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Spirituality
This word gets thrown around constantly today by many folks who are tired of "religion" and just want a direct conduit to God. I've even said many times myself, "I'm not religious, I just see myself as…
Created 13 days ago
2 Kings 17:7 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:8 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:9 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:10 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:12 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:14 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:15 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:16 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:17 (NIV)
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Life is unfair!
1 Kings 20:35-36 (NIV)
By the word of the lord one of the company of the prophets said to his companion, "Strike me with your weapon," but he refused.Created about 1 month ago
Labels: hard teaching
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-04-11
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The first praise and worship movement
It is interesting to note that David was the first follower of God (at least in revealed Scripture) to approach God from the perspective of praise and worship, rather than just intellectual pursuit. All…
Created 3 months ago
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I want out of this mess
Asking God to show us His way is not so much a plea for God to get us out of the mess we're in, as it is a plea for God to show us his path as we navigate through the suffering we are enduring. These…
Created 3 months ago
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What concerns you in life?
Jesus lays out a very simple test of where our hearts are pointed. If our concerns are about God and what he desires, than AT THAT MOMENT we are of God. If our heart is concerned about the things of this…
Created 3 months ago
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Jesus asks us to pray for our enemies
Psalm 140:10 (NIV)
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.Created 3 months ago
Labels: untrue
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Psalm 142:4
Psalm 142:4 (NIV)
Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.Created 3 months ago
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What is going on here?
1 Samuel 18:10 (NIV)
The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his handCreated 4 months ago
Labels: hard teaching
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Leadership, a higher standard
1 Samuel 15:24-26 (NIV)
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned. I violated the lord's command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them.Created 4 months ago
Labels: leadership
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Justifying our actions
1 Samuel 15:20-21 (NIV)
"But I did obey the lord," Saul said. "I went on the mission the lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king.Created 4 months ago
Labels: discipleship
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I didn't destroy it all!
1 Samuel 15:9 (NIV)
But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.Created 4 months ago
Labels: discipleship
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waiting on the Lord
1 Samuel 13:8-10 (NIV)
He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul's men began to scatter.Created 4 months ago
Labels: impatience trust
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Our tribe was wiped out!!
Saul was speaking truth here because it wasn't too many decades prior, where the horrible evnts of Judges 19 and the aftermath in Judges 20 and 21 happened, where 25,100 fighting Benjamites were wiped…
Created 4 months ago
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Where are my donkeys?
Each of us has had the kind of day Saul experienced here. What you plan on doing doesn't get done because someone else changes your schedule for you. I'm sure Saul didn't wait up and say, "OK today is…
Created 4 months ago
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It's Not Fair
We have such a tendency to think that our lot in life is worse than other folks and to complain about it to who ever will listen. Naomi sets us a fantastic example. Imagine your husband and both of your…
Created 4 months ago
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God's message to us changes
Notice here how God is giving Joshua different commands than He gave before. At Jericho, it was to destroy all the city, in fact, the very thing Achan and his family were destroyed for, is allowed here.…
Created 4 months ago
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Completely destroy the Hittites!
There is a spiritual principle at work here of completely destroying the nations around you after you come to God. Many people come to Christ and are confused why they slide back into their former lifestyle,…
Created 4 months ago
Deuteronomy 20:16 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:17 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:18 (NIV)
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Solomon obviously couldn't read.
What's the deal! This explains so much how Solomon started off so close to God but went on a spiritual slide in his later life.
Created 4 months ago
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Who goes near to God for you?
