Aaron Lindholm

  • A Challenging Challenge

    John's command is God's command. If we claim to be followers of Christ, our lives had better look like His. Our words, our ministry, out prayer time, our leadership, our faith - they should all resemble…

    Created 5 months ago

    1 John 2:6 (NIV)

  • Started Following methodistjustin

    5 months

  • Becoming Effective and Productive for Jesus

    Here is a list of attributes and qualities we should pursue as Christians in order to mature in the faith. They seem to build on one another as if it becomes easier to get one of the qualities when you…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Peter 1:5 (NIV), 2 Peter 1:6 (NIV), 2 Peter 1:7 (NIV), 2 Peter 1:8 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights

    2011-12-05

  • Knowing about Jesus vs. Knowing Jesus

    Many people, like the man who was healed know about Jesus. They have heard the stories at Christmas and Easter. They live in a Christian cultural context where Jesus is readily acknowledged as "Coming…

    Created 9 months ago

    JOHN 9:33 (CEV), JOHN 9:36 (CEV)

  • Willing and Prepared to Wait

    In this passage (Matt 25) the five women who were unprepared represent to me so many Christians who start out well. They accept Christ and head out on the road of Christianity fully expectant that the…

    Created 10 months ago

    MATTHEW 25:5 (CEV), MATTHEW 25:6 (CEV)

  • Faith in God

    Faith to move mountains can be small if it is in God. Faith in faith can't do anything. Faith in God can do the impossible.

    Created 11 months ago

    MATTHEW 17:20 (CEV)

  • When they began to conspire

    The religious people couldn't tolerate Jesus' unwillingness to submit to their religion. Rather than submitting to Christ and Kingdom ways, they made plans to kill him and eliminate him. Many people…

    Created 11 months ago

    MATTHEW 12:14 (CEV)

  • Jesus is higher than religion and tradition.

    There should be no religious activity, no worship tradition, no liturgical program that is more important than Jesus. Jesus talked about himself as the priorty. He said that if we elevate & exalt him…

    Created 11 months ago

    MATTHEW 12:8 (CEV)

  • Jesus' Three Part Ministry

    Teaching, Preaching and Healing

    Created 11 months ago

    MATTHEW 9:35 (CEV)

  • 1 Peter 2:23

    1 Peter 2:23 (NIV)
    When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2011-06-20

  • God will never leave me, what can man do to me?

    Hebrews 13:5-6 (ESV)
    Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

    Created 12 months ago

  • Hebrews 10:24

    Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)
    And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

    Created 12 months ago

  • Hebrews 3:4

    Hebrews 3:4 (NIV)
    For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

    Created 12 months ago

  • The Holy Spirit Confirms Salvation

    The manifestation of the Spirit's power confirms our salvation. Verse 4 says "testifies" - it bears witness to the fact that something spiritual and supernatural was done in us and for us. Many people…

    Created 12 months ago

    Hebrews 2:3 (NIV), Hebrews 2:4 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-06-03

  • The teeter-totter of life

    Putting off the old self (vs 22) & pre-Christian ways of life sits on one side of the teeter-totter while new life, freedom,sanctification and wholeness in and through Christ (vs 24) rest on the other…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Ephesians 4:22 (ESV), Ephesians 4:23 (ESV), Ephesians 4:24 (ESV)

  • 2 Corinthians 10:8

    2 Corinthians 10:8 (ESV)
    For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:13

    1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)
    Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:14

    1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)
    Let all that you do be done in love.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Knowing Jesus above all else

    I want to make the same ongoing personal choice (resolve) to know and follow Jesus above all else. Its not enough to choose/resolve to start a relationship with Jesus. I must consistently choose him…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 2:2 (NIV)

  • Unshakable Life

    I trust the Lord and he makes my life unshakable and my eternity secure. He is my rock & fortress, my ever-present help. It seems to me that I get a tremendous return on investment with God. My trust…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 125:1 (ESV)

  • Started Following spamtownmom

    about 1 year

  • Started Following aaronbroberg

    about 1 year

  • Proverbs 21:25

    Proverbs 21:25 (CEV)
    If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 20:13

