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  • doers vs. hearer

    James 1:22-24 says 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face…

    Created 8 months ago

    James 1:22 (NIV), James 1:23 (NIV), James 1:24 (NIV)

  • Life Insurance

    Matthew 24:44 says 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Jesus tells us to be ready in the verse above. Have you ever told a kid to get…

    Created 8 months ago

    Matthew 24:44 (NIV)

  • everything has a season

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 says 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Following verse one, the author then names everything that has an appointed time until verse…

    Created 8 months ago

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)

  • Hope after Brokenness

    Job 17:1 says 1 My spirit is broken, my days are cut short,the grave awaits me. There are a lot of people that can relate to this verse. I know a few. In the helping profession we encounter a lot of…

    Created 8 months ago

    Job 17:1 (NIV)

  • Worrying again

    Matthew 6:27 says 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? I've used this verse before, but "worrying" is a big topic so I had to write about it again. Much of our worry and…

    Created 8 months ago

    Matthew 6:27 (NIV)

  • Perseverance

    James 1:2-4 says 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish…

    Created 8 months ago

    James 1:2 (NIV), James 1:3 (NIV), James 1:4 (NIV)

  • Bondage

    Luke 13:16 says 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?" The back story to this verse…

    Created 8 months ago

    Luke 13:16 (NIV)

  • The Lord is our light

    Psalm 27:1 says 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? Sometimes our fear can be our greatest ally. We must not let…

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 27:1 (NIV)

  • Saved always

    Hebrews 9:27-28 says 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not…

    Created 8 months ago

    Hebrews 9:27 (NIV), Hebrews 9:28 (NIV)

  • Babbling

    Matthew 6:7-8 says 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before…

    Created 8 months ago

    Matthew 6:7 (NIV), Matthew 6:8 (NIV)

  • Put your hope in God

    Psalms 42:5 says 5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Depression afflicts a lot of people to varying degrees.…

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 42:5 (NIV)

  • Express yourself

    Mark 11: 12-14 says 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found…

    Created 8 months ago

    Mark 11:12 (NIV), Mark 11:13 (NIV), Mark 11:14 (NIV)

  • Value in the valley

    2 Corinthians 4:8-9 says 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. There's "value in the valley."…

    Created 8 months ago

    2 Corinthians 4:8 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 4:9 (NIV)

  • Worship Genuinely

    Luke 4:5-7 says The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given…

    Created 8 months ago

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

  • Spiritual wall

    Romans 7:19 says 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Paul addresses the spiritual dilemma in the letter to the Romans. I do not do the good…

    Created 8 months ago

    Romans 7:19 (NIV)

  • Commit and be patient

    Proverbs 16:3 says 3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. This proverb is interesting. I should have been wrote about this proverb or a least applied it to my life. It…

    Created 8 months ago

    Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)

  • Responsibility

    Galatians 6:4-5 says 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load.…

    Created 8 months ago

    Galatians 6:5 (NIV)

  • Servant Leadership

    2 Chronicles 22:10 says 10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. Yes, it happened in the bible too. Greed…

    Created 9 months ago

    2 Chronicles 22:10 (NIV)

  • I am who I am

    14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" God is quite funny. The scripture reminds me of a response someone I know would give when…

    Created 9 months ago

    Exodus 3:14 (NIV)

  • Harvest

    Matthew 9:37 says 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. I think this is a powerful statement and like many passages in the bible still remains true today.…

    Created 9 months ago

    Matthew 9:37 (NIV)

  • Pray!

    1 thessalonians 5:17 says 17 pray continually. Its that simple, pray continually! Pray always! I don't know about you, but its hard to pray continually. Its definitely an act that must be practiced all…

    Created 9 months ago

    1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)

  • Discipline

    Proverbs 12:1 says 1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. Well dang, that's pretty straight forward. Have you ever known a person like that? The second you…

    Created 9 months ago

    Proverbs 12:1 (NIV)

  • Serving

    Mark 10:45 says 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Jesus was one remarkable being! Even being as great as He was, He still…

    Created 9 months ago

    Mark 10:45 (NIV)

  • Burdens

    Matthew 11:28-30 says 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest…

    Created 9 months ago

    Matthew 11:28 (NIV), Matthew 11:29 (NIV), Matthew 11:30 (NIV)

  • trust

    Proverbs 3:5-6 says 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Sometimes life smacks us in…

    Created 9 months ago

    Proverbs 3:5 (NIV), Proverbs 3:6 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-06-09

  • Ecclesiastes 7:14

    Ecclesiastes 7:14 (NIV)
    When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Exodus 3:4

    Exodus 3:4 (NIV)
    When the lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Exodus 3:3

    Exodus 3:3 (NIV)
    So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Exodus 3:6

    Exodus 3:6 (NIV)
    Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-04-30

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-04-18

  • Matthew 21:22

    Matthew 21:22 (NIV)
    If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 18:35

    Matthew 18:35 (NIV)
    "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart."

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:18

    Matthew 18:18 (NIV)
    "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:7

    Matthew 18:7 (NIV)
    Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:4

    Matthew 18:4 (NIV)
    Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:4

    Matthew 18:4 (NIV)
    Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:3

    Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
    And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 18:2

    Matthew 18:2 (NIV)
    He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 15:27

    Matthew 15:27 (NIV)
    "Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 15:26

    Matthew 15:26 (NIV)
    He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Colossians 4:6

    Colossians 4:6 (NIV)
    Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 15:9

    Matthew 15:9 (NIV)
    They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.'"

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 15:8

    Matthew 15:8 (NIV)
    "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 13:14

    Matthew 13:14 (NIV)
    In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Job 12:23

    Job 12:23 (NIV)
    He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 8:26

    Matthew 8:26 (NIV)
    He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 7:20

    Matthew 7:20 (NIV)
    Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 7:19

    Matthew 7:19 (NIV)
    Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 7:18

    Matthew 7:18 (NIV)
    A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 7:17

    Matthew 7:17 (NIV)
    Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 7:15

    Matthew 7:15 (NIV)
    "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-03-14

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-03-14

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-03-10

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2011-03-09

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-03-07