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  • High Towers

    This morning as I read Isaiah 2:15:17 I wondered if what I am going through is part of the process of God breaking down the "high Towers" in my life. I know that emotional towers are not what this passage…

    Created 8 days ago

  • Insomnia

    From time to time I suffer bouts of insomnia. The sound of the ticking clock is maddening as it marks the minutes of rest lost with the same rigor it marks the dwindling time until I must get up and ready…

    Created 2 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-03-09

  • Need help with YouVersion

    With this new interface I'm finding it much more difficult to use YouVersion. I do not see a place where I can ask for support so I thought I would post this public note in hopes that someone would read…

    Created 3 months ago

  • Need help with YouVersion

    With this new interface I'm finding it much more difficult to use YouVersion. I do not see a place where I can ask for support so I thought I would post this public note in hopes that someone would read…

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2012-03-07

  • Lord hear my prayer

    Dear Heavenly Father, you know that I am facing a HUGE financial crisis. You know the need. Like David, I pray that you find my prayers acceptable. I know that You are big enough to meet this need. I…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 19:14 (KJV)

  • Psalm 19:14

    Psalm 19:14 (KJV)
    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 19:3-4

    Psalm 19:3-4 (KJV)
    There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 103:1-22

    Psalm 103:1-22 (KJV)
    Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Shadow of His Wing

    I love this verse. I quote this verse in prayer when I travel. I love the idea of being tucked safely so close to God.

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 17:8 (KJV)

  • Psalm 17:8

    Psalm 17:8 (KJV)
    Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

    Created 3 months ago

  • The Lord is my Rock

    Note from Life Application Bible: God's protection of his people is limitless and can take many forms. David characterized God's care with five military symbols. God is like (1) a rock that can't be moved…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 18:2 (KJV)

  • Exodus 20:3-17

    Exodus 20:3-17 (KJV)
    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Exodus 34:6-7

    Exodus 34:6-7 (KJV)
    And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

    Created 3 months ago

  • Joy vs Happiness

    The note from the Life Application Bible confirms what I have long thought about the difference between joy and happiness. Happiness is temporary and depends upon external factors. A person can be joyful…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 16:9 (KJV)

  • Psalm 16:9

    Psalm 16:9 (KJV)
    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

    Created 3 months ago

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    3 months

  • Unmoved?

    I wish that I had the confidence of David. I confess that I do not know if I believe that God is by my side. I feel that he has abandoned me.

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 16:8 (KJV)

  • Psalm 16:8

    Psalm 16:8 (KJV)
    I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

    Created 3 months ago

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    3 months

  • Psalm 13:5-6

    Psalm 13:5-6 (KJV)
    But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

    Created 3 months ago

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  • Psalm 12:6

    Psalm 12:6 (KJV)
    The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Really?

    I want to believe that God sees me, I really do. Even more so I want to believe He cares. I am finding that very difficult to accept these days. I am miserable. I am lonely, I am in pain, my burdens weigh…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 11:4 (KJV)

  • Psalm 11:4

    Psalm 11:4 (NCV)
    The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord sits on his throne in heaven. He sees what people do; he keeps his eye on them.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Have mercy

    David asked for mercy because his enemies tormented him. Dear God in heaven I beg for your mercy because I am tormented by debt collectors. I believe your promise that you would supply all of my needs…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 9:13 (KJV)

  • Psalm 9:13

    Psalm 9:13 (KJV)
    Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

    Created 3 months ago

  • Galatians 5:22-23, Galatians 5:25

    Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV)
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    Galatians 5:25 (NKJV)
    If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Galatians 5:22-23

    Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV)
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    Created 3 months ago

  • Childlike Ways

    When I left teaching one of my students told me that they would miss me and my "childlike ways." At the time I thought it was about the greatest compliment that a student could give a teacher. Reading…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 8:2 (KJV)

  • Psalm 8:2

    Psalm 8:2 (KJV)
    Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Galatians 6:9

    Galatians 6:9 (NLT)
    So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 1:2

    Psalm 1:2 (AMP)
    But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 1:2

    Psalm 1:2 (KJV)
    But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

    Created 3 months ago

  • God knows our heart and mind

    I take great comfort in knowing that God knows my heart and mind. He knows me better than I know myself! Right now I am restless, I do not know what is wrong, I do not know what to pray. All that I can…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 7:9 (AMP)

  • Psalm 7:9

    Psalm 7:9 (NASB)
    O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Does the Lord hear me?

    The godly are those who are faithful and devoted to God. David knew that God would hear him when he called and would answer him. We too can be confident that God listens to our prayers and answers when…

    Created 3 months ago

    Psalm 4:3 (KJV)

  • Psalm 4:3

    Psalm 4:3 (KJV)
    But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Forsaken

    I can so relate to Gideon as portrayed in Judges 6:13. I feel so forsaken. I am desperate and lonely and do not know why God has left me in this dark place. Dear God please have mercy on me. I am without…

    Created 3 months ago

    Judges 6:13 (KJV)

  • Judges 6:13

    Judges 6:13 (KJV)
    And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Job 7:20

    Job 7:20 (KJV)
    I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

    Created 3 months ago

  • God is doing the fighting for us

    We may not fight an enemy army, but every day we battle temptation, pressure, and Satan, who wants us to rebel against God. Remember, as believers, we have God's Spirit in us. If we ask for God's help…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Chronicles 20:15 (KJV)

  • 2 Chronicles 20:15

    2 Chronicles 20:15 (KJV)
    And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Only God Knows the Heart

    When we are feeling alone and separated from God by our human failures, bad choices, and sheer stubborness that WE allow to interfere with our relationship with God we can look at this prayer for a reminder…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Chronicles 6:30 (KJV)

  • 2 Chronicles 6:30

    2 Chronicles 6:30 (KJV)
    Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

    Created 4 months ago

  • Thank God

    Samuel reminded the people to take time to consider what great things God had done for them. Taking time for reflection allows us to focus our attention upon God's goodness and strengthens our faith.…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Samuel 12:24 (KJV)

  • 1 Samuel 12:24

    1 Samuel 12:24 (KJV)
    Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Strike a Bargain?

    Prayer is not supposed to be a negotiation. We should be careful of trying to bargain with God, He just might take us up on our offer. " Be careful what you promise in prayer because God may take you…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Samuel 1:11 (KJV)

  • You Choose

    The time comes when we have to choose who or what will control us. The choice is mine. Will it be God, my own limited personality, or another imperfect substitute? I choose God! I've proven over and…

    Created 4 months ago

    Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

  • God is Faithful

    Joshua's new job consisted of leading more than two million people into a strange new land and conquering it. Every new job is a challenge. Without God it can be frightening. With God it can be a great…

    Created 4 months ago

    Joshua 1:5 (KJV)

  • God is our shepherd

    What joy to know that God cares for us in such a loving and tender way/

    Created 4 months ago

    Isaiah 40:11 (KJV)

  • What does God require?

    Often we ask, "What does God expect from me?" Here Moses gives a summary that is simple in form and easy to remember. Here are the essentials: (1) Fear God; (2) Live in a way that pleases him; (3) Love…

    Created 4 months ago

    Deuteronomy 10:13 (KJV), Deuteronomy 10:14 (KJV)

  • On Loan

    Every "THING" that we think we possess is actually on loan from God. The Life Application Bible note for this verse is awesome: " If you have the attitude that you are taking care of the Lord's property,…

    Created 4 months ago

    Leviticus 25:23 (KJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-02-02

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-29

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2012-01-26

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-24

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2012-01-22

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    4 months

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    4 months