Mike Keating

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  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • obedience expected

    Since those who do not have the Spirit of Jesus do not belong to Him (Rom 8), it is important here to see that God sees a necessary connection to being a Christian and actually obeying Him. The notion…

    Created 4 months ago

    Acts 5:32 (ESV)

  • repentance brings refreshment

    Important to understand the blessing of repentance - so many people refuse to repent to their own hurt

    Created 4 months ago

    Acts 3:19 (ESV), Acts 3:20 (ESV)

  • Abraham in God's plan

    Even the servant saw the success of his mission as part of God's plan to build a nation from Abraham through whom all the nations would be blessed.

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 24:12 (ESV)

  • Interesting

    How interesting is it that even these false teachers saw that the essence of the Old Testament is love for God, not rigid emotionless obedience.

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 10:27 (ESV)

  • How kind of the Lord

    Jesus didn't need to do this. He could have just given an answer and sent them home. His kindness - both to them and to John - by demonstrating the answer is really amazing.

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 7:21 (ESV)

  • Worthy?

    So interesting that the Jewish leaders thought this man was worthy to have Jesus around but the gentile himself knew he was not. How far had the Jews fallen from the Mt. Sinai experience? How much did…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 7:4 (ESV), Luke 7:5 (ESV), Luke 7:6 (ESV)

  • Healing or Preaching?

    Verse 43 is one of the important verses showing people like Benny Hinn to be false teachers. While Jesus did draw crowds because he could heal people, that wasn't His mission and it isn't ours. We are…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 4:43 (ESV)

  • Odd

    How did he go from being glorified by all to not honored in His own home town?

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 4:15 (ESV)

  • Taking sin seriously

    Is this how seriously I take my own sin, that I wish to be utterly trampled down if I were to commit it?

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 7:5 (ESV)

  • Started Following Leela12

    5 months

  • Chris Tomlin

    Now I know where Chris got his verse from Indescribable "or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow." Heavenly Father, thank you for this dear brother who so faithfully weaves your Word into his music…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Job 38:22 (ESV)

  • Why god rescues

    There are a lot of reasons why God rescues His kids from despair or situations. It certainly is not because He is obligated to or because someone "claimed" His power. God is in control and people do not…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 1:10 (ESV)

  • self control

    Good reference to holding back speech even if your heart is wrong

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 29:11 (ESV)

  • Practical Application

    So much of our "practical application" these days focuses on how our life gets easier because of something we think the Bible says. Most times in the Bible our life gets harder when we obey as we should.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 24:7 (ESV)

  • Amazing

    How amazing is it that God, who is great in power - greater than we can even imagine, does not contend with us according to His power but according to His love. Oh that I would be more like Him in this…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Job 23:6 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-02-08

  • I have to wonder...

    What my wife would do if I did the same thing as Abraham did. The cultures are far different so it's not even a fair question, but I wonder how many Christians "pursue hospitality" the way Romans 12 tells…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 18:23 (ESV)

  • Why mercy?

    It's interesting to think here that the King didn't have mercy on the debt because he thought the servant was right. The servant was asking for more time - something the King knew wouldn't help. He simply…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 18:27 (ESV), Matthew 18:28 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-03

  • People person

    Beginning in v 3, Paul gives a shout out to 28 individual people, plus households of specific people. Keep in mind this is at a church he's never been to! How embarrassing it is that I make almost no…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Romans 16:3 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-01-18

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-11

  • Leviticus 26:43

    Leviticus 26:43 (ESV)
    But the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • The real fortress

    During this time David was hiding in caves. He used them as rock fortresses, but he didn't depend on the caves. He depended on the ultimate fortress - his God. I pray that I would do the same.

    Created almost 2 years ago

    Psalm 31:3 (ASV)

  • Lucky Rabbit's Foot

    It's easy to get down on the Israelites for this silly prank but how often do we do the same thing - believing that somehow our performance or our sacrifices will somehow bend God's providence in our…

    Created about 2 years ago

    1 Samuel 4:3 (ESV)

  • Not a recipe for business success

    I'm very sorry but this is really a very silly concept. God is talking to Israel about how He will treat them in the Promised Land. This is very different than how He treats us for all sorts of reasons,…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Leviticus 22:14 (ASV), Leviticus 26:4 (ASV)

  • Hmmm

    I wonder what Focus on the Family would say about this? God's calling to holiness is greater than his calling to be a good family man. Thankfully these most often overlap, but when they don't there can…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Leviticus 21:11 (ASV)

  • Fun but meaningful

    It is fun to leave this one around for the kids to see but we also have to be careful not to water down the impact. God commanded this for a reason. It's great to be playful with our kids but they must…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Leviticus 20:9 (ASV)

  • Sin contaminates

    It's so easy to gloss over these sections without seeing what God is doing. These skin diseases are often used as a physical sign of how sin works in our lives. The impact of sin is significant. It pervasive.…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Leviticus 15:1 (ASV)

  • God's hand is over unbelievers to work His plan for His people

    Sometimes it seems like unbelievers sort of get away with whatever they want and are somehow excluded from God's plan for His people. This account in Genesis is a great example of how nothing could be…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Genesis 40:1 (ASV)

  • Genesis 40:1

    Genesis 40:1 (ASV)
    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

    Created about 2 years ago

    Labels: prison

  • Genesis 40:1

    Genesis 40:1 (ASV)
    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

    Created about 2 years ago

    Labels: joseph

  • Genesis 40:1

    Genesis 40:1 (ASV)
    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

    Created about 2 years ago

    Labels: work-all-things

  • Genesis 40:1

    Genesis 40:1 (ASV)
    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

    Created about 2 years ago

    Labels: sovereignty

  • Started Following Cfkeating

    about 2 years