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Luke 24:47
Luke 24:47 (AMP)
And that repentance [with a view to and as the condition of] forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.Created 5 days ago
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Luke 22:22
Luke 22:22 (AMP)
For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined and appointed, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed and delivered up!Created 8 days ago
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Luke 19:11
Luke 19:11 (AMP)
Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately.Created 10 days ago
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Luke 11:52
Luke 11:52 (AMP)
Woe to you, lawyers (experts in the Mosaic Law)! For you have taken away the key to knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and you hindered and prevented those who were entering.Created 19 days ago
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Tempted time and again
When we think about the temptation of Jesus we always think of the episode right after the forty days of fasting. But it is said that like us Jesus was also tempted. Evil never gives up on us. Why should…
Created about 1 month ago
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Jesus' prayer for me
Thank you Jesus for praying this prayer for me almost 2000 years back when I was just a concept in your realm. How ironic that the one prayer he prayed for Christians was for us to be one. It is also…
Created about 1 month ago
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Kingdom
Blessed are the.....theirs is the kingdom of God. I've learnt this so many times without fully understanding the term "kingdom of God". He who has ears let him hear was another constantly repeated sentence…
Created 2 months ago
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Consequence of the man-made god
Jeroboam nationalizes the calf that until then had stayed only in the tribe of Dan. For his efforts, he was rewarded with the unrighteousness of every king in Israel and their eventual exile.
Created 3 months ago
1 Kings 12:29 (AMP), 1 Kings 12:30 (AMP), 1 Kings 12:31 (AMP)
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How it's made-god
This story brings into focus how man makes his god and his religion. He fits to it every convenient thing that crosses his path fully unaware that the god he fashions cannot hold a candle to the greatness…
Created 3 months ago
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Judges
Moses Joshua Othniel (Caleb's nephew) Ehud (left handed assassin) Shamgar (600men with an Deborah the prophetess(with Barak the reluctant general ) Gideon (asked and got signs from God. His son Abimelech…
Created 3 months ago
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Israel's first king
Eventhough Saul was the first king of Israel that was anointed and appointed by God, there have been instances before that when the people has tried to choose kings. Abimelech the son of Gideon seems…
Created 3 months ago
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Magic and the mad man
I have always wondered why God hardened Pharaoh's heart when Moses and Aaron turned up at his court asking to set their people free. Why did he have to destroy his country and lose life before he could…
Created 4 months ago
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Luck of the draw
This man waited for the right time, the most auspicious time, the time that was told by the luck of the draw to give him the favorable outcome that he desired. In the year that it took him to find the…
Created 4 months ago
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1 Chronicles 28:20
1 Chronicles 28:20 (AMP)
Also David told Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail or forsake you until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.Created 7 months ago
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1 Chronicles 28:9
1 Chronicles 28:9 (AMP)
And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever!Created 7 months ago
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Wielder's tool
Just because I have the means to obtain information about my awesomeness should not make me believe that awesomeness. But I do and that is where I fall. When the tool loses all comprehension of the wielder,…
Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-11-03
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-11-03
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Why die?
I was always filled with conflicting thoughts when I read that the merciful and gracious God that we know zapped a man to smithereens for righting the ark of God when it stumbled over a rock. My problem…
Created 7 months ago
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The unknown savior-Jehoash?
Who is this man that God sent to save Israel from the oppression of the Syrians? Was it Jehoash who went and wept at Elisha's deathbed? Was it Jeroboam II Jehoash's son?
Created 8 months ago
2 Kings 13:5 (AMP), 2 Kings 13:17 (AMP), 2 Kings 14:27 (AMP)
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God in my head
It was so easy for the man of God to stay in God's words when the sinner tried to make him leave it. But along came another prophet and lied to him about leaving the path and this man did what he did…
Created 9 months ago
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Action Vs Inaction
Both Savid and Saul were anointed by God. They start off having the same greatness thrust upon them. So what did Saul do that took him away from the presence of God? What did David do that endeared him…
Created 10 months ago
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Soul purpose
This verse seems to hint at a reason why God felt a need to grant us our souls. Did He leave it in us to preserve our life from the things that might affect us until it was our time. In that case is that…
Created 12 months ago
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undeserved grace
I saw this in the old testemant once in Solomon's prayer. Even if we sin and then seek you, Give us grace. Now here even if I am so far from righteousness, God brings his grace and salvation to me.
