Chris Medina

  • Choose Your Friends Wisely

    Although we are taught to love everyone as God loves everyone, there are a chosen few that should be considered as being part of your "circle" of friends. Jesus had a group of people that He referred…

    Created 4 months ago

    Matthew 28:16 (KJV)

  • Path of Least Resistance

    The prophet, Isaiah, was used by God to speak to the people of Israel. The Lord said that there would be peace like the flowing river (Is48:18). The only stipulation was for Israel to follow God's directions…

    Created 4 months ago

    Isaiah 48:17 (NKJV)

  • Divide the Word Correctly

    2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. ~Regard whenever you are studying the Word the two testaments…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)

  • Right-Standing With God

    John 1:17 NKJV For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ~ There are preachers out there that teach grace as being something that is attained through "right doing."…

    Created 4 months ago

    John 1:17 (NKJV)

  • The Devil May...But GOD!

    Proverbs 15:15 AMP All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. ~One…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 15:15 (AMP)

  • Assess your motives

    When you pray for anything, assess what it is thatyour asking and how it would affect His glory. Meaning, who would get the glory, you or Him? Keep in mind that we can't accomplish anything successfully…

    Created 4 months ago

    Psalm 115:1 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-27

  • I can't, but You can!

    It's not by our self-discipline, our will, or anything we attempt to do. It's by God's ability that we overcome anything. With that, give whatever it is that you are having trouble with to Him and then…

    Created 4 months ago

    Ephesians 6:10 (NLT)

  • God's grace more abundant

    The purpose of the law was to expose our imperfections and show us just how much we need God in our life. What's great is that no matter how much power sin has in our lives, God's grace grows that much…

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 5:20 (NLT)

  • God's Justly Presence

    Psalm 7:17 (NLT)
    I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: just presence

  • Pray Persistently

    James 4:2 (NLT)
    You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: prayer

  • Jesus Bore Our Sickness and Sorrows

    Isaiah 53:4 (NLT)
    Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: good news gospel

  • Poor Widow's Offering

    Mark 12:41-44 (NLT)
    Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: give offering

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-11-28

  • Romans 8:27-28

    Romans 8:27-28 (NLT)
    And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-06-13

  • encouragement

    Ecclesiastes 5:20 (NLT)
    God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: ecclesiastes 5:20 niv

  • Accountability for one another

    Hebrews 12:15 (AMP)
    Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God’s grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it--

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: grace look out

  • Me as an example of GOD's mercy

    1 Timothy 1:16 (NLT)
    But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: mercy worst sinner

  • Prayer for wisdom

    Ephesians 1:17 (AMP)
    [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: pray prayer revelation wisdom

  • Forgive/Forgiveness

    Matthew 6:14-15 (NLT)
    “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: forgive forgiveness

  • Characteristics of Love

    1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)
    Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

    Created 12 months ago

    Labels: love patience

  • Enoch has spoken

    Jude 1:14-15 (NLT)
    Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones

    Created almost 1 year ago

    Labels: enoch prophesy

  • Giving GOD your guilt

    Colossians 2:14-15 (NLT)
    He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

    Created almost 1 year ago

    Labels: cross guilt sins

  • Opportunity for growth

    James 1:2-3 (NLT)
    Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.

    James 1:13 (NLT)
    And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else.

    Created almost 1 year ago

    Labels: growth troubles

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-05-30

  • Prayer before temptation attacks

    Matthew 26:39 (NLT)
    He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

    Created almost 1 year ago

    Labels: prayer supper

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-05-29

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-04-24

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-04-11