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  • How God leads

    I've been thinking recently about how God leads, especially how he turns people away from sin. This verse gives me great hope. In granting us free will God has imprisoned himself from directly intervening…

    Created 11 days ago

    Psalm 119:130 (ESV)

  • We all stumble

    We all stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness we do not even know that we are in darkness.

    Created 13 days ago

    Proverbs 4:19 (ESV)

  • Spiritual Blessings

    I have often wondered what Paul meant by these spiritual blessings. Later in this passage he tells us we were predestined for adoption, we are redeemed and forgiven and that God has made known to us his…

    Created 18 days ago

    Ephesians 1:3 (ESV)

  • A matter of power.

    I've wrestled with this verse for several years wondering what power Paul is referring to. Power to perform signs? To cast out demons? I think for me it means power over myself, to yield to God's Spirit.…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Corinthians 4:20 (ESV)

  • Struggles of Light.

    Goethe stated that "colors are the deeds and struggles of light with darkness." As Christians we have the light of the world within us, within these "jars of clay." Only as we are broken does the world…

    Created 6 months ago

    2 Corinthians 4:7 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-11-08

  • Proper response to the Law

    The people's initial response was mourning. When faced with rules and regulations the proud person's response is despair, if he is honest. For there is no way to follow all God's laws. If one is counting…

    Created 7 months ago

    Nehemiah 8:1 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:11 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:12 (ESV)

  • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

    My sense is that when one chooses to attribute to Satan what is from the Holy Spirit that person has lost ability to distinguish right from wrong, truth from deception. It is the Holy Spirit that guides…

    Created 8 months ago

    Matthew 12:32 (ESV)

  • God is spirit.

    God is Spirit. Consequently, the blessings he offers are primarily spiritual. He can only give what he is and has. When I pray for material blessings I reveal the idols I desire more than God himself.…

    Created 8 months ago

    John 4:24 (ESV)

  • fiery darts

    The shield of faith allows me to extinguish the fiery darts of Satan because by faith I see them as pointing out vulnerabilities in my character. Fiery darts can cause me to question God's goodness toward…

    Created 8 months ago

    Ephesians 6:16 (ESV)

  • "Affliction"

    "As often as we beg of God any particular virtue, at the same time we ask for those means which God appoints for attaining it. Otherwise our prayer would be frivolous and contradictory to itself and tempting…

    Created 10 months ago

    James 1:4 (ESV)

  • Blameless

    The word translated "blameless" in the ESV is also translated as " fully committed" in the NIV and " perfect" in the KJV. To me it seems to be the linchpin of this passage. What do I fall back on when…

    Created 12 months ago

    2 Chronicles 16:9 (ESV)

  • "I will"

    If this passage refers to Lucifer in heaven, then "evil" being found in him must mean that created heavenly beings have some degree of free will. At some point Lucifer said "I will" as opposed to Jehovah…

    Created 12 months ago

    Ezekiel 28:15 (NLT)

  • Full Circle

    Jesus ends with Peter where he began by inviting Peter to follow him (Matt 4:18). In both encounters Peter is fishing, his mundane activity by which he supports himself. In both encounters, Jesus overwhelms…

    Created about 1 year ago

    John 21:22 (ESV)

  • Debauchery

    The word used for debauchery is the same word used of the prodigal son's lifestyle. In his case we know nothing about the father other than that he was willing to let his son "have some rope." It's also…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Titus 1:6 (ESV)

  • Job 5:17

    Job 5:17 (NLT)
    “But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Job 5:7

    Job 5:7 (NLT)
    People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-03-05

  • What we fear reveals what we worship.

    What I fear reveals what I worship. My fears reflect where I derive my sense of safety, deliverance, and comfort; In essence what I am relying on for my "salvation." Yet God confronts us with our fears…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Job 3:25 (MSG)

  • Job 3:25

    Job 3:25 (NLT)
    What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-03-05