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Who and or What Do You Worship?
We become what we worship so in order to be like Jesus, like G_d, we must make sure we worship them. Idols are not all metal and minerals, they could be other objects, nature and yes, people. Our families,…
Created 7 days ago
Psalm 115:4 (NLT), Psalm 115:5 (NLT), Psalm 115:6 (NLT), Psalm 115:7 (NLT), Psalm 115:8 (NLT)
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No Self-Deception Here
David knew both the mercy of G_d and the mercy of man, and he chose G_d. Too often we lie to ourselves in an attempt to lie to G_d about ourselves. We try to pretty up our sin and disguise it as something…
Created 12 days ago
2 Samuel 24:14 (NLT), 2 Samuel 24:15 (NLT), 2 Samuel 24:16 (NLT)
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G_dly Sorrow and Worldly Sorrow
Juxtaposed within 12 verses are examples of what both sorrows look like, godly, Mephibosheth, and worldly Shimei (2 Corinthians 7:10). There is the "sorry" sorrow only because one is caught and backed…
Created 16 days ago
2 Samuel 19:19 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:20 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:21 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:22 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:23 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:24 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:25 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:26 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:27 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:28 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:29 (NLT), 2 Samuel 19:30 (NLT)
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Love or Lust
Love desires to benefit others at the expense of self (For G_d so loved the world); Lust desires to benefit self and the expense of others. Let us not confuse lust with love and discern if those surrounding…
Created 20 days ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-05-08
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G_d Calls up the Wicked ...
And so begins verses 16-21 of Psalm 50 in the Message Bible. So we may make the mistake of confusing what "wicked" G_d is speaking to. The unsaved, the heathen, the neighbor down the street, the drug…
Created 25 days ago
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Them and Not Us or Us and Not Them
These verses, 2 Samuel 6:3-11, have always fascinated me. They give us a view into two "religious" households, Abinadab and Obed-Edom, especially verse 11 (See 1 Sam 7:1-2).The Arc of G_d first stayed…
Created 27 days ago
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It Takes Faith to Begin to Exercise
I workout to keep my blood glucose under-control and my brain functioning properly (exercise contributes to the creation of new brain cells, but what you put into those new cells is up to you). I was…
Created about 1 month ago
Romans 1:17 (NLT), Romans 1:18 (NLT), Romans 1:19 (NLT), Romans 1:20 (NLT), Romans 1:21 (NLT), Romans 1:22 (NLT), Romans 1:23 (NLT), Romans 1:24 (NLT), Romans 1:25 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2012-04-14
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One Day Discernment; The Next Day Not
To discern G_d's will one must always walk with G_d and listen for His voice. Samuel was able to discern G_d's will for Saul, removal of his kingship, but not the kingship of David. These passages give…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Samuel 16:11 (MSG), 1 Samuel 16:12 (MSG), 1 Samuel 16:13 (MSG)
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Beautiful Words; But No Truth
Religious words and ceremony can hide deceitful and wicked behavior. On the outside one may be perceived as being holy; but on the inside one can be as wicked as can be. We are told to test the spirit,…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Samuel 15:13 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:14 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:15 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:16 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:17 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:18 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:19 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:20 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:21 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:22 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:23 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:24 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:25 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:26 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:27 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:28 (MSG), 1 Samuel 15:29 (MSG)
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-04-08
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Leadership Vacum
This parable clearly shows how in absence of a strong leader, a spineless, windblown, blowhard can lead people to ruin when leaders fail to step up. This can happen in a society where the focus is on…
Created 2 months ago
Judges 9:8 (MSG), Judges 9:9 (MSG), Judges 9:10 (MSG), Judges 9:11 (MSG), Judges 9:12 (MSG), Judges 9:13 (MSG), Judges 9:14 (MSG), Judges 9:15 (MSG)
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Same Old Thing
It is sad to see that our tendency to follow a "leader" who is not a leader by way of relationship or shared common ground is still being done today with the same results, complete failure. "One of us…
Created 2 months ago
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Nothing New
For all our desire to appear sophisticated, mature, wiser then past generations, we are not. The same question Gideon asked is the same question being proclaimed today. Where is G_d, why has He allowed,…
Created 2 months ago
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How Long?
From the time of Joshua to now, there are those who will not step into their Promise. I'm not sure if the percentage holds out but 7 of the 12 tribes did not step up, that's a 42% fail rate. Jesus stated…
Created 2 months ago
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Arrogance or Presumption?
