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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-09-06
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Song of Solomon 3:1
Song of Solomon 3:1 (NCV)
At night on my bed, I looked for the one I love; I looked for him, but I could not find him.Created about 1 year ago
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Death's Sting is Gone, and the Power of Sin is no More
I really had to study this out to understand what was being said. Initially verse 57 caught my attention, as it is a common verse quoted in our churches today. I realized that it is only part of the sentence…
Created about 1 year ago
1 Corinthians 15:54 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 15:55 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 15:56 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NASB)
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Matthew 10:1
Matthew 10:1 (KJV)
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.Created about 1 year ago
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In Vain
I think it is important to read this verse in the Amplified version. This is so much more that cursing in the Lord's name. "In vain" really implies that we are using His name without considering the power…
Created about 1 year ago
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Understanding This Difficult Parable
I have read these verses and read these verses over and over trying to understand what is being said, in particular in verse 9. I think I could reason this all out if it weren't for verse 9. I finally…
Created over 1 year ago
Luke 16:1 (NASB), Luke 16:2 (NASB), Luke 16:3 (NASB), Luke 16:4 (NASB), Luke 16:5 (NASB), Luke 16:6 (NASB), Luke 16:7 (NASB), Luke 16:8 (NASB), Luke 16:9 (NASB), Luke 16:10 (NASB), Luke 16:11 (NASB), Luke 16:12 (NASB), Luke 16:13 (NASB)
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The Holy Temple
The foundation of the holy temple is the apostles and the prophets. Jesus is the cornerstone, which defines how the whole building comes together. We are all bricks, if you will, which are "fitted together",…
Created over 1 year ago
Ephesians 2:19 (NASB), Ephesians 2:20 (NASB), Ephesians 2:21 (NASB), Ephesians 2:22 (NASB)
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Trusting in God
The story of Joseph is a great example of trusting in the Lord. Joseph could have held a grudge against his brothers, but he knew that God had blessed him through what appeared to be a disastrous chain…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 45:5 (NASB), Genesis 45:6 (NASB), Genesis 45:7 (NASB), Genesis 45:8 (NASB), Romans 8:28 (NASB)
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Reconciled - How Awesome!
These verses really say a mouthful! Through Christ we were reconciled. What does that mean? It means we once again have been brought back into favor with God. I read this to mean we now have the opportunity…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Corinthians 5:18 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)
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What Are You Listening To?
This truth of this verse really became evident through the Amplified version. If you didn't have a light go off in your head as you read this, re-read it! If you are polluting your mind with the things…
Created over 1 year ago
Mark 4:24 (AMP), Mark 4:25 (AMP), Mark 4:26 (AMP), Mark 4:27 (AMP)
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How Blessed!
Who is this speaking to? Us! As Christians, our sins have been covered by Christ's blood. The Lord does not impute iniquity (attribute wickedness to us) any longer. Jesus died for our sins, and by accepting…
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Adultresses
While the NASB simply states, adultresses, the Amplified drives the point home when it states, "You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow…
Created over 1 year ago
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What a Cycle!
All too often people quote the words, "You do not have because you do not ask", but they forget the next verse which states we do not receive because we ask so we may spend it on our pleasures. Speaking…
Created over 1 year ago
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Drink from it, ALL of you
Why did Jesus make a special point to tell everyone there to drink from the cup representing His blood? If you read the whole chapter you will see that Judas Iscariot had already committed to betray Him,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Sanctified vs. Saved
I struggled to understand this verse. What does "sanctified" mean? It cannot mean saved, especially when verse 16 addresses the spouse's salvation. I thought this article on sanctification in marriage…
Created over 1 year ago
1 Corinthians 7:14 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 7:15 (NASB), 1 Corinthians 7:16 (NASB)
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Troublemakers
This is interesting. How many times have you been around a "Christian" trouble-maker? I have quite a bit. It tells us here that we should stay away from that person, butonly after warning them of their…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Law of Liberty
I love this set of verses. Pay attention to the words in verse 25 - the law of liberty. What is that? The Greek word is eleutheria (http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1657&t=NASB)…
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A Powerful Admonition
Wow! What an admonition! Preach the word! Be ready! Reprove, rebuke, and exhort with great patience and instruction! And then we come to verse three, which really describes many today. They want to have…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Timothy 4:1 (NASB), 2 Timothy 4:2 (NASB), 2 Timothy 4:3 (NASB), 2 Timothy 4:4 (NASB), 2 Timothy 4:5 (NASB)
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Sound Familiar?
Sound familiar? Wow - this really describes our day and time! See my thoughts on this and more at allstraighttalk.com (http://allstraighttalk.com/blog/?p=374) .
