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Taking Risks
You can't just neglect or treasure a gift from God. You must try to increase it, to work it, even if you fail (which you can't if you're truly in Him), you must be unafraid to take the risk.
Created 3 months ago
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A Salvation Issue
There are three steps to salvation - all based on faith in God: Belief that Jesus is Savior AND LordRepentance of sinBaptism for the forgiveness of sin and the gift of the Holy Spirit Belief Duh...…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-02-13
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The Proper Perspective
True faith is not focused on the final destination (who will ascend and descend), but is focused on the here and now - where Jesus is in your life this living second.
Created 4 months ago
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Belief is a Work
It takes effort to believe. True belief can only be built up through action., not by a mere statement of a truth not understood.
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights
2012-01-26
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2011-10-31
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God's "Punishment" & Job's Humility
We now have Jesus as a mediator, but Job didn't have one. (Can you imagine your life without a mediator between you & God?) Interestingly, Job never mentions "the adversary", which began the question:…
Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-07-15
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God's Chosen People
1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
But the lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the lord looks at the heart."Created 11 months ago
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1 Samuel 15:22
1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)
But Samuel replied: "Does the lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.Created 11 months ago
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Useful for prayer
Psalm 19:14 (NIV84)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.Created 12 months ago
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Right or Wrong?
Sincerety does not = truth. Watch your life and docrine closely because faith without action (on your part and any god's or idol's) is dead.
Created 12 months ago
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Anything But Blind Faith
God's love is greater than, surpasses your knowledge and understanding of what He has done for you. Unbelievable, isn't it? Maybe not. Though beyond human comprehension, grasping at or knowing of God's…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-05-28
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Ephesians 3:19
Ephesians 3:19 (NIV)
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.Created about 1 year ago
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Identity Crisis
Are you who you are based on ppl's opinion of you? Or are you basing who you are on God's opinion of you? Are you of God or of man? Go back to John 2:17 if you didn't already. Who defines you? What is…
Created about 1 year ago
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Your Definition
What defines you as a person? What could be written about you? Go to John 5.
Created about 1 year ago
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Role Model
This passage stresses the importance of being a disciple in outward and inward terms.
Created about 1 year ago
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1 Peter 5:8
1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.Created about 1 year ago
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Hebrews 10:24
Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 55:11
Isaiah 55:11 (NIV)
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 55:8
Isaiah 55:8 (NIV)
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the lord.Created about 1 year ago
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Where is God?
This scripture, like many others (including Job's story and Elijah's story on mount horeb) that God is always just around the bend, just out of sight. However, God is never out of sight because he chooses,…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-05-15
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Jesus - Poor Man
Just like the modern poor, Jesus lived despised and rejected. Can you imagine Nicodemus, essentially a rich, learned man in John 3 going to an uneducated ruffian or gang leader for advice? Apostles =…
Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 52:14
Isaiah 52:14 (NIV)
Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness—Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 51:7
Isaiah 51:7 (NIV)
"Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 50:1
Isaiah 50:1 (NIV)
This is what the lord says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 49:14
Isaiah 49:14 (NIV)
But Zion said, "The lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me."Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-04-20
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Isaiah 59:1
Isaiah 59:1 (NIV)
Surely the arm of the lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-03-10
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-03-02
