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THE GIFTS THE FATHER LONGS TO GIVE US
Luke 11:1-13 (AMP)
THEN HE was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, [just] as John taught his disciples.Created about 1 month ago
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AS FOR ME...
Luke 16:13 (AMP)
No servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or anything in which you trust and on which you rely).Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-04-07
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RIVERS
John 4:10 (AMP)
Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God’s gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.Created about 1 month ago
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ANYTHING I WANT???
Mark 11:22-25 (AMP)
And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God [constantly].Created about 1 month ago
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PROSPERITY VS. CROSSES TO BEAR
Luke 9:23 (AMP)
And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also].Created about 1 month ago
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A LIVING GRACE
Hebrews 9:13-14 (AMP)
For if [the mere] sprinkling of unholy and defiled persons with blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a burnt heifer is sufficient for the purification of the body,Created about 1 month ago
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A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE, IN TROUBLE
John 14:27 (AMP)
Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]Created about 1 month ago
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Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) Commentary on Matthew 7:7,8
"...Christ gave two apparently contradictory commands. First, He says, "Judge not, that ye be not judged": abstain from forming harsh estimates and passing censorious censures on your fellows. Second,…
Created 2 months ago
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Fear Is no Threat
"And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of fearless courage." Judges 6:12, AMP Whenever God's people discuss faith and fear, it seems as if we…
Created 2 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-03-31
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It's Not About GETTING, But GIVING
Mark 10:45 (AMP)
For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for (instead of) many.Created 2 months ago
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Breathe Life.
2 Chronicles 7:14-15 (AMP)
If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.Created 2 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-03-23
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The Least of These, My Brethren
Isaiah 58:6-12 (AMP)
[Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke?Created 2 months ago
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Everything changes when we "see" God
Isaiah 1:16-17 (AMP)
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil,Created 2 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-03-23
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RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES
IF ISAIAH COULD "SEE" IT, WE SHOULD BY NOW BE ABLE TO GRASP IT--SINCE IT HAS NOW COME TO PASS. He saw it prophetically; but the actualization, the reality has happened and been recorded for us.WHO HAS…
Created 3 months ago
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NAME!
"O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-03-06
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It Isn't Easy, But It Is Possible
It Isn'tEasy, But It IsPossible.... When Jesus taught His disciples about forgiveness (both sides--offended and offenders), it sounded so impossible and radical that the disciples responded, "Lord, Increase…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 17:1 (KJV), Luke 17:2 (KJV), Luke 17:3 (KJV), Luke 17:4 (KJV), Luke 17:5 (KJV)
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FAITH & FORGIVENESS
Faith & forgiveness go hand in hand. When Jesus taught forgiveness, the subject of faith came up more than once. [see Mark 11:22-26] Forgiveness is probably the most difficult act we do, as humans--it…
Created 3 months ago
Mark 11:22 (AMP), Mark 11:23 (AMP), Mark 11:24 (AMP), Mark 11:25 (AMP), Mark 11:26 (AMP)
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IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE EASY...
I had to smile a little when I read this portion [Colossians 1:10-12]--there are times when it seems like I (maybe you can relate, too) wish you had an "S" on your chest, and a cape--along with the ability…
Created 3 months ago
Colossians 1:10 (AMP), Colossians 1:11 (AMP), Colossians 1:12 (AMP)
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THE GOD OFFERING
There's an old Black-American congregational song that goes something like this: "You don't have to slay the lamb anymore; You don't have to put no more blood on the door. Jesus has taken the place…
Created 3 months ago
Psalm 51:16 (AMP), Psalm 51:17 (AMP), Psalm 51:18 (AMP), Psalm 51:19 (AMP)
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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COME, NOW!
Most of us, have the misguided assumption that we have plenty of time. I turn 50 this year--it's amusing, I guess; but I can't even believe it! I really can remember graduating from high school, and what…
Created 3 months ago
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THE PURSUIT OF MIRACLES
The crowds in Acts, the 3rd chapter are a lot like us, today. They loved the sensational--they did the same thing to the apostles that they did to Jesus. They followed them for the miracles. They went…
Created 3 months ago
Acts 3:12 (AMP), Acts 3:13 (AMP), Acts 3:14 (AMP), Acts 3:15 (AMP), Acts 3:16 (AMP), Acts 3:17 (AMP), Acts 3:18 (AMP), Acts 3:19 (AMP), Acts 3:20 (AMP), Acts 3:21 (AMP), Acts 3:22 (AMP), Acts 3:23 (AMP), Acts 3:24 (AMP), Acts 3:25 (AMP), Acts 3:26 (AMP)
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David & Paul--Great Minds Think Alike
Reading this was like reading Romans 7. It was as if David and Paul were in the same place, at the same time, having the same experience--describing it in their own words. Psalm 130 is so prophetic and…
Created 3 months ago
Psalm 130:1 (AMP), Psalm 130:2 (AMP), Psalm 130:3 (AMP), Psalm 130:4 (AMP), Psalm 130:5 (AMP), Psalm 130:6 (AMP), Psalm 130:7 (AMP), Psalm 130:8 (AMP)
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RIGHTEOUS GOALS
I'm not sure if it's really correct to call ridding self of evil and replacing the evil with love, kindness and compassion, a "goal". I say this becausewecannot even begin to do these things, we can only…
Created 3 months ago
Ephesians 4:31 (AMP), Ephesians 4:32 (AMP), Ephesians 5:1 (AMP), Ephesians 5:2 (AMP)
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WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD HE DO IT???
