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Misunderstanding of Jordan Altar
Joshua 22:27 (NIV84)
On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’Created 6 days ago
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Kiriath Arba
Joshua 20:7 (NIV84)
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.Created 6 days ago
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Gad and half tribe
Joshua 4:12 (NLT)
The armed warriors from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh led the Israelites across the Jordan, just as Moses had directed.Created 8 days ago
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Moses and Aaron fail
Deuteronomy 32:51 (NLT)
For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel there.Created 8 days ago
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Loving the outcast
Deuteronomy 10:19 (NIV84)
And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.Created 18 days ago
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Loving and obeying God
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NIV84)
And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,Created 18 days ago
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No self righteousness
Deuteronomy 9:4-6 (NIV84)
After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you.Created 18 days ago
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God's Discipline
Deuteronomy 8:5 (NIV84)
Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.Created 18 days ago
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Obeying the law
Deuteronomy 6:25 (NIV84)
And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”Created 18 days ago
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Prioritizing Our Lives
Psalm 90:12 (NIV84)
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.Created 25 days ago
Labels: what is important
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Leviticus 26:8
Leviticus 26:8 (NIV84)
Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.Created 26 days ago
Labels: exponential victory of obedience
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Prayers that cover
Here in the Old Testament we see that for Aaron to fulfill his duties (as High Priest in the Temple) he is to offer up incense so that the cloud covers him and he does not die in the presence of a Holy…
Created 27 days ago
Genesis 9:20 (NIV84), Leviticus 16:13 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:14 (NIV84), Hebrews 7:24 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:19 (NIV84), 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV84), 1 John 5:16 (NIV84), Revelation 8:3 (NIV84)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-04-29
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2012-04-19
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Fruit of repentance
2 Corinthians 6:1 (NIV84)
As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.Created about 1 month ago
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Repentance proven by action
Acts 26:20 (NIV84)
First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.Created about 1 month ago
Labels: faith shown by lifestyle
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Hard work to help the weak
Acts 20:35 (NIV84)
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”Created about 1 month ago
Labels: tentmaking
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The fear of the Lord, what is that?
I love the simplicity and power of these verses in proverbs. If we store up God's wisdom and commands in our heart and keep them as something very precious, then our lives change. God becomes a place…
Created 2 months ago
2 Samuel 11:1 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:1 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:2 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:3 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:4 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:5 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:6 (NIV84), Proverbs 2:10 (NIV84)
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The Miracle of Forgiveness
In these verses we see a widow, her son, and the prophet Elijah being supernaturally provided for in a time of famine. The little oil and flour they had did not run out. Unfortunately tragedy strikes…
Created 2 months ago
1 Kings 17:18 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:19 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:20 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:21 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:22 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:23 (NIV84), 1 Kings 17:24 (NIV84), John 17:3 (NIV84), 2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV84)
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Warfare
Judges 3:2 (NIV84)
(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):Created 3 months ago
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Fear of the Lord
Joshua 5:14 (NIV84)
“Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”Created 3 months ago
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Fear of the Lord
Joshua 4:24 (NIV84)
He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”Created 3 months ago
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Remembrance Stones
I see God's wisdom here where he instructs the Israelites to pick up stones to make a memorial of God's great faithfulness to them. He supernaturally enables them to enter God's promises. It is a hint…
Created 3 months ago
Joshua 4:9 (NIV84), Psalm 40:1 (NIV84), Psalm 40:2 (NIV84), Psalm 40:3 (NIV84), Psalm 40:4 (NIV84)
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A Spirit Led Life
Jesus was under enormous emotional pressure from all sides. The Jewish leaders wanted to kill him. His dear friend Lazarus was dying (probably already dead), Lazarus's family had huge hope that Jesus…
Created 3 months ago
John 11:4 (NIV84), John 11:5 (NIV84), John 11:9 (NIV84), John 11:34 (NIV84), John 11:35 (NIV84), Ephesians 5:18 (NIV84)
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God is an awesome lover
Looking at these verses it is plain to see that harboring a poisonous attitude not only affects friendships but corrupts our relationship with God. Jesus here affirms that you could have a great gift…
Created 3 months ago
Matthew 5:21 (NIV84), Matthew 5:22 (NIV84), Matthew 5:23 (NIV84), Matthew 5:24 (NIV84), Matthew 23:23 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:14 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:15 (NIV84)
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-02-17
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Building the house
Exodus 35:21 (NIV84)
and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.Created 4 months ago
Labels: offerings
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First Fruits
Exodus 34:26 (NIV84)
“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.”Created 4 months ago
Labels: offerings
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Redeem Firstborn
Exodus 34:19-20 (NIV84)
“The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.Created 4 months ago
Labels: offerings
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-01-16
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Jesus as God
Matthew 28:17 (NIV84)
When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.Created 5 months ago
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Righteousness by faith
Matthew 21:30-32 (NIV84)
“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.Created 5 months ago
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With man it is impossible but with God ALL things are!
