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What, me worry?
It's hard not to worry. It's just our nature. How will I pay for this or that? What might happen to my child if I do this or that? Jesus points out to us that we are valuable to God. If he feeds the…
Created 12 days ago
Matthew 6:25 (NLT), Matthew 6:26 (NLT), Matthew 6:27 (NLT), Matthew 6:28 (NLT), Matthew 6:29 (NLT), Matthew 6:30 (NLT), Matthew 6:31 (NLT), Matthew 6:32 (NLT), Matthew 6:33 (NLT), Matthew 6:34 (NLT)
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Our heart and our treasure
When we read theses verses we realize the issue is our hearts, not the treasure. The issue is where is our heart? Jesus throws out some examples how our treasures fall apart: moth destroys our clothing,…
Created 12 days ago
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Glorify God through praying
Jesus highlights the fact that God is not impressed by people who draw attention to themselves in how they pray. But today, people don't pray a lot either publicly or privately. So these verses highlight…
Created 19 days ago
Matthew 6:5 (NLT), Matthew 6:6 (NLT), Matthew 6:7 (NLT), Matthew 6:8 (NLT), Matthew 6:9 (NLT), Matthew 6:10 (NLT), Matthew 6:11 (NLT), Matthew 6:12 (NLT), Matthew 6:13 (NLT), Matthew 6:14 (NLT), Matthew 6:15 (NLT)
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Bring attention to God through our giving
Jesus assumes we are generous people, giving people, in whatever ways we can. A spirit of generosity is basic to our life in the Lord. For some reason we often feel its a big deal to give to needs, to…
Created 19 days ago
Matthew 6:1 (NLT), Matthew 6:2 (NLT), Matthew 6:3 (NLT), Matthew 6:4 (NLT)
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Be like God?
You and I are meant to be like God. Chips off the old block. That's what this verse says. So instead of comparing ourselves to other people and how they do or don't love others, we compare ourselves to…
Created 26 days ago
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Who can we subversively love?
The challenge in this scripture for us is not the concept of reciprocal love, love that we return because it's shown to us, but returning good for evil. Returning love for unjust accusing, for hatred,…
Created 26 days ago
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Fundamentalists? Maybe...
Jesus says if we are going to be accused of being fundamentalists or extremists, let it be in love. Not in politics and business, but rather in love. Not the warm and fuzzy feelings portrayed in the movies,…
Created 26 days ago
Matthew 5:43 (NKJV), Matthew 5:44 (NKJV), Matthew 5:45 (NKJV)
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Where can we practice generosity instead of retribution?
Maybe someone's insulted you. Maybe someone's sued you. Maybe someone just needs your help. Jesus wants us to ask, "Where can we practice generosity instead of retribution?"
Created 26 days ago
Matthew 5:38 (NKJV), Matthew 5:39 (NKJV), Matthew 5:40 (NKJV), Matthew 5:41 (NKJV), Matthew 5:42 (NKJV)
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What are God's rules?
Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law. The rules of how we should live. He is the ultimate period on the sentence of God's intention for his relationship with mankind. So if you want to understand how life…
Created about 1 month ago
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High, and contagious
Jesus says here that if we are light in the world as we were designed to be, are up high on display, and contagious. We, like the moon reflects the sun, reflect the Son of God, Jesus. We are not the light,…
Created about 1 month ago
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What do we smell like?
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading…
Created about 1 month ago
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What you see is what you get
We all want to have a clear heart, and a simple approach to life. The whole world wants purity and simplicity. Many products and TV shows and magazines are called "Simply ...." To have a simple, pure…
Created about 1 month ago
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I can't get no satisfaction
We all want satisfaction. But as the Rolling Stones sang, we can't get it no matter how hard we try. Why? We don't get there because we copy our culture. The way they act, the way they think, so we are…
Created about 1 month ago
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What's blessing all about? It's not what we think...
God says he wants to bless us. "Blessed" doesn't mean getting stuff and having success, it literally means God imparting his life to us. "Bless" simply means we are encouraged, our life is enhanced, our…
Created about 1 month ago
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What time is it?