Created about 1 year ago
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blasé
Have we gotten so used to putting our heads down and trudging through difficult times, that we miss the precious lessons that we can glean out of them. We have built so many walls around our souls just…
Created about 1 year ago
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Disclosure
I can relate to this story in such a big way. I have seen so many ways in which I have felt God's presence in my life. So many times when I needed Him and He came through for me. Everything I own is His…
Created about 1 year ago
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Zechariah 2:11
Zechariah 2:11 (AMP)
And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be My people. And I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord of hosts has sent me [His messenger] to you.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 34:17
Isaiah 34:17 (AMP)
And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has portioned [Edom] to [the wild beasts] by measuring line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.Created about 1 year ago
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Protection vs Destination
I have always viewed salvation as a destination. Somewhere I can get to if I take a given path. I still saw it as a gift of grace from above that was independant of my works. But it was always an end…
Created about 1 year ago
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Torn veil
I keep comming back to one question in my quests. Why did God chose this path for His Son to take. Why this kind of death. Will not a long life of serving the people and a peaceful death as a result of…
Created about 1 year ago
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clairvoyance
Isaiah saw in 700 bc the famed writings on the wall that Daniel interpretted almost two hundred years later.
Created about 1 year ago
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John 12:9
John 12:9 (AMP)
Now a great crowd of the Jews heard that He was at Bethany, and they came there, not only because of Jesus but that they also might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.Created about 1 year ago
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Times like these
What am I to do when I see signs that tell me that i am on the cusp of some big happening? Times like these will lead to people around me putting their trust in things that will not matter, transient…
Created about 1 year ago
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John 12:24
John 12:24 (AMP)
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 2:7
Isaiah 2:7 (AMP)
Their land also is full of silver and gold; neither is there any end to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end to their chariots.Created about 1 year ago
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Job 37:13
Job 37:13 (AMP)
Whether it be for correction or for His earth [generally] or for His mercy and loving-kindness, He causes it to come.Created about 1 year ago
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Job 32:7
Job 32:7 (AMP)
I said, Age should speak, and a multitude of years should teach wisdom [so let it be heard].Created about 1 year ago
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Job 23:5
Job 23:5 (AMP)
I would learn what He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.Created about 1 year ago
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Isaiah 54:14
Isaiah 54:14 (AMP)
You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God’s will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.Created about 1 year ago
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Job 19:25
Job 19:25 (AMP)
For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, and at last He [the Last One] will stand upon the earth.Created about 1 year ago
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Need one Messiah
Was this the prayer of man for which Jesus was the answer from God?
Created over 1 year ago
Job 16:21 (AMP), Job 25:4 (AMP), Job 33:24 (AMP), Job 33:31 (AMP), Luke 23:34 (AMP)
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Job 9:22
Job 9:22 (AMP)
It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked.Created over 1 year ago
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Job 6:20
Job 6:20 (AMP)
They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed.Created over 1 year ago
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Micah 6:7
Micah 6:7 (AMP)
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?Created over 1 year ago
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Ecclesiastes 8:17
Ecclesiastes 8:17 (AMP)
Then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun--because however much a man may toil in seeking, yet he will not find it out; yes, more than that, though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, yet will he not be able to find it out.Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 20:27
Proverbs 20:27 (AMP)
The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 20:24
Proverbs 20:24 (AMP)
Man’s steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way?Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-01-02
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Malachi 3:1
Malachi 3:1 (AMP)
BEHOLD, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts.Created over 1 year ago
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Jeremiah 23:5
Jeremiah 23:5 (AMP)
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch (Sprout), and He will reign as King and do wisely and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.Created over 1 year ago
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Isaiah 7:14
Isaiah 7:14 (AMP)
Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2010-12-24
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2010-12-24