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He searches your heart to bless you in His will
The Father searches our hearts. In fact, God is searching our hearts right now! Does that make you unvomfortable? "He may not like what He finds there." But the truth is, God searches our minds, our…
Created 6 days ago
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Prayer: Mysteriously Simple
Most of us suspect that we don't pray as we could or should - but we don't quite know what to do about it. Prayer is both ordinary and mysterious. It is as ordinary as picking up a telephone and as…
Created 10 days ago
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But a Vapor
"How are you?" "Busy!" Balancing family, friends, school, church, work, etc., we tend to be preoccupied with the details of everyday life and forget the true purpose of our time on earth. David asks…
Created 10 days ago
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Serve, not be Served
Matthew 20:26-28 (NKJV)
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.Created 16 days ago
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Giving guards against Greed
The best guard against greed and the love of wealth is consistent, intentional, disciplined, generous giving.
Created 17 days ago
1 Timothy 6:17 (NKJV), 1 Timothy 6:18 (NKJV), 1 Timothy 6:19 (NKJV)
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Duration of Hell?
Can destruction be everlasting? Can people destroy their lives and continue to live in the destroyed state the rest of their lives without change and without desire to change?
Created 27 days ago
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My Life Purpose
3 Choices: 1) World 2) Self 3) Other Always choose "other".
Created 27 days ago
Matthew 16:24 (NKJV), Matthew 16:25 (NKJV), Matthew 16:26 (NKJV)
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Living a Life of R.I.S.K.
The risks you take reflect the object of your hope. You must "lose your life to save it." There is no safe Christian life. Living a Life of R.I.S.K.: 1. Right view (of God) 2. Identity (settled) 3.…
Created 30 days ago
Matthew 11:12 (NKJV), Mark 8:35 (NKJV), Luke 6:46 (NKJV), Romans 5:3 (NKJV), Romans 5:4 (NKJV), Romans 5:5 (NKJV), Romans 8:6 (NKJV), Romans 12:2 (NKJV), 1 Timothy 6:10 (NKJV), 1 Timothy 6:11 (NKJV)
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Your Child is a Reward
Do you treat your children as a reward from God? a duty? as an inconvenience? as a burden? As an "arrow" we can guide and direct their path, but we must "let them go." Trust God - they really are His…
Created 30 days ago
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What are my fruits?
If someone who did not know me evaluated the fruits of my actions, my words, my relationships, etc., what would they conclude?
Created about 1 month ago
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Judge Others, Judge Self
Judge yourself as often and as equally as you judge others.
Created about 1 month ago
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Pray (Why and How)
God knows what we need, so why must we pray??? How should we pray? Jesus tells us clearly.
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 6:8 (NKJV), Matthew 6:9 (NKJV), Matthew 6:10 (NKJV), Matthew 6:11 (NKJV), Matthew 6:12 (NKJV), Matthew 6:13 (NKJV), Matthew 6:14 (NKJV), Matthew 6:15 (NKJV)
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3 Sources of Temptation
1) Flesh (stomach, eyes, pride) 2) World (love of the world not love of Father/kingdom, no sacrifice, just pleasure) 3) Satan (lies)
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 3:6 (NKJV), James 1:14 (NKJV), James 1:15 (NKJV), 1 John 2:15 (NKJV), 1 John 2:16 (NKJV)
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The Problem of Pain
"God whispers in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, and shouts in our pains." -C.S. Lewis
Created 2 months ago
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How can He Know us before conception?
Do we exist before we have bodies? We do exist after our earthly bodies are gone. Does God see all events in time in an eternal perspective outside time? Or does he perform infinite statistical calculations…
Created 3 months ago
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Beware Tempting Women
A man had been faithful to his wife for the length of their marriage, but he carried in his mind the thought that if the right opportunity ever presented itself, he would be intimate with another woman,…
Created 3 months ago
Job 31:1 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:3 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:4 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:5 (NKJV), Proverbs 5:6 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:24 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:25 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:26 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:27 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:28 (NKJV), Proverbs 6:29 (NKJV), Matthew 5:27 (NKJV), Matthew 5:28 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:15 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:16 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:18 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV), 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV)
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Peaceful heart during wild circumstances (kids)
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.
