Jeff veldman

Articles by Jeff veldman

  • Give thanks in everything Pt. 1

    Give thanks in everything Pt. 1

    Paul tells us in 1Thess. 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” But this can be very challenging at times.  Corrie ten Boom tells when she was living in a German concentration camp, her entire body became infested with lice, making a bad situation worse. She was…

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  • Tiddlywinks

    Tiddlywinks

    For most of her life, Mary McCarthy had a pain on the right side of her nose, she discovered why after a Covid-19 test made the pain much worse and prompted her a visit to the emergency room. What did they find? Well, they discovered she had a small plastic disc stuck in her nose…

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  • Wasted Time

    Wasted Time

    David Cassidy was born in New York City in 1950. On January 2, 1969, David made his debut in the Broadway Musical ‘The Fig Leaves are Falling.’ It only lasted for four shows, but a casting director saw the show and asked him to make a screen test. He then moved to Los Angeles later…

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  • God is my refuge

    God is my refuge

    Do you have that kind of inner resource? When life is under attack, do you have a fortress with inner provision that can withstand the siege? Between the two World Wars, the French built an 87-mile-long defensive wall called the Maginot Line—the great wall of France that defended its border with Germany. Three lines of…

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  • Basket of Cobras

    Basket of Cobras

    Burt Hunter, a reporter-photographer in Long Beach, California, found himself on a strange mission one foggy morning. He was to interview and take pictures of a woman snake charmer. When Burt rang the doorbell at an impressive mansion, he was surprised at the beauty of the woman who answered. She didn’t look like a snake…

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  • The Parable of the Leaven

    The Parable of the Leaven

    John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was strong and husky when he was a youth. He early determined to earn money and drove himself to the limit. At age 33, he earned his first million dollars. At age 43, he controlled the biggest company in the world. At age 53, he was the richest man on earth…

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  • Two Commandments

    Two Commandments

    “Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with…

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  • Untitled post 386

    I need a Savior In Planet in Rebellion, George Vandeman wrote: “It was May 21, 1946. The place—Los Alamos. A young daring scientist was carrying out a necessary experiment in preparation for the atomic test to be conducted in the waters of the South Pacific atoll at Bikini. “He had successfully performed such an experiment…

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  • The Star-Spangled Banner

    The Star-Spangled Banner

    THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER During the War of 1812, while on the deck of a truce ship, Francis Key paced nervously as a fierce battle raged nearby during the British attack on the harbor of Baltimore. As District Attorney of Georgetown and a spiritual lay leader of his church, Key had been sent by President James…

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  • Healing on the Sabbath

    Healing on the Sabbath

    The scenery was breathtaking, even beyond description. The air had such freshness, the greenery was so vibrant, and the sky was a brilliant blue. The water was crystal clear, and the woods were bright with light beaming through the leaves, and not only that it sounded like a bird sanctuary. Where is this place? Is…

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