying to find the right path.  We go 

around in circles for not only 

hours but for months or years 

without any direction in our lives.

I know this is just an example
but as I began to drive home from
work that day I thought of these
scriptures and began to make the
parallel in my daily walk and
my spiritual walk and I saw
that it needed to resemble the
same pattern

We need to make a conscious choice
to line ourselves up in the crevice of
God's wings.

He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my
refuge and my fortress: my God;
in him will I trust.

Psalms 91:1


We also need to set our eyes on Jesus
and line our life up with His ways and I
promise we will not go astray.  He will

guide us into the right path and
open doors for us that only He
has to power to do. Our hearts
will find it's way home when
our eyes are fixed on Him.

 Keep thy heart with all diligence; 

for out of it are the issues of life.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, 

and perverse lips put far from thee.

Let thine eyes look right on, 

and let thine eyelids look straight 

before thee.  Ponder the path of thy feet, 

and let all thy ways be established.

Turn not to the right hand nor to 

the left: remove thy foot from evil.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, 

and bow thine ear to my 

understanding: That thou mayest 

regard discretion, and that thy lips 

may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 4:23 - 5:2

With my whole heart have I 

sought thee: O let me not wander from 

thy commandments.  Thy word have I hid 

in mine heart, that I might not 

sin against thee.  Blessed art thou, O LORD: 

teach me thy statutes.  With my lips have I

 declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy
testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I will meditate in thy precepts, 

and have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes:

 I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:10-16

GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS

Yesterday as I was driving to 

work I was listening to Ruth on audio 

books.  When it came to Ruth 2:7

I sorta remained there as the reader 

went on.  Some reason I tend to 

do that.  I start tearing apart

the words, turning them 

upside down and inside out.
My new boss gave me a
title at my office and I guess 

it might be fitting for other areas of 

my life also.  He calls me the 

premo forensic accountant.  

I do the same with accounting, as I 

take it apart and turn it inside out

and have been able to recover

 thousands of dollars in every

offices I've worked at the last 

six years that others seem 

to let fall through the cracks. 

As I was tearing this verse apart

today, I begin to dwell
on the fact that we need more
gleaners after the reapers
going out into the fields.

Most of us go to church, we 

sit and listen to the sermon and

we go out and invite others to 

come to church with us so they 

can also sit and listen to the pastor 

teach the scripture.  Sometimes we 

share a scripture or two with a friend

or we go on a visitation trip with the 

church from time to time but as for 

gleaning we don't tend to do this often.

What I mean by gleaning is we go 

out and we find those that others have

let fall by the wayside by accident or 

even those that were tossed aside 

because they didn't quite fit into 

the perfect category some people

try to fit everyone into. There are 

some that never felt their clothing 

was perfect enough or their speech 

was etiquette enough so they fell 

by the wayside. 

Maybe our prayer should become the 

prayer of Ruth.  Lord allow me to 

glean and gather after the reapers

(our pastor's and leaders) among

the sheaves. 

God blessed Ruth in a powerful way

and even asked Boaz to drop a few 

extra barley by the wayside for Ruth 

to glean. 

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, 

let me glean and gather 

after the reapers among 

the sheaves: so she came, 

and hath continued even 

from the morning until now, 

that she tarried a little 

in the house.

Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense thy work, 

and a full reward be given thee 

of the LORD God of Israel,

 under whose wings thou art come 

to trust.

GOD HATH SHINED IN OUR HEARTS

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Therefore seeing we have this ministry,

 as we have received mercy, we faint not;

But have renounced the hidden things 

of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, 

nor handling the word of God deceitfully;

but by manifestation of the truth commending 

ourselves to every man’s conscience in 

the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, 

it is hid to them that are lost: In whom 

the god of this world hath blinded the minds 

of them which believe not, lest the light 

of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is 

the image of God, should shine unto them.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ 

Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your 

servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who 

commanded the light to shine out of 

darkness, hath shined in our hearts, 

to give the light of the knowledge of the 

glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen 

vessels, that the excellency of the 

power may be of God, and not of us.

We are troubled on every side, yet not 

distressed; we are perplexed, but not 

in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; 

cast down, but not destroyed;  Always 

bearing about in the body the dying of the 

Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus 

might be made manifest in our body.

For we which live are alway delivered 

unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also 

of Jesus might be made manifest in our 

mortal flesh.  So then death worketh in us, 

but life in you.  We having the same spirit 

of faith, according as it is written, I believed, 

and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, 

and therefore speak;  Knowing that he which 

raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us 

also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

For all things are for your sakes, that the 

abundant grace might through the thanksgiving 

of many redound to the glory of God.  For 

which cause we faint not; but though our 

outward man perish, yet the inward 

man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for 

a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding

and eternal weight of glory; While we look 

not at the things which are seen, but at 

the things which are not seen: for the things 

which are seen are temporal; but the things 

which are not seen are eternal.