The time is NOW. Jesus redeems our past, and insures our future. God wants to reach us with that reality not when we die, but now. He wants to impart his life to you and me, right now. We never die, but…
Created about 1 month ago
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We celebrate this reality today!
The real power of the story of Jesus sits firmly on his resurrection from the dead. Not just that he lived and served mankind as a servant-king, but that he bore the weight of the world's sin on His shoulders,…
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 28:1 (NKJV), Matthew 28:2 (NKJV), Matthew 28:3 (NKJV), Matthew 28:4 (NKJV), Matthew 28:5 (NKJV), Matthew 28:6 (NKJV), Matthew 28:7 (NKJV), Matthew 28:8 (NKJV)
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What God does for us
This describes what God does for us in sending Jesus: he gives us freedom, delivers us from sin and the Enemy, he redeems us, and we are taken in and become God's people, one day eventually together with…
Created about 1 month ago
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Worship isn't what you think...
Our response to seeing Jesus should be to offer ourselves in worship. But what is that really? These people were waving palm branches and shouting, "Hosanna!" For us, that looks like being fully engaged…
Created 2 months ago
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Is this how a celebrity should act?
God's Reality: the king of kings, Jesus, comes humbly to present himself to the world. Read about his choice for how he wanted to ride into Jerusalem. Jesus doesn't ask for a stallion, for the red carpet…
Created 2 months ago
Matthew 21:1 (NLT), Matthew 21:2 (NLT), Matthew 21:3 (NLT), Matthew 21:4 (NLT), Matthew 21:5 (NLT), Matthew 21:6 (NLT)
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Life is seasonal
One of the things that's important for us is to learn to praise God in whatever season we're in. That we are just as close to him in the lean times as we are during the harvest times. For truly every…
Created 2 months ago
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Timing in our life
God's timing is perfect for us. We need to realize that if we look at it the right way, waiting on God's timing in our circumstances is a gift. We need to learn to wait on him patiently. To say, "Not…
Created 2 months ago
Genesis 8:14 (NLT), Genesis 8:15 (NLT), Genesis 8:16 (NLT), Genesis 8:17 (NLT), Genesis 8:18 (NLT)
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God is into life, not legalism.
Is situation was a setup to see what Jesus would do. What would he do? He showed that life always trumps law, and mercy trumps justice. The the tension mounted as Jesus asked questions to make people…
Created 2 months ago
Luke 6:6 (NLT), Luke 6:7 (NLT), Luke 6:8 (NLT), Luke 6:9 (NLT), Luke 6:10 (NLT), Luke 6:11 (NLT)
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Life should be enjoyed, not endured.
Jesus pointed out that we don't spend our time wrapped up in the rules of the law to please God. He used an example in 1 Samuel 21, and we see another example in Matthew 12, of finding satisfaction in…
Created 2 months ago
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What does God's love look like?
God transforms our purpose in the world, when we know his love. And that love looks like expressions of love. Not just experiencing his love, but making it known, broadcasting it to the world. "Love apart…
Created 3 months ago
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We are a covenantal people
Jesus' concern for us is covenantal. Meaning God loves the world, but he loves his people in a special way. These verses tell us that God is concerned for us is unique, as his children. Jeremiah 31:31-34…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-01-29
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-01
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Free in Christ, dead to ourselves
Romans 6:4-11 (NLT)
For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-05-22
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Isaiah 58:9
Isaiah 58:9 (NIV)
Then you will call, and the lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,Created about 1 year ago
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Jonah 2:7
Jonah 2:7 (NIV)
"When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-03-30
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Jonah 2:7
Jonah 2:7 (MSG)
When my life was slipping away, I remembered God, And my prayer got through to you, made it all the way to your Holy Temple.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-02-27
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Acts 2:42
Acts 2:42 (NKJV)
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.Created over 1 year ago
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Jason Ritchie
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- Ridgefield, Washington
