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Restored Blessing
Having begun with nothing, Jacob amassed such wealth over twenty years that when he left Canaan, he could afford a Gordy of more than 500 animals to his brother Esau without straining the family budget.…
Created 10 months ago
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Passing on the Promise
By his blessing, Isaac transmitted to Jacob the promise God had given Abraham. The blessing would have a literal application in the land, but it would also be ultimately fulfilled in the life and the…
Created 10 months ago
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Miracle Births
The patriarchs' wives-- Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel-- after facing years of humiliating barrenness, finally each conceived through the miracle working power of God. Mary, the mother of Jesus the Messiah,…
Created 10 months ago
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Abraham's life -- Filled to the brim.
The original Hebrew text of 25:8 can be translated, "then abraham... died in a good old age, an old man and full." When Abraham breathed his last, he was full, not only of years, but also of valuable…
Created 10 months ago
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On the Mountain of the Lord
Genesis 22:14 says that "Abraham named the place... The Lord will provide." many aspects of this story point toward Jesus. Both Isaac and Jesus were promised sons; each was born through a miraculous conception;…
Created 10 months ago
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A Costly Exchange
In Abraham's day, a son by a slave woman lost any right to an inheritance if his mother were put out of the household. Sarah's statement in 21:10 shows that she was trying to force Abraham to do that…
Created 10 months ago
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Where are they today?
From the offspring of Lot's incest with his daughters came the forerunners of the Moabites and Ammonites, who, through related to the Israelites, were their constant enemies. In Scripture these two nations…
Created 10 months ago
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What was Sarah thinking?
Not many would dare to laugh at a prophetic promise, no matter how it was delivered. But Sarah did when she overheard that she would have a son in less than a year. So many years had gone by that she…
Created 10 months ago
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A Cut to the Heart
In Genesis 17, God gives Abraham the rite of circumcision as the sign of his covenant with him. It is an outward sign of a new relationship. When we as believers in Jesus come into the family of Abraham,…
Created 10 months ago
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Avatar
This verse made me laugh when I first read it because of it's strong resemblance to the movie Avatar. In the movie, when the avatars say that they love someone they say "I see you." Here, in this verse,…
Created 10 months ago
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Avatar
This verse made me laugh when I first read it because of it's strong resemblance to the movie Avatar. In the movie, when the avatars say that they love someone they say "I see you." Here, in this verse,…
Created 10 months ago
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Avatar
This verse made me laugh when I first read it because of it's strong resemblance to the movie Avatar. In the movie, when the avatars say that they love someone they say "I see you." Here, in this verse,…
Created 10 months ago
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Righteous Faith
Romans 4:22 cites Genesis 15:6: "Because of Abraham's faith, God counted him as righteous." Abraham's faith consisted of more than a mere belief in the existence of God. He had faith in God's promise…
Created 10 months ago
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Majestic, Mysterious King
Melchizedek is the king of Salem and a priest of God most high. His name means "king of justice." After Abraham defeated the kings, Melchizedek brought him bread and wine and blessed him. This prefigures…
Created 10 months ago
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The True Test of Values
Lot's choice of the well-watered plains of the Jordan was the beginning of his downfall, for it caused him to pitch his tent toward the wicked city of Sodom. By contrast, Abram was building his life on…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 13:11 (NLT), Genesis 13:14 (NLT), Genesis 13:15 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-08-02
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Promises, Promises
In Genesis 12:2-3, 7, we have a record of eight profound, world-changing promises that God made to Abram. In Galatians 3:29, the apostle Paul explained that if "you belong to Christ, you are the true…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 12:2 (NLT), Genesis 12:3 (NLT), Genesis 12:7 (NLT), Galatians 3:29 (NLT)
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Looking up or looking down
The Babel builders were proud of the mighty tower they thought would reach up to the skies (11:4). To them, it was a great architectural and spiritual achievement. But from God's viewpoint (11:5), he…
Created 10 months ago
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The Funnel of History
Genesis 10-11 is packed with historical data that reveals how the nations spread out over the earth in the first centuries after their language was supernaturally "confused" at Babel. The record narrows…
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Savior and Judge
In Matthew 24:37-39, Jesus compares Noah's generation to the generation that will be alive when he returns to judge the earth. In both instances, the sinful behaviors of human beings are so utterly corrupt…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 8:21 (NLT), Matthew 24:37 (NLT), Matthew 24:38 (NLT), Matthew 24:39 (NLT)
