Carlton Hays

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  • Consequences of idolatry

    Judges 10:13 (ESV)
    Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.

    Created 2 days ago

    Labels: idolatry

  • Gideon demonstrates humility

    Judges 8:23 (ESV)
    Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you."

    Created 3 days ago

    Labels: humility

  • Failing to remember has consequences

    Judges 2:10 (ESV)
    And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

    Created 7 days ago

    Labels: remember

  • Joshua send the Reubenites, Gadits, etc. home

    Joshua 22:5 (ESV)
    Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

    Created 12 days ago

  • God keeps His promises

    Joshua 21:45 (ESV)
    Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

    Created 12 days ago

    Labels: god is faithfull

  • God's wrath resulting in not being allowed to enter the promised land.

    Psalm 95:11 (ESV)
    Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: wrath

  • Moses described as meek

    Numbers 12:3 (ESV)
    Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: humility

  • Joshua shown to be a mentee of Moses

    Numbers 11:28 (ESV)
    And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, "My lord Moses, stop them."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: mentoring

  • The Lord responds to Moses' doubt.

    Numbers 11:23 (ESV)
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: omnipotent

  • Moses gets some help

    Numbers 11:17 (ESV)
    And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: holy spirit

  • The Israelites complain

    Numbers 11:1 (ESV)
    And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: complaining

  • Moses asks Hobab to travel with him and help.

    Numbers 10:29-32 (ESV)
    And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel."

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: ?

  • Joy comes in the morning

    Psalm 30:5 (ESV)
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: sorrow weeping

  • Is anything to hard for the Lord?

    Genesis 18:14 (ESV)
    Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."

    Created about 1 month ago

  • The truth will set you free

    John 8:31-32 (ESV)
    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Joy comes in the morning

    Psalm 30:5 (ESV)
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

    Created 2 months ago

    Labels: sorrow weeping

  • Is anything to hard for the Lord?

    Genesis 18:14 (ESV)
    Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."

    Created 2 months ago

  • The truth will set you free

    John 8:31-32 (ESV)
    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

    Created 2 months ago

  • God says, love your neighbor as yourself

    Leviticus 19:18 (ESV)
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

    Created 2 months ago

  • How court is to function

    Leviticus 19:15 (ESV)
    "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Why blood for sacrifice/atonement?

    Leviticus 17:11 (ESV)
    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Joy comes in the morning

    Psalm 30:5 (ESV)
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

    Created 2 months ago

    Labels: sorrow weeping

  • Is anything to hard for the Lord?

    Genesis 18:14 (ESV)
    Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."

    Created 2 months ago

  • The truth will set you free

    John 8:31-32 (ESV)
    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

    Created 2 months ago

  • God will be glorified, not man.

    Leviticus 10:3 (ESV)
    Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said, 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.

    Created 2 months ago

    Labels: glory

  • The light within us

    Here in Job we see the purpose of God's grace towards us. "Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the…

    Created 4 months ago

    Job 33:26 (ESV), Job 33:27 (ESV), Job 33:28 (ESV), Job 33:29 (ESV), Job 33:30 (ESV), Matthew 5:16 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-10-16

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-05

  • Fixing our Eyes on Jesus

    Fixing our Eyes on Jesus Hebrews 12:1-3 Dr. Lawless Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles…

    Created 9 months ago

    Hebrews 12:1 (NASB), Hebrews 12:2 (NASB), Hebrews 12:3 (NASB)

  • Christ did not die for nothing.

    Galatians 2:21 is an important reminder to me that righteousness will never come to me through my actions or efforts. If it could, then Christ's life and death would not have been needed. How often do…

    Created 10 months ago

    Galatians 2:21 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-08-12

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-08-08

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-07-11

  • Bible condones slavery?

    Condoning the institution in Philemon and here? It was the social structure of the day. Applying Christian living to the current structure, as God does throughout Scripture. Paul's ministry was not…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ephesians 6:5 (TNIV)

  • Struggling to find/know God? Search your heart for iniquities.

    Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide [His] face from you so that He does not listen. In my Christian walk, I have certainly…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 59:2 (HCSB)

  • The fruit you yield, who is it for?

