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By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 A writer once described Paul Anderson as “the strongest man in the world, and he also lifts weights.” He was referring to where Paul’s greatest strength truly »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!” Job 23:3 Can’t see Him. Can’t hear Him. Can’t touch Him. No wonder people think He may not be real. The catechism »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”  John 4:10 “Which is easier, »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Come, see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” John 4:29 The encounter Jesus had with the unnamed Samaritan woman beside Jacob’s well is one of the most notable stories in Jesus’ »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Surely goodness and mercy “shall follow me” all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:6 As we steadily study the Scriptures and know more and more about the »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.” John 2:11 Why John alone tells this historic story, which takes place at the beginning of Jesus’ »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming His name and His dwelling, that is, those who »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “O, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34:3 I had the great honor of having a very fine church organist when I pastored a church in the Pacific Northwest for ten years. Specifically, »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Go eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved of what you do.” Ecclesiastes 9:7 My wife and I were recently recounting the best meals we had enjoyed together over »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “He (the Holy Spirit) will glorify Me, for He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine; therefore, I said that He (the Holy Spirit) will take what is Mine and declare »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. »