Everywhere I Go I See You

Matthew 4:8-10

“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! For it is written, Worship the Lord your God,     and serve only him.’” Los Angeles, CA

Acts 13:52

“And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” Driftwood, TX

Proverbs 5:21

“For your ways are in full view of the Lord,     and he examines all your paths.” Chicago

Genesis 9:12

“God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations.’” Los Angeles

Matthew 27:38

“Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.” Salton Sea, California

Colossians 4:3

“And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.” Lutherhaus, Wittenberg, Germany

Psalm 46:2

“Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way     and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.” Salton Sea, California

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Laguna Beach, CA

Matthew 13:5-6

“Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.” Death Valley, Nevada

Acts 17:26-28

“From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’” Eldroado Canyon, Nevada

Proverbs 31:9

“Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Chicago, IL

Psalm 142:7

“Set me free from my prison,     that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me     because of your goodness to me.” Austin, TX

Habakkuk 2:20

“The Lord is in his holy temple;     let all the earth be silent before him.” Collegeville, MN

Ezekiel 37:1-6

“The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know.’ Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.” Death Valley, Nevada

Exodus 20:3

“You shall have no other gods before me.” New York City

Psalm 25:16

“Turn to me and be gracious to me,     for I am lonely and afflicted.” Salton Sea, California

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” Los Angeles, CA

Isaiah 43:19

“I am about to do a new thing;     now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness     and rivers in the desert.” Vasquez Rocks, CA

Psalm 139:7

“Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?” Traverse City, MI

Isaiah 40:6-8

“A voice says, ‘Cry out!’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.’” Driftwood, TX

John 6:5

“When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’” New York City

Genesis 11:4

“Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’” Berlin

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,     vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” Austin, TX