Princess Place Preserve - “Living Signs”

 

God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.”

GENESIS 1:14 (NRSV)

Garden of Cliffs - “God Surprises”

 

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

MATTHEW 6:8 (NIV)

Cummins Falls, Blackburn Fork River - “My Heart Trusts in Him”

 

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.

PSALM 28:7 (NIV)

Colorado River Trailhead, Rocky Mountains - “Lost and Found”

If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

MATTHEW 18:12 (NIV)

 

Estes Park, Rocky Mountains - “ Marked with a Seal”

In order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.  And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,  who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:12-14

 

Hiwassee River, Cherokee County - “Perfect Peace”

 

You will keep in perfect peace

    those whose minds are steadfast,

    because they trust in you.

Trust in the LORD forever,

    for the LORD, the LORD himself, 

        is the Rock eternal.

                Isaiah 26:3-4

Garden of the Gods - “Who Are You?”

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

JOHN 1:23 (NIV)

Pellicer Creek Paddle Trail - “Encourage One Another”

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 

1 Thessalonians 5:11

 

Historic Fort Matanzas - “I Stand at the Door and Knock”

 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.  Here I am!  I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Revelation 3:19-20 

Old Barn, Abingdon, Virginia - “Great is Your Faithfulness”

 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 

Lamentations 3:22–23

Faver Dykes Nature Trail - God is Listening

 The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

 James 5:16

Middle Fork Holston River Abingdon, Virginia - “Do Not Be Anxious about Anything”

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

 Philippians 4:6

Lake Junaluska, North Carolina - “The LORD is My Strength”

 

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.

PSALM 28:7 (NIV)

Old Fall River Road, Rocky Mountains - “The Son Of Man Came to Seek and to Save the Lost”

 

Luke 19:5-9

When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Trail Bridge Road, Rocky Mountains - “Adoption as His Children”

 

[God] destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.

EPHESIANS 1:5 (NRSV)

Moultrie Creek Fishing - Be a Servant to Others

 

Serve one another humbly in love.

GALATIANS 5:13 (NIV)

Washington Oaks State Park - “Whoever Refreshes Others will Be Refreshed”

 

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

PROVERBS 11:25 (NIV)

Castillo de San Marcos - “Be Not Forgetful to Entertain Strangers”

 

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

HEBREWS 13:2 (KJV)

Mountain of the Dragon - “Finding Rest with Jesus”

 

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

 Matthew 11:28

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)

Fort Matanzas Beach - “What Shall a Man Give in Exchange for his Soul?

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Mark 8:34-38

Lake Junaluska - I Confess with My Mouth “Jesus is LORD”

 

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:9-13

Shores Drive Park, Moultrie Creek - “Everlasting Light”

 

19The sun will no more be your light by day,

nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.

20Your sun will never set again,

and your moon will wane no more;

the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your days of sorrow will end.

Isaiah 60:19-20

Pikes Peak Summit, Rocky Mountains - “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”

“How beautiful upon the mountains 
Are the feet of him 
who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace, 
Who brings glad tiding of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
Your God reigns!”

Isaiah 5:27

Paradise, New Zealand - “My Sheep Listen to My Voice”

 

The time came for the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple, walking in the covered porch named for Solomon.  The Jewish opposition circled around him and asked, “How long will you test our patience?  If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”  Jesus answered, “I have told you, but you don’t believe.  The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you don’t believe because you don’t belong to my sheep.  My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me.  I give them eternal life. They will never die, and no one will snatch them from my hand.

John 10:22-28

Garden of God - “Find Rest for Your Souls”

 

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

MATTHEW 11:28-29 (NIV)

Crescent Beach - “Christ Died for Us”

 

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.  Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.  But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:6-8

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)

Marineland - “Behold, God is My Salvation”

“Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God[a] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.

Isaiah 12:2

Glacier National Park - “Obey God Rather than Men”

 

Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”   At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.   “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!”

Acts 5:25-29

Little River Road, Smokey Mountains - “Speak through Me”

 

Just as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and don’t return there without watering the earth . . . so is my word that comes from my mouth; it does not return to me empty. Instead, it does what I want, and accomplishes what I intend.

ISAIAH 55:10-11 (CEB)

Badlands, South Dakota - “Rend Your Hearts”

 

Rend Your Hear

“Even now,” declares the Lord,

    “return to me with all your heart,

    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

Rend your heart

    and not your garments.

Return to the Lord your God,

    for he is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in love,

    and he relents from sending calamity.

Joel 2:12-13

Badlands National Park, South Dakota - “Dust to Dust You Shall Return”

 

I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”

I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.  Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals;  the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other.   All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.  All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 

Ecclesiastes 3:17-20

Lake Junaluska, Blue Ridge Mountains - “The Word of our God Endures Forever”

 

 

The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our God endures forever.”

Isaiah 40:8

Big Witch Overlook, Smokey Mountains - “The Strength of My Heart”

 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

PSALM 73:26 (NIV)

Colorado River, Rocky Mountains - “LORD, You Know Me”

 

LORD, you have examined me.  You know me.  You know when I sit down and when I stand up. Even from far away, you comprehend my plans.  You study my traveling and resting.  You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways.  There isn’t a word on my tongue, LORD, that you don’t already know completely.  You surround me—front and back.  You put your hand on me.  That kind of knowledge is too much for me; it’s so high above me that I can’t fathom it.

Psalm 139:1-6

Great Smokey Mountains - “Do You Not Know? Do You Not Hear?”

 

Do you not know? Do you not hear? 
Has it not been told you from the beginning? 
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, 
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; 
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, 
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; 
Who brings princes to nothing, 
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Isaiah 40:21-23