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Not too good not too bad
Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 (NLT)
I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-04-17
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Mobile God
Exodus 25:12-15 (NLT)
Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.Exodus 25:27 (NLT)
Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.Created 5 months ago
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work and worship
I need to figure out how to associate work with worship. Observation- Abraham wraps up a rather lucrative business deal with Abimelech. Them he settles down next to his new well, landscapes it, and worships…
Created 5 months ago
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News views of God 1
Preface to anyone reading. I am charging through the Bible with the intent purpose of doing away with false and misleading doctrine that have sneaked into my beliefs. Job 9:35 - Then I could speak…
Created 5 months ago
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Jobs mediator
Job 9:33-35 (NLT)
If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together.Created 5 months ago
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John 16:26-27
John 16:26-27 (ESV)
In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;Created 5 months ago
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John 9:37-38
John 9:37-38 (ESV)
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you."Created 5 months ago
Labels: worship
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Hebrews 13:16
Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.Created 6 months ago
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A Guilty Conscience
Observation - If I am honest, I am a guilty person, I don't mean guilty in the sense of holiness. Rather I have a guilty conscience because I get obsessed with trying to be good. These verses are good…
Created 6 months ago
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Hebrews 9:9-12
Hebrews 9:9-12 (ESV)
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,Created 6 months ago
Labels: guilt
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Hebrews 9:9-10
Hebrews 9:9-10 (ESV)
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,Created 6 months ago
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2 Timothy 3:14-15
2 Timothy 3:14-15 (ESV)
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned itCreated 6 months ago
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2 Timothy 1:6
2 Timothy 1:6 (ESV)
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,Created 6 months ago
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new context for doing all things.
Observation - I don't know that I have ever noticed the context for this verse. I always here people quote this passage to encourage people that God will help them overcome whatever trial they may be…
Created 6 months ago
Philippians 4:11 (ESV), Philippians 4:12 (ESV), Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
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the big grace machine
God doesn't do small things. In fact it seems like most everything God does has a larger purpose in mind, something grander than even the act itself. I have never thought about my salvation this way.…
Created 6 months ago
Ephesians 2:6 (NIV), Ephesians 2:7 (NIV), Ephesians 2:8 (NIV), Ephesians 2:9 (NIV), Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
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What Faith Is (and Is Not)
Observation - I think I have a lot of misconceptions about what faith is. I suppose I can process through some of that with these verses. Two observations: Faith has to do with a message perhaps even…
Created 6 months ago
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Matthew 15:25
Matthew 15:25 (NKJV)
Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me!Created 6 months ago
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Matthew 15:8-9
Matthew 15:8-9 (NKJV)
These people draw near to Me with their mouth,And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.Created 6 months ago
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Matthew 14:30
Matthew 14:30 (NKJV)
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!Created 6 months ago
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Confrontation and Godly Sorrow
This is a tough passage. I think it is safe to assume that Paul's first letter to Corinth angered and hurt the feelings of a bunch of people. There was a lot of tough stuff in there. However, when Titus…
Created 7 months ago
2 Corinthians 7:8 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 7:9 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 7:10 (NLT)
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Veils
Observation - Veils make thing elusive. When I think of veils I think mostly of marriage and how the bride comes down the aisle with her face veiled, hidden. As the groom I knew my wife to be was under…
Created 7 months ago
2 Corinthians 3:14 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 3:15 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 3:17 (ESV)
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Job 37:13
Job 37:13 (ESV)
Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.Created 7 months ago
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God has Loved Marital Faithfulness Forever
Observation - This is pretty amazing. The book of Job was probably written sometime between 3000 and 10000 years ago. From my reading of that era this is a pretty amazing statement. I am pretty sure polygamy…
Created 7 months ago
Job 31:9 (ESV), Job 31:10 (ESV), Job 31:11 (ESV), Job 31:12 (ESV)
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K.I.S.S
I so often get tied up in clever. Today's observation is also the scripture. "The most important is this, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord you God with all…
Created 7 months ago
Mark 12:28 (ESV), Mark 12:29 (ESV), Mark 12:30 (ESV), Mark 12:31 (ESV)
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why to Jerusalem?
