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Where are the Christian parents?
These two verses in Judges are sobering if not downright depressing. One must consider that just before this happened a whole generation had seen the crossing of the Jordan, the fall of Jericho and dozens…
Created 2 days ago
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Current 5/21
1 Samuel 6:1 (NIV84)
When the ark of the Lord had been in Philistine territory seven months,Created 10 days ago
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To Walk By Faith
References: Judges 6:36 - 7:7 Gideon is a neat story of a man who needed some convincing. The stage that is set is this: The people of the Lord, after Joshua, quickly began following other Gods. As best…
Created about 1 month ago
Judges 6:36 (NIV84), Judges 6:37 (NIV84), Judges 6:38 (NIV84), Judges 6:39 (NIV84), Judges 6:40 (NIV84), Judges 7:1 (NIV84), Judges 7:2 (NIV84), Judges 7:3 (NIV84), Judges 7:4 (NIV84), Judges 7:5 (NIV84), Judges 7:6 (NIV84), Judges 7:7 (NIV84)
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Passover
Mark 14:12 (NIV84)
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”Created about 1 month ago
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Called out
At various times in everyone's life there comes a time when we must take sides. when it comes to the Lord, it seems clear that He will not let us ride the fence. One day some spies came to Rahab's house.…
Created 2 months ago
Joshua 2:8 (NIV84), Joshua 2:9 (NIV84), Joshua 2:10 (NIV84), Joshua 2:11 (NIV84), Joshua 2:12 (NIV84), Joshua 2:13 (NIV84), Joshua 2:14 (NIV84), Joshua 2:15 (NIV84), Joshua 2:16 (NIV84), Joshua 2:17 (NIV84), Joshua 2:18 (NIV84), Joshua 2:19 (NIV84), Joshua 2:20 (NIV84), Joshua 2:21 (NIV84), Matthew 1:5 (NIV84)
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The God of the Come From Behind Victory
Ref: Gen 41:41-44; Gen 50:19-21; Exo 14:1-31Few things can conjure elation like a come-from-behind win. This note is not about football, but to convey an example, this past year (2011) was a great year…
Created 2 months ago
Genesis 41:41 (NIV84), Genesis 50:19 (NIV84), Exodus 14:1 (NIV84)
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By Faith: Moses
Hebrews 11:23 (NIV84)
By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.Created 2 months ago
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the Blessing
Genesis 28:3-4 (NIV84)
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.Created 3 months ago
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Portraits of Promises
Abraham certainly lived a rich life. God said a lot of things to Abraham, and He called Abraham into some amazingly difficult situations. Abraham, while imperfect, seemed to always respond in faith…
Created 3 months ago
Genesis 15:1 (NIV84), Genesis 15:2 (NIV84), Genesis 15:3 (NIV84), Genesis 15:4 (NIV84), Genesis 15:5 (NIV84), Genesis 15:6 (NIV84), Genesis 17:3 (NIV84), Genesis 17:4 (NIV84), Genesis 17:5 (NIV84), Genesis 17:6 (NIV84), Genesis 17:7 (NIV84), Genesis 17:8 (NIV84), Genesis 18:10 (NIV84), Genesis 18:11 (NIV84), Genesis 18:12 (NIV84), Genesis 18:13 (NIV84), Genesis 18:14 (NIV84), Genesis 18:15 (NIV84), Genesis 21:1 (NIV84), Genesis 21:2 (NIV84), Genesis 21:6 (NIV84), Genesis 21:7 (NIV84), Genesis 21:8 (NIV84), Genesis 21:9 (NIV84), Genesis 21:10 (NIV84), Genesis 21:11 (NIV84), Genesis 21:12 (NIV84), Genesis 21:13 (NIV84), Genesis 21:14 (NIV84), Genesis 21:15 (NIV84), Genesis 21:16 (NIV84), Genesis 21:17 (NIV84), Genesis 21:18 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:2 (NIV84)
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Leaving Behind the Familiar
I don't know that it's possible in today's society to guage the enormity of what God asked of Abraham when he said, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will…
Created 3 months ago
Genesis 12:1 (NIV84), Genesis 12:2 (NIV84), Genesis 12:3 (NIV84), Genesis 12:4 (NIV84), Genesis 12:5 (NIV84), Genesis 12:6 (NIV84), Genesis 12:7 (NIV84), Ephesians 4:22 (NIV84), Ephesians 4:23 (NIV84), Ephesians 4:24 (NIV84)
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The Saving Faith of Noah
I think the thing that impresses me most about Noah is that the Bible says of him that he "found favor in the eyes of the Lord." Now other people had found favor in the eyes of the Lord of the course…
Created 4 months ago
Genesis 6:5 (NIV84), Genesis 6:6 (NIV84), Genesis 6:7 (NIV84), Genesis 6:8 (NIV84), Genesis 6:9 (NIV84), Genesis 6:10 (NIV84), Genesis 6:11 (NIV84), Genesis 6:12 (NIV84), Genesis 6:13 (NIV84), Genesis 6:14 (NIV84), Genesis 6:15 (NIV84), Genesis 6:16 (NIV84), Genesis 6:17 (NIV84), Genesis 6:18 (NIV84), Genesis 6:19 (NIV84), Genesis 6:20 (NIV84), Genesis 6:21 (NIV84), Genesis 6:22 (NIV84)
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Taken away
I wish, sometimes that we had more detail in scripture. One if those times occurs here in Genesis chapter 5. Here in chapters 5 it says that Enoch lived 365 years and then he was no more, because God…
Created 4 months ago
