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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-04-09
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Empty phrases?
What does this mean? Do I do this? I think the test (which only the Holy Spirit can give) is whether I am speaking to God in sincerity of heart, or only to be heard by others or even myself. God show…
Created 2 months ago
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A good sort of pride
We should feel happy, encouraged and even proud in what we do for the Lord. Pride, however, that I feel when I compare myself to others is sinful and false.
Created 3 months ago
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Deeply humbled
I am deeply humbled by this fact. Nothing we do or do not do can save us -- and we are desperately in need of salvation! Rather, when we believe in Jesus as our hope and our salvation, God re-creates…
Created 3 months ago
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Sons of the Kingdom/Outer Darkness
At least one thing is clear from Jesus's words here: Those who know God's Word - and are presented the opportunity to be part of the Kingdom of God - but who reject God's invitation will not take part…
Created 4 months ago
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The Dying of Jesus
The persecutions and pains that we suffer for Christ "manifest" the life of Jesus through us by displaying the power of God in our endurance and victory over sin. By "carrying about in the body the dying…
Created 4 months ago
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The Veil Taken Away
It is good to know that the veil that lies over a person's heart before they accept Christ is immediately lifted when they turn to Him. Both Peter in Acts 2:12 and Paul in Romans 10:13 echo the words…
Created 4 months ago
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The Definition of Adequacy
I often feel inadequate for the task ahead of me. It is good to know that the adequacy to love others, to share Christ, and to honor God never comes from me. It is this fact that gives me confidence.…
Created 4 months ago
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From the Days of Eternity
Like Isaiah 9:6, God proclaims that one will "come forth" or be born whose beginnings are from "eternity." The phrase in Isaiah 9:6 is "Father of Eternity." The point is the same. A child will be born…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-11
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Cast All Our Sins Into the Sea
How can I be so "down-trodden" sometimes when God has taken care of the one problem that actually keeps me from His joy and peace. He (true to His promises) forgave my sins, through Jesus Christ and "tread…
Created 5 months ago
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Truth to Jacob
God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are still being fulfilled in us today. He gives us His Spirit to "lead us into all truth" and to fill us with the love of Christ.
Created 5 months ago
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Unchanging Love
What a spectacular and amazing promise of God, that He "delights in unchanging love?" Even when I deny God's power and must endure His loving discipline, I can be assured that he deals with me "as a Son."…
Created 5 months ago
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Serving in the Strength of God
I want to speak "the utterances of God" and serve in the strength that He supplies. Sometimes, however, I feel I need for God to confirm his strength working in me before I will act. I am comforted by…
Created 5 months ago
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Prepare your Minds
This sounds like Paul's command to "not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." It seems from this and other verses that the key to real change in our lives is to…
Created 5 months ago
1 Peter 1:13 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:14 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:15 (NASB), 1 Peter 1:16 (NASB)
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Love for your brother
Love is the goal, in "obedience to the truth." Again, and again, it is emphasized that our salvation in Christ Jesus is not only a past work, but a present work in our "sanctification by the Spirit" for…
Created 5 months ago
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Conduct Yourselves in Fear
The fear of God is an important part of the Christian life. However, it is not fear of judgment for those who believe, but a fear of being "ungrateful" for the gift of God - the spotless lamb, Christ…
Created 5 months ago
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Born Again/Resurrection
We are born again to a "living hope" through the resurrection of Jesus. It seems that the resurrection of Jesus is the source of our new birth, in that we are risen from our life of "dead works" to a…
Created 5 months ago
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1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 3:15
1 Peter 3:7 (NASB)
You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.1 Peter 3:15 (NASB)
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-01-04
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1 Peter 3:7
1 Peter 3:7 (NASB)
You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.Created 5 months ago
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My "Own" Sanctification
I am willing to be guided by Him, but sometimes, my efforts to be shaped by Him are more a work of my own self than His. Pride makes me think I am "on the verge" of some great transformation or breakthrough…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-04
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Sanctifying Work of the Spirit
We are all "chosen according to God's foreknowledge" for the "sanctifying work of the Spirit." I am made clean not by my own works, but by what Christ did for me. I am also sanctified, "set apart" not…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-04-24
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Acts 26:14
Acts 26:14 (NASB)
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'Created over 1 year ago
Labels: adversity
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Acts 26:14
Acts 26:14 (NASB)
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'Created over 1 year ago
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God's power
God's purposes are never thwarted. "His Word never returns to him void." God is able to do whatever he decides to do, without limitation.
Created over 1 year ago
