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  • Waiting patiently in dark times

    The prophet had every reason to despair but he knew the power & character of God enough to trust His sovereignty over all of it. He took strength in the Lord & recognized that God had given him the ability…

    Created 9 days ago

    Habakkuk 3:17 (NIV), Habakkuk 3:18 (NIV), Habakkuk 3:19 (NIV)

  • Like a well-waterd tree

    When our confidence is in the Lord, and not in our own strength or abilities, then we can bear fruit that pleases him. Fruit like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,…

    Created 20 days ago

    Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV), Jeremiah 17:8 (NIV)

  • In what shall I boast?

    Not in wisdom. Not in strength. Not in riches. Boast about this: that I have the understanding to know God, that he is the lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth.

    Created 21 days ago

    Jeremiah 9:23 (NIV), Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV)

  • What wisdom can be had apart from God's word?

    Applies still today. Even in tension with Romans 1.

    Created 21 days ago

    Jeremiah 8:9 (NIV)

  • Comforting thought about death

    It never occurred to me before that God might allow some believers to pass away as a way of sparing them from enduring evil!

    Created 30 days ago

    Isaiah 57:1 (NIV)

  • How to Be Therapeutic

    4 The Sovereign lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,to know the word that sustains the weary.He wakens me morning by morning,wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. It starts on God's…

    Created 30 days ago

    Isaiah 50:4 (NIV)

  • My reward is with my God

    4 But I said, "I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing at all.Yet what is due me is in the lord's hand,and my reward is with my God." I frequently feel like the first part of this…

    Created 30 days ago

    Isaiah 49:4 (NIV)

  • What is best

    17 This is what the lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:"I am the lord your God,who teaches you what is best for you,who directs you in the way you should go. 18 If only you had paid attention…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 48:17 (NIV), Isaiah 48:18 (NIV)

  • Scratch that re: John

    Jesus quoted another part of Isaiah, not this chapter, when John sent his disciples to ask him if he was "the One who was to come". Still, Jesus' report had to have been encouraging.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 42:7 (NIV)

  • A word of encouragement for John the Baptizer

    When John was imprisoned for calling out Herod on the taking of his brother's wife, he sent messengers to ask Jesus who he was. Jesus responded by saying that the blind could see, the lame could walk,…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 42:3 (NIV), Isaiah 42:4 (NIV), Isaiah 42:5 (NIV), Isaiah 42:6 (NIV), Isaiah 42:7 (NIV), Isaiah 42:8 (NIV), Isaiah 42:9 (NIV)

  • Renew my strength!

    Our strength runs out. All of us have a breaking point. But... Those who hope in the Lord -will run & not grow weary -will walk & not faint -will soar on wings as eagles Because the Lord will renew their…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)

  • A comfort for parents of young children

    He gently leads those that have young. Thank God! Parenting is tough enough!

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 40:11 (NIV)

  • Quietness & confidence

    God's righteousness produces peace, quietness, & confidence in us when we submit to him. Oh how good that sounds!

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 32:17 (NIV)

  • In everything, seek the Lord wholeheartedly

    How does this apply to me, a stay-at-home mom? How do I seek the Lord about things like laundry & clutter & groceries?

    Created about 1 month ago

    2 Chronicles 31:21 (NIV)

  • Grace in Chronicles

    Her is an example of God demonstrating grace to his people, accepting their desire to seek him as more important than their ability to follow the rules. "A contrite heart & broke spirit you will not despise."…

    Created about 1 month ago

    2 Chronicles 30:18 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 30:19 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 30:20 (NIV)

  • Suffering is a guarantee. What will we have to show for it?

    Are we allowing God to use our suffering to create something beautiful in some part of our lives? Suffering is a given. We will all have something(s), at some time(s) in our lives, that are extremely…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 26:18 (NIV)

  • Who has accomplished?

    Not we, but God. The things we think we have achieved--success in school or work or athletics, positive regard or respect from others, healthful lifestyle, stable financial outlook, etc--God is the one…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 26:12 (NIV)

  • Steadfast mind

    You will keep in perfect peace the one whose mind is steadfast. What does it mean to have a steadfast mind? The mind is comprised of our thoughts, our feelings, & our will. How often do I have conflicting…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)

  • Egypt, Assyria, & Israel

    "in that day"...some day in the future when God restores, perhaps during Millenial Kingdom?

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 19:24 (NIV), Isaiah 19:25 (NIV)

  • It's Jesus!

    The promise of hope

    Created about 1 month ago

    Isaiah 16:5 (NIV)

  • God will not be mocked

    People often comment that the God of the Old Testament seems so different than the God of the New; that he's bent on destruction versus peace & healing. This passage explains God's righteous response…

    Created about 1 month ago

    2 Kings 17:16 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:17 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:18 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:19 (NIV), 2 Kings 17:20 (NIV)

  • How badly did they treat the folks from Judah?

    ...If they were naked, needed healing balm, & some were too weak to walk? Sheesh.

    Created about 1 month ago

    2 Chronicles 28:15 (NIV)

  • This is what the Lord asks of me

    To act justly. To love mercy. To walk, humbly, with my God. Our God: in community with others who do the same.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Micah 6:8 (NIV)

  • I'll do what I want because God is for me

    What are the things we justify despite their going against God's word? How do we expect him to bless & prosper us in the things that are opposite his best for us?

    Created about 1 month ago

    Micah 3:11 (NIV)

  • Eeeeeeeewww

    I wonder what disease that would be today?

    Created 2 months ago

    2 Chronicles 21:15 (NIV)

  • Psalm 84:7

    Psalm 84:7 (NIV)
    They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-12-16

  • Deuteronomy 1:29

    Deuteronomy 1:29 (NIV)
    Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 1:30

    Deuteronomy 1:30 (NIV)
    The lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,

    Created 6 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 1:31

    Deuteronomy 1:31 (NIV)
    and in the wilderness. There you saw how the lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

    Created 6 months ago

  • Numbers 23:19

    Numbers 23:19 (NIV)
    God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

    Created 6 months ago

  • Numbers 14:13

    Numbers 14:13 (NIV)
    Moses said to the lord, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Numbers 14:14

    Numbers 14:14 (NIV)
    And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, lord, are with these people and that you, lord, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Numbers 11:23

    Numbers 11:23 (NIV)
    The lord answered Moses, "Is the lord's arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you."

    Created 6 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-11-19

  • Leviticus 3:16

    Leviticus 3:16 (NIV)
    The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the lord's.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Leviticus 3:17

    Leviticus 3:17 (NIV)
    "'This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.'"

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 34:6

    Exodus 34:6 (NIV)
    And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The lord, the lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 34:7

    Exodus 34:7 (NIV)
    maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 14:14

    Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
    The lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 4:31

    Exodus 4:31 (NIV)
    and they believed. And when they heard that the lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 4:11

    Exodus 4:11 (NIV)
    The lord said to him, "Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the lord?

    Created 7 months ago

  • Exodus 4:12

    Exodus 4:12 (NIV)
    Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."

    Created 7 months ago

  • Job 38:12

    Job 38:12 (NIV)
    "Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 38:13

    Job 38:13 (NIV)
    that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 35:8

    Job 35:8 (NIV)
    Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 34:31

    Job 34:31 (NIV)
    "Suppose someone says to God, 'I am guilty but will offend no more.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 34:32

    Job 34:32 (NIV)
    Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.'

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 34:33

    Job 34:33 (NIV)
    Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-10-13

  • Job 33:13

    Job 33:13 (NIV)
    Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 33:14

    Job 33:14 (NIV)
    For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Job 31:25

    Job 31:25 (NIV)
    if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-10-06

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-10-02