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  • Psalm 43:3-4

    Psalm 43:3-4 (MSG)
    Give me your lantern and compass, give me a map, So I can find my way to the sacred mountain, to the place of your presence, To enter the place of worship, meet my exuberant God, Sing my thanks with a harp, magnificent God, my God.

    Created 25 days ago

    Labels: beautiful imagery

  • draw near

    James 4:8 (ESV)
    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    Created 3 months ago

  • wishing i could feel this truth

    Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)
    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

    Created 3 months ago

  • thirst/I am thirsty.

    Isaiah 55:1 (NIV)
    "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

    Created 4 months ago

  • 1 Peter 1:3-9

    1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV)
    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    Created 4 months ago

  • Though you have not seen him

    1 Peter 1:8 (NIV)
    Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

    Created 4 months ago

  • Sing to Him

    Psalm 13:6 (NCV)
    I sing to the Lord because he has taken care of me.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-29

  • rhythms

    Matthew 11:29 (MSG)
    Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

    Created 4 months ago

  • from Enola

    Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
    The lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."

    Created 4 months ago

  • Philippians 3:13-14

    Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV)
    Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

    Created 5 months ago

  • Matthew 11:29-30

    Matthew 11:29-30 (NIV)
    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

    Created 5 months ago

  • 2 Samuel 22:30-31

    2 Samuel 22:30-31 (NIV)
    With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.

    Created 5 months ago

  • 2 Samuel 22:17

    2 Samuel 22:17 (NIV)
    "He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 6:4

    Deuteronomy 6:4 (NIV)
    Hear, O Israel: The lord our God, the lord is one.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV84)
    The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

    Created 6 months ago

  • Colossians 3:16

    Colossians 3:16 (MSG)
    Let the Word of Christ-the Message-have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God!

    Created 6 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-11-08

  • Luke 5:5

    Luke 5:5 (NIVUK)
    Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: you say...

  • Colossians 3:16

    Colossians 3:16 (NIVUK)
    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: instructions

  • It is so easy to forget the Christ lives in me. Even…

    It is so easy to forget the Christ lives in me. Even though I have known this for many years now, it sometimes forgets to travels down to my heart (the knowledge, not the Spirit). Yet this truth is still…

    Created 7 months ago

    John 15:4 (MSG)

  • John 15:4

    John 15:4 (MSG)
    "Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are joined with me.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Luke 5:5

    Luke 5:5 (NIVUK)
    Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."

    Created 8 months ago

  • John 6:68

    John 6:68 (NIVUK)
    Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 32:2

    Deuteronomy 32:2 (NIVUK)
    Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Proverbs 23:23

    Proverbs 23:23 (NIVUK)
    Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Isaiah 50:10

    Isaiah 50:10 (NIVUK)
    Who among you fears the lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the lord and rely on his God.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Galatians 5:1

    Galatians 5:1 (NIVUK)
    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Be the 'Jonathan' to somebody's 'David'.

    This was a time of David's life when he was under an extraordinary level of attack. Although it was physical we can perhaps imagine the incredible amount of emotional and spiritual attack David was also…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Samuel 23:16 (NIVUK)

  • Questions, questions.

    At my work I regularly get students come in and ask questions about the food or drink. "How big is the Caesar salad?" "How much is a small juice?" However they usually ask amongst themselves and not the…

    Created about 1 year ago

    John 16:19 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-03-31

  • A Different Currency

    A little while back our Pastor said something about how God deals with a different currency. I'm going to go one step further. It's not cash, not gold, not silver. This has a much higher value in His…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Peter 1:6 (NIV84), 1 Peter 1:7 (NIV84)

  • Coal and Diamonds

    There are times when we look upon ourselves and wonder what anyone may see in us. We wonder what our worth is and wish there was more. Yet our God in heaven says that we are not just something, we are…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 45:10 (NIV84), Psalm 45:11 (NIV84)

  • Untitled Note

    Thank you, Lord for this refeshment and this word this evening. Much need and gratefully received.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 40:31 (NIV84)

  • To be 'hung by one's own petard' is a phrase taken…

    To be 'hung by one's own petard' is a phrase taken from Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece Hamlet. Yet we look much further back in time at Haman's fate to see that these were not merely clever words from…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Esther 7:9 (NIV84), Esther 7:10 (NIV84)

  • Pardon from a King

    Reading this I can't help but think that we are so blessed. The King of Kings points His sceptre towards us and we are pardoned. We are pardoned from death and brought into life. And if we haven't been…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Esther 4:11 (NIV84)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-02-04

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-04

  • sighs and signs

    Looking at this passage I can see why Jesus sighed. I think I might have done the same. The Pharisees were meant to understand, they were meant to get it, yet they still asked for a sign. Another sign…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 8:12 (NIV)

  • Reassured!

    This God who is carefully watching over me is giving me the constant reassurance that He really IS watching, that He's keeping a close check of what happens to me, when, where and how. When things seem…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Peter 1:5 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-01-27

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-23

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-22

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2011-01-22