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Faith determines EVERYTHING
Isaiah 7:9 (NLT)
Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah. Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.”Created 1 day ago
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Prayer works!
Genesis 18:32 (NLT)
Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”Created 4 days ago
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LET the Spirit renew you!
Ephesians 4:23 (NLT)
Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.Created 9 days ago
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We must tell of God's GOODNESS - eloquence is not a requirement!
Psalm 71:14-17 (NLT)
But I will keep on hoping for your help; I will praise you more and more.Created 9 days ago
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Loving others through faith is KEY
Galatians 5:6 (NLT)
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.Created 9 days ago
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If we seek Him we will know and love him
Psalm 70:4 (NLT)
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “God is great!”Created 10 days ago
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You must CHOOSE ONE and live accordingly.
1 Kings 18:21 (NLT)
Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.Created 11 days ago
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God gave us the words so don't be afraid.
Jeremiah 1:7-9 (NLT)
The LORD replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.Created 12 days ago
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Kindness
Proverbs 19:22 (NKJV)
What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.Created 18 days ago
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Why we know who Joshua was.
Exodus 33:11 (NLT)
Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.Created 19 days ago
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Why we know who Joshua was.
Exodus 33:11 (NLT)
Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.Created 19 days ago
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Why we know who Joshua was.
Exodus 33:11 (NLT)
Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.Created 19 days ago
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Follow God
Joshua 3:3 (NLT)
giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.Created 19 days ago
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May seem/be overwhelming, but...
Psalm 60:11-12 (NLT)
Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.Created 20 days ago
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Don't LET sin win.
Romans 8:6 (NLT)
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.Created 21 days ago
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Work quickly. ...
John 9:4 (NLT)
We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.Created 23 days ago
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I need to stay "blind."
John 9:41 (NLT)
“If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.Created 23 days ago
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Even "a long way off" God sees us.
Luke 15:20 (NLT)
“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.Created 30 days ago
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When, God?
Psalm 42:2 (NLT)
I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?Created about 1 month ago
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Speak "TO" the mountain...not about it.
Mark 11:23 (NLT)
I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.Created about 1 month ago
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Don't count on the things you see in the natural
Psalm 33:17-18 (NLT)
Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory— for all its strength, it cannot save you.Created about 1 month ago
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Remember: God can and has/will deliver
1 Samuel 17:37 (NLT)
The LORD who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the LORD be with you!”Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights
2012-04-07
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God's word burns and smashes
Jeremiah 23:29 (NLT)
Does not my word burn like fire?” says the LORD. “Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?Created 3 months ago
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God knows what we'll do. He tests us though.
Job 23:10-11 (NLT)
“But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.Created 3 months ago
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I wish all our citizens believed this.
Nehemiah 5:9 (NLT)
Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-02-08
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-10-15
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Check Yourself; Chill-lax in God
In my readings today I read 1 John 5:21 and it really made me stop and think. Is there anything in my life...anything at all...that might take the place of God in my heart? Whoa! I gotta be honest, I'm…
Created 11 months ago
Psalm 19:12 (NLT), Psalm 19:13 (NLT), Psalm 139:23 (NLT), Psalm 139:24 (NLT), Proverbs 16:2 (NLT), 1 John 5:21 (NLT)
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Don't Even Think About It
It's fairly obvious I suppose that we are not to judge others. That's like "Christianity 101," right? But did you know that we are not even to THINK judgmental thoughts? You might think you are being…
Created 12 months ago
Matthew 7:1 (NLT), Matthew 15:18 (NLT), Matthew 23:26 (NLT), Romans 2:1 (NLT), Romans 12:2 (NLT)
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Check Your Motive
So I was watching Joyce Meyer this morning and she said one word that really stuck to me - MOTIVE. I really had to think through some things in my life that I do to assess what the motivation is behind…
Created 12 months ago
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God Does Not Take Vacation
We just got back from a week long vacation the other day....2670 miles in 7 days in a rented mini van...oh yeah! It was good to get away and all, but I'm also glad to be home! That's a lot of driving.…
Created 12 months ago
Deuteronomy 7:9 (NLT), Philippians 2:12 (NLT), Philippians 2:13 (NLT), Hebrews 2:1 (NLT), Hebrews 13:8 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-05-30
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Get Over Yourself
In nearly ALL of my readings this week the "theme" if you will has pretty much been the same: It's Christ in us that counts. Last Sunday I found myself in Ephesians thinking about how we are to be strong…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 50:14 (NLT), Psalm 50:23 (NLT), Galatians 2:20 (NLT), Ephesians 6:10 (NLT), Hebrews 10:5 (NLT), Hebrews 10:6 (NLT), Hebrews 10:7 (NLT)
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Are We Expectant?
