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The Greatest Commandment
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (ESV)
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.Created 1 day ago
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Better is One Day in Your Courts
Psalm 84:10-12 (ESV)
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.Created 5 days ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-05-27
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Failure to Believe
Israel's failure to enter Canaan was not first an "action problem" - it was a "faith problem". They failed to believe in God and His promises. And they did so not in light of His Promise only, but also…
Created 6 days ago
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The Lord is Patient, Not Slow
2 Peter 3:8-10 (ESV)
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Created 13 days ago
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Give a Reason for the Hope That is in You
1 Peter 3:15-16 (ESV)
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,Created 18 days ago
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Let The Nations Be Glad
Psalm 67:1-7 (ESV)
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, SelahCreated 19 days ago
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Responsibility for Immediate Action
When the Lord calls us to do something, we ought not delay. I almost always do this, thinking that there will be time to do it and so it exists only as my intention. Yet the writer of Hebrews says here…
Created 21 days ago
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What is Your Life?
James 4:13-17 (ESV)
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"—Created 21 days ago
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Humble Yourselves Before the Lord
James 4:7-10 (ESV)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Created 21 days ago
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Faith Without Works
James 2:14-17 (ESV)
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?Created 24 days ago
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Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
Isaiah 6:1-13 (ESV)
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.Created 26 days ago
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None Seek God
Psalm 53:1-3 (ESV)
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.Created 26 days ago
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Great Cloud of Witnesses
Hebrews 12:1-2 (ESV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,Created 27 days ago
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All of These Were Faithful
Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—Created 28 days ago
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Without Faith It Is Impossible To Please God
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.Created 28 days ago
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Faith
Hebrews 11:1-3 (ESV)
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.Created 28 days ago
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Jesus, Our High Priest
Hebrews 7:25-28 (ESV)
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.Created about 1 month ago
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Great High Priest
Hebrews 4:14-16 (ESV)
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.Created about 1 month ago
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God Has Spoken To Us By His Son
Hebrews 1:1-4 (ESV)
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,Created about 1 month ago
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I Have Fought the Fight
2 Timothy 4:7-8 (ESV)
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.Created about 1 month ago
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Preach the Word In Season and Out
2 Timothy 4:2-5 (ESV)
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.Created about 1 month ago
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All Scripture is God Breathed
2 Timothy 3:14-17 (ESV)
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned itCreated about 1 month ago
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Better a House of Mourning
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (ESV)
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.Created about 1 month ago
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A Spirit of Power
2 Timothy 1:6-7 (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 about 1 month ago
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Foremost of Sinners
1 Timothy 1:15-17 (ESV)
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.Created about 1 month ago
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No One Who Does Good
Psalm 14:1-3 (ESV)
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.Created about 1 month ago
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Responsibility to Witness
Proverbs 24:10-12 (ESV)
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.Created about 1 month ago
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Don't Loose Your Head
There are two temptations that religious activity draws us two. The first is to focus on our sins when we fail to do the things we ought. This results in desperation and hopelessness. The second is to…
Created 2 months ago
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Messy
It's tough to deal with people sometimes. Situations, circumstances and relationships can be, or become, messy. But they are necessary. Consider the alternative: seclusion and tidiness. But if we desire…
Created 2 months ago
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The Offense of the Cross
So strange to read Paul's words here. Those who add any sort of works to grace are, in essence, offended by the cross. Why? I suppose it is because the cross is devoid of anything requiring our effort.…
Created 3 months ago
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Divinity Statement
Make no mistake about it. Jesus is not simply a great teacher. In fact, if we believe everything that he ever said except this, then we make him out to be, as C.S. Lewis puts it, either a liar or a lunatic.…
Created 3 months ago
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Statement of Faith
Here, the thief is making a statement of faith. When he asks Jesus to remember him when He comes into His kingdom, he is saying two very significant things. Firstly, that there exists a heavenly Kingdom.…
Created 3 months ago
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Serve God or Money
There is no way around it. We will either serve God or we will serve money. It is so easy to treat money as ultimate because it is viewed that way in our society. It is difficult to live in American culture…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights
2012-02-19
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Do Not Put the Lord to the Test
I wonder if this is a statement that Jesus makes to indicate that (1) the Son ought not tempt the Father or, instead, that (2) Satan ought not tempt the Lord Jesus. It is interesting that after this response…
Created 4 months ago
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Identity of Jesus
All of these "possibilities" would be flattering to anyone other than Jesus. As the very Son of God, He was equal with Him and, therefore, far above any other name including that of John the Baptist and…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-01-23
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-01-23
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-11
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-06
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-09-17
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-08-25
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-04-21
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-02