And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?

“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

He answered them: “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’

For He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”
and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,

One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

Ice is formed by the breath of God,
and watery expanses are frozen.

Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
awesome majesty surrounds Him.

These men have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven 14 years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know, God knows.

lightning and hail, snow and cloud,
powerful wind that executes His command,

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

I know that this man—whether in the body or out of the body I don’t know, God knows—

What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice

He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

He causes this to happen for punishment,
for His land, or for His faithful love.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.

serve as His sign to all mankind,
so that all men may know His work.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

All these events are the beginning of birth pains.

They swirl about,
turning round and round at His direction,
accomplishing everything He commands them
over the surface of the inhabited world.

labor and hardship,
many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,
often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this?—even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.

Singing songs to a troubled heart
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

The grass withers, the flowers fade,
but the word of our God remains forever.”