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His Presence
I remember when I was in intermediate school, or even now that I get to work with middle schoolers, watching girls interact guys is probably one of my favorite things. It's so funny and awkward at times.…
Created 4 months ago
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Luke 6:41-49
Luke 6:41-49 (NIV)
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?Created 5 months ago
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Luke 6:41-45
Luke 6:41-45 (NIV)
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?Created 5 months ago
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Luke 6:43-45
Luke 6:43-45 (NIV)
"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2011-12-16
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Where's My Fruit?
Stores shut down because of the lack of business, companies close because they don't make enough money, restaurants fold because of it's scarce customers. Different places close all for fairy the same…
Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-11-23
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Taking Care of Me
When you take a trip somewhere and have to ride on an airplane, you can always expect that there will be a safety briefing. During these safety briefings, I always wonder why they tell you to put on your…
Created 8 months ago
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Luke 10:41
Luke 10:41 (NIV)
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things,Created 8 months ago
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Luke 10:42
Luke 10:42 (NIV)
but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."Created 8 months ago
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No Where I'd Rather Be
Do u remember in Wizard of Oz when Dorthy clicks her heels together and says "there's no place like home, there's no place like home"? How could you not know that famous scene?! Anyway, Dorthy longs to…
Created 8 months ago
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Psalm 84:2-3
Psalm 84:2-3 (NIV)
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Created 8 months ago
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Selfish Shepherds
There are many types of people in this world. People who are self-motivated and driven by accomplishment, people who are more laid back, go-with-the-flow, or even lazy people. There are people who are…
Created 9 months ago
Ezekiel 34:2 (NIV), Ezekiel 34:3 (NIV), Ezekiel 34:4 (NIV), Ezekiel 34:5 (NIV), Ezekiel 34:6 (NIV)
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Ezekiel 33:31
Ezekiel 33:31 (NIV)
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 33:32
Ezekiel 33:32 (NIV)
Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 34:2
Ezekiel 34:2 (NIV)
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 34:3
Ezekiel 34:3 (NIV)
You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 34:4
Ezekiel 34:4 (NIV)
You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 34:5
Ezekiel 34:5 (NIV)
So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 34:6
Ezekiel 34:6 (NIV)
My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 33:31
Ezekiel 33:31 (NIV)
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.Created 9 months ago
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Ezekiel 33:32
Ezekiel 33:32 (NIV)
Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.Created 9 months ago
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Boastful Bride
I don't know about you, but when I hear people start to brag about things that they can do or things that they have done, I kinda start to tune them out. We could be in the middle of a conversation, and…
Created 10 months ago
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Jeremiah 49:4
Jeremiah 49:4 (NIV)
Why do you boast of your valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful? Unfaithful Daughter Ammon, you trust in your riches and say, 'Who will attack me?'Created 10 months ago
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Cannot Contain
To be quite honest, this morning as I read, there is no big theological revelation or even a little, simple application point for my life. But there is something that stands out to me in this last verse…
Created 10 months ago
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A Lack of Reverence
I have the amazing privilege of working with teenagers! Oh the joy!! Haha, I say this (well write it) sarcastically, but I really do love working with them. Even though there is drama to the max and attitudes…
Created 10 months ago
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No Fear
How many of us fear bad news? We fear the news of a loved one diagnosed with a terminal disease, the news that one of our kids is hurt or another devastating world disaster. Or maybe we fear the news…
Created 10 months ago
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I Cannot Contain
Have you ever been around someone who has just started dating? Or has a crush on someone? It seems that all they can talk about is the person that they like. EVERYTHING is about that person. It's as if…
Created 10 months ago
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The Story of a Young Man
As I read this morning, I couldn't help but be in amazement of the story of Josiah's reign. He was 8 years old when he first became king. And all of the significant recorded events during his reign all…
Created 10 months ago
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For Themselves
Have you ever heard a child ask their parent why they can't touch the stove? The parent replies, "because it's hot, it'll burn you". Yet even with this response, something in the child still longs to…
Created 10 months ago
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Purposefully Suffering