Not asking G_d about what something appears to be, that is the downfall of many Believers. We form Relationships, accept job offers, life decisions that take us places G_d had no intentions of taking…
Created 2 months ago
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Don't Hang With The Wrong Crowd
Identifying the "wrong" crowd is easy. One just has to get it clear in ones mind; which G_d is the crowd serving. That takes discernment and an understanding and knowing of your G_d, the G_d of the Book,…
Created 3 months ago
Deuteronomy 13:1 (MSG), Deuteronomy 13:2 (MSG), Deuteronomy 13:3 (MSG), Deuteronomy 13:4 (MSG)
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G_d Cuts Off; G_d Shoves Out of the Way
We just displace the enemies of G_d. We don't Cut Them Off; We Don't Move Them, it is G_d who does this work, we just step into their place by listening to His voice and following after Him. If G_d "cuts"…
Created 3 months ago
Deuteronomy 12:29 (MSG), Deuteronomy 12:30 (MSG), Deuteronomy 12:31 (MSG)
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G_d You Promised!
Never saw this before but it's G_d's job to bring us to our Promise and it's our jobs to cross into it. It's G_d's job to give us instructions (commandants of what to do and what not to do); it is our…
Created 3 months ago
Deuteronomy 11:26 (MSG), Deuteronomy 11:27 (MSG), Deuteronomy 11:28 (MSG)
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What's It All About In A Nut Shell
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (MSG)
So now Israel, what do you think god expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve god, your God, with everything you have in you, obey the commandments and regulations of god that I'm commanding you today—live a good life.Created 3 months ago
Labels: commandments g_d's demands requirements
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It's Not A Park Walk
Some would have you believe, like Job's friends, that having a Relationship with G_d or being Righteous means no worries, troubles, hard times, etc.. But I guess they never read this part. As a recent…
Created 3 months ago
Deuteronomy 8:1 (MSG), Deuteronomy 8:2 (MSG), Deuteronomy 8:3 (MSG), Deuteronomy 8:4 (MSG), Deuteronomy 8:5 (MSG)
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The Fabulous Daughters
The Daughters of Zelophehad were not going to keep silent when they thought something was not fair. Since there was no male to inherit property, they didn't want to lose out but the didn't whine, mummer…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 36:2 (MSG), Numbers 36:3 (MSG), Numbers 36:5 (MSG), Numbers 36:6 (MSG), Numbers 36:7 (MSG), Numbers 36:8 (MSG), Numbers 36:9 (MSG)
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The Real Eye for an Eye; Tooth for Tooth
Numbers 35:10-12 (MSG)
"Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you cross the River Jordan into the country of Canaan,Numbers 35:16-27 (MSG)
"But if the killer has used an iron object, that's just plain murder; he's obviously a murderer and must be put to death.Numbers 35:29-34 (MSG)
"These are the procedures for making judgments from now on, wherever you live.Created 3 months ago
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That Lived in Feeling - Not
On the way to ones promise you will not walk a straight line, the shortest distance between two points. In the journey things will drop off. - dead things. Don't get comfy no matter where you find yourself.
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 33:1 (MSG), Numbers 33:2 (MSG), Numbers 33:3 (MSG), Numbers 33:4 (MSG), Numbers 33:5 (MSG), Numbers 33:6 (MSG), Numbers 33:7 (MSG)
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Do The Entire Job; Don't Be Partial
While reading this passage, 2nd Corinthians 10:5 came to my mind," ...Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 31:1 (KJV), Numbers 31:2 (KJV), Numbers 31:3 (KJV), Numbers 31:4 (KJV), Numbers 31:5 (KJV), Numbers 31:6 (KJV), Numbers 31:7 (KJV), Numbers 31:8 (KJV), Numbers 31:9 (KJV), Numbers 31:10 (KJV), Numbers 31:11 (KJV), Numbers 31:12 (KJV), Numbers 31:13 (KJV), Numbers 31:14 (KJV), Numbers 31:15 (KJV), Numbers 31:16 (KJV), Numbers 31:17 (KJV), Numbers 31:18 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV), Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)
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Asking is the Basis for Receiving
No land! No land because their family had no male heirs so the daughters of Zelophehad would find themselves destitute. The census of all Israel's males left them without a means of survival. Thinking…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 27:1 (MSG), Numbers 27:2 (MSG), Numbers 27:3 (MSG), Numbers 27:4 (MSG)
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Snakes in the Grass!
The people admitted they sinned when they spoke out against G_d and Moses and asked that the snakes be removed, but G_d gave them a "snake" to look at when they were bitten.My thoughts Did the snake bit…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 21:4 (MSG), Numbers 21:5 (MSG), Numbers 21:6 (MSG), Numbers 21:7 (MSG), Numbers 21:8 (MSG), Numbers 21:9 (MSG)
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It's All About Me?