As I reflected over this passage the following two phrases really jumped out and grabbed me: "Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly."and "...the proud may not stand in your presence."When…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 5:3 (NLT), Psalm 5:4 (NLT), Psalm 5:5 (NLT), Psalm 5:6 (NLT), Psalm 5:7 (NLT), Psalm 5:8 (NLT)
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Our Own Road to Emmaus
On the road to Emmaus the two disciples were bumming hard. Just think of all the horror that they had experienced over the preceding few days. Then a 'stranger' joined them on their journey and asked…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 28:20 (NLT), Luke 24:13 (NLT), Luke 24:14 (NLT), Luke 24:15 (NLT), Luke 24:16 (NLT), Luke 24:17 (NLT), Luke 24:18 (NLT), Luke 24:19 (NLT), Luke 24:20 (NLT), Luke 24:21 (NLT), Luke 24:22 (NLT), Luke 24:23 (NLT), Luke 24:24 (NLT), Luke 24:25 (NLT), Luke 24:26 (NLT), Luke 24:27 (NLT), Luke 24:28 (NLT), Luke 24:29 (NLT), Luke 24:30 (NLT), Luke 24:31 (NLT), Luke 24:32 (NLT), Luke 24:33 (NLT), Luke 24:34 (NLT), Luke 24:35 (NLT), Luke 24:36 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NLT)
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Pray Your Way Through
I was at a local business the other day and the proprietor is a Christian. Now...as I was waiting my turn I sat and listened to the music that was playing over the stereo in the waiting area. In a word:…
Created about 1 year ago
Romans 8:26 (NLT), Romans 8:27 (NLT), Philippians 2:3 (NLT), Philippians 2:4 (NLT), 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NLT), 1 John 5:14 (NLT), 1 John 5:15 (NLT), 1 John 5:16 (NLT)
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Cuts Like A Knife
There's really no way around it: If you are LIVING the Christian life (as opposed to just saying you are a Christian) then you will have people in your life who will not understand. Especially if you…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 10:34 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 1:18 (MSG), 1 Peter 2:15 (MSG), 1 Peter 4:4 (MSG), 1 Peter 4:5 (MSG)
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Some Assembly Required
It simply starts with faith. At some point you have to believe in faith. From that point you either move on to a life of victory in the Lord or you go nowhere and do nothing for God. The choice truly…
Created about 1 year ago
Isaiah 26:3 (NLT), Romans 15:13 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:3 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:4 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:5 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:6 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:7 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:8 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:9 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-12
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What if...?
It's easy to forget just how much God does do for us every day. The Psalmist asks the question, "What if the Lord had not been on our side?" In fact he asks it twice! The potential answers follow and…
Created about 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT), Psalm 124:1 (NLT), Psalm 124:2 (NLT), 1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NLT), 2 Timothy 4:17 (NLT), 2 Timothy 4:18 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2011-03-11
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God Drew You
I often find myself forgetting that God is...well...God! He is perfectly capable of engineering our everyday circumstances to lead us and teach us (Psalm 32:8). I believe that's one of the chief ways…
Created about 1 year ago
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Stress Relief!
You WILL have days where you feel pressure and stress! There...I said it. Now - relax and know that those feelings are OK and they will come. (I think sometimes we believe we are supposed to never feel…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 91:11 (NLT), Psalm 119:143 (NLT), Psalm 119:165 (NLT), Psalm 119:168 (NLT), Philippians 2:16 (NLT), Philippians 4:6 (NLT), Philippians 4:7 (NLT), Philippians 4:19 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2011-03-05
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Free Life, No Free Lunch
When we trust in Jesus and ask Him to take on the burden of our sins and "cancel the record of the charges against us" we have entered into a new life. It was truly free of charge to you and I! While…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 4:3 (NLT), Psalm 119:113 (NLT), Psalm 119:114 (NLT), Psalm 119:115 (NLT), Philippians 4:9 (NLT), Philippians 4:19 (NLT)
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God said there would be days like this!
We go up and we go down. It's a part of breathing air and living in this body. Good days and bad days. We all have them. God tells us that we will have trouble on this earth, but that He is bigger…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-01-18
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An Awesome Prayer
A few days ago I was going through my reading plan and read Psalm 86. Verse 11-13 really stuck out, particularly 11-12. It hit me that those verses need to be my earnest prayer for this year - my theme…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 86:11 (NLT), Psalm 86:12 (NLT), Psalm 86:13 (NLT), Romans 12:1 (NLT), Romans 12:2 (NLT), 1 John 5:14 (NLT)
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God Will Come Through and Deliver
I love this passage in Deuteronomy! God reminds me that He WILL do the things that He promises, but He will do them in such a way that makes total sense in the grand scheme of things. He might not do…
Created over 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 7:21 (NLT), Deuteronomy 7:22 (NLT), Deuteronomy 7:23 (NLT), Psalm 81:10 (NLT), Proverbs 3:5 (NLT), Proverbs 3:6 (NLT)
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God Makes Us New
The new year is an awesome time for new beginnings. The "old" year is over and you have a fresh, new year in front of you. Its almost exciting in a way. What we fail to realize, at least i do is that…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 80:1 (NLT), Psalm 80:2 (NLT), Psalm 80:3 (NLT), Psalm 80:4 (NLT), Psalm 80:5 (NLT), Psalm 80:6 (NLT), Psalm 80:7 (NLT), Psalm 80:8 (NLT), Psalm 80:9 (NLT), Psalm 80:10 (NLT), Psalm 80:11 (NLT), Psalm 80:12 (NLT), Psalm 80:13 (NLT), Psalm 80:14 (NLT), Psalm 80:15 (NLT), Psalm 80:16 (NLT), Psalm 80:17 (NLT), Psalm 80:18 (NLT), Psalm 80:19 (NLT), Lamentations 3:23 (NLT), Romans 8:1 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2010-12-28
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Continuously Clean House
We need to always take stock of our lives continually. If we see or sense an area that we are not surrendered to God in then IMMEDIATELY ask God to help you surrender it. It is a continuous process!…
Created over 1 year ago
1 Samuel 7:1 (HCSB), 1 Samuel 7:2 (HCSB), 1 Samuel 7:3 (HCSB), 1 Samuel 7:4 (HCSB), 1 Samuel 7:5 (HCSB), Psalm 19:12 (HCSB), Psalm 19:13 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:17 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:18 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:19 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:20 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:21 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:22 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:23 (HCSB), Ephesians 4:24 (HCSB)
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Live the standard vs point out what it isn't.
We should set the standard by the way we live our livesand not by the way we point our fingers. Its easy to find fault. Its easy to compare ourselves to others and find them "lacking" in some way. The…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-26
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2010-12-23
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2010-12-23