Brian White

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  • God never leaves us

    Hebrews 13:5 (HCSB)
    Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

    Created 8 days ago

    Labels: god's character

  • The Way, The Turth and The Life

    John 14:6 (HCSB)
    Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

    Created 8 days ago

    Labels: christ

  • take up your cross

    Luke 9:23 (HCSB)
    Then He said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

    Created 15 days ago

    Labels: obedience

  • New Creation

    2 Corinthians 5:17 (HCSB)
    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, [he is] a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

    Created 27 days ago

    Labels: conversion

  • Act of God

    John 6:44 (HCSB)
    No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

    Created 27 days ago

    Labels: conversion

  • Spiritually dead

    Ephesians 2:1 (HCSB)
    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

    Created 27 days ago

    Labels: death sin

  • no one righteous

    Romans 3:10 (HCSB)
    as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.

    Created 30 days ago

    Labels: sin

  • Sinless Jesus

    1 John 3:5 (HCSB)
    You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, and there is no sin in Him.

    Created 30 days ago

    Labels: christ sinless

  • Committed no sin

    1 Peter 2:22 (HCSB)
    He did not commit sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth;

    Created 30 days ago

    Labels: christ sinless

  • after god's own heart

    1 Samuel 13:13-14 (NASB)
    Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: obedience

  • Guardrails

    2 Samuel 11:1 (HCSB)
    In the spring when kings march out [to war], David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: sin

  • Be Complete

    The Lord Jesus tells us here at the end of Matthew 5 to "Be perfect". Is the Lord expecting us to achieve moral perfection? Certainly not in our own strength. The Lord is telling us to be complete, to…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Matthew 5:48 (HCSB)

  • Model Prayer

    Matthew 6:5-15 (HCSB)
    "Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They've got their reward!

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: prayer

  • Spirit of Prayer

    1 Thessalonians 5:17 (HCSB)
    Pray constantly.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: prayer

  • Be Filled with the Spirit

    Ephesians 5:18 (HCSB)
    And don't get drunk with wine, which [leads to] reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: righteousness spirit

  • Objects of wrath

    Ephesians 2:3 (HCSB)
    We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: sin

  • Abraham believed God

    James 2:23 (HCSB)
    So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God's friend.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: friend righteousness

  • deal ruthlessly with sin

    Matthew 5:29-30 (HCSB)
    If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: sin

  • No vain thing

    Psalm 101:3 (HCSB)
    I will not set anything worthless before my eyes. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: temptation

  • Be in the right place

    2 Samuel 11:1 (HCSB)
    In the spring when kings march out [to war], David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: temptation

  • Take ways that are firm

    Proverbs 4:26 (NIV84)
    Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: righteousness temptation

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-04-19

  • Be strengthened

    This verse tells us to be strengthened. This is not something that we do in our own strength, in our own flesh, but in the the strength of the Lord. In English, this is passive voice. In Greek, this is…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Ephesians 6:10 (HCSB)

  • The Lord is looking

    2 Chronicles 16:9 (HCSB)
    For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: perfect heart

  • My God is king

    Elimelech means my God is King. But God was not king in Elimelech's life, or he would have trusted God and stayed where God put him.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Ruth 1:2 (HCSB)

  • Famine in the House of Bread

    Bethlehem means "House of Bread", but there was a famine there. A man from Bethlehem did not trust the "Bread of Life" he decided to trust not in God but in himself and this world.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Ruth 1:1 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-04-10

  • don't let sin reign

    Romans 6:12 (HCSB)
    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: sin

  • wages of sin

    Romans 6:23 (HCSB)
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: death salvation sin

  • slave to sin or slave to righteousness

    Romans 6:17-18 (HCSB)
    But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: flesh righteousness sin spirit

  • No other name

    Acts 4:12 (HCSB)
    There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: salvation

  • He is willing!

    This man had a problem. He had skin disease which left him like a dead man. He had no fellowship. Jews would not go near him. He had to shout "Unclean" wherever he went. He could not go to the temple.…

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 5:12 (HCSB), Luke 5:13 (HCSB)

  • God turns all of the knobs.

    We plan and stress, stress and plan. We have a one year plan, five year plan, ten year plan. What does it amount to? Nothing! God turns all of the knobs. He is in control. We don't even know if we will…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 16:9 (HCSB)

  • What are you seeking out?

    Are you seeking out the things of this world or are you seeking out the things of God? Are you interested in what American Idol has to say? or John Stewart? or James Cameron? or Lady Gaga? Or are you…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 15:14 (HCSB)

  • Are you looking both ways?

    Moses realized the position in which God put him. Moses was blend of the ways of God as taught by his Mother and the sophistication of the day as taught by the best in Egypt. Moses decided to set himself…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 2:11 (HCSB), Exodus 2:12 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2012-02-14

  • How to make a decision

    Man's nature is sinful. His inclinations are sinful. If a man lives according to the flesh, decisions that are bad seem to be good. We were convinced at the time of the soundness of our judgement. But...we…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 14:12 (HCSB)

  • What are you bringing in your life besides God?

    Nothing is to be ahead of God and nothing is to be along side of God. God is God alone. We should not have God plus something else. Ancient Israel kept the temple of the Lord, but they also brought in…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 20:2 (HCSB), Exodus 20:3 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-02-08

  • How long will we be mute in praising God?

    Zechariah was made mute because of heart's unbelief of the prophecy that was given to him. For months he was unable to speak. And when his muteness was taken away, what did he do? He praised God! Our…

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 1:64 (HCSB)