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Hang in there
Hang in there. It ALWAYS takes longer for God to answer our prayers than we think it should. When you get frustrated and want to give up, (the longer it takes the more this will happen)take a deep breath,…
Created 2 days ago
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Inadequite
Everything we say about God is so inadequate that it always runs us head first into a paradox.
Created 3 days ago
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Title - Deed
Substance is a very common word and comes from, what stands under anything(a building, a contract, a promise). The sense of assurance that steadiness of mind which holds one firm (#2Co 9:4). It is common…
Created 3 days ago
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How long
My soul is also sore vexedThe word “soul” here is used in the sense in which it is commonly with us, as denoting the mind. The idea is, that his sorrows were not merely those of the bodily frame. They…
Created 8 days ago
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Struggling
Have mercy upon me, O LORDThat is, be gracious to me; or, show me compassion. This language may be used either in view of sin, of suffering, or of danger. It is a cry to God to interpose, and remove some…
Created 8 days ago
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Approval
Approval can look very much like love. It can be given in love but it isn't love, and when substituted for love it never satisfies. Approval is based on what we do, but we need to feel loved and affirmed…
Created 9 days ago
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Fear
"Perfect love drives out fear,"wrote the Apostle John. It is also true that unresolved fears have a way of blocking out love. So we need to ask God to help us overcome our fears so we can be filled with…
Created 9 days ago
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Worry
Here the duty of entire and exclusive devotion to God is set in opposition to worldly anxieties, which are shown to be both unnecessary, unavailing, and unbecoming.They spring fromunbelief, and augment,…
Created 9 days ago
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Inspection
It is important that we, too, learn to study and know the Scriptures for ourselves and question everything we are taught to make sure it is what God's Word, the Bible, teaches. In other words, while we…
Created 9 days ago
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Lazy people
It's funny that way. Lazy people are never satisfied, they always want more. I guess it's because someone else is working for it and they don't have to put any effort out to get it.
Created 23 days ago
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Restrain your anger
This has respect to the exhortation in the former verse. "Do not yield to the suggestions and temptations of Satan, who would take every opportunity to persuade you to cherish unkind and angry feelings,…
Created 24 days ago
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Cherishing anger
Do not cherish anger. Do not sleep upon it. Do not harbour a purpose of revenge; do not cherish ill-will against another. When the sun sets on a man’s anger, he may be sure it is wrong. The meaning of…
Created 24 days ago
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Hardened to sin
Wholly hardened in sin. There is a total want of all emotion on moral subjects. This is an accurate description of the state of a sinner. He has no feeling, no emotion. He often gives an intellectual…
Created 24 days ago
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Little things
A proverbial expression, very aptly applied to those who receive the smallest tincture of false doctrine, relative to the things essential to salvation, which soon influences the whole conduct, so that…
Created about 1 month ago
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Follow the leader
We all need to be aware that others are watching us and if you are a leader, following us, in the good that we do, and the bad.
Created about 1 month ago
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Directing your own steps
The heart of man far from God thinks to direct his own steps, and decides what he will do, without thinking of the will of God, or even of God at all. Possibly the thing intended may not be evil, it…
Created about 1 month ago
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Dead faith
A body without breath is dead, no outward sign of life. If no one can tell your breathing (showing your faith through works) there probably going to think your dead.
Created about 1 month ago
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Value of faith
It's like land without crops. It may be pretty, but it holds no value until you use it.
Created about 1 month ago
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Walk the walk
Like the old saying, "the proof is in the pudding". You can say how good of a cook you are, but if the food taste lousy, your not a good cook. Again you can talk the talk, but if you can't walk the walk.…
Created about 1 month ago
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Double minded
It means, properly, one who has two souls; then one who is wavering or inconstant. It is applicable to a man who has no settled principles; who is controlled by passion; who is influenced by popular feeling;…
Created about 1 month ago
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Doubt
A man can hope for favour from God only as he puts confidence in him. He sees the heart; and if he sees that there is no belief in his existence or his perfections — no real trust in him — no reliance…
Created about 1 month ago
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Asking for wisdom
This refers particularly to the kind of wisdom which we would need in our trials, to enable us to bear them in a proper manner; for there is nothing in which Christians more feel the need of heavenly…
Created about 1 month ago
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Hurting
In almost every trial we face, God is seeking to "tell" us something. Sometimes the only way he can get our attention is when we’re hurting sufficiently to stop and listen. When you are hurting, you can…
Created about 1 month ago
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Anxiety
That is, be not anxious or solicitous about the things of the present life. The word here used does not mean that we are to exercise no care about worldly matters — no care to preserve our property, or…
Created about 1 month ago
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Rules
They might make you feel good, or holy, or safe, etc. In reality it's just a mind game, smoke and mirrors. Christ is the ONLY way to be truly holy. Don't get sucked in.
Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-03-11
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-26
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Mark 11:23
Mark 11:23 (NLT)
I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.Created about 1 year ago
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Proverbs 14:30
Proverbs 14:30 (NLT)
A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.Created about 1 year ago
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John 14:23
John 14:23 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.Created over 1 year ago
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John 14:24
John 14:24 (NLT)
Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me.Created over 1 year ago
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John 14:28
John 14:28 (NLT)
Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-02-17
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-01-30
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Ephesians 3:16
Ephesians 3:16 (NLT)
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-18
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-17
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
Ecclesiastes 5:18 (GWT)
At last I have seen what is good and beautiful: It is to eat and drink and to enjoy the good in all our hard work under the sun during the brief lives God gives us. That is our lot in life.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-17
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