Matthew 19:26 (NIV84)
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”Created 5 months ago
Labels: all things are possible - hope
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God desires mercy
I'm totally surprised sometimes how I can very quickly become arrogant or condescending to others. I am often flumped (is flumped a word?) by my lack of moral fibre, the strength and integrity I desire…
Created 5 months ago
Proverbs 3:3 (NIV84), Micah 6:8 (NIV84), Matthew 9:13 (NIV84), Matthew 18:23 (NIV84), Matthew 18:24 (NIV84), Matthew 18:25 (NIV84), Matthew 18:26 (NIV84), Matthew 18:27 (NIV84), Romans 7:10 (NIV84), Ephesians 2:8 (NIV84), James 4:6 (NIV84)
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-09
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God's love is an invitation to know Him
God shows His overwhelming compassion and humility in that he desires us to know Him and to have the power of His presence to be with us and in us. Jesus, designated the 12 apostles to be with Him and…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 11:28 (KJV), Mark 3:13 (KJV), Mark 3:14 (KJV), Mark 3:15 (KJV), Colossians 1:27 (KJV), Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
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Jesus as God
John 10:33 (NIV)
"We are not stoning you for any good work," they replied, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."Created 8 months ago
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Jesus chooses to lay his life down
John 10:18 (NIV)
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-09-30
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Love isn't a feeling
Here we see in this passage, Paul was very concerned about the Thessalonian Church. His heart went out to them and he longed to strengthen them and encourage them. His love was willing to pay the price…
Created 11 months ago
Matthew 25:39 (NIV), Mark 10:15 (NIV), John 13:33 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 3:6 (NIV), James 3:16 (NIV)
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The Tragedy of Herod's Faith
Here we see King Herod (this is actually The son of the King Herod who was alive when Christ was born) having faith that John the baptist had risen from the dead and was doing great miracles. Even though…
Created 12 months ago
Mark 6:16 (NIV), Acts 12:23 (NIV), Romans 6:23 (NIV), Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
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Finding Fault Failure
Here we see some Pharisees and scribes coming together and finding fault with Jesus. All because he didn't wash his hands in some religious way before he ate his dinner. These guys had some traditional…
Created 12 months ago
1 Samuel 16:7 (NKJV), Proverbs 3:3 (NKJV), Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV), Matthew 12:7 (NKJV), Mark 7:2 (NKJV), Mark 12:30 (NKJV), Mark 12:31 (NKJV)
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Children are very, very precious
Mark 9:37 "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." (Jesus) There are many things that we adults consider…
Created about 1 year ago
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TLC Sermon: Discipleship, The Goal of God's Kingdom
Sermon Sunday 22nd May 2011 Discipleship, the goal of God's Kingdom. John 15:7-8 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My…
Created about 1 year ago
Proverbs 27:5 (NIV), Proverbs 29:25 (NIV), Matthew 28:18 (NIV), Mark 8:35 (NIV), Luke 15:4 (NIV), John 14:13 (NIV), John 14:14 (NIV), John 15:7 (NIV), John 15:8 (NIV), Galatians 1:10 (NIV), Philemon 1:6 (NIV), 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV), Revelation 12:11 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-05-20
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The Gospel is a Ground-Shaker
Mark 9:1 And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power." This statement that Jesus made here is…
Created about 1 year ago
Mark 9:1 (NKJV), John 7:37 (NKJV), John 7:38 (NKJV), John 7:39 (NKJV), Acts 2:1 (NKJV), Romans 1:16 (NKJV), Colossians 1:27 (NKJV), Hebrews 12:28 (NKJV), Hebrews 12:29 (NKJV)
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Jesus, Compassionate Warrior
Mark 1:41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" (NIV) And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith…
Created about 1 year ago
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TLC Sermon: Discipleship, a Double-Edged Sword
Philippians 3:10-16 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection…
Created about 1 year ago
Philippians 3:10 (NIV), Philippians 3:11 (NIV), Philippians 3:12 (NIV), Philippians 3:13 (NIV), Philippians 3:14 (NIV), Philippians 3:15 (NIV), Philippians 3:16 (NIV), 1 John 4:8 (NIV)
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Living a Worthy Life
Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Paul was a man who passionately obeyed God's call on his life, even though it cost him…
Created about 1 year ago
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV), Galatians 6:9 (NIV), Ephesians 4:1 (NIV), Ephesians 4:2 (NIV), Ephesians 4:3 (NIV), 2 Peter 3:4 (NIV)
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Unmerited, Unwarranted, Unbelievable Kindness
I love Psalm 103, it is a remedy for so many internal ills. It shows us that God is merciful, kind and compassionate. In verse 3 we read 'who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,' this…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 103:1 (NIV), Psalm 103:3 (NIV), Mark 12:30 (NIV), Mark 12:31 (NIV), Romans 8:1 (NIV)
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Mums' are Champions!
Being a Mum is a job which carries more weight than many CEO's do and with the only reward being the satisfaction of seeing your children grow and blossom. It takes huge heart to do the job well! One…
Created about 1 year ago
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Serving this Generation
1 Peter 1:10-12 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to…
Created about 1 year ago
Proverbs 27:17 (KJV), Acts 13:36 (KJV), Philippians 2:22 (KJV), James 4:6 (KJV), James 5:16 (KJV), 1 Peter 1:12 (KJV), 1 John 1:7 (KJV)
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Honour and Mercy
Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. In Romans 1:21 we see unthankfulness…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 50:23 (NIV84), Isaiah 64:6 (NIV84), Luke 7:48 (NIV84), Romans 1:21 (NIV84)
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Saved by Faith
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; NIV 2011 What I really love about this…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 23:3 (NIV84), Romans 3:23 (NIV84), Ephesians 2:8 (NIV84), Titus 3:5 (NIV84), Titus 3:8 (NIV84)
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Power to Change
2 Peter 1:3-4 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great…
Created about 1 year ago
John 10:10 (NIV), John 17:3 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV), 2 Peter 1:4 (NIV)
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Humility is the doorway to change
Luke 18:13-14 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 5:7 (NIV84), Matthew 12:7 (NIV84), Luke 18:10 (NIV84), Romans 9:16 (NIV84), James 4:6 (NIV84), 1 John 1:7 (NIV84)
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The Kingdom of God
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. KJV nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-22