    Still in Hosea, and definitely easier to read then Isaiah. :-). Came across these verses: Hosea 10:1-2 1. Israel is a lush vine; it yields fruit for itself. The more his fruit increased, the more…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Hosea 10:1 (HCSB), Hosea 10:2 (HCSB)

  • Are you a brave man?

    2 Chronicles 28:6 "Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day-all brave men-because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors." I was struck by the qualifier regarding these men…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 28:6 (HCSB)

  • Are you a brave man?

    2 Chronicles 28:6 "Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day-all brave men-because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors." I was struck by the qualifier regarding these men…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 28:6 (HCSB)

  • Are you a brave man?

    2 Chronicles 28:6 "Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day-all brave men-because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors." I was struck by the qualifier regarding these men…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 28:6 (HCSB)

  • Are you a brave man?

    2 Chronicles 28:6 "Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day-all brave men-because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors." I was struck by the qualifier regarding these men…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 28:6 (HCSB)

  • Humility flows out of knowing the True God.

    Micah 6:8 Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. The prophet Micah gave me a good word…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Micah 6:8 (HCSB)

  • Just a tool, but with amazing potential if wielded by an awesome Craftsman.

    Isaiah 10:15 Does an ax exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it! It would be like…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 10:15 (HCSB)

  • Thank you Jesus!

    I am reading in Amos currently and one thing is painfully clear - Israel has messed up and God's wrath is going to be poured down. As I consider the reality of a Holy, Righteous God with the power to…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Amos 7:17 (HCSB)

  • This is my God! Who do you worship? What has your god done?

    The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the earth- Yahweh is His name.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Amos 5:8 (HCSB)

  • How does God respond to our sin? How should we respond?

    15 When you lift up your hands [in prayer], I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Purification of Jerusalem 16 "Wash…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 1:15 (HCSB), Isaiah 1:16 (HCSB), Isaiah 1:17 (HCSB)

  • Oh, the temptations of success!!

    2 Chronicles 26:16 "But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord's sanctuary to burn incense on…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 26:16 (HCSB)

  • God has mercy for all, even those I wish He didn't. What does that mean for me?

    Jonah 4:2 "He prayed to the Lord: "Please, Lord, isn't this what I said while I was still in my own country? That's why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jonah 4:2 (HCSB)

  • How do you return good done to you?

    It is good to remember those who have shown us kindness, and not return good with evil, as Joash did to Zechariah. How true this is when we consider the ultimate good God did through Jesus for each of…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 24:22 (HCSB)

  • Wash and be clean. Faith not works. can you accept that?

    I fear that in many ways I am like Naaman, reluctant to believe that following God is having faith that doing the simple things will lead to God being glorified. In my own pride wanting to be worthy,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Kings 5:13 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks

    2010-12-25

  • Who is fighting "your" battles for you?

    Yesterday's reading was filled with amazing lessons from 2 Chronicles. But perhaps the one with the biggest impact on me was from 2 Chronicles 20:17. It reminded me that not only is anything possible…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 20:17 (HCSB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2010-12-21

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2010-12-21

  • Sometimes you have to go searching for the best counsel, as the loudest and most numerous voices might not be providing Godly counsel.

    Still in 1 Kings this morning and was impressed with the wisdom of Jehoshaphat to seek out a prophet of Yahweh for counsel despite 400 prophets for Ahab who were giving their unanimous advice. How often…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Kings 22:7 (HCSB)

  • God's mercy continues to surprise me and it reveals my pride.

    I read 1Kings 20 & 21 today and was so ready to see God give it to Ahab. I must admit the last verse in 21 was disappointing. Because Ahab humbled himself, God delayed His wrath to the next generation.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Kings 21:29 (HCSB)

  • It is better to fess up, God knows the truth already.

    I was intrigued by the exchange between King Ahab and Elijah regarding King Ahab's accusation that Elijah had destroyed Israel. Is it not typical that we want to pass the blame for consequences of our…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 3:12 (HCSB), 1 Kings 18:18 (HCSB)

  • Do you want revival in your life?

    In my reading this morning I came across a verse that spoke to me regarding revival. The verse reads as follows: So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 15:2 (HCSB)

  • Why do we do what we do?

    God's word as revealed in 2 Chronicles 12:14 in the story of Rehoboam, shows us that who we determine in our minds to seek is reflected by our actions. Rehoboam did what was evil because he did not determine…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 12:14 (HCSB)