II Corinthians 4 

A MAN'S MOUTH ARE AS DEEP WATERS

The words of a man’s mouth are as 

deep waters, and the wellspring of 

wisdom as a flowing brook.  It is not good 

to accept the person of the wicked, 

to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

A fool’s lips enter into contention, 

and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, 

and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, 

and they go down into the innermost 

parts of the belly.  He also that is slothful 

in his work is brother to him that is a 

great waster.

The name of the LORD is a 

strong tower: the righteous runneth into 

it, and is safe.  The rich man’s wealth is his 

strong city, and as an high wall in his 

own conceit.  Before destruction the 

heart of man is haughty, and before 

honour is humility. He that answereth a 

matter before he heareth it, it is folly 

and shame unto him.  The spirit of a man 

will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded 

spirit who can bear?  The heart of the prudent
getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise 

seeketh knowledge.

PSALM 18;4-15

BEING RECONCILED TO CHRIST AND NOT RELIGION

Are you selling the gospel of Jesus Christ 

or are you giving it to the world?

Growing up in a Christian home

and attending service every time the 

church doors opened, then becoming 

a minister's wife I can honestly

say that many times as much as we 

try not to, we find ourselves getting 

trapped into selling the gospel 

instead of giving it away.  When 

I say this I am not saying that we

are actually making people pay

money to receive it.  What I am saying

is we lead people to believe that we

must dress a certain way, walk a 

certain walk and if you look 

closely you will notice even hair 

styles change to conform and various

other things change in a person's life
depending on which religion they follow.

They are striving to please the Lord 

by doing these things people tell them
to do instead of reconciling their
hearts to God.  We find ourselves spending
more time trying not to look like the
world outwardly instead of reconciling
our hearts because people can't see our
hearts but they can see the outward
appearance, so we put on a show
for them to see instead of truly
reconciling our hearts to God.

When I turned about thirty-nine
years old  I became so disgusted
with what I was seeing take place
within the body of Christ.  I still 

longed to follow the Lord but I was 

sick and tired of paying for a gospel 

and getting zero returns.  Actually the

returns were in the negative numbers

by far as my mother had committed 

suicide, my brothers and sisters had

turned away from God and now I was 

watching my own family break into 

fragments.  Nobody seemed to know 

how to help me.  My returns were not 

even coming back as zero they were 

far worse than that.

This was not an anger that arose 

with me, where I told the church 

off or stopped attending but it was 

an anger where I took a stand

and changed who I was within the body 

of Christ.  Up until this point I had

been reconciling my life to my husband,

the deacon body, the women within the 

church who had the highest standards 

and to the couples who felt I should be 

the perfect pastor's wife so their children

would grow up seeing a Godly example.

This type living left me spiritually 

bankrupt.  

I had learned that wearing a dress 

everyday was what Godly women do.

Godly women not only do not adorn 

themselves with jewels and costly 

apparel but they rid their home 

and their children of any of these

things also.  No red bows on your

front door during Christmas lest you 

lead someone astray about following 

after idols.  At the end of my journey

I found myself empty and broken. 

Being reconciled to the church brings

you to this point but being reconciled 

to God is a total new story.  When I 

attend church now there are times I 

wear slacks. I have had a few ladies 

gasp and say something and my response

has been if the fruit of my life is alive

wearing slacks and dead wearing a dress 

then it is far better for me to be wearing 

slacks because the woman who wears 

something on the outside and is inwardly

dead has reconciled their lives to a group

of believers who will leave them totally

bankrupt one day.  Doing without 

celebrating Easter, Christmas and all the

other holidays is not what God called us 

to, He called us to be reconciled to him.

Once we are reconciled to him, if we feel

that is what we should do, we realize that

it's for us not that we have to force it upon

everyone that walks into the Sunday School 

class or everyone that crosses our path.

If somewhere down the line I feel that 

dressing a specific way is what God has

called me to do then who am I to force 

you into my standards because I do it  If 

I do then you are reconciling yourself 

to me and  not reconciling yourself to 

Christ and you will become angry and 

turn completely away from the very one 

who died for you and gave you freedom 

to live. 

Now you may be a little upset by now 

while reading and thinking I am breaking 

down the body of Christ.  My prayer is 

not to break down the body of Christ 

but to set it free and to make it much 

stronger.  For you see it was after 

I abolished all the legalistic demands

on my life and started walking with 

the Lord and in His love and grace that 

I saw fruit coming forth.  Up until this 

time the only fruit I was getting was

rotten fruit, dead fruit that was not

bringing me into the joy the Lord.   It

was not leading me to reconcile myself

to the Savior but to a set of stardards

that I couldn't meet up to no matter

how hard I tried.

