There is salvation in no one else!

God has given no other name under heaven 

by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

(Portland, ME)

“No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
    
nor the moon to give its light by night,

for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light,
    
and your God will be your glory.

Your sun will never set;
    
your moon will not go down.

For the Lord will be your everlasting light.
    
Your days of mourning will come to an end.”

Isaiah 60:19-20

(Portland, ME schooner sailing)

You will know at last that I, 

the Lord,
    
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
    
the Mighty One of Israel.

I will exchange your bronze for gold,
    
your iron for silver,

your wood for bronze,
    
and your stones for iron.

I will make peace your leader
    
and righteousness your ruler.

Violence will disappear from your land;
    
the desolation and destruction of war will end.

Salvation will surround you like city walls,
    
and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.

Isaiah 60:16-18

(Portland, ME lighthouse)

Truth stumbles in the streets,
    
and honesty has been outlawed.

Yes, 

truth is gone,
    
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    
to find there was no justice.

So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
    
and his justice sustained him.

He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds.
    
His fury will fall on his foes.
    
He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.

In the west, 

people will respect the name of the Lord;
    
in the east, 

they will glorify him.

For he will come like a raging flood tide
    
driven by the breath of the Lord.

Isaiah 59:14-15, 16, 18-19

(Portland, ME)

This is what the Lord says:

“Be just and fair to all.

Do what is right and good,

for I am coming soon to rescue you

and to display my righteousness among you.

Blessed are all those

who are careful to do this.

Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest

and keep themselves from doing wrong.”

Isaiah 56:1-2

Oh,

praise the Lord,

all you servants of the Lord,
    
you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.

Lift your hands toward the sanctuary,
    
and praise the Lord.

May the Lord,

who made heaven and earth,
    
bless you from Jerusalem.

Psalm 134:1-3

The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain…

Wise people treasure knowledge,

but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.

Too much talk leads to sin.

Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

Proverbs 10:11, 14, 19

When Noah was 600 years old, 

on the seventeenth day of the second month, 

all the underground waters erupted from the earth, 

and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. 

The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights. 

That very day Noah had gone into the boat 

with his wife and his sons…

and their wives.  

…Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

God wiped out every living thing on the earth…

The only people who survived were Noah 

and those with him in the boat.

Genesis 7:11-13; 16, 23

“So you, 

too, 

must keep watch! 

For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.  

You also must be ready all the time, 

for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

Matthew 24:42, 44 

“When the Son of Man returns, 

it will be like it was in Noah’s day.

In those days before the flood, 

the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings 

right up to the time Noah entered his boat.

People didn’t realize what was going to happen 

until the flood came and swept them all away. 

That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:37-39

(Blanchard Springs, AR)