Michael Jester

  • Jestrun
  • Portland

  • The perfect forgiveness!

    Isaiah 53:3-6 (NLT)
    He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Forgive and forgiven!

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

    Created about 1 month ago

  • God's Truth about You!

    Colossians 2:8-10 (NLT)
    Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Reconciled!

    2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (NLT)
    And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Don't drift away!

    Colossians 1:23 (NLT)
    But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Who's approval are you seeking?

    Galatians 1:10 (NLT)
    Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • What is God's Image of you?

    Colossians 2:8-10 (NLT)
    Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2012-01-22

  • Romans 4:8

    Romans 4:8 (NLT)
    Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin.”

    Created 5 months ago

  • Romans 4:7

    Romans 4:7 (NLT)
    “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Pathways for Parents & Children

    Family is the core of society's structure. The idea of "family", the ideal of "family" has shifted in culture over the last 50 years. Proverbs teaches us that "family" was considered the core of society…

    Created 7 months ago

    Proverbs 5:18 (NLT), Proverbs 5:19 (NLT), Proverbs 13:22 (NLT), Proverbs 18:22 (NLT), Proverbs 19:18 (NLT), Proverbs 22:6 (NLT), Proverbs 23:13 (NLT), Proverbs 23:14 (NLT), Proverbs 31:10 (NLT)

  • Pathway to compassion

    1st step, open your eyes. 2nd step, extend a hand of help The tension between providing for someone's needs is off-set by the need to introduce them to the life changing gift of Christ. There needs to…

    Created 7 months ago

    Proverbs 14:31 (NLT), Proverbs 19:17 (NLT), Proverbs 21:13 (NLT), Proverbs 22:9 (NLT), Proverbs 28:27 (NLT), Proverbs 31:22 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NLT)

  • God given desires

    God never gives us desires that will result in sin. Our little-"g", god, inside us justifies our sinful decisions. When we come to complete understanding that we are justified at the death of christ…

    Created 10 months ago

    1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV), James 1:13 (NKJV), James 1:14 (NKJV), James 1:15 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-07-03

  • Romans 3:23

    Romans 3:23 (NLT)
    For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

    Created 11 months ago

  • John 3:17

    John 3:17 (NLT)
    God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

    Created 11 months ago

  • John 3:16

    John 3:16 (NLT)
    “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

    Created 11 months ago

  • John 3:15

    John 3:15 (NLT)
    so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 50:11

    Isaiah 50:11 (NLT)
    But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
    For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

    Created 11 months ago

  • John 10:10

    John 10:10 (NLT)
    The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-07-03

  • My Purpose

    We claim Christ lives in our hearts. Have I really taken in his Spirit; and in so doing, taken on his purpose? Do my daily moments breathe his purpose and plan to bring life? Do I surrender every moment…

    Created 11 months ago

    Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT), John 3:16 (NLT), John 10:10 (NLT)

  • Started Following sonrisepdx

    11 months

  • Started Following employeelaw

    11 months

  • Started Following hjester

    11 months

  • Romans 13:1

    Romans 13:1 (NLT)
    Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Romans 14:8

    Romans 14:8 (NLT)
    If we live, it’s to honor the Lord. And if we die, it’s to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-02-05

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-24

  • Luke 2:28

    Luke 2:28 (NLT)
    Simeon was there. He took the child in his arms and praised God, saying,

    Created over 1 year ago

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