Do I still have bad things happen

in my life?  Yes, but when I am

reconciled to Christ and I understand

he set me free and the freedom to share 

the gospel of Jesus with no strings 

attached and the fruit of righteousness

starts bursting forth, then I can drink 

from those wells as I see them springing 

up with fruit, even though the bad things 

are still happening.

When I reconcile myself 

to Christ the pain is much easier to bare 

when I realize the pain is due to 

planting the harvest and watering 

it instead of trying to protect the church
and it's children by my outward apparel.  

Christ can take care of our reputation 

when we reconcile ourselves to him 

but when we reconcile ourselves to the 

church we end up destroying our own 

reputation and many times we destroy 

the reputation of the church also.

Let's start reconciling ourselves to Jesus
Christ and bringing forth much fruit.

And all things are of God, who hath 

reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, 

and hath given to us the ministry of 

reconciliation;  To wit, that God was in 

Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, 

not imputing their trespasses unto them; 

and hath committed unto us the word 

of reconciliation.  Now then we are 

ambassadors for Christ, as though God did 

beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s 

stead, be ye reconciled to God.

II CORINTHIANS 5:18-20

MY SOUL, WAIT THOU UPON GOD

Photo by Cricket White Green 

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: 

from him cometh my salvation.

He only is my rock and my 

salvation; he is my defence; 

I shall not be greatly moved.

How long will ye imagine mischief 

against a man? ye shall be slain 

all of you: as a bowing wall shall 

ye be, and as a tottering fence.

They only consult to cast him down 

from his excellency: they delight in 

lies: they bless with their mouth, 

but they curse inwardly. Selah. My soul, 

wait thou only upon God; for my 

expectation is from him. He only is my 

rock and my salvation: he is my 

defence; I shall not be moved.

In God is my salvation and my 

glory: the rock of my strength, 

and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him 

at all times; ye people, pour out 

your heart before him: God is a refuge 

for us. Selah. Surely men of low 

degree are vanity, and men of high degree 

are a lie: to be laid in the balance, 

they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Trust not in oppression, and become 

not vain in robbery: if riches increase, 

set not your heart upon them. God hath 

spoken once; twice have I heard this; 

that power belongeth unto God. Also unto 

thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou 

renderest to every man according to his work.

Psalm 62

FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE

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And we desire that every one of you do 

shew the same diligence to the full 

assurance of hope unto the end:  That
ye be not slothful, but followers 

of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.

For when God made promise to 

Abraham, because he could swear 

by no greater, he sware by himself,

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless 

thee, and multiplying I will multiply
thee.  And so, after he had patiently
endured, he obtained the promise.
For men verily swear by the greater: 

and an oath for confirmation is to 

them an end of all strife.  Wherein 

God, willing more abundantly to 

shew unto the heirs of promise 

the immutability of his counsel, 

confirmed it by an oath:  That by 

two immutable things, in which 

it was impossible for God to lie, we
might have a strong consolation, 

who have fled for refuge to lay 

hold upon the hope set before us:

Which hope we have as an 

anchor of the soul, both sure and 

stedfast, and which entereth into 

that within the veil;

Hebrews 6:11-19

GROWING IN GRACE

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge 

of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

To him be glory both now and for 

ever. Amen.  That which was from 

the beginning, which we have heard, 

which we have seen with our eyes, 

which we have looked upon, and 

our hands have handled, of the 

Word of life; (For the life was 

manifested, and we have seen it, 

and bear witness, and shew unto 

you that eternal life, which was 

with the Father, and was manifested

unto us;)  That which we have seen 

and heard declare we unto you, 

that ye also may have fellowship 

with us: and truly our fellowship 

is with the Father, and with his 

Son Jesus Christ.  And these 

things write we unto you, that 

your joy may be full.

II PETER 3:18 - 4:4 

STANDING STRONG IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT

Photo taken by Kathy Mitchell

As I was praying I began to think
about the church in Kermit where we
lived.  The church there was brought
to the brink and had to make a decision
 as to whether to allow the mass

of children that showed up to hear about

Christ get to continue coming or should 

we turn them away.  I am so thankful that

as our church met that night that we had

a Joshua and Caleb in the midst.  There
were also others who agreed this was much 

larger than what the church could deal 

with.  As we met and prayed the walls 

began to fall and it was decided to go
forth and allow the children to come. 