Genesis 5:21 (NIV84), Genesis 5:22 (NIV84), Genesis 5:23 (NIV84), Genesis 5:24 (NIV84), 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV84), 1 Kings 16:31 (NIV84), 1 Kings 16:32 (NIV84), 1 Kings 16:33 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:1 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:2 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:3 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:4 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:5 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:6 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:7 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:8 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:9 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:10 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:11 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:12 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:13 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:14 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:15 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:16 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:17 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:18 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:19 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:20 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:21 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:22 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:23 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:24 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:25 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:26 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:27 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:28 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:29 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:30 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:31 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:32 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:33 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:34 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:35 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:36 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:37 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:38 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:39 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:40 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:41 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:42 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:43 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:44 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:45 (NIV84), 1 Kings 18:46 (NIV84), 2 Kings 2:11 (NIV84), 2 Kings 2:12 (NIV84), James 5:17 (NIV84), James 5:18 (NIV84)
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Inspired by Heroes
Tonight, before the Broncos got walloped in the AFC divisional game, CBS ran a special on broncos quarterback, Tim Tebow. In the special it talked about how he invited special needs children to be with…
Created 5 months ago
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hope and new beginnings
Every new year brings with it a refreshing reality, a clean slate, a fresh canvas an which to paint a new picture. The year ahead has no failures to blot it's beauty. It is all yours to start anew.…
Created 5 months ago
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Daddy says: the honeymoon is coming
Jesus said in John 14:1-3: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare…
Created 6 months ago
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I will meet your every need
Have you ever felt like you just can't go on? I can't survive any longer without _______________ (fill in the blank). For many of us, we've felt that way at one time or another because we've been discontent…
Created 6 months ago
Matthew 6:26 (NIV84), Romans 5:3 (NIV84), Philippians 4:11 (NIV84), Philippians 4:12 (NIV84), Philippians 4:13 (NIV84), James 1:2 (NIV84), 2 Peter 1:3 (NIV84)
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I Desire for Your Life to be Joyful!
"The battle in your life is against Joy." -quoted in John Eldridge's "Walking with God" One of the biggest battles in your life will be a battle for Joy in your life. Too many things come to strangle…
Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-09-08
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Stars by name
Psalm 147:4 (NIV84)
He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.Created 9 months ago
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You are not a number to God
I have a lot of numbers that represent me and my life...my identity. My bank knows me by my account number. My employer knows me by my employee number. Even some of my friends recognize me by my phone…
Created 9 months ago
Psalm 139:13 (NIV84), Psalm 139:14 (NIV84), Matthew 10:28 (NIV84), Matthew 10:29 (NIV84), Matthew 10:30 (NIV84), Matthew 10:31 (NIV84), Matthew 10:32 (NIV84)
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Hebrews 10:1
Hebrews 10:1 (NIV84)
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming–not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Created 9 months ago
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Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV84)
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Created 10 months ago
Labels: joy
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John 15:9-11
John 15:9-11 (NIV84)
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.Created 10 months ago
Labels: joy
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-07-24
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1 Thessalonians 5:15-18
1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 (NIV84)
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.Created 10 months ago
Labels: instructions for living joy
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The great balancing act of our time
"To be in the world and not of it." Here is a statement that is thrown around with great ease and heeded with great difficulty! Gods himself says through scripture that we are to be at peace with…
Created 11 months ago
Hebrews 12:10 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:14 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:15 (NIV84)
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Forgiving, punishing God!
