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what God wants
Justice, kindness and humility. These are the things that bring pleasure to the heart of the Father. These are all issues of relationship with those with whom we live our lives. We can live a religiously…
Created 2 days ago
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Micah 6:8
Micah 6:8 (ESV)
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?Created 2 days ago
Labels: what god wants
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Dead but alive
This is one of the mysteries of our faith, that we can die with Christ and yet be alive with Him. In dying with him we see the power of sin destroyed in our lives, we don't have to sin anymore! And by…
Created 10 days ago
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Spreading Rapidly
Paul asks his friends to pray for him which is not something uncommon for any of us. We all ask people to pray for us because we all have things in our lives that need God's touch. It might be health…
Created 13 days ago
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The Pain
We see Jesus give one last cry of anguish as He hung upon the cross where he'd now been suffering for many hours, which itself had been preceded by torturous treatment at the hands the Sanhedrin and Roman…
Created 15 days ago
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don't be fooled
Jesus is speaking to His own disciples that he's been teaching and training for three years and still finds it necessary to warn them not to be deceived. How much more those of us living two millennium…
Created 16 days ago
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the King's Court
We find Jesus in the temple healing all those who came to him and surrounded by a joyful group who were praising and exalting Him. To me this looks like the Kingdom of God actually showing itself to humanity.…
Created 17 days ago
Matthew 21:14 (ESV), Matthew 21:15 (ESV), Matthew 21:16 (ESV)
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what it really takes
It was the question everyone wanted to ask, "what good deed must I do to have eternal life?" Even today everyone who has the slightest notion of the afterlife will ask this question. How can I earn my…
Created 18 days ago
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More than a Superhero
This is one of my all time favorite Bible stories that I must have heard taught every year in Sunday School as I was growing up. It's like real to life super hero stuff, walking on water is so cool!…
Created 23 days ago
Matthew 14:22 (ESV), Matthew 14:23 (ESV), Matthew 14:24 (ESV), Matthew 14:25 (ESV), Matthew 14:26 (ESV), Matthew 14:27 (ESV), Matthew 14:28 (ESV), Matthew 14:29 (ESV), Matthew 14:30 (ESV), Matthew 14:31 (ESV), Matthew 14:32 (ESV), Matthew 14:33 (ESV)
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power lost
The axe head is lost in the river in the midst of an important service / ministry. The person failed to verify his axehead, and off it came. Do we fail to keep ourselves tuned up? It doesn't take much…
Created 24 days ago
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Final words
Final words are sometimes the most pointed and what we value the most. Often we say our good byes it's what is said at that moment that we feel the strongest about. How often have you spent time "chatting"…
Created about 1 month ago
2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:6 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:8 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:9 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:10 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:11 (ESV)
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Numbers 16:43-45
Numbers 16:43-45 (ESV)
And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,Created about 1 month ago
Labels: the tent of meeting
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who is the sick one here?
When we look at to whom Jesus was speaking we see that Jesus referred to Matthew and his friends as being sick and needing his healing. He didn't call the Pharisees sick and needing his healing...why…
Created about 1 month ago
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The Gsopel Brings Change
Paul and Silas were effectively preaching the Gospel in Philppi so much so that the fabric of the city was being changed. And when push came to shove those who didn't want this transformation unveiled…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-03-14
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What really got them going!
We all have sensitive points, things that we don't like being accused of that when we're faced with our tendency is to fight back. Stephen hit their button dead on by accusing them of having murdered…
Created 3 months ago
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Coming back
It's exciting to see how the preaching of the word and the power of the Holy Spirit bringing conviction to the hearts of people will bring them back to God. Peter didn't preach an amazing sermon, all…
Created 3 months ago
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Fine Form
Wow, Jesus was in good form in this chapter. He didn't pull any punches with the Pharisees or the King and he taught clearly that we can only get to heaven if we have a repented heart for our sinfulness.…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 13:5 (NIV), Luke 13:15 (NIV), Luke 13:30 (NIV), Luke 13:32 (NIV)
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to the wolves we go
Why would a good shepherd send his sheep to the wolves? It seems like he sending them to their death. None the less this is what Jesus is doing. Then in verse 37 he says that he hasn't come in peace but…
Created 4 months ago
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Just another day
Once again we see Jesus going about his ministry one day at a time, meeting people, touching them and transforming their lives. By this time Jesus wasn't an unknown itinerant preacher traveling about…
Created 4 months ago
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He will dwell with them
"He will dwell with them." It will have been a long time since God had dwelt with His creation. He was with us at creation in the garden as He came to Adam to talk with Him and then He was with us for…
Created 4 months ago
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It takes time
"Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah" For ten days a group of fleeing refugees sat in Bethlehem awaiting a message from the Lord through the prophet Jeremiah. That's ten days of fear…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-12
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But Afterward
Amidst an ongoing proclamation of judgement against Israel where the LORD is condemning His chosen people for their sinfulness we find this passage of hope. "But afterward" are words of hope in a dark…
Created 5 months ago
Ezekiel 20:39 (ESV), Ezekiel 20:40 (ESV), Ezekiel 20:41 (ESV), Ezekiel 20:42 (ESV), Ezekiel 20:43 (ESV), Ezekiel 20:44 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-01-11
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The glory
Jesus is praying this prayer in the context of the upper room as He remembered the Passover meal with his closest friends. A meal that was filled with meaning for Him beyond what the disciples could imagine…
Created 6 months ago
John 17:1 (NIV84), John 17:2 (NIV84), John 17:3 (NIV84), John 17:4 (NIV84), John 17:5 (NIV84)
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don't brag
What is it that we find important enough to brag about? We talk about our homes, our vehicles, our kid's exploits in sports, the importance of our job or perhaps the sure deal that we've found to make…
Created 6 months ago
Jeremiah 9:23 (CEB), Jeremiah 9:24 (CEB), Jeremiah 9:25 (CEB)
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A New Thing!
Our hope is in the future, not in the past, whether that which was in the past was positive or negative, a success or failure we are called to look forward and not backward. These verses in Isaiah brought…
Created 7 months ago
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The growling lion
If a picture is worth a thousand words this image that God gave to Isaiah of His passion and desire for Israel is worth every word. We can imagine the site of this band of shepherds trying desperately…
Created 8 months ago
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The Tension
A few days ago I did a devotional on keeping the tension in our relationship with God just right. If we slack off we fall and if we pull too hard we l lose balance too. It's something like playing a game…
Created about 1 year ago
2 Corinthians 5:6 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:8 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:9 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NIV)
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Numbers 5:6
Numbers 5:6 (NIV)
"Say to the Israelites: 'Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the lord is guiltyCreated over 1 year ago
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Numbers 5:7
Numbers 5:7 (NIV)
and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-02-26
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-02-04
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-06
