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Take Down the 'Do Not Disturb' Sign
Take Down the 'Do Not Disturb' Sign I sometimes notice people in hotels whenever I travel, usually put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door so nobody will bother them. I've done it before when I wasnt…
Created 1 day ago
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Understanding Our Emotions
Understanding Our Emotions I believe we all need to follow the Spirit, not our emotions. However, I find that a lot of people don't even understand how our emotions operate to begin with. Emotions are…
Created 3 days ago
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Settle the Dispute
Settle the Dispute To be successful in accomplishing God's will for our lives, we must have determination. One definition of determine is 'to settle a dispute by an authoritative decision or a pronouncement.…
Created 4 days ago
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Thoughts and Words Are Intimately Connected
Thoughts and Words Are Intimately Connected Proverbs 16:23-24 shows us that our thoughts and words are intimately connected. They are like bone and marrow, so close, it is hard to divide them (see Hebrews…
Created 5 days ago
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Thoughts and words
Proverbs 16:23-24 (NLT)
From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive.Created 5 days ago
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Understanding Human Nature
Understanding Human Nature One time after I had been involved in a disappointing church situation, God brought John 2:24-25 to my attention. It speaks of Jesus' relationship with His disciples. It plainly…
Created 6 days ago
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Carnal Christians and Spiritual Christians
Carnal Christians and Spiritual Christians There are two kinds of Christians, and you have to choose which one you will be. Will you be a carnal Christian or a spiritual Christian? A carnal Christian…
Created 7 days ago
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Be Suspicious of Suspicion
Be Suspicious of Suspicion 1 Corinthians 13:7 gives us a clear picture of what it means to really love people. I can honestly say that obedience to this Scripture has always been a challenge for me.…
Created 8 days ago
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Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV)
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;Created 8 days ago
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Love
1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT)
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.Created 8 days ago
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Rose-Colored Glasses and Magnifying Glasses
Rose-Colored Glasses and Magnifying Glasses When we think and talk about what is wrong with everyone else, we are usually deceived about our own conduct. Jesus commanded that we not concern ourselves…
Created 9 days ago
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Judging
Matthew 7:3-5 (NLT)
“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?Created 9 days ago
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Judging others
Romans 2:1 (NLT)
You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things.Created 9 days ago
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Gods Rest
Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.Created 10 days ago
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Gods rest
Matthew 11:28 (NLT)
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.Created 10 days ago
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Weary and burdened
Matthew 11:28 (NKJV)
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Created 10 days ago
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Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping The Scriptures plainly tell us that we will reap what we sow. Literally, this applies to farming and planting crops. It also applies to giving money and being generous. But did you…
Created 10 days ago
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reaping and sowing
Galatians 6:7 (NKJV)
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.Created 10 days ago
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Don't Have an Exaggerated Opinion of Yourself
Don't Have an Exaggerated Opinion of Yourself The Bible repeatedly warns us against pride. And I cannot emphasize enough the danger of pride. See, when we give in to pride, we give the enemy a place…
Created 11 days ago
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Learn to Say "It's None of My Business."
Learn to Say "It's None of My Business." Thousands of things we encounter every day are neither right nor wrong, but are simply personal choices, choices that people have a right to make on their own…
Created 12 days ago
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Boldly Approach the Throne
Boldly Approach the Throne God wants us to get in the habit of running to Him for grace (supernatural inner strength). He wants us to rely solely on Him. But the enemy tries to lie to us, telling us…
Created 13 days ago
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Trusting God Through Emotional Trials
Trusting God Through Emotional Trials Growing into a mature Christian who follows the Holy Spirit is not something that happens overnight, it is a learning process that takes time. Little by little, one…
Created 14 days ago
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Growing in Discernment
Growing in Discernment Jesus lived His life by discernment. His discernment was not based on the superficial senses of His flesh, it was the result of His intimate communion and relationship with His…
Created 15 days ago
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The Greater the Opposition, the Greater the Opportunity
The Greater the Opposition, the Greater the Opportunity Every time God puts a fresh new idea in our hearts or gives us a dream, vision or new challenge for our lives, the enemy will be there to oppose…
Created 16 days ago
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Making Tough Decisions
Making Tough Decisions It's important to make the right choices, especially in the middle of hurt, discouragement, frustration and confusion when the right choice is the tough choice to make. When things…
Created 17 days ago
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Don't Give in to Self-Pity
Don't Give in to Self-Pity Self-pity is a destructive and negative emotion. It blinds us to our blessings and the possibilities before us and it steals our hope for both today and tomorrow. People who…
Created 18 days ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-05-16
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Gods plan
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 18 days ago
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Are You Hopeful?
