Chris Liotta

  • chrisliotta
  • Bryan, TX
  • wearerivergate.com
  • I love Jesus! I love His word. And I love partnering with Him to see it transform lives.

  • LEAF

    Habakkuk 2:9 (NLT)
    “What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.

    Created 5 days ago

    Labels: leaf

  • Redemption

    Knowing how Solomon was conceived leads me to this thought: Our greatest errors can result in our greatest source of wisdom and usher in the fulfillment of our greatest dreams for honoring the Lord.

    Created 9 days ago

    1 Kings 3:12 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-05-07

  • Moses - The Fruit of Faith

    There were lots of Jewish families in Egypt at the time of Moses' birth. It is likely that many of them made the choice to obey the pharaoh's edict. How wonderful for us to see that the faith of two…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Hebrews 11:23 (NLT)

  • Life Units

    1 John 5:11 (NLT)
    And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Life Units

    1 John 3:21 (NLT)
    Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Faith's Fruit-Moses

    Hebrews 11:23 (NLT)
    It was by faith that Moses’ parents hid him for three months when he was born. They saw that God had given them an unusual child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s command.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Normal Christianity

    What an encouraging list of things we should expect to freely receive and distribute!

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-04-14

  • On Accusation

    Acts 7:2 (NLT)
    This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • The Gospel

    Acts 2:15 (NLT)
    These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • The Gospel

    When confronted with the accusation of drunkenness, Peter could have taken opportunity to establish a believer's perspective or the churches position on the topic. Instead, notice how he goes right to…

    Created 2 months ago

    Acts 2:17

  • Passivity

    The Truth of the Gospel is to be preached, revealed, manifested, confirmed with signs and wonders, and handled in MANY other active ways; but it was never designed to be passively dismissed or "bravelessly"…

    Created 2 months ago

    Acts 5:38

  • Prayer

    No matter how intense the revival, how refreshing the renewal, prayer is always a staple pleasure for the family of God...

    Created 2 months ago

    Acts 3:1 (NLT)

  • Just wondering...

    Sometimes, well, MOST times, when I am sharing a word with someone, it just sort of pops out of my mouth. Truth be told, in those moments when the word is so specific and then comes to pass in detail,…

    Created 2 months ago

    Acts 5:9 (NLT)

  • On Accusation

    Notice Stephen's reply. Rather than debate the accusation, he releases the gospel. And the gospel he shares is not one of doctrine, but identity. The truth of their error is in their false sense of identity.

    Created 2 months ago

    Acts 7:2 (NLT)

  • Signs

    The Father had built the signs of His plan into the fabric of creation that we may be assisted, not distracted, in our relationship with Him. Signs in both the heavens and the earth are a subordinate,…

    Created 2 months ago

    Mark 13:28 (NLT)

  • Misrepresenting the Kingdom

    When you open the door for an enemy, don't expect him to honor any terms of entry. If you speak falsely on behalf of the Father, the damage done will not be isolated to the topic addressed. Once access…

    Created 2 months ago

    Zechariah 13:2 (NLT)

  • An End to Judgment

    The full reading begins in verse 11. See the note starting there for my insights on this section.

    Created 2 months ago

    Daniel 9:24 (NLT)

  • An End to Judgment

    It is always the Father's desire to have His children walk in blessing and wholeness. Sin is a negative draw against life, as it creates a counter-Christ atmosphere; but the curses and oaths of the law…

    Created 2 months ago

    Daniel 9:11 (NLT)

  • Recognizing Him

    The gift of renewal is not poured out on those who seem positioned to make the most of it. It is not given to the comfortable or compromising. Instead, those who have paid the price of displacement, acknowledged…

    Created 3 months ago

    Jeremiah 24:7 (NLT)

  • Traction

    Sin wears away the tread on the shoes of the gospel of peace. We lose traction in the Spirit when we live counter-Christ and that will affect ask areas of life.

