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  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-05-26

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2012-04-29

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-04-29

  • Isaiah 43:2

    Isaiah 43:2 (MSG)
    When you're in over your head, I'll be there with you. When you're in rough waters, you will not go down. When you're between a rock and a hard place, it won't be a dead end -

    Created 9 months ago

  • Exodus 40:38

    Exodus 40:38 (NLT)
    The cloud of the LORD hovered over the Tabernacle during the day, and at night fire glowed inside the cloud so the whole family of Israel could see it. This continued throughout all their journeys.

    Created 10 months ago

  • If he looks like a leader, that doesn't make him a leader

    Saul stood head and shoulders above everyone else. Saul looked the par of a leader. Yet that didn't necessarily make him a leader. Though he looked the part, he didn't have the character of a leader.…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Samuel 9:2 (MSG)

  • When we don't lead in our homes...

    Notice, this is the second time in which the priests/sons of a religious leader didn't follow after their father's footsteps, following God. It's when we have a leadership vacuum with our children and…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Samuel 8:3 (MSG)

  • spiritual people see spiritual needs

    Eli is so unspiritual, he can't see others hurts and others spiritual needs. What about you? Have you spent so much time with God that you can discern when others are hurting and crying out spiritually?…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Samuel 1:14 (MSG), Acts 2:13 (MSG)

  • So that your prayers aren't hindered

    To which all of us guys go, “Whoa! Time out. Okay, my wife and I aren’t doing well. I am not home enough. And when I am home, I’m not really there, I get that. I’m not sensitive. I don’t listen. But me…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Peter 3:7 (MSG)

  • Broken relationships impact our intimacy with God.

    You can’t be not good with people and good with God. You don’t just draw near to God one-on-one with God, prayer, and His Word. Throughout the New Testament, it says that, “You’re not going to be right…

    Created 11 months ago

    Matthew 5:23 (MSG), Matthew 5:24 (MSG)

  • Following God on Roads not traversed before...

    Make sure you keep a proper distance between you and it, about half a mile—be sure now to keep your distance!—and you’ll see clearly the route to take. You’ve never been on this road before.” (Joshua…

    Created 11 months ago

    Joshua 3:4 (MSG), Matthew 6:33 (MSG), Colossians 1:18 (MSG)

  • The Saul Complex

    I took this from Mark Batterson's blog post hope you enjoy it. One lesson I’ve learned is that early on your personal competence is the key to growth. Over time, however, it’s not your competence that…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Samuel 18:8 (MSG)

  • Serving God Under Ungodly Leadership

    The following is a blog post from Pastor Steven Furtick Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord…they were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt. But Samuel was ministering before…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Samuel 2:18 (MSG)

  • Lead the crowd, don't follow the crowd.

    A true leader leads the crowd, not following the crowd. Aaron chose not to lead, but to give into their own wishes and desires. Tis is the difference between a republic and a democracy. In a democracy,…

    Created 11 months ago

    Exodus 32:2 (MSG)

  • Fame fades quickly

    Leaders, watch out to playing to the crowd, for popularity and fame is here one minute and is gone the next. One day they are singing songs about Moses, and the next, they can't remember his name! So…

    Created 11 months ago

    Exodus 32:1 (MSG)

  • God's Word is our Bread

    Notice, Moses is busy copying down all of what God is saying in the new terms of the covenant. For the next 40 days, he eats nothing, for the Word of God sustains him. Not only is he fed by God's Word,…

    Created 11 months ago

    Exodus 34:27 (MSG), Exodus 34:28 (MSG)

  • Israel's fear was holding him and his family hostage

    Israel's fear of losing another child was holding him and his family hostage. How much do our past fears keep us from living in the now with stomachs full, truly satisfied with God's blessing?

    Created 12 months ago

    Genesis 43:5 (MSG)

  • Why did God send a famine?

    Why was God determined to send this famine? Because He was determined to bless Joseph and the Israelites, and to prosper them. For that to happen, God had to send multiple dreams to Pharoah and send a…

    Created 12 months ago

    Genesis 41:32 (MSG), Genesis 45:6 (MSG), Genesis 45:7 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-02-19

  • idolatry dress-up

    This sounds like a child playing with dolls--Barbie and Ken dress up. How silly to worship a god made by Mattel! But that is exactly what we do. We worship gods made by BMW, by builders and contractors,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 10:9 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-02-14

  • 2 Chronicles 34:11

    2 Chronicles 34:11 (NLT)
    They hired carpenters and builders, who purchased finished stone for the walls and timber for the rafters and beams. They restored what earlier kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Information with no action

    Having the right information but not acting on it doesn't help you one bit. And all of us hear but not really listen--especially preachers! To be a good communicator, we must listen twice as much as we…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 42:20 (NLT)

  • Satan or Babylon?

    Some scholars see this prophecy as referring to Lucifer, or Satan, and how he was removed from heaven because of his pride. Though this may refer to Satan, he is specifically referring to Babylon in this…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 7:14 (NLT), Isaiah 14:12 (NLT), Revelation 14:8 (NLT), Revelation 18:2 (NLT), Revelation 18:21 (NLT)

  • God's promise fulfilled in 1948

    God fulfilled this promise after WWII in 1948. Isaiah was written around 700BC, 2,400 years before this prophecy was fulfilled. When I was younger, I used to be a skeptic and doubted, but after understanding…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 14:1 (NLT)

  • listening to older, wise counsel

    There is something to be said about listening to older wise counsel. Young people can lack judgment because they don't have time and experience on their side.

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Kings 12:13 (NLT), Proverbs 7:7 (NLT), Proverbs 7:8 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-16

  • volunteers

    Could this be a wise ratio for volunteerism?

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Kings 5:14 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-08

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-23

  • Always ask God what He thinks

    This is the first time recorded that David didn't ask God for advice, and it didn't end well for Uzzah.

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Chronicles 13:1 (NLT), 1 Chronicles 15:13 (NLT)

  • Good, godly leaders attract good, godly leaders.

    Good, godly leaders attract good, godly leaders.

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Chronicles 12:14 (NLT)

  • Surround Yourself with Mighty Men

    Except from Mark Batterson's blog (http://www.evotional.com/2010/01/surround-yourself-with-mighty-men.html) I was reading about David's Mighty Men today and this thought crossed my mind: if David had…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Chronicles 11:20 (NLT)

  • Trusting in yesterday's victories or in the Lord

    The first time David fought the Philistines, he could overpower and win. Te second time, God knew that the Philistine army was too big for David's army, so God sent the angelic army before him to pave…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Samuel 5:24 (NLT)

  • Numbers 14:22

    Numbers 14:22 (NLT)
    not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

    Created over 1 year ago

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