Even if the money was not available 

and we were absolutely positive that the 

children would surely make a mess in the 

halls and our furniture may not be as nice 

as it could be if we just asked them to stop

coming, we were willing to take that risk.
  This little church went from 15 to 

over 100 faster than we could think.  We 

all began to question what in the world was 

going on.  We didn't have the money 

to feed them and yet they were coming to eat.  

We didn't have the teachers to teach them

yet they walked into the classes expecting

someone to show up and teach.  It was

decided we would go forth with the 

power of the Holy Spirit leading and 

the money began to come in from places

that left us scratching our heads once again

 as to this mighty God we served.  

Wednesday night as our pastor was teaching 

my mind took off in a different direction as

I began to wonder what required more 

strength from Joshua and Caleb.  Was

standing up and saying we can go in and take

these giants and take this land take the most
strength or did it actually require more of
their strength because of the decision that
was made.   There were ten that shutter with
fear and proclaimed that the land was filled with

giants greater and stronger than the children of Israel 

and that they would surely die if they tried to go in.

I was reflecting this morning upon that thought.
Because of the decision that was made by the
children of Israel,  it required Joshua and Caleb
to stay and wonder in the wilderness with the
defeated foe for forty years.

They watch as the children of  Israel
suffered and struggled walking through the
wilderness day in and day  out.  They had to
walk the same path and eat the same food
that the defeated people ate.  They had to listen
to the cries of the people and they had to
do all they could do to stay focused on the

promise that one day they would go into that 

land and they would posses the land that was
flowing with milk and honey.  I am thinking
this is where they had to be strong in the Lord
and the power of his might also.  They
didn't demand the children move forward
into the land but they waited, watched and
prayed until the day came that they went
into the promise land together and yes they
did posses the land.

As I reflected on our church in Kermit and
the decision they made I began to realize
that had they not made that decision I may
have never written the books the I have written
and that God is using in a powerful way
each and every day.

It has taken much faith and
strength to go forward and do the things I
am doing but I say thanks to that group
of people who attended that night that
said, "Let's go forth in the name of
the Lord."  You gave me hope to
keep moving on and I believe God
will pour out his blessing on you
because you were strong in the Lord
and you gave all you had and I
believe when you stand before
the throne you will hear the words,
"Well done my good and faithful servants."

So as I pray this morning for one of the
churches reading the Digging a Well book
and praying about going forward, I pray
you go forth in the name of the Lord and
realize what blessings can break out upon
the people as you move forward.  I pray
you not hold the Joshua's and Caleb back
and make them walk through the wilderness
journey day in and day out eating the dry and
barren fruits. when they could be
walking in the blessing and delight of the
Lord.  But I also pray if you feel the mountain
is too big to climb and you are filled with
fear then the Joshua and Caleb's within the body
of Christ will wait, watch and pray together
until the day all can stand and say, "This promise
belongs to us and we will go forth in the power
of his might.  Until that day!

Stand Strong in the Power of His Might!

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, 

and cut down from thence a branch with 

one cluster of grapes, and they bare it 

between two upon a staff; and they 

brought of the pomegranates, and 

of the figs.  The place was called 

the brook Eshcol, because of the 

cluster of grapes which the children 

of Israel cut down from thence.

And they returned from searching 

of the land after forty days.  And 

they went and came to Moses, 

and to Aaron, and to all the 

congregation of the children of 

Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, 

to Kadesh; and brought back word 

unto them, and unto all the congregation, 

and shewed them the fruit of the land.

And they told him, and said, We 

came unto the land whither thou 

sentest us, and surely it floweth 

with milk and honey; and this 

is the fruit of it.  Nevertheless 

the people be strong that dwell 

in the land, and the cities are walled, 

and very great: and moreover we 

saw the children of Anak there.

The Amalekites dwell in the land 

of the south: and the Hittites, and 

the Jebusites, and the Amorites, 

dwell in the mountains: and the 

Canaanites dwell by the sea, 

and by the coast of Jordan.

And Caleb stilled the people before 

Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, 

and possess it; for we are well able to 

overcome it.  But the men that went 

up with him said,  We be not able to 

go up against the people; 

for they are stronger than we.  

And they brought up an evil report 

of the land which they had searched 

unto the children of Israel, saying, 

The land, through which we have 

gone to search it, is a land that eateth 

up the inhabitants thereof; and all the 

people that we saw in it are men of a 

great stature.  And there we saw the 

giants, the sons of Anak, which come 

of the giants: and we were in our 

own sight as grasshoppers, and so 

we were in their sight.

Numbers 13:23-33

For those who choose to go forth in the
name of the Lord he says, in Nehemiah 9:8,
"You found his heart faithful to you, and you
made a covenant with him to give to his
decendants  the land of the Canannites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.
You have kept Your Promise because
You are Righteous.