Created over 1 year ago
2 Timothy 3:1 (NASB), 2 Timothy 3:2 (NASB), 2 Timothy 3:3 (NASB), 2 Timothy 3:4 (NASB), 2 Timothy 3:5 (NASB)
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God's Timing
In short, God promised Abram a son. Abram and Sarai, his wife, were impatient, so Sarai gave Abram her concubine in an effort to have this promised child. Look at Abram's age - 86. There could be entire…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 16:15 (NASB), Genesis 16:16 (NASB), Genesis 17:1 (NASB), Genesis 17:2 (NASB), Genesis 17:3 (NASB), Genesis 17:4 (NASB), Genesis 17:5 (NASB), Genesis 17:6 (NASB), Genesis 17:7 (NASB), Genesis 17:8 (NASB), Genesis 17:9 (NASB), Genesis 17:10 (NASB), Genesis 17:11 (NASB), Genesis 17:12 (NASB), Genesis 17:13 (NASB), Genesis 17:14 (NASB), Genesis 17:15 (NASB), Genesis 17:16 (NASB), Genesis 17:17 (NASB), Genesis 17:18 (NASB), Genesis 17:19 (NASB), Genesis 17:20 (NASB), Genesis 17:21 (NASB), Genesis 17:22 (NASB)
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Greatly Annoyed
This is another one of those stories that baffles me. I must be missing something. I keep feeling like there is something to learn from this, but I don't get it. Why did Paul wait until he was greatly…
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What is Blasphemy Against the Spirit?
So what exactly is blasphemy against the Spirit? Is it simply rejecting the Spirit's call to you to accept Christ's sacrifice, or is it blatantly denying the Spirit? The Greek word for blasphemy is blasphēmia…
Created over 1 year ago
Matthew 12:30 (NASB), Matthew 12:31 (NASB), Matthew 12:32 (NASB)
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Withholding Knowledge?
Proverbs 12:23 (Amp)A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly.I typically read from the NASB, but I think the Amplified gets this…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Book of Jashar?
Are there missing books from the Bible? If so, what does it mean to us? See my thoughts on this and more at allstraighttalk.com (http://allstraighttalk.com/blog/?p=354) .
Created over 1 year ago
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Reading in Context
If you read this whole passage in context, I think it puts a different spin on it, in particular verse six, and then again at the end of this set of verses. This is talking about churchgoers and Christian…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Thessalonians 3:6 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:7 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:8 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:9 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:11 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:12 (NASB), 2 Thessalonians 3:13 (NASB)
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2011-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-05
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2 Thessalonians 1:6
2 Thessalonians 1:6 (NASB)
For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,Created over 1 year ago
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Angels - Ministering Spirits
As I read Matthew 4:11 today, I recalled the Hebrews 1:14, so I wanted to do a comparison. The words used for ministering are not the same; however, they are very similar in meaning. In Hebrews the Greek…
Created over 1 year ago
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Acting on Faith
The most interesting thing to me about this passage is verse seven. Peter proclaimed him to be healed in verse six, but in verse seven he seized him by the hand, raised him up, and then he was healed.…
Created over 1 year ago
Acts 3:2 (NASB), Acts 3:3 (NASB), Acts 3:4 (NASB), Acts 3:5 (NASB), Acts 3:6 (NASB), Acts 3:7 (NASB)
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One
One body One Spirit One hope One Lord One faith One baptism One God and Father of all I think one of the greater challenges the church today faces is division among believers. While I may have…
Created over 1 year ago
Ephesians 4:4 (NASB), Ephesians 4:5 (NASB), Ephesians 4:6 (NASB)
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2010-12-31
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-29
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Revelation 5:10
Revelation 5:10 (NASB)
"You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."Created over 1 year ago
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1 Peter 2:9
1 Peter 2:9 (NASB)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;Created over 1 year ago
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Exodus 19:6
Exodus 19:6 (NASB)
and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."Created over 1 year ago
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1 John 1:9
1 John 1:9 (NASB)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2010-12-22
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2010-12-22
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2 Timothy 4:14
2 Timothy 4:14 (NASB)
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.Created over 1 year ago
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2 Timothy 3:1
2 Timothy 3:1 (NASB)
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.Created over 1 year ago
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Titus 1:7
Titus 1:7 (NASB)
For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,Created over 1 year ago
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Romans 5:13
Romans 5:13 (NASB)
for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.Created over 1 year ago
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Romans 15:20
Romans 15:20 (AMP)
Thus my ambition has been to preach the Gospel, not where Christ’s name has already been known, lest I build on another man’s foundation;Created over 1 year ago
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Matthew 22:32
Matthew 22:32 (NASB)
'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."Created over 1 year ago
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Matthew 13:12
Matthew 13:12 (NASB)
For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:21
Proverbs 22:21 (ESV)
to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:20
Proverbs 22:20 (ESV)
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:19
Proverbs 22:19 (ESV)
That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:18
Proverbs 22:18 (ESV)
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:17
Proverbs 22:17 (ESV)
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV)
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 9:5
2 Corinthians 9:5 (NASB)
So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised bountiful gift, so that the same would be ready as a bountiful gift and not affected by covetousness.Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 8:7
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NASB)
But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also.Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 2:17
2 Corinthians 2:17 (NASB)
For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.Created over 1 year ago
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1 Corinthians 12:8
1 Corinthians 12:8 (NASB)
For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;Created over 1 year ago
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1 Corinthians 10:7
1 Corinthians 10:7 (NASB)
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."Created over 1 year ago
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