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Happy Thanksgiving to all US members. In the UK we have no holiday at this time, just looking forward to about 7 days holiday around Christmas and New Year.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on the list. I'm not sure what English people on the list do; I believe there is a Thanksgiving day of some sort about this time
Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sept. or Oct.) in John 7. He made his "living water" water speech on the last day of the seven day
John 5 (ASV) 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the
Fast moving water contains more oxygen. Aeration kills harmful colloform bacteria including cholera. It is better to drink purified water from a public