I'll tell you what, I can really understand why those who don't have a relationship with God don't believe. It's just too awesometo be true--yet, nothingis truer!!! It makes no naturalsense that a perfect,…
Created 3 months ago
Hebrews 2:10 (AMP), Hebrews 2:11 (AMP), Hebrews 2:12 (AMP), Hebrews 2:13 (AMP), Hebrews 2:14 (AMP), Hebrews 2:15 (AMP), Hebrews 2:16 (AMP), Hebrews 2:17 (AMP), Hebrews 2:18 (AMP)
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TO BE CONTINUED...
Luke wrote maybethe most important letter recorded in the New Testament, to his good friend Theophilus. Luke was sharing his experience about his (and the other remaining disciples) final moments with…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 24:45 (KJV), Luke 24:46 (KJV), Luke 24:47 (KJV), Luke 24:48 (KJV), Luke 24:49 (KJV), Luke 24:50 (KJV), Luke 24:51 (KJV), Luke 24:52 (KJV), Luke 24:53 (KJV)
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GOD IS NOT ALWAYS FAIR, BUT HE IS ALWAYS JUST
I'm sure some of the non-Jewish early Christians thought the Jews who had not accepted Jesus, didn't deserve Him--at least those who had persecuted Him. Maybe it wasn't admitted or spoken, but sometimes…
Created 4 months ago
Romans 11:28 (AMP), Romans 11:29 (AMP), Romans 11:30 (AMP), Romans 11:31 (AMP), Romans 11:32 (AMP), Romans 11:33 (AMP)
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BUYER, BEWARE!
Have you ever gone into a store and perused the clearance rack--the products that "must go!" Sometimes, you might wonder how could they put a price tag on those items--just trash them and be done with…
Created 4 months ago
1 Peter 2:20 (KJV), 1 Peter 2:21 (KJV), 1 Peter 2:22 (KJV), 1 Peter 2:23 (KJV), 1 Peter 2:24 (KJV), 1 Peter 2:25 (KJV)
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CONDITIONS
As you can plainly see, everything about God is notunconditional. His forgiveness is so vast and deep toward us--freely and extensively bestowed, butit comes with a disclaimer. We can't have it unless…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2012-02-12
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-02-11
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Isaiah 53:10
Isaiah 53:10 (AMP)
Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.Created 4 months ago
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RESCUED BY VIOLENCE
Isaiah 53:1-12 is probably one of the most well known portions of Scripture. We read the words, and most of us are grateful for the sacrifice that Christ made--and, that the Father made, in giving His…
Created 4 months ago
Isaiah 53:1 (KJV), Isaiah 53:2 (KJV), Isaiah 53:3 (KJV), Isaiah 53:4 (KJV), Isaiah 53:5 (KJV), Isaiah 53:6 (KJV), Isaiah 53:7 (KJV), Isaiah 53:8 (KJV), Isaiah 53:9 (KJV), Isaiah 53:10 (KJV), Isaiah 53:11 (KJV), Isaiah 53:12 (KJV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-02-10
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IT'S AVAILABLE...BUT, IT'S YOUR CHOICE
Today, we live in such wicked times--days of unspeakable violence, without compassion, and no restraint. Often, I question (even thoughI knowthe answer, but still can't fathom the vileness) how can mankind…
Created 4 months ago
Psalm 103:8 (KJV), Psalm 103:9 (KJV), Psalm 103:10 (KJV), Psalm 103:11 (KJV), Psalm 103:12 (KJV), Psalm 103:13 (KJV), Psalm 103:14 (KJV), Psalm 103:15 (KJV), Psalm 103:16 (KJV), Psalm 103:17 (KJV), Psalm 103:18 (KJV)
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IT'S NOW OR NEVER!
Procrastination--what an enemy! It was the enemy of King Hezekiah, too. He had become puffed up in his service--allowing his servants to dismiss the God of Israel, Who had redeemed them. Chapter 37:29…
Created 4 months ago
Isaiah 38:2 (AMP), Isaiah 38:3 (AMP), Isaiah 38:5 (AMP), Isaiah 38:6 (AMP), Isaiah 38:14 (AMP), Isaiah 38:15 (AMP), Isaiah 38:16 (AMP), Isaiah 38:17 (AMP), Isaiah 38:18 (AMP), Isaiah 38:19 (AMP), Isaiah 38:20 (AMP)
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DIVINE FORGIVENESS
This really is DIVINE forgiveness portrayed for us, as an example of the kind of forgiveness that IS entirely possible for us. It is possible because the SAMESpirit lives in us, and He enables us to love…
Created 4 months ago
Matthew 26:25 (AMP), Matthew 26:26 (AMP), Matthew 26:27 (AMP), Matthew 26:28 (AMP)
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IT'S ME, IT'S ME, O LORD...
Today, I again had to include more than the 2-3 suggested verses. It took verses 14-19 to sum up what I am experiencing, at this time (this past weekend, and today). I am troubled by some feelings of…
Created 4 months ago
Psalm 25:14 (AMP), Psalm 25:15 (AMP), Psalm 25:16 (AMP), Psalm 25:17 (AMP), Psalm 25:18 (AMP), Psalm 25:19 (AMP)
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THE LORD--GRACIOUS & TERRIBLE
These verses (Psalms 145:17-20) show the wonder of the attributes of God. Often, people ask how a loving God could allow so many atrocities to occur in the world--or sendpeople to Hell. The righteousness…
Created 4 months ago
Psalm 145:17 (KJV), Psalm 145:18 (KJV), Psalm 145:19 (KJV), Psalm 145:20 (KJV)
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BLESSED, REALLY????
It's very popular to respond when asked how one is doing, that "I'm blessed!" I often say, "I'm blessed, abundantly" and, I really am. We also tend to say, in parting, "Be Blessed", without thought, I…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-31
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-31