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hope and praise
Psalm 71:14 (NIV)
As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.Created 7 days ago
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seeing God changes us
What motivated Moses? Seeing God, who is invisible... understanding who God is and what his character is like... This is what motivated Moses to change and to turn away from power, position and wealth.…
Created 7 days ago
Hebrews 11:24 (NIV), Hebrews 11:25 (NIV), Hebrews 11:26 (NIV), Hebrews 11:27 (NIV)
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Proverbs 21:21
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.Created 12 days ago
Labels: honour life prosperity
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pursue righteousness, love honour reap rewards
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.Created 12 days ago
Labels: persue righteousness
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nagging wife
Proverbs 21:19 (NIV)
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.Created 12 days ago
Labels: wife
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quarrelsome wife
Proverbs 21:9 (NIV)
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Created 12 days ago
Labels: wife
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do what's right better than sacrifice
Proverbs 21:3 (NIV)
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the lord than sacrifice.Created 12 days ago
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God knows the heart even if you think you're ok
Proverbs 21:2 (NIV)
A person may think their own ways are right, but the lord weighs the heart.Created 12 days ago
Labels: heart heart attitude
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steps directed by God- who can understand their own life?
Proverbs 20:24 (NIV)
A person's steps are directed by the lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?Created 12 days ago
Labels: directed by god life plans
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blessed are the children of the righteous
Proverbs 20:7 (NIV)
The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.Created 12 days ago
Labels: blessed are... righteous
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drawing out the deep waters of people's hearts
Proverbs 20:5 (NIV)
The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.Created 12 days ago
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listen
Proverbs 19:27 (NIV)
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.Created 15 days ago
Labels: listen to instruction
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discipline simple and discerning
Proverbs 19:25 (NIV)
Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.Created 15 days ago
Labels: discipline
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fear of the Lord means content
Proverbs 19:23 (NIV)
The fear of the lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.Created 15 days ago
Labels: fear of god
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making plans but It's God's way that counts
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)
Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the lord's purpose that prevails.Created 15 days ago
Labels: gods plans plans
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listen to advice and become wise
Proverbs 19:20 (NIV)
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.Created 15 days ago
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discipline your children
Proverbs 19:18 (NIV)
Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.Created 15 days ago
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Proverbs 19:15
Proverbs 19:15 (NIV)
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.Created 15 days ago
Labels: laziness
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prudent wife from God
Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the lord.Created 15 days ago
Labels: wife
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quarrelsom wife dripping tap, foolish child
Proverbs 19:13 (NIV)
A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.Created 15 days ago
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wisdom and patience, overlook offense
Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.Created 15 days ago
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people blame God for their own mistakes
Proverbs 19:3 (NIV)
A person's own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the lord.Created 15 days ago
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desire without knowledge
Proverbs 19:2 (NIV)
Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!Created 15 days ago
Labels: knowledge
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poor and blameless
Proverbs 19:1 (NIV)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.Created 15 days ago
Labels: poor. blameless
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gossip goes deep
Proverbs 18:8 (NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.Created 15 days ago
Labels: gossip heart attitude
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live right, what wisdom looks like in practice
Proverbs 4:23-27 (NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.Created about 1 month ago
Labels: careful speach guard eyes guard your heart walk straight
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Obedient leadership
Here is where we see a completely different style of leadership modelled from Saul. Saul would go through the motions of asking for God's help and guidance, but he didn't always follow through with God's…
Created 3 months ago
2 Samuel 5:17 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:18 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:19 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:20 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:21 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:22 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:23 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:24 (NIV), 2 Samuel 5:25 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights
2012-02-23
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What a difference it makes when we truly understand the character, power and authority of God!
Understanding God's character should affect how we live. Jonathan had heard that God is a God who saves. He not only knew it in his head, but also it had settled deep into his heart. To the extent that…
Created 4 months ago
1 Samuel 14:1 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:2 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:3 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:4 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:5 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:6 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:7 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:8 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:9 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:10 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:11 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:12 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:13 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:14 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:15 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:16 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:17 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:18 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:19 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:20 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:21 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:22 (NIV), 1 Samuel 14:23 (NIV)
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God looks for obedience not human wisdom
Poor Saul. This was the moment when he lost the kingship. God had given a clear instruction through Samuel. Wait 7 days then Samuel will oversee the offerings and you'll be good to go! In the meantime…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-02-16
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What happens to idols in God's presence?
