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Not about how great my need is, but it's about how giving He is.
Romans 8:32 (HCSB)
He did not even spare His own Son but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything?Created 16 days ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights
2012-03-22
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-31
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1 Samuel 12:20
1 Samuel 12:20 (HCSB)
Samuel replied, "Don't be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don't turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-10-07
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Joshua 21:45
Joshua 21:45 (KJV)
There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.Created 8 months ago
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Proverbs 14:29
Proverbs 14:29 (NLT)
People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.Created 9 months ago
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Proverbs 14:21
Proverbs 14:21 (NLT)
It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor; blessed are those who help the poor.Created 9 months ago
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Hebrews 1:3
Hebrews 1:3 (NLT)
The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.Created 9 months ago
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Deuteronomy 29:29
Deuteronomy 29:29 (NLT)
“The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.Created 9 months ago
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Proverbs 25:17
Proverbs 25:17 (ESV)
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.Created 9 months ago
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Deuteronomy 15:11
Deuteronomy 15:11 (NLT)
There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.Created 10 months ago
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Deuteronomy 15:4
Deuteronomy 15:4 (NLT)
“There should be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession.Created 10 months ago
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Deuteronomy 14:23
Deuteronomy 14:23 (NLT)
Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.Created 10 months ago
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Deuteronomy 11:22
Deuteronomy 11:22 (NLT)
“Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the LORD your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him.Created 10 months ago
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Deuteronomy 10:20
Deuteronomy 10:20 (NLT)
You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.Created 10 months ago
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John 1:21
John 1:21 (NLT)
“Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?” “No,” he replied. “Are you the Prophet we are expecting?” “No.”Created 10 months ago
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John 5:23
John 5:23 (NLT)
so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.Created 11 months ago
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Leviticus 25:23
Leviticus 25:23 (NLT)
“The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.Created 11 months ago
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Leviticus 1:4
Leviticus 1:4 (NLT)
Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and the LORD will accept its death in your place to purify you, making you right with him.Created 11 months ago
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Exodus 32:16
Exodus 32:16 (NLT)
These tablets were God’s work; the words on them were written by God himself.Created 11 months ago
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Exodus 32:14
Exodus 32:14 (NLT)
So the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.Created 11 months ago
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Hebrews 10:10
Hebrews 10:10 (NLT)
For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.Created 12 months ago
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Exodus 12:46
Exodus 12:46 (NLT)
Each Passover lamb must be eaten in one house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not break any of its bones.Created 12 months ago
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Psalm 33:22
Psalm 33:22 (NIV84)
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.Created about 1 year ago
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Exodus 1:21
Exodus 1:21 (NIV84)
And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.Created about 1 year ago
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Proverbs 24:14
Proverbs 24:14 (NIV84)
Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.Created about 1 year ago
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Ephesians 5:10
Ephesians 5:10 (NLT)
Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-03-24
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Good Deeds: Public or Private?
In Matthew 5, Jesus instructs us to let our good deeds be seen by all. Yet in the very next chapter, He tells us not to let our left hand know what the right is doing - to give our gifts in private.…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 5:14 (NLT), Matthew 5:15 (NLT), Matthew 5:16 (NLT), Matthew 6:1 (NLT), Matthew 6:2 (NLT), Matthew 6:3 (NLT), Matthew 6:4 (NLT), Matthew 6:5 (NLT), Matthew 6:6 (NLT), Matthew 6:14 (NLT), Matthew 6:15 (NLT), Matthew 6:16 (NLT), Matthew 6:17 (NLT), Matthew 6:18 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-01-30
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-30
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...yet.
It's not that these things aren't able to be understood. Even long before this was written, sailors were navigating the oceans, and understood how it was to be done. And modern science has revealed to…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2011-01-08
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2010-12-25
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2010-12-24
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2010-12-24
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2010-12-22
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2010-12-22
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Contradiction in the Bible?