    Proverbs 20:13 (ESV)
    Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 19:11

    Proverbs 19:11 (ESV)
    Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 17:27

    Proverbs 17:27 (ESV)
    Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 16:9

    Proverbs 16:9 (ESV)
    The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Go with Jesus or stay with Rome

    The pharisees were concerned about letting Jesus "go on" with his activities. Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead, he had been preaching, teaching healing and doing all kinds of other "malicious…

    Created about 1 year ago

    John 11:48 (ESV)

  • Proverbs 12:11

    Proverbs 12:11 (ESV)
    Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Proverbs 12:16

    Proverbs 12:16 (ESV)
    The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-03-14

  • We are to be good soil

    God wants us to be/become good soil so as to produce a crop. The farmer is always at work sowing, working, planting and the only real difference between a productive or non-productive crop in this passage…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 13:18 (ESV), Matthew 13:19 (ESV), Matthew 13:20 (ESV), Matthew 13:21 (ESV), Matthew 13:22 (ESV)

  • 1 Corinthians 11:1

    1 Corinthians 11:1 (CEV)
    You must follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 29:25

    Proverbs 29:25 (CEV)
    Don't fall into the trap of being a coward— trust the [Lord], and you will be safe.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 28:20

    Proverbs 28:20 (CEV)
    God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 27:18

    Proverbs 27:18 (ESV)
    Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 27:17

    Proverbs 27:17 (ESV)
    Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Making Refuge

    The Psalmist says: "I made...." As Christians we have a tendency to think that God will just cover us anywhere we go regardless of the circumstances or situation. We treat God more like an umbrella that…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 94:22 (ESV)

  • Proverbs 24:33

    Proverbs 24:33 (ESV)
    A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 24:34

    Proverbs 24:34 (ESV)
    and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • My work

    As a Christian my work is kingdom work. Not the place I get my paycheck but that which I complete for eternity. There is no work more eternally important than the salvation of souls. I believe that God…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 24:11 (ESV), Proverbs 24:12 (ESV)

  • Proverbs 24:10

    Proverbs 24:10 (ESV)
    If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Attractive to Sinners?

    Is my life and my teaching attractive enough, powerful enough, relevant, enough for sinners to be drawn to me? Not yet... but Jesus' was and in his example I find hope. The passage goes on to talk…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Luke 15:1 (ESV)

  • Proverbs 23:13

    Proverbs 23:13 (ESV)
    Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 23:14

    Proverbs 23:14 (ESV)
    If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 22:14

    Proverbs 22:14 (ESV)
    The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • "My" possessions

    I struggle with this. I tithe & give to missions yes; but if God challenged me to sell & give all away, would I "go away sad" like the rich young ruler? I realize none of my stuff is really my stuff anyway…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Luke 12:33 (ESV), Luke 12:34 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-02-14

  • What we should give

    Notice that the verse says that the one who suffers want didn't give where HS "should give". This verse applies directly to the tithe. The tithe is mandatory and I believe those who do tithe experience…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 11:24 (ESV), Proverbs 11:25 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2011-02-10

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-02-08

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-02-08

  • My responsibility to sinners

    I can't be a pharisee. When sinners approach I should offer grace, forgiveness, mercy & healing. Yes repentance is a personal issue; but I must be more like Christ and view others through the lenses of…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 27:4 (NIV)

  • Relationship vs. Religion

    God always emphasized relationship - a contrite heart, an attitude of gratitude, a living communion with Himself over rules, religion, rites and activities.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 51:16 (NIV), Psalm 51:17 (NIV)

  • Knowing God is the Narrow Gate

    Religion & religious activity is not the doorway to heaven - Knowing God through Christ is. A living relationship; a love relationship is what God wants with His children. Listening to His voice; being…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 7:13 (NIV), Matthew 7:14 (NIV), Matthew 7:23 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-04

  • Christians should Shine

    Our Christianity should be attractive! Being a follower of Christ should cause us to "shine" before our peers and in our communities in such a way that people praise God. I am constantly challenged…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 5:16 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-31

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-28