Why did Paul go to Jerusalem? Nearly everywhere he went he ran into spirit filled people that counseled him not to go to Jerusalem. Once he gets to the city it is exactly as everyone had foretold, he…
Created 7 months ago
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Standing up for Believers
Observation - Saul was a very questionable character and he would remain so for years to come, in and out of prison, rone to shipwreck and disaster. At the very begin he was even scarier but Barnabas…
Created 8 months ago
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Do Likewise
Observation - Job's three friends are not perfect. Anyone who has read the rest of this book knows that they don't give good advice nor do they avoid condemnation from God. However they come from a place…
Created 8 months ago
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Everyone Praise the Lord
Observation - It is easy to forget how big and inclusive God's kingdom is. I think sometimes I let my attitude about the of worship and praise of God become corrupted by my experience. I start the see…
Created 8 months ago
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Not neglecting the house of our God in music
Observation - As a worship leader this passage really struck home. In the modern church we carry a part of this levitical mantle. In the church that is the Body of Christ, it is our prerogative to diligently…
Created 8 months ago
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God's work is not done in anonymity
Observation - Who would have thought that that I would have been journalling on the a list of names. I think it is easy in church life to forget that the church is not a amorphous mass. It is a whole…
Created 8 months ago
Nehemiah 7:5 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:6 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:7 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:8 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:9 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:10 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:11 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:12 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:13 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:14 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:15 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:16 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:17 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:18 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:19 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:20 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:21 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:22 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:23 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:24 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:25 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:26 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:27 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:28 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:29 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:30 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:31 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:32 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:33 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:34 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:35 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:36 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:37 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:38 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:39 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:40 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:41 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:42 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:43 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:44 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:45 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:46 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:47 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:48 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:49 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:50 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:51 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:52 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:53 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:54 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:55 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:56 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:57 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:58 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:59 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:60 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:61 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:62 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:63 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:64 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:65 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:66 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:67 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:68 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:69 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:70 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:71 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:72 (ESV), Nehemiah 7:73 (ESV)
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Be Prepared
Observation - God is very concerned with his work. I think sometimes it is easy to think that God is, and wants us to be, passive workers. Doing his business until it gets hard, then assuming that because…
Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-10-07
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Say NO to Distracting Questions
In my experience there are nearly infinite good question and equally as large a number of bad ones. It is very easy to get caught up in semantic questions that don't actually help us know God. They really…
Created 8 months ago
Luke 20:29 (ESV), Luke 20:30 (ESV), Luke 20:31 (ESV), Luke 20:32 (ESV), Luke 20:33 (ESV)
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Learning from Haman
Thanks to Pastor Wayne Cordeiro for putting the whole Esther story together in one day's reading in the LifeJournal Reading plan. It gives such a clear picture of the life of Haman. The story of Haman…
Created 8 months ago
Esther 3:1 (ESV), Esther 6:13 (ESV), Esther 7:9 (ESV), Esther 7:10 (ESV)
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What I want for my Kids
I love this kind of stuff showing up in the Bible, "For Ester obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him". Esther is probably a teenager at this point in her life, yet she still listens to…
Created 8 months ago
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Eyes Open to God
Observation - I don't think I ever really got this passage. Jesus is getting really frustrated with the pharisees and here he finally just blasts them out of the water. The parable in summary, you didn't…
Created 8 months ago
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Moving Up. But not necessarily to the top
O - This verse is a good reminder of the way God works but also a reminder that while we may be moved up in position it doesn't say anything about which position. One of the keys to the Gospel is "All…
Created 8 months ago
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The Kingdom of God is at Hand
Scripture - "For Behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this…
Created 8 months ago
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Anxious and Troubled
Observation - This has always been a tricky passage for me. Martha is working hard and Mary, who traditionally should have been helping her sister host, was sitting around. Then Jesus tells her Mary is…
Created 8 months ago
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Children as Defense
Observation - I have never thought of my children as being part of my defense. Children raised to understand obedience and the deep love of parents and God can only become a bulwark. kids who love and…
Created 8 months ago
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Revelation 21:22
Revelation 21:22 (ESV)
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 145:6
Psalm 145:6 (ESV)
They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 145:7
Psalm 145:7 (ESV)
They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 39:29
Ezekiel 39:29 (ESV)
And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God."Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 145:11
Psalm 145:11 (ESV)
They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 145:12
Psalm 145:12 (ESV)
to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 39:29
Ezekiel 39:29 (ESV)
And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God."Created 9 months ago
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Psalm 145:14
Psalm 145:14 (ESV)
The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 39:29
Ezekiel 39:29 (ESV)
And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God."Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 37:14
Ezekiel 37:14 (ESV)
And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord."Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 36:28
Ezekiel 36:28 (ESV)
You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-09-13
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-08-14
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-08-14
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-04-05
Wyatt Erickson
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