Ashley Vaughan

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Groanings

    I used to think this verse was about a special prayer language or tongue; a Holy Spirit gift as described in 1 Cor 14, but in reading it today, I was arrested by a new thought. The Greek word used for…

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 8:26 (ESV)

  • God alone is good.

    Jesus says, 'Why do you call me good? No-one is good but One, that is God.' At first glance it looks like Jesus is refuting His oneness with the Father, which would appear to contradict myriad other…

    Created 4 months ago

    Mark 10:18 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-27

  • Envy

    Envy; jealousy, is a strong emotion, which lies at the heart of many a poor choice. Pilate offered the people a clear choice between releasing Jesus, and releasing Barabbas. Logically, it was a no-brainer.…

    Created 4 months ago

    Matthew 27:18 (ESV)

  • Fight fire with fire...

    Death is defeated not by a fight, but by death. Jesus became subject to death so that he could show that death has no power. He was raised to life and proved once and for all that death was not the final…

    Created 4 months ago

    Hebrews 2:14 (ESV)

  • Death

    'Through death' Jesus defeated evil; both on my behalf and so that I, through death to self, might follow his example and learn to vanquish evil in my own life.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-01-03

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2012-01-01

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-08-09

  • Grace. Go.

    I thank God that I have received grace from Him, and mercy for my brokenness. With that grace cones a sending out. Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, 'Go, and son no more.' If I continue to…

    Created over 1 year ago

    John 8:11 (NKJV), Romans 1:5 (NKJV), Romans 1:24 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-02-02

  • Matthew 26:41

    Matthew 26:41 (NKJV)
    Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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  • Matthew 12:35

    Matthew 12:35 (NKJV)
    A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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  • Matthew 12:34

    Matthew 12:34 (NKJV)
    Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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  • Nahum 1:3

    Nahum 1:3 (NKJV)
    The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.

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  • Micah 7:18

    Micah 7:18 (NKJV)
    Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks

    2011-01-12

  • Micah 7:8

    Micah 7:8 (NKJV)
    Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Micah 7:7

    Micah 7:7 (NKJV)
    Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.

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  • Amos 4:13

    Amos 4:13 (NKJV)
    For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth The Lord God of hosts is His name.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Hosea 10:12

    Hosea 10:12 (NKJV)
    Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

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  • Daniel 11:32

    Daniel 11:32 (NKJV)
    Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

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  • Lessons on Favour

    Daniel saw a grave need in Babylon and held fast to God. Here are some lessons about favour that we are taught in this passage. God grants favour in response to: 1) Boldness Nebuchadnezzar had rebuked…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Daniel 2:17 (NKJV), Daniel 2:18 (NKJV), Daniel 2:19 (NKJV)

  • Jeremiah 33:15

    Jeremiah 33:15 (NKJV)
    In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)
    Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

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  • Jeremiah 32:17

    Jeremiah 32:17 (NKJV)
    Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 23:23

    Jeremiah 23:23 (NKJV)
    Am I a God near at hand, says the Lord, And not a God afar off?

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  • Jeremiah 9:24

    Jeremiah 9:24 (NKJV)
    But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight, says the Lord.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 9:23

    Jeremiah 9:23 (NKJV)
    Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;

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  • Jeremiah 6:16

    Jeremiah 6:16 (NKJV)
    Thus says the Lord: Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 4:23

    Jeremiah 4:23 (NKJV)
    I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.

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  • Isaiah 66:1

    Isaiah 66:1 (NKJV)
    Thus says the Lord: Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 65:19

    Isaiah 65:19 (NKJV)
    I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.

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  • Isaiah 64:6

    Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV)
    But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 60:19

    Isaiah 60:19 (NKJV)
    The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 55:8

    Isaiah 55:8 (NKJV)
    For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 54:17

    Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV)
    No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me, Says the Lord.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 54:10

    Isaiah 54:10 (NKJV)
    For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Man of Sorrows

    How could a loving God not do something about the suffering in the world? I get asked this question a lot and there is no real answer, except to say that Jesus understands when we suffer because He suffered…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 53:3 (NKJV), Isaiah 53:4 (NKJV)

  • Insomnia

    Insomnia is usually an unwelcome night-time visitor that arrives unexpectedly and out of the blue. It's presence leaves you feeling stressed and devoid of coherent logic or emotion. I know this because…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 127:2 (NKJV), Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV), Isaiah 43:4 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-24

  • God Cares About The Poor

    God cares about the plight of the poor and needy. If we love God, we should care about the poor too. Whether poor through their own fault or through unfortunate circumstances, it's not our place to judge…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 21:13 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2010-12-22

  • Wise Words in Proverbs

    Today I am chewing over the words of Proverbs 5, which focussed on adultery. Solomon was well qualified to offer advice on the perils of adultery. After all, this was a man with 700 wives and a further…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Proverbs 5:15 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:18 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:22 (NKJV)

  • The Importance of the Word

    This psalm highlights the vital importance of immersing our lives in the Word if God. Read it, study it, memorise it, know it inside out and let it form the basis of your life. The Word of God, according…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 119:9 (NKJV), Psalm 119:105 (NKJV), Psalm 119:114 (NKJV)