Ruth Elkin

  • elkiru
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Isaiah 49:16

    Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)
    See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Ephesians 5:1-2

    Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)
    Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children

    Created 4 months ago

  • Revelation 22:17

    Revelation 22:17 (NIV)
    The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Ephesians 2:10

    Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
    For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13

    1 Corinthians 12:13 (NIV84)
    For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free–and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    Zephaniah 3:17 (NIVUK)
    The lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

    Created 10 months ago

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    Zephaniah 3:17 (NIVUK)
    The lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Samuel 12:14

    1 Samuel 12:14 (MSG)
    If you fear God, worship and obey him, and don't rebel against what he tells you. If both you and your king follow God, no problem. God will be sure to save you.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Calm the storm

    Connections with the story of Jesus asleep on the boat while a storm rose around them. the disciples woke him to calm the storm, here the sailors wake Jonah to call on God to calm the storm.

    Created 10 months ago

    Jonah 1:6 (NIV)

  • Isaiah 53:8

    Isaiah 53:8 (NIV)
    By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 53:7

    Isaiah 53:7 (NIV)
    He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 53:6

    Isaiah 53:6 (NIV)
    We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 53:5

    Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)
    But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 53:4

    Isaiah 53:4 (NIV)
    Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 53:3

    Isaiah 53:3 (NIV)
    He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 52:7

    Isaiah 52:7 (NIV)
    How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 51:16

    Isaiah 51:16 (NIV)
    I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand— I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:31

    Proverbs 16:31 (NCV)
    Gray hair is like a crown of honor; it is earned by living a good life.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:24

    Proverbs 16:24 (NCV)
    Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, making people happy and healthy.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:6

    Proverbs 16:6 (NCV)
    Love and truth bring forgiveness of sin. By respecting the Lord you will avoid evil.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:3

    Proverbs 16:3 (NCV)
    Depend on the Lord in whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 4:27

    Proverbs 4:27 (NCV)
    Don’t turn off the road of goodness; keep away from evil paths.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 4:26

    Proverbs 4:26 (NCV)
    Be careful what you do, and always do what is right.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 4:25

    Proverbs 4:25 (NCV)
    Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 4:24

    Proverbs 4:24 (NCV)
    Don’t use your mouth to tell lies; don’t ever say things that are not true.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 4:23

    Proverbs 4:23 (NCV)
    Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-05-17

  • Humility

    I love how David says he is 'little known' even though all Israel praises him in earlier verses for bringing victory.

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Samuel 18:23 (NIV)

  • Unrecognised?

    Did Saul not remember David playing music for him in the previous chapter?

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Samuel 17:58 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-26

  • Meditate on the Law

    I have read this passage so many times before but only now notice that Joshua would have been the among the first people (after Moses who wrote the Law) whom God commanded to study the Law to know it…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Joshua 1:8 (NIV)

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    over 1 year

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    over 1 year

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    over 1 year

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    over 1 year

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    over 1 year

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-02-03

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-25

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-25