There are two type of God followers in the world, those who are 'afraid' of the Lords's presence and want their pastor to tell them everything they should do, and those who seek out the presence of the…
Created 5 months ago
Deuteronomy 5:23 (NIV), Deuteronomy 5:24 (NIV), Deuteronomy 5:25 (NIV), Deuteronomy 5:26 (NIV), Deuteronomy 5:27 (NIV)
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What God expects
These two chapters are absolutely amazing to me, from the standpoint of how much God asked from his O.T. followers. Count all the sacrifices in these two chapters and you will be stunned with how much…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-01-09
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Becoming greedy using the gospel
The NIV and multiple other versions translates this, "Since these men have come to you". The ASV and other versions translate this "If these men come and ask you". That is a huge difference in understanding…
Created 5 months ago
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God always has other followers
There is such a tendency for every denomination to begin feeling like they are the only ones God is using or blessing and it may even get to the point where they feel, "We are the only ones who are right".…
Created 5 months ago
Numbers 22:5 (NIV), Numbers 22:6 (NIV), Numbers 22:7 (NIV), Numbers 22:8 (NIV), Numbers 22:9 (NIV), Numbers 22:10 (NIV), Numbers 22:11 (NIV), Numbers 22:12 (NIV)
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Punishment on Aaron
While it seemed in the original story that Aaron was punished unfairly, since it was Moses who struck the rock, this verse makes it clear that in some way Aaron was rebellous as well. We just don't know…
Created 5 months ago
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Holiness to the Lord
It is so easy to take one facet of the characteristic of God and over emphasize that part of His personality. God is multi-dimensional and is perfectly balanced in all areas. This chapter highlights the…
Created 5 months ago
Numbers 19:1 (NIV), Numbers 19:2 (NIV), Numbers 19:3 (NIV), Numbers 19:4 (NIV), Numbers 19:5 (NIV), Numbers 19:6 (NIV), Numbers 19:7 (NIV), Numbers 19:8 (NIV), Numbers 19:9 (NIV), Numbers 19:10 (NIV), Numbers 19:11 (NIV), Numbers 19:12 (NIV), Numbers 19:13 (NIV), Numbers 19:14 (NIV), Numbers 19:15 (NIV), Numbers 19:16 (NIV), Numbers 19:17 (NIV), Numbers 19:18 (NIV), Numbers 19:19 (NIV), Numbers 19:20 (NIV), Numbers 19:21 (NIV), Numbers 19:22 (NIV)
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Even anointed leaders are human
Moses shows his carnal side here. God had already told him that the cloud would decide where they would go, when they would start, when they would stop and where they would camp. They didn't need a local…
Created 5 months ago
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Following God
The New Testament tells us that we are led by the Holy Spirit, so this description of the cloud over the tabernacle, should describe a believers relationship with God today as well. The obvious difference…
Created 5 months ago
Numbers 9:17 (NIV), Numbers 9:18 (NIV), Numbers 9:19 (NIV), Numbers 9:20 (NIV), Numbers 9:21 (NIV), Numbers 9:22 (NIV), Numbers 9:23 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-01
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Jesus is life
If you have Jesus, you have life. If you don't have Jesus, you don't have life. Its as simple as that.
Created 5 months ago
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The food of God
We don't think as Christians about how God wants to eat like we eat. This passage teaches us that the sacrifices to God are his "food". Since we are now a kingdom of priests, our sacrifices to God are…
Created 5 months ago
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Jesus, our scapegoat
A forshadowing of Jesus on the cross, when he cried, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me", a reference to His trip into the wilderness as the scapegoat. In a real sense, He was in hell, since God…
Created 5 months ago
Leviticus 16:4 (NIV), Leviticus 16:21 (NIV), Leviticus 16:22 (NIV)
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Sacred clothing
Compare this verse with Gal 3:26,27. When we are clothed with Christ, it inables us to approach the throne of God without dying, like Aaron's sons.
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-27
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Blood and water
Once again, blood and water are both involved in cleansing for sin. This is a type/anti type to cleansing that God does for us through the sacrifice of Jesus, as both blood and water poured from his side,…
Created 5 months ago
Leviticus 14:51 (NIV), Leviticus 14:52 (NIV), Leviticus 14:53 (NIV)
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Holy to the Lord
Nahab and Abihu rebelled against a direct command from God and then worshiped in His presence. Imagine how empty our churches would be today if God used the same parameters as we approach him in worship.…
Created 5 months ago
Leviticus 10:1 (NIV), Leviticus 10:2 (NIV), Leviticus 10:3 (NIV)
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The glory of Yahweh
God does not show his glory until after we have proven ourselves faithful by obeying His Word in our lives. We as humans always want to see the glory first and then we will obey, but we have it backwards.
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-12-18
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-11-10
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-11-07
Ted Matthews
- TedMatthews
- Cumming, Ga
- chaplainted55@gmail.com
- Gave my life to Jesus on Dec 7th 1975. It's been quite a ride.
