Mio, Michigan - “He Hears Us”

 

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

1 JOHN 5:14 (NIV)

Bad Axe, Michigan - “Strong Roots in Love”

 

Paul wrote, “I ask that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. As a result of having strong roots in love, I ask that you’ll have the power to grasp love’s width and length, height and depth, together with all believers.”

EPHESIANS 3:17-18 (CEB)

Bad Axe, Michigan - “There Shall Come Forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse”

 

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Isaiah 11:1-4

Pointe Aux Barques, Lake Huron, Michigan - “If You Lack Wisdom”

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

 James 1:5

 

Lake Huron, Port Austin, Michigan - “The Gift”

 

By grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

EPHESIANS 2:8 (NIV)

Harbor Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan. - “Wait for the Lord”

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:14

Port Austin, Michigan- “Finding the Light”

Though I have fallen, I will rise.

Though I sit in darkness,

The Lord will be my light.

Micah 7:8
 

Port Crescent State Park, Michigan - "Who Walks on the Wings of the Wind"

O LORD my God, You are very great:

You are clothed with honor and majesty,

Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,

Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

 He lays the beams of His

upper chambers in the waters,

Who makes the clouds His chariot,

Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Who makes His angels spirits,

His ministers a flame of fire.

Psalm 104:1-4 NIV

Pointe Aux Barque Lighthouse - "Nothing will Separated Us from the Love of Christ"

 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:35-39 NIV

Mackinac Island, Michigan - "Joy Comes in the Morning"

 

Sing praise to the LORD,
  you saints of His,
And give thanks at the
  remembrance of His holy
  name.
For His anger is but for a
  moment,
His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a
  night,
But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:4-5 NIV

Port Austin, Lake Huron - "In the Land of the Living"

 I would have lost heart,
unless I had believed
That I would see the
goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.

Wait on the LORD;

Be of good courage,

And He shall strengthen

your heart;

Wait, I say, on the LORD!

Psalm 27:13-14 NIV

Sunrise Lake Superior - "The Light of the World"

 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

John 8:12

Crisp Point Lighthouse, Paradise - "The LORD Looks at the Heart"

 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

1 Samuel 16:7

Whitefish Bay - "Boundless Love"

 Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved.

Ephesians 2:4-5

Tahquamenon Falls - “As the Waters Cover the Sea”

 

For The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Habakkuk 2:14

Upper Tahquamenon Falls - "Run to the Father"

 

And, "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

2 Corinthians 6:18

Michigan's Shipwreck Coastline - "As Light Exceeds Darkness"

 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Whitefish Point, Shipwreck Coastline - "Wisdom"

 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Mackinac Island - "The Eyes of the LORD"

 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are opened to their prayers.

1 Peter 3:12

Lake Superior, Marquette