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House for a house

You just can't exceed God's ability and generosity

2 Samuel 7:16 (HCSB)

An earlier version of multiplication of the bread

At least for those who gathered little

Exodus 16:18 (HCSB)

At least do something

I think the only ones who didn't get any are those that were either too lazy to go out or too lazy to go out early. The good news is that there seems to be none of those mentioned. I would think that…

Exodus 16:18 (HCSB)

It is finished!

My first Youversion reading plan, that is. Today, Easter Sunday 2012, I finished The Essential 100 reading plan. It's a 100-day reading plan that started last New Year's Eve. Going through the plan was…

Just anticlimactic

It didn't even took an army to get Satan bound and locked up. Just one of your everyday angels.

Revelation 20:2 (HCSB)

Victor over the "victor"

Based on what can be gathered, Nicolaitans can have a similar meaning to Balaam, with a meaning equivalent to "victor of the people". Curious that in ending this admonition Christ would say "I will give…

Revelation 2:7 (HCSB)

Why the need to circumcise Timothy?

The decision of the elders didn't go as far as requiring circumcision, so why impose it on Timothy?

Acts 16:3 (HCSB)

Old habits die hard

The Pharisees here are believers now, yet they continue to cling on to what they have been accustomed to. Gives a glimpse into the possibly lifelong process of renewing one's mind.

Acts 15:5 (HCSB)

Recognizing the voice of God

I wish there is more information on how these people were able to recognize the voice of God. It seems that they are immediately aware that it was Him. That is the case even with Paul, immediately calling…

Acts 9:10 (HCSB)

Faithfulness even when we get what we don't deserve

Daniel and his friends were obviously godly men. Nevertheless they suffered the bitterness of exile and suffered along with others who deserved it. It made their resolve to continue obeying God even more…

Daniel 1:8 (HCSB)

Not really on a "plan"

Daniel was fasting for 3 weeks; he wasn't on a 3-week fasting plan. That is a world of difference.

Daniel 10:2 (HCSB)

Futility

I like the way HCSB rendered as "futility" what other translations rendered as "vanity" (KJV) or "meaningless" (NIV). The things that we do, especially the good ones, we will be hard pressed to say vain…

Ecclesiastes 1:2 (HCSB)

A lecture to the teachers

Just wondering how the high priest must have felt being lectured by Stephen on something that he "knew" very well

Acts 7:1 (HCSB), Acts 7:2 (HCSB), Acts 7:3 (HCSB), Acts 7:4 (HCSB), Acts 7:5 (HCSB), Acts 7:6 (HCSB), Acts 7:7 (HCSB), Acts 7:8 (HCSB), Acts 7:9 (HCSB), Acts 7:10 (HCSB), Acts 7:11 (HCSB), Acts 7:12 (HCSB), Acts 7:13 (HCSB), Acts 7:14 (HCSB), Acts 7:15 (HCSB), Acts 7:16 (HCSB), Acts 7:17 (HCSB), Acts 7:18 (HCSB), Acts 7:19 (HCSB), Acts 7:20 (HCSB), Acts 7:21 (HCSB), Acts 7:22 (HCSB), Acts 7:23 (HCSB), Acts 7:24 (HCSB), Acts 7:25 (HCSB), Acts 7:26 (HCSB), Acts 7:27 (HCSB), Acts 7:28 (HCSB), Acts 7:29 (HCSB), Acts 7:30 (HCSB), Acts 7:31 (HCSB), Acts 7:32 (HCSB), Acts 7:33 (HCSB), Acts 7:34 (HCSB), Acts 7:35 (HCSB), Acts 7:36 (HCSB), Acts 7:37 (HCSB), Acts 7:38 (HCSB), Acts 7:39 (HCSB), Acts 7:40 (HCSB), Acts 7:41 (HCSB), Acts 7:42 (HCSB), Acts 7:43 (HCSB), Acts 7:44 (HCSB), Acts 7:45 (HCSB), Acts 7:46 (HCSB), Acts 7:47 (HCSB), Acts 7:48 (HCSB), Acts 7:49 (HCSB), Acts 7:50 (HCSB)

Started on the 21-day fast devotional

While Daniel 10, the first reading for this plan and I presume the inspiration for this devotional, isn't really talking about a specific 21 day fasting period but rather simply a period of time when…

Fair and strategically sound

Not only is this approach sound and fair in terms of letting a citizen enjoy his benefits of being one, by weeding out the cowardly it also helps a lot in solidifying the stance of the army by taking…

Deuteronomy 20:5 (HCSB), Deuteronomy 20:6 (HCSB), Deuteronomy 20:7 (HCSB), Deuteronomy 20:8 (HCSB)

An irony?

Sure sounds like to me.

Luke 15:3 (HCSB), Luke 15:4 (HCSB), Luke 15:5 (HCSB), Luke 15:6 (HCSB)

The whole point of the letter?

Is this it?

1 John 2:26 (HCSB)

not fruit?

So this is not what's considered fruit?

Matthew 7:22 (HCSB)

True fruit

The trick is knowing what really should be considered fruit. Otherwise it can lead us astray

Matthew 7:15 (HCSB), Matthew 7:16 (HCSB), Matthew 7:17 (HCSB), Matthew 7:18 (HCSB)

Halfway through the Essential 100 Reading Plan

Was ahead or behind for a few days but right on track now

right now he's tending the sheep...

amusing that later God Himself would say to David, "I took you from tending the sheep..." Out of 8 children, Jesse considered every one as a potential king material, except one.

1 Samuel 16:11 (HCSB)

Who is Peter writing to?

If I got it right, Tartarus is the Greek reference to hell. As far as I know, Jews have a different term for it, like Sheol. So why is he making reference to Tartarus in describing hell?

2 Peter 2:4 (HCSB)

Loving the Lord, but...

What is the motive behind Solomon sacrificing at the high places? It's definitely not out of rebellion

1 Kings 3:3 (HCSB)

Inquiring of God

Curious how something as mundane as looking for a person people had to inquire of God. Couldn't they have just made a search for him? Or maybe they did and he hid so well they had to make the inquiry?

1 Samuel 10:22 (HCSB)

Saul's view of himself

curious that Saul would say this when early in the chapter it was mentioned he came from an influential family. is this coming out of humility or out of lack of awareness of their standing in Israel?

1 Samuel 9:21 (HCSB)