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Water, Water, Everywhere... and very little else
In the account of the flood, you I'll find phrases such as "the floodwaters grew deeper" (7:17), and "the waters rose higher and higher" (7:18). God wanted to make it clear that this was no ordinary flood…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 7:4 (NLT), Genesis 7:17 (NLT), Genesis 7:18 (NLT), Genesis 7:20 (NLT)
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Prophecy of Messiah
From ancient times, Jewish rabbis interpreted this "offspring" of the woman to be the Messiah, Hebrew for "the Anointed One." While Satan would inflict a nonlethal blow in him, he would deliver a mortal…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 3:15 (NLT), Colossians 3:15 (NLT), Revelation 20:7 (NLT), Revelation 20:8 (NLT), Revelation 20:9 (NLT), Revelation 20:10 (NLT)
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The Wages of Sin
With sin, the long-term pain always outweighs the momentary pleasure. In the serpent's kingdom, that's a law as fundamental as gravity. But in the Kingdom of God, the opposite is true: the pleasure of…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 3:6 (NLT), Psalm 16:11 (NLT), Romans 8:18 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NLT)
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In His Image
The words "created... In his own image" reveal much about our essential human nature. Of all of God's creatures, we alone have moral freedom and will. Only we are capable of thinking about and knowing…
Created 10 months ago
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Genesis 1:27
Genesis 1:27 (NLT)
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.Created 10 months ago
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Big Questions, Big Answers
The first verse in the bible uses only ten words to answer four of the most basic questions that thinking individuals ask: (1) What exists? (2) How did it get there? (3) Did it have a beginning? (4) Who…
Created 10 months ago
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Exodus 1:1
Exodus 1:1 (NLT)
These are the names of the sons of Israel (that is, Jacob) who moved to Egypt with their father, each with his family:Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-02
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small price to pay
The Lord commanded them to just obey him in exchange for healing and life. It's such a small price for us to pay in exchange for the life he gave us through the ultimate price of sacrificing his son on…
Created 10 months ago
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Isaiah 7:9
Isaiah 7:9 (ESV)
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.'"Created 10 months ago
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Isaiah 8:17
Isaiah 8:17 (ESV)
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.Created 10 months ago
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Isaiah 9:17
Isaiah 9:17 (ESV)
Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.Created 10 months ago
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Exodus 15:26
Exodus 15:26 (NLT)
He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”Created 10 months ago
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Colossians 4:2
Colossians 4:2 (NLT)
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.Created 10 months ago
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1 Chronicles 16:11
1 Chronicles 16:11 (NLT)
Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him.Created 10 months ago
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Isaiah 1:16
Isaiah 1:16 (NLT)
Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-07-25
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Colossians 3:14
Colossians 3:14 (NLT)
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.Created 10 months ago
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Colossians 3:13
Colossians 3:13 (NLT)
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.Created 10 months ago
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Colossians 3:12
Colossians 3:12 (NLT)
Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-07-25
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1 Samuel 16:7
1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT)
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”Created 10 months ago
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1 Peter 3:4
1 Peter 3:4 (NLT)
You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.Created 10 months ago
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1 Timothy 2:10
1 Timothy 2:10 (NLT)
For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.Created 10 months ago
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1 Timothy 6:6
1 Timothy 6:6 (NLT)
Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.Created 10 months ago
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2 Corinthians 1:4
2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.Created 10 months ago
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2 Corinthians 1:3
2 Corinthians 1:3 (NLT)
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.Created 10 months ago
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Psalm 46:1
Psalm 46:1 (NLT)
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.Created 10 months ago
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Psalm 43:5
Psalm 43:5 (NLT)
Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-07-25
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1 John 4:16
1 John 4:16 (NLT)
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-07-25
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Song of Solomon 1:4
Song of Solomon 1:4 (KJV)
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-07-25
