Gavin Courtney

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:12

    1 Corinthians 2:12 (NLT)
    And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-10-06

  • Rich man's barns

    Luke 12:16-21 (NLT)
    Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: money

  • 1 Chronicles 29:14

    1 Chronicles 29:14 (NLT)
    But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: money

  • Proverbs 3:9

    Proverbs 3:9 (NLT)
    Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: money

  • His response, my response

    "He is eager to relent and not punish." How far away from my own attitude that seems. God is eager to relent - I'm desperate to be right, to never have to back down. God is eager to not punish - I want…

    Created 9 months ago

    Joel 2:13 (NLT)

  • Where are you walking?

    If the righteous walk in the Lord's paths and live, where are you walking at the moment? Do you feel alive right now, if you do, chances are that you're walking in the path the Lord has for you. If something…

    Created 9 months ago

    Hosea 14:9 (NLT)

  • Calling or sending?

    So many of us want a thunderbolt from God, a direct message of where He wants us to go, I know I do. But is that how God even works, or is he looking for something different? Sure, there are some people…

    Created 10 months ago

    Isaiah 6:8 (NIV), Luke 4:18 (NIV)

  • Hard to accept

    How do I respond when others challenge me or give me criticism? If I don't treat it well, then I'm not a wise person, nor an I a listener. The wise person and the listener will hear what others say and…

    Created 10 months ago

    Proverbs 25:12 (NLT)

  • Just ask!

    In James, it says that we just have to ask for wisdom and God will give it to us. How fortunate we are, living under the New Covenant that God gives his wisdom so freely. We can live as the wise people…

    Created 10 months ago

    Proverbs 24:14 (NLT), James 1:5 (NLT)

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Proverbs 12:1 (NLT)
    To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 139:24

    Psalm 139:24 (NLT)
    Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 119:9

    Psalm 119:9 (NLT)
    How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Mutual humility

    As we humble ourselves and get on our knees before God, pouring out what's on our heart, we can often feel like it's a one-way affair. What the psalmist realised though was God's part in it - he bends…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 116:2 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-05-26

  • My heart's desire

    I'm there, this is what my heart desires, but sadly it's not always what my mind wants. My heart wants to see Jesus glorified in everything, my minds wants that but would also quite like a little room…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 115:1 (NLT)

  • Psalm 115:1

    Psalm 115:1 (NLT)
    Not to us, OLORD, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Psalm 112:5

    Psalm 112:5 (NLT)
    Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Contentment

    How easy is it to forget the incredible gift that we have, our salvation? It is better than riches, better than fame, better than possessions, better than anything. Yet we forget this so easily. We…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 37:16 (NLT)

  • Job 1:21

    Job 1:21 (NIV)
    and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The lord gave and the lord has taken away; may the name of the lord be praised."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Goals of a leader

    In everything that I do and everyone that I lead, my goal should be that everything is done with justice and that the right decision is made. No room for favouritism, what's just and right must take priority.

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Samuel 8:15 (NIV)

  • For our good

    Too often we consider the things God requires of us as a chore. We look at the ten commandments or other commands in scripture and view them as God not wanting something or us, that he's blocking our…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 10:13 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-28

  • We hear His awesome voice today

    What a privilege it is that we can hear God today. The Israelites heard him once and were terrified that if they heard him again, they would die. We have the Holy Spirit and can hear from him day after…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 5:25 (NLT)

  • Deuteronomy 5:25

    Deuteronomy 5:25 (NIV)
    But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the lord our God any longer.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-02-17

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    1 Peter 5:5 (NIV)
    In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble."

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 30:7

    Proverbs 30:7 (NIV)
    "Two things I ask of you, lord; do not refuse me before I die:

    Created over 1 year ago

  • 1 Samuel 16:7

    1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
    But the lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the lord looks at the heart."

    Created over 1 year ago

  • 1 Corinthians 6:20

    1 Corinthians 6:20 (NIV)
    you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17

    2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Colossians 3:23

    Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
    Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Genesis 18:14

    Genesis 18:14 (NIV)
    Is anything too hard for the lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • John 8:36

    John 8:36 (NIV)
    So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-02-09

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-01-27

  • Malachi 3:10

    Malachi 3:10 (NIV)
    Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Job 42:5

    Job 42:5 (NIV)
    My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Job 34:11

    Job 34:11 (NIV)
    He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 43:25

    Isaiah 43:25 (NIV)
    "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • 1 John 5:12

    1 John 5:12 (NIV)
    Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • 1 John 3:18

    1 John 3:18 (NIV)
    Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-22

  • Started Following robinstaple

    over 2 years

  • Started Following ChrisRadford

    over 2 years

  • Started Following TrentVineyard

    over 2 years

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1444705124686877261&safe=active Produced to illustrate the passage at the Carol Service 2007.

    Created over 4 years ago

    Isaiah 9:6 (ASV), Isaiah 9:7 (ASV)

  • Luke 2:1-16

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-998242984323186500&safe=active Produced to illustrate the scripture at the Carol Service 2007.

    Created over 4 years ago

    Luke 2:1 (ASV), Luke 2:2 (ASV), Luke 2:3 (ASV), Luke 2:4 (ASV), Luke 2:5 (ASV), Luke 2:6 (ASV), Luke 2:7 (ASV), Luke 2:8 (ASV), Luke 2:9 (ASV), Luke 2:10 (ASV), Luke 2:11 (ASV), Luke 2:12 (ASV), Luke 2:13 (ASV), Luke 2:14 (ASV), Luke 2:15 (ASV), Luke 2:16 (ASV)

  • Matthew 1:18-23

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-655419193938862342&safe=active Produced to help illustrate this scripture at our 2007 Carol Service.

    Created over 4 years ago

    Matthew 1:18 (ASV), Matthew 1:19 (ASV), Matthew 1:20 (ASV), Matthew 1:21 (ASV), Matthew 1:22 (ASV), Matthew 1:23 (ASV)

  • Luke 1:26-38

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6836819947735351073&safe=active Some images of Mary and Jesus from around the world - used to help illustrate the passage at a Christmas service.

    Created over 4 years ago

    Luke 1:26 (ASV), Luke 1:27 (ASV), Luke 1:28 (ASV), Luke 1:29 (ASV), Luke 1:30 (ASV), Luke 1:31 (ASV), Luke 1:32 (ASV), Luke 1:33 (ASV), Luke 1:34 (ASV), Luke 1:35 (ASV), Luke 1:36 (ASV), Luke 1:37 (ASV), Luke 1:38 (ASV)

  • Luke 2:1-16

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3149879306045036296&safe=active Produced to illustrate the passage at a Christmas service.

    Created over 4 years ago

    Luke 2:1 (ASV), Luke 2:2 (ASV), Luke 2:3 (ASV), Luke 2:4 (ASV), Luke 2:5 (ASV), Luke 2:6 (ASV), Luke 2:7 (ASV), Luke 2:8 (ASV), Luke 2:9 (ASV), Luke 2:10 (ASV), Luke 2:11 (ASV), Luke 2:12 (ASV), Luke 2:13 (ASV), Luke 2:14 (ASV), Luke 2:15 (ASV), Luke 2:16 (ASV)