Created 4 months ago
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Soft Words and Firm Actions
Jesus encouraged people to live their lives with such integrity that people would simply believe what they said. Our actions should speak louder than our words. But too often, the opposite is true. When…
Created 4 months ago
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PreDestination/Calvinism???
Research this translation and compare to the contexts of the other predest vrses Paul writes in other letters.
Created 4 months ago
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Is the NT church communist?
Perhaps we do not need a communist govenment b/c church members can be expected to voluntaily give to those in need and share limitlessly. The church is tasked with caring for its members and orphans…
Created 5 months ago
Acts 4:32 (NKJV), Acts 4:33 (NKJV), Acts 4:34 (NKJV), Acts 4:35 (NKJV)
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Use reason and the Word to gain discernment.
Hebrews 5:14 (NKJV)
But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.Created 5 months ago
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Where is your TREASURE?
Matthew 6:19-21 (NKJV)
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;Created 5 months ago
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Live NOT to please SELF
Romans 15:1-2 (NKJV)
We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2011-12-18
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???Free Will vs Predest???
Romans 9:14-24 (NKJV)
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!Created 6 months ago
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Made for Another World
"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." - C.S. Lewis
Created 6 months ago
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increasing Knowledge increases Sorrow
Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NKJV)
For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.Created 6 months ago
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Trials produce Character and Hope
Romans 5:3-5 (NKJV)
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;Created 6 months ago
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Not my will, but your will be done.
Meditate upon the meaning of this prayer. What is my will? How is my will formed and how can it be altered? What is God's will for me? for all? What actions do I take daily to accomplish his will?
Created 6 months ago
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Not "How" but "What" will I get out of this?
Endure trials seeking the lesson. What will I learn? In what way will I grow in love, in perspective, in wisdom, toward fulfilling my purpose?
Created 6 months ago
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Being an example for my kids means sacrificing liberty
Being a good example may require you to give up some of your freedom until your children are wise enough to exercise the same discretion. There are liberties we have as adults that we can enjoy because…
Created 7 months ago
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Live as pilgrims in the land abstaining
1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV)
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,Created 7 months ago
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Righteous Anger or Selfish Anger?
When you are angered by your kids (or others or cicumstances, etc.), consider why you are angry. Is it because of convenience, pride, self, etc.? Or is it righteous love for what is good over evil?
Created 7 months ago
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Giving is about = sacrifice NOT = gift
2 Corinthians 8:12 (NKJV)
For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-10-30
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Serve the Poor and Hungry
Isaiah 58:6-12 (NKJV)
Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?Created 7 months ago
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speak ONLY edification, not corruption
Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV)
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.Created 7 months ago
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You ask for self and do not receive
James 4:1 (NKJV)
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?James 4:3 (NKJV)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.Created 7 months ago
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The Lord does not see as man sees
1 Samuel 16:7 (NKJV)
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the L ord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.Created 7 months ago
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Seek first the kingdom
Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.Created 7 months ago
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He who does, not he who calls will enter
Matthew 7:21 (NKJV)
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.Created 7 months ago
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Swift to hear, Slow to speak, Slow to anger
James 1:19-20 (NKJV)
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;Created 7 months ago
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We hope for what we do not see
Romans 8:24-25 (NKJV)
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?Created 7 months ago
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God makes the world's wisdom foolish
1 Corinthians 1:20 (NKJV)
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?Created 7 months ago
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Do not love the world
1 John 2:15-16 (NKJV)
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Created 7 months ago
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Think on things above, not on earth
Colossians 3:2-3 (NKJV)
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.Created 7 months ago
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Cannot serve two masters
Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.Created 7 months ago
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Liberty to serve others, not flesh
Galatians 5:13 (NKJV)
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.Created 7 months ago
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Make your requests known
Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;Created 7 months ago
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Rejoice, Pray, Thank
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV)
Rejoice always,Created 7 months ago
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do all in his name
Colossians 3:17 (NKJV)
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-10-23
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-09-28
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-09-04
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-08-21
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-06-08
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-06-05
Jeremy Brock
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