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  • 2 Chronicles 7:14

    2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
    if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

    Created 4 months ago

  • I delight to do your will

    I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." (Psalm 40:8 ESV) There is a core element in our obedience to God that I have missed out on at times: delight. Richard Foster says…

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 40:8 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-30

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-09-30

  • 2 Samuel 22:25

    2 Samuel 22:25 (ESV)
    And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Jeremiah 33:9

    Jeremiah 33:9 (NKJV)
    Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-08-05

  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Jeremiah 33:6 (NKJV)
    Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 8:5

    Deuteronomy 8:5 (ESV)
    Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.

    Created almost 1 year ago

  • Deuteronomy 8:6

    Deuteronomy 8:6 (ESV)
    So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.

    Created almost 1 year ago

  • Philippians 4:19

    Philippians 4:19 (ESV)
    And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Deuteronomy 4:9 (ESV)
    "Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Gladness of the earth banished

    God will banish gladness. Gladness is not something we think about being gone, much less banished. And it's interesting that a handful of Psalms talk about the gladness that the wicked enjoy. They are…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Isaiah 24:11 (ESV)

  • Job 42:3

    Job 42:3 (ESV)
    'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • God refines hearts.

    The crucible and furnace are where things are burned out and where jewelry starts taking shape. This refinement period must also happen in our hearts.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 17:3 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-29

  • The Breath of God

    Pastor Jerry Taylor Ezekiel 37 So far in this series: The bread The water How long can you go without air? The Word of God is the breath of God. 2 Tim 3:6 All scripture is breathed out by God...…

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Genesis 4:7

    Genesis 4:7 (ESV)
    If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Acts 3:12

    Acts 3:12 (ESV)
    And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-04

  • Matthew 3:10

    Matthew 3:10 (ESV)
    Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-25

  • He did not set his heart to seek the Lord

    This is a very profound phrase to me: "He did not set his heart to seek the Lord." It's not simply, "he didn't seek the Lord." But: "he did not set his heart." In God's eyes, it was a matter of the heart.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 12:14 (ESV)

  • Shields of Bronze

    Rehoboam rebelled against God and God's just punishment was allowing King Shisak of Egypt siege several cities of Judah and make Judean Israelites slaves. They took the temple's gold shields and Rehoboam…

    Created over 1 year ago

    2 Chronicles 12:10 (ESV)

  • 2 Peter 2:14

    2 Peter 2:14 (ESV)
    They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

    Created over 1 year ago

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