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Death of the High Priest
What is the reason for freeing an accidental murderer when the high priest dies?
Created 2 months ago
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A Clean Break
Make a clean break with those things in your life that will hinder you. Do not allow even a trace of them to remain, or they will surely work their way into your life and habits.
Created 2 months ago
Numbers 33:51 (NLT), Numbers 33:52 (NLT), Numbers 33:55 (NLT)
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In a Different Form
I wonder if this different form is when Jesus walked alongside (on the road to Emmaus) the two disciples who were grieving and talking about all that had been happening, after the crucifixion, when He…
Created 3 months ago
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The Roman Officer at the Cross
What was it that convinced the Roman officer that Jesus was really the Son of God? The verse says that it was when he saw how Jesus had died. Does this mean that it was the WAY in which Jesus died, how…
Created 3 months ago
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He Didn't Defend Himself
It takes tremendous courage and security to remain silent when you are wrongly accused. Jesus did that. Our natural inclination is to protest, to defend or justify ourselves. But Jesus seems to be showing…
Created 3 months ago
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Do We Change His Mind?
When Moses asked God not to destroy all of the people, only the one who had sinned, it made me wonder: can we change God's mind? (It also reminded me of when Abraham asked God if He would still destroy…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 16:21 (NLT), Numbers 16:22 (NLT), Numbers 16:23 (NLT), Numbers 16:24 (NLT)
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Intentional vs. Unintentional Sin
There's a difference, in God's eyes, between sins we unintentionally commit and those we, as God said, "brazenly" commit. For unintentional sins, we do still need to do something about them --- we need…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 15:27 (NLT), Numbers 15:28 (NLT), Numbers 15:30 (NLT), Numbers 15:31 (NLT)
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The True Sacrifice
God doesn't need our outward shows of religion --- what He wants from us is a thankful heart and obedience to His Word.
Created 3 months ago
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All You Have
The widow was praised because she gave all she had, not because she gave a large amount. What matters to God is what portion of yourself you give, how much you are willing to sacrifice of yourself for…
Created 3 months ago
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More Severely Punished
We all suffer consequences of our sins, but here Jesus seems to be saying that the worst punishment will come upon those who are hypocritical about their sins --- those who pretend to be holy while they…
Created 3 months ago
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Hopes and Fears
It just occurred to me, that "justice" could be one answer here. What are the wicked (or even all of us, whenever we choose to sin) afraid of? Justice --- being found out, being punished for the wrong…
Created 3 months ago
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It's By Your Power
This reminds me that I am not to trust in my own power, because by my own power I am nothing. I am to trust in God's power to save me and help me.
Created 3 months ago
Psalm 44:3 (NLT), Psalm 44:4 (NLT), Psalm 44:5 (NLT), Psalm 44:6 (NLT), Psalm 44:7 (NLT)
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Why Am I Discouraged?
We have the power to get out of our discouragement. How? By either consciously remembering what God has done for us in the past, or by just choosing to praise God anyway, regardless of how we might feel…
Created 3 months ago
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Lord, Save Me!
Our troubles --- the things we need God to save us from --- are both from without and within. David here asked God to save him from both his enemies trying to humiliate him AND his own personal sins (too…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Jesus Had Compassion
Even though Jesus wanted to get away with His disciples to rest, He gave up His plans when He saw the crowds that still wanted to see Him, because He could see their need. God wants me, too, to be willing…
Created 3 months ago
Mark 6:31 (NLT), Mark 6:32 (NLT), Mark 6:33 (NLT), Mark 6:34 (NLT)
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He Only Took Some
When Jesus healed Jairus's daughter, He did it for Jairus, and the girl --- and not for the recognition or to make a point about Himself. He just wanted to make her well and to honor Jairus's faith. This…
Created 3 months ago
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Go to your Family
Ours is a faith to be shared. Jesus does not want us to isolate ourselves, and just spend time in the church or with Christians; He wants us to share with others what He has done for us.
Created 3 months ago
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Leave us alone!
Why, after seeing what Jesus could do, do the people want Him to leave the alone? Is it because they are afraid He will see their sin, too, and destroy them as well? Or is it just that such power scares…
Created 3 months ago
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Jesus Asleep
Even when Jesus is "asleep" --- that is, just by having Him WITH us --- we are still safe. How much more protected and safe we are when He is actively working in our situations and lives!!!
Created 3 months ago
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Parables
I have never quite understood verse 12. Why would Jesus withhold the parables' true meaning from the crowds, and why does it sound as if He doesn't want them to be forgiven? I'm sure there is something…
Created 3 months ago
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Both Ridiculed Jesus?
I thought that one of the criminals stopped the other one, said Jesus had done no wrong, and asked Jesus to remember him when He came into His kingdom?
Created 4 months ago
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Judas's Remorse
I wonder what Judas had thought they would do with Jesus? Didn't he know they might kill Him? (Hadn't he heard all the times Jesus said He would be put to death?)
Created 4 months ago
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God's Face
What is the reason for not being able to look at God's face, but being able to see His back? Does only being able to see His back mean that God goes before us and we can only see what God has already…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-01-19
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-10
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-01
