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  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-04-29

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-10-07

  • The LORD "delights" in these things. . .

    In this passage the LORD is speaking to/through the prophet Jeremiah, and He's speaking about how He is preparing to punish the Nations of Israel and Judah and even possibly the whole world. He is pointing…

    Created 8 months ago

    Jeremiah 9:24 (NLT)

  • I'm a lucky guy.

    Proverbs 23:24 (NLT)
    The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: kids

  • Convicting!

    Galatians 5:19-25 (NLT)
    When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: son step up your game

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-06

  • You need to become a fool to be wise.

    1 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)
    Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.

    Created 10 months ago

  • the wisdom of the cross is foolishness to the world

    1 Corinthians 1:18-19 (NLT)
    The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Romans 13:14

    Romans 13:14 (NLT)
    Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

    Created 10 months ago

  • what do you think about?

    Romans 8:5-6 (NLT)
    Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

    Created 11 months ago

    Labels: sinner or saved?

  • simple formula. Believe. Be counted as righteous.

    Romans 4:21-25 (NLT)
    He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

    Created 11 months ago

    Labels: salvation

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-06-21

  • John 15:22

    John 15:22 (NLT)
    They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • John 12:47

    John 12:47 (NLT)
    I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it.

    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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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-05-04

  • They loved the darkness more.

    I don't know about you, but I sometimes have had difficulty reconciling the notion of "whosoever shall believe in him shall not perish" with the "not everyone who says to me 'LORD, LORD' will enter the…

    Created about 1 year ago

    John 3:19 (NLT), John 3:20 (NLT)

  • John 3:19

    John 3:19 (NLT)
    And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 3:20

    John 3:20 (NLT)
    All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:8

    Psalm 103:8 (NLT)
    The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:9

    Psalm 103:9 (NLT)
    He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:10

    Psalm 103:10 (NLT)
    He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:11

    Psalm 103:11 (NLT)
    For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:12

    Psalm 103:12 (NLT)
    He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:13

    Psalm 103:13 (NLT)
    The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 103:14

    Psalm 103:14 (NLT)
    For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Judges 11:31

    Judges 11:31 (NLT)
    I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 90:12

    Psalm 90:12 (NLT)
    Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Talk about your "prosperity" gospel.

    You ever get the feeling certain preachers overlook verses 7 - 10 here?

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 17:7 (NLT), Luke 17:8 (NLT), Luke 17:9 (NLT), Luke 17:10 (NLT)

  • Oh the irony. . .

    Jesus [for]telling the story about how SOME people simply refuse to believe the message. Heck, these people wouldn't believe, repent and return to God even if SOMEONE (ahem) were to return from the DEAD…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 16:31 (NLT)

  • Maybe we ain't real booksmart . . . BUT . . .

    I've got a notion about a portion of 1st Corinthians, where Jesus is explaining that the Jews and the Greeks just don't "get" the Message he's bringing to them because of their respective demands for…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 10:21 (NLT)

  • Deuteronomy 20:18

    Deuteronomy 20:18 (NLT)
    This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Religion vs. Science? This is nothing new.

    For me, this is the single greatest passage in all of scripture. Not only does it predict (or perhaps merely contemporaneously identify) the precise nature of the Christian/athiest/skeptic arguements…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 1:18 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:19 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:21 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:22 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:23 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:24 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:26 (NIV)

  • Seeing things from a human perspective . . .

    how many times are believers confronted with the question, "how can your 'loving' God allow children to suffer and die?" or, for that matter, "WHY does your 'loving' God allow it?" The way I see it,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 16:23 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-12

  • Only sick people need The Doctor.

    Here's my interpretation of this passage: If you "HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS," that means that BY DEFINITION, YOU are one of "the sick." Too often, and more often than not, American society…

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Acting in faith

    Could anyone but Abraham make such a bold claim/promise on behalf of The LORD?

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Pearls before swine.

    It just occurred to me that this verse could be used to temper or soften the Great commission a little bit. Maybe think of it as sort of a "try to at least make sure your audience is at least a LITTLE…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 7:1 (NLT), Matthew 7:2 (NLT), Matthew 7:6 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-04

  • Psalm 4:4

    Psalm 4:4 (NLT)
    Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 4:7

    Psalm 4:7 (NLT)
    You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 4:8

    Psalm 4:8 (NLT)
    In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, OLORD, will keep me safe.

    Created over 1 year ago

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