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God's promise to Abraham
Multiple time times, God says "I will". He will do the work to give Abraham the land, the descendants, and the blessing.
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 17:5 (NASB), Genesis 17:6 (NASB), Genesis 17:7 (NASB), Genesis 17:8 (NASB)
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Waiting on God
Abram waited 10 years before having Ishmael. Now waits another 13 years without son.
Created about 1 month ago
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Abram's lack of family leadership
Abram should have taken faith leadership here against his wife's urging. His passivity, just like Adam's, with his wife caused great sin and angst in his personal life and marriage...and for all time.…
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 16:1 (NASB), Genesis 16:2 (NASB), Genesis 16:3 (NASB), Genesis 16:4 (NASB), Genesis 16:5 (NASB)
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Nations in God's hand
Clearly, the Egyptians and Canaanites are all part of God's larger plan...and they both play a part in it. We may not understand at the time, but God has each nation and their rulers in His plan.
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 15:13 (NASB), Genesis 15:14 (NASB), Genesis 15:16 (NASB)
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Lot in Sodom
Lot no longer living near Sodom, but actually in it...likely succumbing to the sin that tempted him to move close in the first place.
Created about 1 month ago
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Lot's temptation
Lot saw what was good land....but clearly he was at least partially motivated by the city of Sodom and what it had to offer....such that perhaps he justified his choice of land just as we all too often…
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 13:10 (NASB), Genesis 13:11 (NASB), Genesis 13:12 (NASB), Genesis 13:13 (NASB)
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Lying
Even when we intend lying for a greater good, it is not the right choice.
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 12:13 (NASB), Genesis 12:17 (NASB), Genesis 12:18 (NASB), Genesis 12:19 (NASB)
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Go forth
God is asking Abram to leave all that he finds familiar...and trust Him. God blesses and makes his name great....all Abram has to do is go, which is sometimes the hardest part.
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 12:1 (NASB), Genesis 12:2 (NASB), Genesis 12:3 (NASB)
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Full of days
May my life be full of day's blessed by God and when I come to die, may I have lived a life full of pleasing Him.
Created about 1 month ago
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Knowing God
Coming face to face with God, Job finally knows Him personally....not just what he has heard or what he has seen about Him, but truly now knows who His Creator is.
Created about 1 month ago
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God's will
God's purposes will always be fulfilled - how our choice play into that is not fully clear, but what He wants to happen, will happen.
Created about 1 month ago
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Silence before God
Sometimes our best answer is silience and awe before Him. Our work, deeds, actions, thoughts all crumbly away when compared with Him.
Created about 1 month ago
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Wisdom from God
Man has been given a special gift of wisdom, placed in our innermost being by our Creator - this is something that makes us unique and special among all His brilliant creation.
Created about 1 month ago
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God's wonders
How marvelous is the creation that God has made and how blessed are we that we are the masterpiece of that creation!
Created about 1 month ago
Job 37:2 (NASB), Job 37:3 (NASB), Job 37:4 (NASB), Job 37:5 (NASB), Job 37:6 (NASB), Job 37:7 (NASB), Job 37:8 (NASB), Job 37:9 (NASB), Job 37:10 (NASB), Job 37:11 (NASB), Job 37:12 (NASB), Job 37:13 (NASB), Job 37:14 (NASB), Job 37:15 (NASB), Job 37:16 (NASB)
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Wisdom
Why does man even today search and try to gain wisdom and understanding? It is only found starting with the fear of our Creator. We strive through our education, government, so many other ways/books/"experts",…
Created about 1 month ago
Job 28:12 (NASB), Job 28:13 (NASB), Job 28:14 (NASB), Job 28:15 (NASB), Job 28:16 (NASB), Job 28:17 (NASB), Job 28:18 (NASB), Job 28:19 (NASB), Job 28:20 (NASB), Job 28:21 (NASB), Job 28:22 (NASB), Job 28:23 (NASB), Job 28:24 (NASB), Job 28:25 (NASB), Job 28:26 (NASB), Job 28:27 (NASB), Job 28:28 (NASB)
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How we are to live
This concisely summarizes how we as believers should live out our faith before Him and before the world. May this be found to be true of me.
Created about 1 month ago
Job 22:22 (NASB), Job 22:23 (NASB), Job 22:24 (NASB), Job 22:25 (NASB), Job 22:26 (NASB), Job 22:27 (NASB), Job 22:28 (NASB), Job 22:29 (NASB), Job 22:30 (NASB)
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Pleasing God
Our righteousness does not profit God....He may be pleased that we obey, but He does not benefit or gain from it other than as a proud parent would.
Created about 1 month ago
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Job's redeemer
Job knew of His need for redemption before God and his need for The Redeemer.
Created 2 months ago
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Job bold
Claiming that God has wronged him, Job has now gone too far in attempting to vindicate himself.
Created 2 months ago
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God's Holiness
Nothing compares to God's holiness - how can we ever be pure or bring such a claim before Him - only through Jesus!
Created 2 months ago
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Resurrection?
Job understood and had insight to man's eternal resurrection. He knew one day he would be raised in some new form.
Created 2 months ago
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Life is short
We must remember how short our lives really are and how little of it remains on earth after we die.
Created 2 months ago
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Hope in God
Through whatever happens, God is our hope - our only hope and we must trust in His ultimate wisdom and timing.
Created 2 months ago
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God's intent
God creates us and yet we are in the end turned back into dust - His intent is for us to turn to Him and worship Him, yet some of us are not intended for noble purposes (ie Pharoh)...
Created 2 months ago
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God unfathomable
He is beyond our understanding in so many things and we see only a glimpse of His awesomeness and power.
Created 3 months ago
Job 9:5 (NASB), Job 9:6 (NASB), Job 9:7 (NASB), Job 9:8 (NASB), Job 9:9 (NASB), Job 9:10 (NASB), Job 9:11 (NASB), Job 9:12 (NASB)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-02-08
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-02-06
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-01
Brian Tapperson
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