    Created 3 months ago

    Jeremiah 23:12 (NLT)

  • The Old Curse

    The Lord Jesus has set us free from the curse of sin. Even the land beneath our feet cries out to be fruitful and it falls to us to secure such a blessing. By living according to the nature and character…

    Created 3 months ago

    Jeremiah 23:10 (NLT)

  • The Good Teacher

    Just like the farmer who knows when to plow and plant; how to harvest and prepare the grain, our Father knows how to handle the growth of each of His children. He knows how tough or gentle to be in each…

    Created 3 months ago

    Isaiah 28:29 (NLT)

  • Dealing with Promiscuity

    I love this verse!...Church, please notice. Promiscuity us not a lifestyle that flows from the Father's heart. Also notice: the collective response of the Body of Christ its to protect, not condemn, the…

    Created 3 months ago

    Song of Solomon 8:9 (NLT)

  • Lifestyle Progressions

    Solomon identifies the process that those who do not possess or operate in wisdom often experience, which leads to outright sinful lifestyles. The dusk represents the initial temptation to which one can…

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 7:9 (NKJV)

  • A Call to Prophesy

    Though not an obvious application for this verse, I see hidden between the lines a call to prophesy. Wickedness blinds those who practice it. They walk in darkness and can not even identify their own…

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 4:19 (NLT)

  • Blind Hate

    Haman is so intent on destroying the Jews that he can't even see the obvious danger ahead.  Here, his own wife, friends and trusted advisors, who have tried to help him destroy Mordecai and his people,…

    Created 3 months ago

    Esther 6:12 (NLT)

  • Functioning on Purpose

    No matter how skilled, gifted our anointed we may be in our ordained realm of function, we must be conscious of the area to which we have been called. satan's downfall in Isaiah 14 is revealed by his…

    Created 3 months ago

    2 Chronicles 26:16 (NLT)

  • God's Truest Purposes

    This whole section of scripture reveals much about the Father's heart. Having "worked so hard" to establish His people and build this amazing temple, He reminds Solomon and all the people that the #1…

    Created 3 months ago

    2 Chronicles 7:21 (NLT)

  • The Angel of the Lord

    What a powerful moment for these people to witness. As difficult as it can be for its to think of such severity, we must acknowledge the sovereignty, wisdom and perfection of the Father. David sins on…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Chronicles 21:27 (NLT)

  • Remnant!

    2 Kings 19:31 (NKJV)
    For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: remnant zeal

  • One Basket

    The world encourages us not to put all our eggs in one basket. Yet, that is just what Hezekiah does. These verses recite his desperate, but faith-filled prayer. Hezekiah can pay with such fervor because…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Kings 19:15 (NKJV)

  • Vision Threshold

    Like Elijah, we may struggle to believe or see what God could possibly do to exceed the glory of His last move. Fear sets in when we are shocked that such a powerful display of presence and sovereignty…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Kings 19:4 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-02-05

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-01-31

  • Rivergate

    Deuteronomy 8:7 (NLT)
    For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: river streams

  • Bread isn't enough.

    Deuteronomy 8:3 (NLT)
    Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: alone bread god mouth word

  • God uses the supernatural to defeat the spectacular...

    1 Samuel 17:49 (NKJV)
    Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Covenant men are anointed to remove reproach.

    1 Samuel 17:26 (NKJV)
    Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

    Created 4 months ago

  • Fiery furnace...

    Daniel 3:16 (NKJV)
    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-28

  • The Lord is the priests' share.

    Numbers 18:20 (NLT)
    And the LORD said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Elders Anointed but only once.

    Numbers 11:25 (NLT)
    And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: anointing dissipate

  • The Lord Anoints the Leaders

    Numbers 11:16 (NLT)
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle to stand there with you.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: anointing leaders sharing

  • Borrowing on the Tithe

    Leviticus 27:31 (NKJV)
    If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Confession and Substitutional Repentance

    Leviticus 26:40 (NKJV)
    But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me,

    Created 4 months ago

  • Don't take advantage of the weaknesses of others...

    Leviticus 19:14 (NKJV)
    You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

    Created 4 months ago

  • The LAND Gets Defiled

    Leviticus 18:25 (NKJV)
    For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Scapegoat

    Leviticus 16:26 (NKJV)
    And he who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

    Created 4 months ago

  • The scapegoat and the suitable man.

    Leviticus 16:21 (NKJV)
    Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: short story

  • Baldness

    Leviticus 13:40 (NKJV)
    As for the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Knowing God's Ways to Remain in His Favor

    Exodus 33:13 (NLT)
    If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”

    Created 4 months ago

  • God's love guides the redeemed home.

    Exodus 15:13 (NLT)
    “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: guidance... love

  • Why these certain crops destroyed and spared?

    Exodus 9:31-32 (NLT)
    (All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was budding.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: barley flax wheat

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2012-01-16

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-01-14

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-05

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-06-01

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-03-03