How is it that God could have been forgiving though He punished their misdeeds? Herein lies the balance of judgment and mercy. We don't worship a push-over God...nor do we worship a tyrant. It is because…
Created 12 months ago
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Jesus Grew
Luke 2:52 (NIV)
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.Created 12 months ago
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When I was a child
1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.Created 12 months ago
Labels: manhood
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Act like men
1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB)
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.Created 12 months ago
Labels: manhood
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-05-19
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Powerful Words, Demanding Obedience
We so often trifle with disobedience in full knowledge of God's saving grace, but friends this must not be! The truth of this passage is that sin is no laughing matter, and we shouldn't see it as such.…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 10:26 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:27 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:28 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:29 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:30 (NIV84), Hebrews 10:31 (NIV84)
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...and still obeys
At the end of psalm 89 there is a remarkable statement by the great king David. To put it into context, psalm 89 is David's lament that God appears to have forsaken David. He dwells for a while on God's…
Created about 1 year ago
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Our Great Mercy
Back in Soloman's day, I suppose the best one could say it might have been proverbs 28:13. In light of the revelation of Jesus the truth is easier to see. Our God has given us freedom. But to attain…
Created about 1 year ago
Proverbs 28:13 (NIV84), 1 John 1:7 (NIV84), 1 John 1:9 (NIV84)
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Faith and works
This chapter of Holy Scripture, for me, drips heavily with the tension between faith and works. So God's people, who were rescued from slavery did not all enter the promised land. Well if that doesn't…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 4:1 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:2 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:3 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:4 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:5 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:6 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:7 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:8 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:9 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:10 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:11 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:12 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:13 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:14 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:15 (NIV84), Hebrews 4:16 (NIV84)
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Exodus 12:1
Exodus 12:1 (NIV84)
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,Created about 1 year ago
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Matthew 26:17
Matthew 26:17 (NIV84)
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”Created about 1 year ago
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Whom shall I fear?
David lived such a strange life a a king. I used to wonder, "if David is a man after Gods's heart, why didn't God just do away with Saul and elevate David right away. There are a few reasons, I've come…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 86:1 (NIV84), Psalm 86:2 (NIV84), Psalm 86:3 (NIV84), Psalm 86:4 (NIV84), Psalm 86:5 (NIV84), Psalm 86:6 (NIV84), Psalm 86:7 (NIV84), Psalm 86:8 (NIV84), Psalm 86:9 (NIV84), Psalm 86:10 (NIV84), Psalm 86:11 (NIV84), Psalm 86:12 (NIV84), Psalm 86:13 (NIV84), Psalm 86:14 (NIV84), Psalm 86:15 (NIV84), Psalm 86:16 (NIV84), Psalm 86:17 (NIV84)
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In this world you will have trouble
God knows the trouble we'll see. He told us things were going to be tough, that people would hate us for our faith. He knows that they will mock and jeer. And He knows that is about Him, not us. In…
Created about 1 year ago
Isaiah 53:7 (NIV84), Matthew 5:10 (NIV84), Matthew 5:11 (NIV84), Luke 23:8 (NIV84), Luke 23:9 (NIV84), Luke 23:10 (NIV84), Luke 23:11 (NIV84), John 16:33 (NIV84)
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Proverbs 22:3
Proverbs 22:3 (NIV84)
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-03-27
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YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME
How cool is it that the Father always heard Jesus. The relationship between Father, Son, and Spirit is so intimate that they are always connected with each other....in communion constantly. Still more…
Created about 1 year ago
John 11:38 (NIV84), John 11:39 (NIV84), John 11:40 (NIV84), John 11:41 (NIV84), John 11:42 (NIV84), John 11:43 (NIV84), Romans 8:26 (NIV84)
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John 11:38
John 11:38 (NIV84)
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.Created about 1 year ago
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John 11:39
John 11:39 (NIV84)
“Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”Created about 1 year ago
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John 11:40
John 11:40 (NIV84)
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”Created about 1 year ago
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John 11:41
John 11:41 (NIV84)
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.Created about 1 year ago
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John 11:42
John 11:42 (NIV84)
I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”Created about 1 year ago
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John 11:43
John 11:43 (NIV84)
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 36:1
Psalm 36:1 (NIV84)
An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.Created about 1 year ago
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2 Kings 6:5
2 Kings 6:5 (NIV84)
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh, my lord,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 22:7
Proverbs 22:7 (NIV84)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.Created over 1 year ago
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Matthew 18:32
Matthew 18:32 (NIV84)
“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-01-02
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-02
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The Root of Humility
When I consider the works of your hands....what is man that you are mindful of him? The psalmist here catches the essence of humility. In knowing God for how vast and powerful He is, and in knowing ourselves…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Listen as Believer, Instruct as Father
Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1 As believers we seek to listen to our Heavenly Father's instruction; as fathers we seek also to provide…
Created about 2 years ago