Eli van EK-Veenstra

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-04-18

  • Joshua 10:13

    Joshua 10:13 (NIV)
    So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Word For Leah Jones (from church)march 11 2012

    1 Peter 2:9 (NASB)
    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

    Created 3 months ago

  • How do you hear Jesus speak here?

    I was reading a devotional connected to this verse and it said of it "Jesus lovingly asked". As I read this I was struck by the fact that that lovingly is not the tone I have attributed to Jesus in this…

    Created 3 months ago

    Mark 4:40 (NASB)

  • worship before battle

    The battle was the Lords and by bowing in worship prior to battle Gideon acknowledged this and prepared his heart for the victory that was the Lords.

    Created 3 months ago

    Judges 7:15 (NASB)

  • Heal our land

    2 Chronicles 7:14 (NASB)
    and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

    Created 3 months ago

    Labels: heal our land lent promises

  • parenting 101

    These verses highlight the qualities of successful roles for raising spiritually healthy children.

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Thessalonians 2:7 (NASB), 1 Thessalonians 2:11 (NASB), 1 Thessalonians 2:12 (NASB)

  • a wonderful reminder

    "Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart." A wonderful reminder of what Matthew…

    Created 4 months ago

    Matthew 11:28 (NASB)

  • am I a stumbling block for my children?

    Intreating to think of this verse in the context of a child's view of a parents actions. What actions do I do that I feel my children lack the maturity to emulate?

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 14:13 (NASB)

  • every knee will bow

    I would think that the everyone in this verse is literal. As such that would mean that each person - including those going to/in hell -human and not- will make this confession

    Created 5 months ago

    Philippians 2:11 (NASB)

  • Psalm 91:1

    Psalm 91:1 (NASB)
    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

    Created 6 months ago

    Labels: wait upon the lord

  • Isaiah 40:31

    Isaiah 40:31 (NASB)
    Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

    Created 6 months ago

    Labels: wait upon the lord

  • Sharing God's faithfulness

    Sharing God's faithfulness of course seems like a good idea in principle but hearing it as an edict from the Lord reminds me how powerful a tool it is.

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 78:4 (NASB)

  • God's amazing love

    How amazing to consider that God's love is so powerful that our sin did not cost us any chance of relationship with him.

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 30:5 (NASB)

  • Psalm 57:2

    Psalm 57:2 (NASB)
    I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me.

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: faith confessions - nov 2011

  • Exodus 3:11-12

    Exodus 3:11-12 (NASB)
    But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: faith confessions - nov 2011

  • eternal perspective

    This verse speaks loudly about the importance of keeping eternity in our minds. As my devotional said this morning - it is harder to be ensnared by the things of this world when we are thinking eternally.

    Created 7 months ago

    Luke 12:37 (NASB)

  • Don't worry

    Luke 12:25-26 (NASB)
    And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: faith

  • anger

    "be angry but don't sin". Seems like it is always about the hard word in the Bible. I personally find this one a challenge and where my children are concerned it seems like the line gets blurry. I get…

    Created 7 months ago

    Ephesians 4:26 (NASB)

  • hardship for good

    This is a hard word but valuable. I guess the caution is not to seek "hardship" for it's own sake. Also not to wallow in pain but ask God what there is to learn and press on.

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalm 119:71 (NASB)

  • Free will = proof of Gods love

    It is challenging to think that I can set an example for my children of living a life for God but no more. They have free will. How much God must love us not to just have made the certainty of robots.…

    Created 7 months ago

  • Think eternally

    What a great message. Too often do I get caught up in the thinking of this world and the trappings of culture. Lord help me set my mind on things above - help me invade culture with your light rather…

    Created 7 months ago

    Colossians 3:1 (NASB), Colossians 3:2 (NASB)

  • Weak = strong

    "our culture tells us we must have money, power, beauty or fame to be successful. But Go often uses the small and the weak to accomplish his purposes".

