Mark Rainwater

  • ediporter
  • Monroe, Louisiana
  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-05-14

  • Think I need your help?

    Job 38:4 (ESV)
    "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

    Created 17 days ago

  • For Me!

    Mark 9:24 (ESV)
    Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-02-02

  • Shine!

    Sitting on the porch, about every three seconds I can see pulses of light racing across the sky from the beacon at Selman Field. In the early days of aviation, those beacons were necessary to show pilots…

    Created 4 months ago

    John 1:1 (KJV), John 1:2 (KJV), John 1:3 (KJV), John 1:4 (KJV), John 1:5 (KJV)

  • That Pesky Thorn Thing

    Regardless of how grounded in God we think we are, there are times we also think a little more highly of ourselves than we ought. Admit it: There are passages in 2 Corinthians where you've wondered if…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Corinthians 12:7 (ESV)

  • For Tanya!

    Psalm 69:33 (ESV)
    For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: msr

  • Busyness v. business

    Current culture tells us that every waking moment should be filled with some type activity. Unless your EVERY day includes time with God - in His word, talking (prayer) and listening (meditation) - you'll…

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 23:2 (ESV)

  • Pick one

    Matthew 25:35-37 (ESV)
    For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

    Created 7 months ago

  • God showing off

    2 Timothy 2:13 (ESV)
    if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: simple scriptural reminders

  • Follow faith and quit figuring

    Romans 9:31 (ESV)
    but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Make us glad!

    Psalm 90:15 (ESV)
    Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.

    Created 10 months ago

    Labels: remember in times of trials ...

  • When everything else is gone

    Psalm 88:8 (KJV)
    Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Going fast and being able to stop

    I like fast cars. I like to drive fast. There. I said it. Over the years, I've learned there's a performance standard equally as important as the 0-60 time where, of course, lower means faster and better.…

    Created 10 months ago

    Psalm 13:1 (KJV)

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    2 Corinthians 3:5 (ESV)
    Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

    Created 10 months ago

  • Painful Process

    Plants don't have a central nervous system. If they did, it's likely we'd hear them scream - provided, of course, they had voices, too - when they were pruned. Having something cut off of you is painful.…

    Created 11 months ago

    John 15:2 (ESV)

  • Prayer Voice

    So often when we pray we want to make certain we sound righteous and end up sounding like Pharisees. We use words reserved only for prayer. We use our special prayer voice. All God wants to hear is our…

    Created 12 months ago

    Romans 8:26 (KJV)

  • defined

    According to Webster, cast means "to move or send forth by throwing," like a fisherman casts a lure. I've always liked to think of it that way: I don't have to sneak up to the throne and sheepishly plop…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 55:22 (ESV), 1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-04-03

  • All that and us?

    Funny(fate? NOT!) that Psalm 8:3 would be one of my verses today. We are still putting together our mutual Christmas gift: a computerized telescope that points out over 14,000 celestial bodies. Being…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 8:3 (ASV), Psalm 8:4 (ASV)

  • All that and us?

    Funny (fate? NOT!) that Psalm 8:3 would be one of my verses today. We are still putting together our mutual Christmas gift: a computerized telescope that points out over 14,000 celestial bodies. Being…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 8:3 (NIV), Psalm 8:4 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2011-01-08

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-05

  • Genesis 4:26

    Genesis 4:26 (NIV)
    Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the lord.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-04

  • call and answer

    I have a CD of musical recordings made by prison inmates. Many of them feature what is known as "call and answer," where the leader offers a line and the men in the field a response. It was believed the…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 33:3 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-01-04

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-04