How is it possible for someone to look at suffering and say that it is for their benefit? I honestly have no clue. When suffering hits, most people question God...why is this happening to me, how could…
Created 10 months ago
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Isaiah 38:17
Isaiah 38:17 (NIV)
Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.Created 11 months ago
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Isaiah 38:15
Isaiah 38:15 (NIV)
But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.Created 11 months ago
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1 Peter 2:15
1 Peter 2:15 (NIV)
For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.Created 11 months ago
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1 Peter 2:12
1 Peter 2:12 (NIV)
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.Created 11 months ago
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You Are What You Follow
Have you ever noticed that when you hang out with certain people all the time, you start to talk like them? You start to pick up their same mannerisms because you are around them so much. It's funny because…
Created 11 months ago
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A Leader From the Kingdom of Righteousness
Just this weekend I was running to find shelter from the rain. Okay, this is going to sound really stupid, but it wasn't because it was raining hard and I didn't want to get soaked. It was pretty much…
Created 11 months ago
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Isaiah 32:2
Isaiah 32:2 (NIV)
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.Created 11 months ago
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Isaiah 32:3
Isaiah 32:3 (NIV)
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.Created 11 months ago
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Isaiah 33:2
Isaiah 33:2 (NIV)
lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.Created 11 months ago
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James 2:17
James 2:17 (NIV)
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.Created 11 months ago
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James 2:22
James 2:22 (NIV)
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.Created 11 months ago
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The Unseen and Unheard
How easy is it to judge a person by what you see them doing, or what you hear them saying? How easy is it to stomp your feet and throw a fit when the circumstances around you suck? In our world today,…
Created 11 months ago
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A Season of Withholding
Have you ever had those moments when people are trying to get your attention but you are so spaced out that you don't even hear them calling your name? Your mind is off somewhere else and the only reason…
Created 11 months ago
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It's Personal
This past semester my research class got to do a project around the Hawaiian culture. We had to go to Bishop Museum and do research there. Honestly at first I wasn't too thrilled about it, but once we…
Created 11 months ago
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Tatted All Over My Heart
I was recently given an iPad. Now if you know me at all, you know that I am the worst when it comes to technology. Even me being able to do my devos on here was a huge step for me. I'm not great with…
Created 11 months ago
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An Agent of Refreshment
One of my favorite things to do on a hot day is to go and get shave ice! It's always so refreshing after being exposed to the heat of the sun. Or for some reason, Mexican food after the beach has the…
Created 11 months ago
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It's Not Weakness
It's been said, that "men never stop to ask for directions." Somehow they think that when they are lost, there is an innate navigating power within them that will kick in and they will magically find…
Created 12 months ago
2 Chronicles 20:3 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 20:4 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 20:12 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 20:17 (NIV), 2 Chronicles 20:18 (NIV)
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The World of Women
It's crazy to me to not only observe but to be a part of the world of women. Sometimes even I don't understand it and at other times, I am ashamed to admit that I am a part of it. Here's what I mean:…
Created 12 months ago
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Contentments Secret
In our culture today, we have become a society that is never satisfied. Always wanting more, always wanting bigger and better. We think to ourselves, if only I had the 2012 model, my car would be so much…
Created 12 months ago
Philippians 4:6 (NIV), Philippians 4:7 (NIV), Philippians 4:12 (NIV), Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
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Reverent Speech
Usually, I am very quick to run my mouth. I talk before thinking, and voice my opinion when it is not solicited. Yet there are other times when I am in meetings with certain people or certain leaders…
Created 12 months ago
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His Handiwork
I remember a few years ago, a friend of mine made a rose out of wood. It was so crazy! So intricate and absolutely beautiful! I couldn't believe that he made it. And out of wood! I was very much impressed…
Created 12 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2011-05-27
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-03-25
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-18
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-02-28
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-02-16
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-28
Linsey Gwin
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