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a. build an (Ebenezer) Buy some stones and erect a monument. The Ebenezer stone represented a fresh beginning, a reversal of course for God's people. It also said something important about God: his mercies are everlasting; his covenant is forever. Prayer journals are a type of Ebenezer stone. You should set up an Ebenezer stone, I think, to serve as a continual reminder that I am forgiven, that I have chosen a new direction, that God has made a permanent <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = V /><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = W /> COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Here I raise my Ebenezer; The Word of the Lord said to me, when you hear his voice, harden not your heart. harden not your heart. June 20, 2006 is the longest day of the year. I beseech you, therefore, I conjure you by the mercies of God, t |
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At the point of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere the sun appears to be directly overhead at midday along an imaginary line on the Northern Hemisphere at latitude 23.45 deg N known as the Tropic of Cancer. At the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere the sun appears directly overhead at midday along an imaginary line 23.45 deg S known as the Tropic of Capricorn. These two lines were so-called because, in ancient times when the first Western astrological charts were set, the sun rose in these constellations at these times. These lines mark the southern and northern most points where the sun can appear to be directly overhead to an Earth-based observer, and encompass the tropical region of the earth's surface. The term summer "solstice" is of Middle |
Today is the first Day of Summer. June 20, 2006 Summer solstice Photo at Stonhenge. Stonehenge: A group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in southern England. Dating to c. 2000–1800 B.C., the megaliths are enclosed by a circular ditch and embankment that may date to c. 2800. The arrangement of the stones suggests that Stonehenge was used as a religious center and also as an astronomical observatory. An Ebenezer is an arrangement of the stones. Ebenezer What is an Ebenezer!? The name is taken from the book of I Samuel in the Old Testament. Israel had lost a significant battle to the Philistines, and many years later, after much had happened to bring Israel back to God, they fought the Philistines again at the very same location, but this time they won! The Prophet Samuel had a large stone set up in that place as a memorial stone for Israel to remember that they had won this battle in the same place they had been defeated before, and that they had done it by God's help, and only by His help. He named the stone, and the place, Ebenezer, which means "stone of help". This name is used in an old hymn, "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing". The second verse begins, "Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I've come". So, an Ebenezer is anything that reminds us, "(h)ither by (God's) help I've come".
hat June 20, 2006 when you hear his voice, and harden not your heart. daylight shortens each day...My mother said a hard head make a soft behind...In the day of His appearance lighten up- harden not your heart. 
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