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Light of the word 2
Psalm 119:130 (NLT)
The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.Created 9 months ago
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Hope of the word
Psalm 119:114 (NLT)
You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.Created 9 months ago
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Light of the word
Psalm 119:75 (NLT)
I know, OLORD, that your regulations are fair; you disciplined me because I needed it.Psalm 119:105 (NLT)
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 116:1-2
Psalm 116:1-2 (NLT)
I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.Created 9 months ago
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Note to self...
Worshiping things that are not God, be it money, other people, stuff, or myself... Etc... Is considered adultery in the relationship between myself and God. Now THAT is a powerful realization. Puts how…
Created 9 months ago
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Like Him...
We are created in God's image...but this is one area where a lot of us struggle. Our sinful nature often helps us to be quick to anger. We should work at this with all of our heart... For when we are…
Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 90:10-12
Psalm 90:10-12 (NLT)
Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.Created 9 months ago
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Untitled Note
I am really struck by these verses tonight. Maybe because I see so much pain around me being dealt with in unwise ways... Venting on social media, drugs, gossip... I pray that God can give us the wisdom…
Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 66:18
Psalm 66:18 (NLT)
If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.Created 11 months ago
Labels: confession
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In his hands
I love this verse. It reminds me of that song "He's got the whole world in His hands."
Created 11 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-07-13
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Psalm 50:12-14
Psalm 50:12-14 (NLT)
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.Created 12 months ago
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Psalm 49:20
Psalm 49:20 (NLT)
People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals.Created 12 months ago
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Psalm 39:6
Psalm 39:6 (NLT)
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.Created 12 months ago
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1 John 2:4
1 John 2:4 (NLT)
If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 27:14
Psalm 27:14 (NLT)
Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 19:12
Psalm 19:12 (NLT)
How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-05-13
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My Friend
This verse is amazing. It reminds us that God wants to be our friend. To have a relationship with us. No greater, more loving friendship exists than the one our Father wants to have with us. Here Paul…
Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 5:10
Romans 5:10 (NLT)
For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.Created about 1 year ago
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Job 2:10
Job 2:10 (NLT)
But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-04-21
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In Pilate's Shoes
Whenever I've read or heard these verses, I have wondered what it must have been like to be Pilate. To see before him this man who claimed to be the Son of God. To feel that pull to believe Him. To look…
Created about 1 year ago
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In Pilate's Shoes
Whenever I've read or heard these verses, I have wondered what it must have been like to be Pilate. To see before him this man who claimed to be the Son of God. To feel that pull to believe Him. To look…
Created about 1 year ago
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Mark 14:36
Mark 14:36 (NLT)
“Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”Created about 1 year ago
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John 17:4
John 17:4 (NLT)
I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.Created about 1 year ago
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John 14:2
John 14:2 (NLT)
There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?Created about 1 year ago
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Matthew 24:21
Matthew 24:21 (NLT)
For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.Created about 1 year ago
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Matthew 24:30
Matthew 24:30 (NLT)
And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.Created about 1 year ago
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Mark 12:44
Mark 12:44 (NLT)
For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”Created about 1 year ago
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Matthew 23:25
Matthew 23:25 (NLT)
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!Created about 1 year ago
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Love
Growing up in our family we had only one rule: Love, honor, and respect your mother. That was it. And when it boiled down to it - it's amazing how many things that a child/teenager does wrong can fall…
Created about 1 year ago
Matthew 22:37 (NLT), Matthew 22:38 (NLT), Matthew 22:39 (NLT), Matthew 22:40 (NLT)
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1 Corinthians 6:12
1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT)
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.Created about 1 year ago
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HA!
I love that the Pharisees are so disgusted. I can just picture them throwing their hands up incredulously - "See! SEE! They ALL love him! What's that all about?" It really just adds to the awesomeness…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2011-03-08
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-03-08
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John 12:7
John 12:7 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.Created about 1 year ago
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John 12:8
John 12:8 (NLT)
You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-03-07
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Great Encouragement!
Again we see that even though the "Book of Instruction" no longer applies to us (thanks again and again and again, Jesus!) - the basic principles are still true. Obey God's voice. Turn to Him with all…
Created about 1 year ago
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Stubborn
So even though God has lifted all of these curses through the new covenant that He has made with us through Jesus... there's a part of this verse that still holds true. Following the desires of our own…
Created about 1 year ago
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Deuteronomy 26:18
Deuteronomy 26:18 (NLT)
The LORD has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.Created about 1 year ago
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Marriage Building
In today's world, people and couples are often faced with stressful jobs and demands outside of the home. The first year or two of marriage are so crucial that if we don't take the time to hang back and…
Created over 1 year ago
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Wow...
Wow... whenever I read this verse I was immediately struck by the severity of it. NONE of us ever would have done as a sacrifice for our sins to mend the bridge going back to God - because we are all…
Created over 1 year ago
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Giving
I've always learned that in the Old Testament, there was a huge emphasis on making sure that you were "tithing your ten" - or that God's people should be giving 10% of what they were blessed with back…
Created over 1 year ago
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Observation
"Eat this bread - the bread of suffering - so that as long as you live you will remember..." Forget the rest of the verse before and after this. This particular section of the scripture stands out to…
Created over 1 year ago
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Deuteronomy 15:7-11
Here we have the one law I've read between chapter 12 and this point that seems to have carried into the New Testament era. Give generously to the poor. I think that the fact that this carried really…
Created over 1 year ago
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Love God
So far in Deuteronomy, I think one can summarize that God has called His people to love Him and follow His commands. This language is very similar to what you hear in the New Testament when Jesus is asked…
Created over 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 11:13 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:14 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:15 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:16 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-01-10
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He Provides
I've just decided that I love Deuteronomy 8, and verses 17-18 sum up why. "He did all this so you would never say to yourself 'I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.' Remember the…
Created over 1 year ago
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God Wants Us
This verse (5:29) and verse 5:24 really spoke to me this morning about God wanting a relationship with us. I feel like this is one of the many places in scripture where it's revealed that God wants…
Created over 1 year ago
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God's Still There
God is still with us... even when we're worshiping our spouses, houses, friends, friends' stuff, money, food... even when we turn our greatest amount of attention away from Him... He's still there. This…
Created over 1 year ago
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Lost?
Have we lost the art of passing the fear and love of God onto our children? Just something I'm wondering as I read verse 9. Not sure what other people think about that... but in a crazy world, I feel…
Created over 1 year ago
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Leadership is Key to Success
When I was reading these verses, I was struck by Moses' words to the Israelites in verse 26: "But the LORD was angry with me because of you..." It feels here almost as though Moses is blaming the Israelites…
Created over 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 3:23 (NLT), Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT), Deuteronomy 3:25 (NLT), Deuteronomy 3:26 (NLT), Deuteronomy 3:27 (NLT)
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FINALLY!
In the margin of my Bible I wrote the word "Finally!" with an arrow pointing to verse 37. Why? Because the Israelites finally did as God commanded and as a result conquered an area they could call their…
Created over 1 year ago
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God is Good
So let me get this straight. God tells Moses and His people to go to the Promised Land. The trip should have taken 11 days, they would have had to fight some giants, they would have WON because God…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-05
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You're Not LIstening
"But you would not listen..." Wow, did these words hit home when I read them. Prior to these words in Deuteronomy 1:42, God warns Moses & his people not to go and attack the inhabitants of the Promised…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-04