Has God contradicted Himself? He commands us through Moses to honor our parents ("the 5th commandment" in Exodus 20:12); then, while in the flesh, He tells us to hate our parents (Luke 14:26). It's…
Created over 1 year ago
Exodus 20:12 (NLT), Matthew 22:35 (NLT), Matthew 22:36 (NLT), Matthew 22:37 (NLT), Luke 14:26 (NLT), Ephesians 3:18 (NLT), 1 John 4:7 (NLT), 1 John 4:8 (NLT), 1 John 4:9 (NLT), 1 John 4:10 (NLT), 1 John 4:11 (NLT), 1 John 4:12 (NLT), 1 John 4:13 (NLT), 1 John 4:14 (NLT), 1 John 4:15 (NLT), 1 John 4:16 (NLT), 1 John 4:17 (NLT), 1 John 4:18 (NLT), 1 John 4:19 (NLT), 1 John 4:20 (NLT), 1 John 4:21 (NLT)
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Like water through a wicker basket
Psalm 16:7 I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me. Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You. I love God's Word - I…
Created over 1 year ago
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Roar of Love
Proverbs 20:2 (NLT) The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar; to rouse his anger is to risk your life. We can capitalize that K. 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NLT) For God was in Christ, reconciling the world…
Created over 1 year ago
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Inviting non-believers to Sunday worship
I've heard pastors encourage their flock to invite their un-saved friends to church. If we're commanded to expel from the church anyone who calls themselves a believer yet does not live as one - then…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 15:1 (NLT), Psalm 15:2 (NLT), Psalm 15:3 (NLT), Psalm 15:4 (NLT), Psalm 15:5 (NLT), Matthew 18:15 (NLT), Matthew 18:16 (NLT), Matthew 18:17 (NLT), Matthew 18:18 (NLT), Matthew 18:19 (NLT), Matthew 18:20 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 5:2 (NLT)
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Lofty (lonely) human eloquence
Proverbs 15:7 (MSG) Perceptive words spread knowledge; fools are hollow—there’s nothing to them. I was having a conversation with someone yesterday, and became so taken up with what I was saying that…
Created over 1 year ago
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Hoarders
I've heard it best said, "I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer." You can't take it with you, so put that effort and work into something that IS eternal. It really makes a statement.
Created over 1 year ago
Proverbs 11:24 (NIV84), Proverbs 11:25 (NIV84), Proverbs 11:26 (NIV84), Luke 12:15 (NIV84), Luke 12:16 (NIV84), Luke 12:17 (NIV84), Luke 12:18 (NIV84), Luke 12:19 (NIV84), Luke 12:20 (NIV84), Luke 12:21 (NIV84), Acts 2:45 (NIV84)
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Leadership through humility
Usually, we think of someone who receives discipline or correction as being on the subordinate end of things -- but this is clearly describing them as a leader, whether for good or for bad ends. Proverbs…
Created over 1 year ago
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Merit pay
We are paid based on our performance, and let's be frank, we've all fallen short (Romans 3:23). So for all of us, a paycheck based on merit should actually be more of an invoice; we owe. Just like reconciling…
Created over 1 year ago
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Harvest while you can.
It doesn't matter that 2,000 years have passed since Jesus walked among us. It doesn't matter if another 2,000 years pass before He returns. His message and mission is still urgent, because so many have…
Created over 1 year ago
Proverbs 10:5 (MSG), Matthew 9:36 (MSG), Matthew 9:37 (MSG), Matthew 9:38 (MSG), Matthew 28:18 (MSG), Matthew 28:19 (MSG), Matthew 28:20 (MSG)
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We've all got forked tongues.
Proverbs 10:19 (NIV) When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. James 3:7-12 (NIV) All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and…
Created over 1 year ago
Proverbs 10:19 (NIV84), James 3:7 (NIV84), James 3:8 (NIV84), James 3:9 (NIV84), James 3:10 (NIV84), James 3:11 (NIV84), James 3:12 (NIV84)
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Do not return to Egypt.
Compare the two passages. In Deuteronomy 17:16, God clearly instructs that they are never to return to Egypt. Yet in Jeremiah, we see the remnant willfully disobeying, and suffering some pretty harsh…
Created over 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 17:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 41:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 41:17 (NIV84), Jeremiah 41:18 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:1 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:2 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:3 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:4 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:5 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:6 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:7 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:8 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:9 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:10 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:11 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:12 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:13 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:14 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:15 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:17 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:18 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:19 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:20 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:21 (NIV84), Jeremiah 42:22 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:1 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:2 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:3 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:4 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:5 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:6 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:7 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:8 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:9 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:10 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:11 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:12 (NIV84), Jeremiah 43:13 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:1 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:2 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:3 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:4 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:5 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:6 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:7 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:8 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:9 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:10 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:11 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:12 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:13 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:14 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:15 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:17 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:18 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:19 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:20 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:21 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:22 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:23 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:24 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:25 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:26 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:27 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:28 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:29 (NIV84), Jeremiah 44:30 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:1 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:2 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:3 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:4 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:5 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:6 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:7 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:8 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:9 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:10 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:11 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:12 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:13 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:14 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:15 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:17 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:18 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:19 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:20 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:21 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:22 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:23 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:24 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:25 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:26 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:27 (NIV84), Jeremiah 46:28 (NIV84)
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Joseph and Jesus
Compare these two verses in context. Absolutely amazing. Genesis 50:20 (NIV) You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Matthew…
Created over 1 year ago