Kelly Dufour

  • Responding to Difficulties

    Job was a righteous man. In fact, God spoke very highly of Job in front of Satan (makes me wonder how God speaks of me, too). Satan firmly believes that Job's righteousness before God is based on his…

    Created 4 months ago

    Job 1:1 (NIV), Job 2:1 (NIV), Job 3:1 (NIV), Job 4:1 (NIV), Job 5:1 (NIV)

  • The Power of Hindsight

    And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.Genesis 45:5 (NIV) Take a moment and imagine yourself…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 45:5 (NIV)

  • Success Redefined

    How do you define success? I think we often define success through the filters of status, wealth, and quality of life. Success, as defined through these filters, implies we are successful when good things…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 39:23 (NIV)

  • Laying Down My Isaac

    I could not imagine the feelings Abraham must have felt on that long walk to Mt. Moriah with his promised son, Isaac. He knew what God was calling him to do. While I am sure he debated it several times…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 22:12 (NIV)

  • The God Who Sees Me

    "You are the God who sees me." How does that statement of Hagar strike you? Does it comfort you or does it concern you? For Hagar, it seemed to be a statement of comfort. We don't really know Hagar's…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 16:13 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-11-09

  • A Better Way To Act

    All of us have felt the regret of our wrong actions. Someone irritates us or life treats us unfairly and we respond based on our feelings - our emotions. While there may be a few exceptions to the rule,…

    Created 8 months ago

    Ezekiel 20:9 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-08-23

  • Forgive As God Forgave You

    Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.Ephesians 4:32 What if God forgave you as you forgive others? Would you feel secure in…

    Created 12 months ago

    Ephesians 4:32 (MSG)

  • God Rewrites the Text of My Life

    God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.Psalm 18:24 (MSG) I enjoy reading -- especially if it is a good book. I have read a few opening chapters of some books and…

    Created 12 months ago

    Psalm 18:24 (MSG)

  • Filled with God's Energy

    We pray for you all the time--pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something.2…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Thessalonians 1:11 (MSG)

  • The Great Reversal

    This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first.Matthew 19:30 (MSG) Do you remember lining up for lunch, recess, or any other event in elementary school? The most precious…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 19:30 (MSG)

  • Finding Yourself

    If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me.Matthew 10:39 This is the great deception…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 10:39 (MSG)

  • Let Christ Take Over!

    My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift.…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 12:10 (MSG)

  • Distress That Drives Us to God

    Now I'm glad--not that you were upset, but that you were jarred into turning things around. You let the distress bring you to God, not drive you from him. The result was all gain, no loss. Distress that…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 7:9 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 7:10 (MSG)

  • God's Unfolding Grace

    So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 4:16 (MSG)

  • Take Responsibility for the Health of the Church

    The focus of my letter wasn't on punishing the offender but on getting you to take responsibility for the health of the church.2 Corinthians 2:9 (MSG) It is pretty easy to understand and accept the fact…

    Created about 1 year ago

    2 Corinthians 2:9 (MSG)

  • The Evidence of Christ

    The evidence of Christ has been clearly verified in your lives.1 Corinthians 1:6 (MSG) If you were brought to court and tried because of your professed faith in Christ, would there be enough evidence…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 1:6 (MSG)

  • You Are Not Lost in the Crowds

    God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks. Psalm 36:5-6 (MSG)…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 36:5 (MSG), Psalm 36:6 (MSG)

  • You're Not In The Driver's Seat

    Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 8:34 (MSG), Mark 8:35 (MSG), Mark 8:36 (MSG), Mark 8:37 (MSG)

  • Tell Your Story

    As Jesus was getting into the boat, the demon-delivered man begged to go along, but he wouldn't let him. Jesus said, "Go home to your own people. Tell them your story - what the Master did, how he had…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 5:18 (MSG), Mark 5:19 (MSG), Mark 5:20 (MSG)

  • A High Privilege

    Agrippa said, "I'd like to see this man and hear his story." "Good," said Festus. "We'll bring him in first thing in the morning and you'll hear it for yourself." The next day everybody who was anybody…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 25:22 (MSG), Acts 25:23 (MSG)

  • God Doesn't Play Favorites!

    Peter fairly exploded with his good news: "It's God's own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you're from--if you want God and are ready…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 10:34 (MSG), Acts 10:35 (MSG)

  • Look to God

    And Moses answered, "Look at me. I stutter. Why would Pharaoh listen to me?" God told Moses, "Look at me. I'll make you as a god to Pharaoh and your brother Aaron will be your prophet."Exodus 6:30-7:1…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 6:30 (MSG), Exodus 7:1 (MSG)

  • God Hears Their Cries

    God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 3:7 (MSG), Exodus 3:8 (MSG)

  • God's Presence Does Not Mean Trouble's Absence

    As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him. He ended up living in the home of his Egyptian master. Genesis 39:2 (MSG) Joseph's master took him and threw him into jail where…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 39:2 (MSG), Genesis 39:20 (MSG), Genesis 39:21 (MSG), Genesis 39:23 (MSG)

  • Leave Your Nets Behind

    They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him. Luke 5:11 (MSG) Every day and every thing had pretty much always been the same for this group of fishermen until Jesus…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Luke 5:11 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-07

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2010-12-22