bill garrett

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  • Toms River, NJ
  • You Can Only Wear One Set Of Clothes

    These two verses encapsulate the motif of the chapter--God cannot begin to change us until we have let our old self go.

    Created 5 months ago

    Colossians 3:9 (NIV), Colossians 3:10 (NIV)

  • Why These Words?

    See Psalm 22 (the whole thing), and then read this passage again--power and prophecy!

    Created 5 months ago

    Mark 15:34 (NIV)

  • Didn't Know Or Didn't Care?

    Here we have to pause to consider whether the passage indicates that the next generation was not informed by the previous generation, or that they didn't choose to pay attention to it because their context…

    Created 8 months ago

    Judges 2:10 (NIV84)

  • Judges 2:10

    Judges 2:10 (NIV)
    After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the lord nor what he had done for Israel.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Psalm 10:18

    Psalm 10:18 (NKJV)
    To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

    Created 11 months ago

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    Psalm 7:17 (NKJV)
    I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Knowing God's Will, Part I

    A good friend of mine says, "the flag is not the cross." We as wise people steeped in our traditions have a strong tendency to filter God's will through our very human mores and folkways, creating an…

    Created 12 months ago

    Romans 12:2 (NIV84)

  • knock

    Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
    Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • For those suffering through living

    How many of the terminally or perpetually ill can identify with Job here?

    Created about 1 year ago

    Job 3:20 (NIV84), Job 3:21 (NIV84), Job 3:22 (NIV84), Job 3:23 (NIV84), Job 3:24 (NIV84), Job 3:25 (NIV84), Job 3:26 (NIV84)

  • Job's view of eternity

    At this time, there was no thought of eternity or eternal reward or punishment. Death was a place of rest for all.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Job 3:13 (NIV84), Job 3:14 (NIV84), Job 3:15 (NIV84), Job 3:16 (NIV84), Job 3:17 (NIV84), Job 3:18 (NIV84)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-05-26

  • A father's view of his children

    It wasn't beyond Job's scope that his children may actually sin!

    Created about 1 year ago

    Job 1:5 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 34:7

    Psalm 34:7 (NIV84)
    The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-02-11

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-02-10

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-02-10

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-02-10

  • James 2:12

    James 2:12 (NIV84)
    Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • James 2:13

    James 2:13 (NIV84)
    because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-12

  • Genesis 50:15

    Genesis 50:15 (NIV84)
    When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:16

    Genesis 50:16 (NIV84)
    So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:17

    Genesis 50:17 (NIV84)
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:18

    Genesis 50:18 (NIV84)
    His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:19

    Genesis 50:19 (NIV84)
    But Joseph said to them, “Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:20

    Genesis 50:20 (NIV84)
    You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:21

    Genesis 50:21 (NIV84)
    So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:22

    Genesis 50:22 (NIV84)
    Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:23

    Genesis 50:23 (NIV84)
    and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:24

    Genesis 50:24 (NIV84)
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:25

    Genesis 50:25 (NIV84)
    And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 50:26

    Genesis 50:26 (NIV84)
    So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

    Created over 1 year ago

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