Moses had an, "It's All About Me," moment. G_d just wanted Him to "speak" to the Rock. Not only did he, Moses, not speak to the Rock, he elevated himself as a conjurer as if he himself was causing the…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 20:7 (MSG), Numbers 20:8 (MSG), Numbers 20:9 (MSG), Numbers 20:10 (MSG), Numbers 20:11 (MSG), Romans 10:13 (MSG)
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Cause and Effect
Taken in context with the previous three/four chapters, folks by nature (fleshly nature) don't really think long and hard enough about what causes the effects of the situations they find themselves in,…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 16:1 (MSG), Numbers 16:2 (MSG), Numbers 16:3 (MSG), Numbers 16:4 (MSG), Numbers 16:5 (MSG), Numbers 16:6 (MSG), Numbers 16:7 (MSG), Numbers 16:8 (MSG), Numbers 16:9 (MSG), Numbers 16:10 (MSG), Numbers 16:11 (MSG), Numbers 16:12 (MSG), Numbers 16:13 (MSG), Numbers 16:14 (MSG), Numbers 16:15 (MSG), Numbers 16:16 (MSG), Numbers 16:17 (MSG), Numbers 16:18 (MSG), Numbers 16:19 (MSG), Numbers 16:20 (MSG), Numbers 16:21 (MSG), Numbers 16:22 (MSG), Numbers 16:23 (MSG), Numbers 16:24 (MSG), Numbers 16:25 (MSG), Numbers 16:26 (MSG), Numbers 16:27 (MSG), Numbers 16:28 (MSG), Numbers 16:29 (MSG), Numbers 16:30 (MSG), Numbers 16:31 (MSG), Numbers 16:32 (MSG), Numbers 16:33 (MSG), Numbers 16:34 (MSG), Numbers 16:35 (MSG), Numbers 16:36 (MSG), Numbers 16:37 (MSG), Numbers 16:38 (MSG), Numbers 16:39 (MSG), Numbers 16:40 (MSG), Numbers 16:41 (MSG), Numbers 16:42 (MSG), Numbers 16:43 (MSG), Numbers 16:44 (MSG), Numbers 16:45 (MSG), Numbers 16:46 (MSG), Numbers 16:47 (MSG), Numbers 16:48 (MSG), Numbers 16:49 (MSG), Numbers 17:1 (MSG), Numbers 17:2 (MSG), Numbers 17:3 (MSG), Numbers 17:4 (MSG), Numbers 17:5 (MSG), Numbers 17:6 (MSG), Numbers 17:7 (MSG), Numbers 17:8 (MSG), Numbers 17:9 (MSG), Numbers 17:10 (MSG), Numbers 17:11 (MSG), Numbers 17:12 (MSG), Numbers 17:13 (MSG)
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The Land: We Just Sub-lease
Leviticus 25:19 (MSG)
The land will yield its fruit; you will have all you can eat and will live safe and secure.Leviticus 25:21-23 (MSG)
I assure you, I will send such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.Created 3 months ago
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Leviticus 19:1-18
Leviticus 19:1-18 (MSG)
god spoke to Moses: "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them, Be holy because I, god, your God, am holy.Created 4 months ago
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Leviticus 17:1-4
Leviticus 17:1-4 (MSG)
god spoke to Moses: "Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites. Tell them, This is what god commands: Any and every man who slaughters an ox or lamb or goat inside or outside the camp instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to god in front of The Dwelling of god—that man is considered guilty of bloodshed; he has shed blood and must be cut off from his people. This is so the Israelites will bring to god the sacrifices that they're in the habit of sacrificing out in the open fields. They must bring them to god and the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and sacrifice them as Peace-Offerings to god. The priest will splash the blood on the Altar of god at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing fragrance to god. They must no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-demons— a kind of religious orgy. This is a perpetual decree down through the generations.Created 4 months ago
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Leader Support Network
Exodus 17:10-13 (MSG)
Joshua did what Moses ordered in order to fight Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. It turned out that whenever Moses raised his hands, Israel was winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, Amalek was winning. But Moses' hands got tired. So they got a stone and set it under him. He sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands remained steady until the sun went down. Joshua defeated Amalek and its army in battle.Created 4 months ago
Labels: battle leadership networking support war
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-17
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-12-31
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The True Value of Beauty
Proverbs 31:30-31 (NLT)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised.Created 5 months ago
Labels: beauty charm fear of the lord woman
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-23
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-12-16
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-12-16
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-12-11
Ramona Holman
- NotThePest2
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- I'm a Grant Accountant at a 123 year old Jewish Nonprofit agency. A grandmother of one, so far, an avid exer-gamer (exercise using a gaming console).
