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Psalm 30:12“To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.” Have you ever wondered how you could get cut by a blade of grass or the edge of a palm leaf? Plants have ...

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1 Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” We usually identify plants by their appearance. Palm trees can be identified because th...

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Matthew 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Throughout the open markets of Kenya, shopkeepers sell leaves and strips of bark from the warburgia...

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Jeremiah 46:11 “Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.” The ancient Greeks called it the “queen of all herbs.” The earliest mention of this common sh...

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Genesis 1:31 “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” As a child, Isao Kubo’s grandmother always told him to drink green tea after he ate something sweet. Later,...

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1 Corinthians 15:49 “And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” Celery is an old Asian folk remedy for mild cases of high blood pressure. In one unscientific test, the father of a University of Chicago...

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Acts 14:17 “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” We are all familiar with the fact that plants can sense light. They depe...

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Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the ear...

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Psalm 50:10-11 “For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.” The environmental movement has rightfully shown concern about the Sou...

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2 Corinthians 9:10-11 “Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through u...

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