Are You Hopeful? When you think about the future, are you hopeful? Or do you struggle with a sense of dread? People who have seen God's faithfulness in the past tend to be very hopeful about the future.…
Created 19 days ago
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Faith and hope
Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Created 19 days ago
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Be Generous and Cheerful
Be Generous and Cheerful As Christians, we should be generous people, giving whatever we can whenever we can. And that doesn't just mean money, we can give help, encouragement, time, talents and forgiveness.…
Created 20 days ago
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Do Your Best!
Do Your Best! God is excellent. As His representatives, we should be too. So it's important that we do our best in everything that we put our hands to. We must be motivated to do our very best in whatever…
Created 21 days ago
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Discernment Is the Key to a Clear Conscience
Discernment Is the Key to a Clear Conscience It's critical to keep your conscience clear because nothing will keep you from enjoying life as much as guilt. In Acts, Paul said that he pursued discipline…
Created 22 days ago
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New strength
Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.Created 22 days ago
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New strength
Isaiah 40:31 (NLT)
But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.Created 22 days ago
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Wisdom Is Calling Out to You
Wisdom Is Calling Out to You Along the way on our journey through life, we will have to make many decisions, and we will always get into trouble if we make them emotionally or according to what we think…
Created 23 days ago
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Be Decisive!
Be Decisive! Indecision is a miserable state to be in and certainly is not a fruit of the simple life. The apostle James said the double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Never making a decision…
Created 24 days ago
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Give Him Your Cares and Follow Your Heart
Give Him Your Cares and Follow Your Heart "To thine own heart be true," the old saying goes. It remains a timely and relevant life lesson that all of us would do well to remember. When we veer off the…
Created 24 days ago
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Living for God Is All That Matters
Living for God Is All That Matters It takes boldness to follow God instead of the crowd. Being excessively concerned about what others think leads only to torment. Although all of us enjoy being well…
Created 25 days ago
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No weapon shall prosper
Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV)
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me, Says the Lord.Created about 1 month ago
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Patience
James 1:4 (NKJV)
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.Created about 1 month ago
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Dont worry about tomorrow
Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.Matthew 6:34 (NKJV)
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.Created about 1 month ago
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Life and death
Romans 8:6 (NKJV)
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.Created about 1 month ago
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Life abundantly
John 10:10 (NKJV)
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.Created about 1 month ago
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Gods help
2 Chronicles 16:9 (MSG)
God is always on the alert, constantly on the lookout for people who are totally committed to him. You were foolish to go for human help when you could have had God's help. Now you're in trouble-one round of war after another."Created 2 months ago
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Speakin to mountains
Mark 11:23 (NKJV)
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-03-06
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ask in Jesus' name
John 16:23-24 (NKJV)
And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.Created 3 months ago
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what you give, you will recieve
Luke 6:38 (NKJV)
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.Created 3 months ago
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be bold and confident
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.Created 3 months ago
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faith
Matthew 21:22 (NKJV)
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.Created 3 months ago
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faith
Matthew 21:21 (NKJV)
So Jesus answered and said to them, Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, it will be done.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-09-24
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2011-09-22
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-04-17
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-02-20
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-02-11
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-30
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-24
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-05