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Adoption
Colossians 2:5 (NLT)
For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong.Created about 1 month ago
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Reject the Glamorous for the Truly Beautiful
"We are often tempted to glamorize retaliation. This is a forte of Hollywood. Hollywood knows how to make revenge look and feel glamorous. Hollywood makes lots of money doing it. But the glamour of vengeance…
Created 4 months ago
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The Golden Rule and the Narrow Gate
"Jesus said his disciples would be known for their love, not for their placards of protest and angry letters to the editor. The angry rhetoric of retaliation may be cathartic, but it's not Christlike."…
Created 4 months ago
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Take care of your body and mind
Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.Created 4 months ago
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Radical Forgiveness
"We do not heed this call because it necessarily makes sense or seems reasonable, but because it is Jesus who calls us to it! We might dismiss the Sermon on the Mount as dangerously naive, except that…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 5:38 (NIV), Matthew 5:39 (NIV), Matthew 5:40 (NIV), Matthew 5:41 (NIV), Matthew 5:42 (NIV)
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Infinite Love & Forgiveness
"Jesus and the apostles seem to believe that being a recipient of the infinite love of God should create within the forgiven sinner a wellspring of infinite capacity to forgive. We forgive out of our…
Created 5 months ago
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Forgiveness
"Conventional forgiveness, easy forgiveness, reasonable forgiveness is what most rationally minded people are willing to engage in. Christ's followers are called to radical forgiveness, unreasonable forgiveness,…
Created 5 months ago
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Hope
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT)
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.Created 7 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 10
James 1:5-8 (NIV)
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 9
Colossians 3:3 (NIV)
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 9
Colossians 3:3 (NIV)
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 8
Romans 8:35-39 (NIV)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 7
Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 6
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 5
1 Peter 5:2 (NIV)
Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 4
1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 3
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV84)
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 2
James 1:26-27 (NIV)
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.Created 8 months ago
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E90X Challenge Day 1
Matthew 6:25-27 (NIV)
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Created 8 months ago
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Live simply so others may simply live
James 3:13 (MSG)
Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom—it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats.Created 8 months ago
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Ephesians 6:4
Ephesians 6:4 (NIV)
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.Created 8 months ago
Labels: parenting
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Parenting
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NIV)
Hear, O Israel: The lord our God, the lord is one.Created 8 months ago
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Tithe
Malachi 3:10 (MSG)
Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams.Created 8 months ago
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Ephesians 3:20
Ephesians 3:20 (MSG)
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!Created 9 months ago
Labels: god's plan
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Ephesians 6:10-18
Ephesians 6:10-18 (MSG)
And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.Created 9 months ago
Labels: spiritual warfare
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Ephesians 6:5-8
Ephesians 6:5-8 (MSG)
Servants, respectfully obey your earthly masters but always with an eye to obeying the real master, Christ. Don't just do what you have to do to get by, but work heartily, as Christ's servants doing what God wants you to do. And work with a smile on your face, always keeping in mind that no matter who happens to be giving the orders, you're really serving God. Good work will get you good pay from the Master, regardless of whether you are slave or free.Created 9 months ago
Labels: work
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Ephesians 5:21-33
Ephesians 5:21-33 (MSG)
Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.Created 9 months ago
Labels: marriage
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-09-18
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Ephesians 5:8
Ephesians 5:8 (MSG)
You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You're out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.Created 9 months ago
Labels: sin
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Ephesians 5:2
Ephesians 5:2 (MSG)
Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.Created 9 months ago
Labels: love
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Ephesians 4:26
Ephesians 4:26 (MSG)
Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don't use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don't stay angry. Don't go to bed angry. Don't give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.Created 9 months ago
Labels: anger
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-05-26
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-05-23
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-05-23
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Non-believers
Is this eluding to the concept that non-Christians do not have the Holy Spirit convincing them of sin?
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-05-20
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-05-20