I love this bit of text. The arc, housing the shekina (spelt wrong) presence of the Lord God Almighty is placed in the temple of an idol. Put it this way, the idol didn't stand a chance! This is what…
Created 4 months ago
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What should we do when we don't see victory or breakthrough in situations?
The heart attitude of the Isrealites is apparent. Did they seek God's answer as to why they lost? Did they humble themselves before God? Did they ask for God's guidance or council, so that they would…
Created 4 months ago
1 Samuel 4:2 (NIV), 1 Samuel 4:3 (NIV), 1 Samuel 4:4 (NIV), 1 Samuel 4:10 (NIV), 1 Samuel 4:11 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2012-02-08
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why does God allow us to be tempted?
It is interesting to see how this passage describes the peoples that weren't wiped out by Joshua. They were left to train the Isrealites in battle... both physical and spiritual! The temptation of idols…
Created 4 months ago
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God's provision in each season
God is our provider. His provision will look different in each season depending on our needs. Now that the Isrealites were in the next phase of their journey into the promised things, they had access…
Created 4 months ago
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Like Gideon arrogant confidence in our victorious God
God commands the army not to be afraid, instead be almost arrogant in their confidence in God: send home people who are engaged or who have just built a house... those whose hearts aren't in it.. Be CONFIDENT…
Created 4 months ago
Deuteronomy 20:5 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:6 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:7 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:8 (NIV), Deuteronomy 20:9 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-02-04
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cause effect.....fulfilled God promises and enlarged territories
Direct link made between honouring God and obeying Him with God fulfilling promises and enlarging territories.
Created 4 months ago
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God knows the end from the beginning.... and all the bits in between!
Amazing! This chunk if scripture describes a good chunk of events in 1&2 Samuel! (Saul, David and Solomon) God knew even before Isreal had taken possession of the land that they would become rebellious…
Created 4 months ago
Deuteronomy 17:14 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:15 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:16 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:17 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:18 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:19 (NIV), Deuteronomy 17:20 (NIV)
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staying faithful and obedient when everything is going well
God knows what we are like. It is easy when life is going well to get distracted and loose our passion for God. Why is this? God reveals here that this issue at the centre of this phenomenon is our…
Created 4 months ago
Deuteronomy 8:11 (NIV), Deuteronomy 8:12 (NIV), Deuteronomy 8:13 (NIV), Deuteronomy 8:14 (NIV)
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Intercession
Moses interceded for the Isrralites. He used scripture and reminded God of His character as He had revealed Himself to Moses on the mountain when God's glory passed in front of him. Moses understood how…
Created 4 months ago
Numbers 14:12 (NIV), Numbers 14:13 (NIV), Numbers 14:14 (NIV), Numbers 14:15 (NIV), Numbers 14:16 (NIV), Numbers 14:17 (NIV), Numbers 14:18 (NIV), Numbers 14:19 (NIV), Numbers 14:20 (NIV)
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faith in God's promises
Only Joshua and Caleb had the faith to believe God's promises implicitly. They understood the spiritual realm and how that had more power and sway than the physical things they could see. They understood…
Created 4 months ago
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Sharing the burden of leadership/God imparts anointing
Moses is finding leadership of demanding and unreasonable people a massive burden. Here we see a massive difference between Moses and the people... the people moan and complain to one another in their…
Created 4 months ago
Numbers 11:14 (NIV), Numbers 11:16 (NIV), Numbers 11:17 (NIV)
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God's inconvenient timing
It would have taken a lot of work to set up the tabernacle whenever they made camp. The Isrealites had to follow God's leading, shown by his tangible cloudlike presence. Sometimes they could settle for…
Created 4 months ago
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transporting the ark of covenant
There were very specific instructions on how the ark was to be transported. It mattered. Later when David tried to move the ark, he forgot this. As a result someone died as he touched the ark to stabilise…
Created 4 months ago
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obedience, cost and yet provision
God asked Isrealites to not harvest the land in the year of jubilee. However, he did this whilst clearly promising provision. If they were obedient, he would provide for them in advance. Not just enough…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-01-29
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-29
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-29
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inhabitants of Canaan
It can sometimes seem harsh that God gets the isrealites to kill all the inhabitants of Canaan. It is important to understand the big picture.... these people were doing some pretty wicked things that…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-01-18
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-11-15
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-11-15
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-11-07
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