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2 Corinthians 11:28
2 Corinthians 11:28 (MSG)
And that's not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut.Created 7 months ago
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Guilt
S: 4 How can a mere mortal presume to stand up to God? How can an ordinary person pretend to be guiltless? O: No one is innocent in and of themselves. No one. To assume you are guiltless is the same…
Created 7 months ago
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Grafted In
S: Jeremiah 12:15-17 O: I love finding pictures of God's redemptive and compassionate heart in the midst of sad pieces of destruction prophecy. Here, I see that while God was destroying Israel's enemies,…
Created 10 months ago
Jeremiah 12:15 (NLT), Jeremiah 12:16 (NLT), Jeremiah 12:17 (NLT)
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Generations Linked
S: Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. O:…
Created 10 months ago
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Water Me
S: For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will…
Created 10 months ago
Isaiah 55:10 (NASB), Isaiah 55:11 (NASB), Isaiah 55:12 (NASB)
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Here on Earth
S: My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicket opponents. O: Often, we think of the wicked prospering on Earth and being judged in Heaven (not a very fun…
Created 10 months ago
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Passion Reemerge
S: Oh tremble, you indolent women. Get serious, you pampered dolls! Strip down and discard your silk fineries. Put on funeral clothes. Shed honest tears for the lost harvest, the failed vintage. Weep…
Created 11 months ago
Isaiah 32:11 (MSG), Isaiah 32:12 (MSG), Isaiah 32:13 (MSG), Isaiah 32:14 (MSG)
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Peace
S: So take a new grip with your tired hands, and stand firm on your shaky legs. Mark out a firm path for your feet. Then those who follow you, though they are weak and lame, will not stumble and fall…
Created 11 months ago
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Holy Seed
S: If even a tenth - a remnant - survive, (Israel) will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel's stump will be a holy seed. O: While…
Created 11 months ago
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Seasons
S: (Mount Zion) will be a shelter from the daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain. O: Isn't this picture of Zion such a picture of God and His heart? God is the creator of Heaven and Earth...…
Created 11 months ago
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Corrective Authority
S: You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say. O: Authority. It's powerful and…
Created 11 months ago
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Comfort and Help
S: "...for you, O Lord, help and comfort me." O: God is such a personal God. Help and comfort are intimate acts, humbling and self denying by nature. A: Why do I assume that God does not want to be…
Created 11 months ago
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Quiet Lives
S: ...that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. O: There is no denying that God has called us as Christians to live quiet lives. But how does that jive with all the different…
Created 12 months ago
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Mercy
S: 1 Kings 17 O: God is the God of extended provision. In this chapter, I see that God not only allows for harsh circumstance, but also for supernatural provision in the lives of the widow and Elijah.…
Created 12 months ago
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Integrity
S: Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David and warned him, "My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard…
Created about 1 year ago
1 Samuel 19:1 (NIV), 1 Samuel 19:2 (NIV), 1 Samuel 19:3 (NIV), 1 Samuel 19:4 (NIV)
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Obedience = Winning
S: So when the battle of Micmash was joined, there wasn't a sword or spear to be found anywhere in Israel-except for Saul and his son Jonathan; they were both well-armed. O: When we disobey God, we…
Created about 1 year ago
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Comfort in the Father
S: Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God-soon I'll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He's my God. O: In the middle of my circumstance…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-02-24
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Willingness to Sacrifice
S: Numbers 11:22-23 O: God gave a promise to Moses that he would feed the people meat for a month. Moses wanted the promise to come about, but was asking God how it would happen. He was trying to problem…
Created over 1 year ago
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Breathe Excellently
S: Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! O: All of mankind is but a breath to God. All of eternity is literally an instant to Him. Our lives pass so quickly, so logic would dictate that our impact…
Created over 1 year ago
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I have taken a stand...
S: "I have taken a stand, and I will publically praise the Lord." O: There is just something about doing anything in public. Whatever that action may be, it defines you. We really are only known by our…
Created over 1 year ago
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Don't Get Stuck In Town
S: Paul and Barnabas shrugged their shoulders and went on to the next town, Iconium, brimming with joy and the Holy Spirit, two happy disciples. O: I love the picture of shrugging their shoulders, full…
Created over 1 year ago
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Freewill Offering
S: Exodus 35:2-3 2 .... everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. 3 And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Story Isn't Over
S: Acts 7:5 O: God gave Abraham a strong promise to give him the land as an inheritance. God spoke the truth. He did give him the land; He followed through. But Abraham never saw the blessing, because…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Hardness of Men
S: "At this point everyone in the council stared at Stephen because his face became as bright as an angel's." O: The people who were looking and (about to start) listening to Stephen saw miraculous things.…
Created over 1 year ago
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Reality
S:“You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.” O:I don’t believe…
Created over 1 year ago
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Genuine Fruits
S:“...and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were…
Created over 1 year ago
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Psalm 10:17
Psalm 10:17 (NASB)
O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your earCreated over 1 year ago
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Psalm 10:18
Psalm 10:18 (NASB)
To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 19:47
Luke 19:47 (NASB)
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 19:48
Luke 19:48 (NASB)
and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-19
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-10
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-09
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