    Created 8 months ago

    Zechariah 4:6 (NASB)

  • no fear

    "you will fear disaster no more". What a great message. I do not remember this well enough often enough.

    Created 8 months ago

    Zephaniah 3:15 (NASB)

  • Oct 15, 2011

    Culture feels like a wave slamming into me - and worse my children everyday. I find it hard to keep my eyes fixed on you Jesus, even though I know it's the best thing to do. Part of the problem is how…

    Created 8 months ago

    Joshua 23:6 (NASB)

  • God promises wisdom for the asking

    James 1:5 (NASB)
    But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: wisdom

  • Genesis 30:8

    Genesis 30:8 (NASB)
    So Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." And she named him Naphtali.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: drinking-drunkeness woman's rights in bible times

  • Rachel's children

    This whole situation is so messed up and the heart of it is revealed right here. Basically this has become a game of one up man ship between the sisters. NOTE: it might be said that all of this grief…

    Created 9 months ago

    Genesis 30:8 (NASB)

  • Jacobs deception

    In verse 11 Jacob really betrays his character. The plot is his moms idea and she even "commands" him to go along. But his response is not any moral objection, rather he points out a problem with getting…

    Created 9 months ago

    Genesis 27:11 (NASB), Genesis 27:12 (NASB), Genesis 27:13 (NASB)

  • Genesis 27:11

    Genesis 27:11 (NASB)
    Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: jacob

  • 1 Corinthians 7:35

    1 Corinthians 7:35 (NASB)
    This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: making god a priority

  • Making God a priority

    Undistracted devotion to the Lord. This is a hard word. I constantly feel pulled in many directions but God is not by default one of them. I need to find ways to bring God to my forefront, to increase…

    Created 9 months ago

    1 Corinthians 7:35 (NASB)

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    2011-09-05

  • God's rest

    This verse shows us that God has a rest for us to enter into.

    Created 9 months ago

    Hebrews 3:11 (NASB)

  • Romans 15:4

    Romans 15:4 (NASB)
    For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: hope / encouragement

  • Instant gratification

    Romans 8:25 (NASB)
    But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: temptation

  • Why lists of names populate the Bible

    This verse at the end of a long list of names betrays a value of all those dull lists on the Bible. If you were related to anyone on the list - and it was typical of culture at that time that even hundreds…

    Created 10 months ago

    Exodus 6:26 (NASB)

  • 1 Corinthians 6:1

    1 Corinthians 6:1 (NASB)
    Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Corinthians 5:1

    1 Corinthians 5:1 (NASB)
    It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife.

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Corinthians 4:1

    1 Corinthians 4:1 (NASB)
    Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Corinthians 2:1

    1 Corinthians 2:1 (NASB)
    And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Mark 14:72

    Mark 14:72 (NASB)
    Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Mark 8:10

    Mark 8:10 (NASB)
    And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Moses's doubts

    I read this and think how could Moses doubt in the face of such certainty. Then I think how many times have I doubted despite the literal catalogue of examples of God's faithfulness that I have access…

    Created 11 months ago

    Exodus 4:14 (NASB)

  • Mark 3:31

    Mark 3:31 (NASB)
    Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Mark 1:1

    Mark 1:1 (NASB)
    The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Matthew 25:31

    Matthew 25:31 (NASB)
    "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Matthew 23:27

    Matthew 23:27 (NASB)
    "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Matthew 21:33

    Matthew 21:33 (NASB)
    "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

    Created 11 months ago

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    2011-07-01

  • Hebrew Midwives in Egypt

    Were there only 2 Midwives for all of Israel? This makes me curious about the number of Israelites. Would they already be in the millions?

    Created 11 months ago

    Exodus 1:15 (NASB)

  • Josephs burial

    I wonder why Joseph requested that his bones be taken to the promised land when his people left vs. having his family bury him in his fathers tomb. The Lord just suggested to me that perhaps this was…

    Created 12 months ago

    Genesis 50:25 (NASB)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-05-25

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-03-12

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    2011-03-12

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    2011-03-08

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    2011-03-08