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Philippians 2:22
Philippians 2:22 (NLT)
But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.Created about 15 hours ago
Labels: paul and timothy timothy
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Philippians 1:12
Philippians 1:12 (NLT)
And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.Created 1 day ago
Labels: adversity evangelism paul's suffering persecution suffering
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Never Sell It.
These verses are seven reasons why I read through Proverbs monthly. #getwisdom
Created 1 day ago
Proverbs 1:2 (NLT), Proverbs 1:3 (NLT), Proverbs 1:4 (NLT), Proverbs 1:5 (NLT), Proverbs 1:6 (NLT), Proverbs 1:7 (NLT)
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Psalm 99:8
Psalm 99:8 (NLT)
OLORD our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but you punished them when they went wrong.Created 1 day ago
Labels: forgiveness punishment
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Psalm 99:6
Psalm 99:6 (NLT)
Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also called on his name. They cried to the LORD for help, and he answered them.Created 1 day ago
Labels: men of faith patriarchs of faith
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Psalm 99:4
Psalm 99:4 (NLT)
Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.Created 1 day ago
Labels: justice king messianic ministry
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Psalm 99:1
Psalm 99:1 (NLT)
The LORD is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake!Created 1 day ago
Labels: cherubim heavenly throne
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Isaiah 36:20
Isaiah 36:20 (NLT)
What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the LORD can rescue Jerusalem from me?”Created 1 day ago
Labels: assyrian arrogance
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Isaiah 36:16-18
Isaiah 36:16-18 (NLT)
“Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.Created 1 day ago
Labels: assyrian exile hezekiah's dilemma
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Isaiah 36:12
Isaiah 36:12 (NLT)
But Sennacherib’s chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”Created 1 day ago
Labels: siege of jerusalem
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Isaiah 36:10
Isaiah 36:10 (NLT)
What’s more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD’s direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!’”Created 1 day ago
Labels: assyrian invasion
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Isaiah 36:7
Isaiah 36:7 (NLT)
“But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the LORD our God!’ But isn’t he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn’t Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?Created 1 day ago
Labels: hezekiah's faithfulness pagans
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Isaiah 36:1
Isaiah 36:1 (NLT)
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.Created 1 day ago
Labels: assyrian invasion fall of judah
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Isaiah 35:10
Isaiah 35:10 (NLT)
Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.Created 1 day ago
Labels: new jerusalem
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Isaiah 35:4-6
Isaiah 35:4-6 (NLT)
Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.”Created 1 day ago
Labels: messianic ministry
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Isaiah 35:1-2
Isaiah 35:1-2 (NLT)
Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.Created 1 day ago
Labels: nature new earth thousand year reign
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Romans 16:26
Romans 16:26 (NLT)
But now as the prophets foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him.Created 3 days ago
Labels: evangelism gentiles obedience
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Romans 16:25
Romans 16:25 (NLT)
Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time.Created 3 days ago
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Romans 16:17-18
Romans 16:17-18 (NLT)
And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.Created 3 days ago
Labels: charm deception division false christians false teachers false teaching self interest smooth words
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Romans 16:20
Romans 16:20 (NLT)
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.Created 3 days ago
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Romans 16:1-3
Romans 16:1-3 (NLT)
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deacon in the church in Cenchrea.Created 3 days ago
Labels: women in ministry
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Romans 15:26-27
Romans 15:26-27 (NLT)
For you see, the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have eagerly taken up an offering for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.Created 3 days ago
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Romans 15:24
Romans 15:24 (NLT)
I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can provide for my journey.Created 3 days ago
Labels: financial support giving provision salary
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Romans 15:20-21
Romans 15:20-21 (NLT)
My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.Created 3 days ago
Labels: church planting evangelism unreached
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Romans 15:19
Romans 15:19 (NLT)
They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.Created 3 days ago
Labels: belief convincing evangelism signs and wonders
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Romans 15:17-18
Romans 15:17-18 (NLT)
So I have reason to be enthusiastic about all Christ Jesus has done through me in my service to God.Created 3 days ago
Labels: boasting
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Flatter Me.
"Most Excellent Festus..." Paul seems to be very good about respecting authority, just like he tells other believers to in his letters. Even as he tells Festus of the current injustice being enacted…
Created 2 months ago
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Churched State
"Kings...rulers... submit to God's royal son, or... you will be destroyed" So much for separation of church and state, eh?
Created 3 months ago
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Divine Logos?
Luke appears to be referencing Jesus as "the word" here, a phrase many argue appears only in the "non-Synoptic" Gospel of John. No capital "W" here in Luke, but that's an English nuance anyway (the original…
Created 4 months ago
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Jesus the Thief
DISCLAIMER: since Jesus himself was inspiring the OT writers, the title is indeed in jest... and attention-getting sensationalism. ;) Anyway, this verse reminds me of just how much Jesus (and New Testament…
Created 4 months ago
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Coal Miners
Given that the writer here is referring to his own tongue (which we know has great power, both good and evil), I notice that he describes God's response to its wickedness as akin to "sharp arrows" and…
Created 4 months ago
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The Real Mission.
In the vein of John 3:17, Saul does not slaughter his detractors within Israel. It was not his mission. He rescued Israel, and that left no room for unnecessary slaughter amidst the overwhelming cause…
Created 4 months ago
1 Samuel 11:12 (NLT), 1 Samuel 11:13 (NLT), 1 Samuel 11:14 (NLT), 1 Samuel 11:15 (NLT)
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Ruth the Gentile
Ruth was "just a foreigner"! Boaz, here a prophetic representation of Christ, allows the foreigner (us, the gentile believers) to reap the blessings of our predecessors, the Jews. Salvation was for…
Created 5 months ago
Ruth 2:8 (NLT), Ruth 2:9 (NLT), Ruth 2:10 (NLT), Ruth 2:11 (NLT), Ruth 2:12 (NLT), Ruth 2:13 (NLT), Ruth 2:14 (NLT), Ruth 2:15 (NLT), Ruth 2:16 (NLT), Ruth 2:17 (NLT)
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Oath of Ruth
Sounds eerily like a marriage vow. That is, what a marriage vow SHOULD be.
Created 5 months ago
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Stop Working!
My reminder to enter the "Sabbath Rest" spoken of in Hebrews 4. I must observe this Holy Day every day of my life, resting from my work of keeping the Law (or otherwise attempting to achieve my own salvation),…
Created 5 months ago
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Rocks Will Cry Out
Can't help but notice the connection here to Jesus' words in Luke about the rocks crying out. If the Jews there at the Jesus' Procession had refused to worship Him, they would have indeed been fulfilling…
Created 5 months ago
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Finished Work
As Christians, we know the Old Testament, when studied in context and in God's intent, points to Jesus Christ. This stuck out at me here in this passage in Joshua, as I read God recounting the Israelite…
Created 5 months ago
Joshua 24:8 (NLT), Joshua 24:9 (NLT), Joshua 24:10 (NLT), Joshua 24:11 (NLT), Joshua 24:12 (NLT), Joshua 24:13 (NLT), Joshua 24:14 (NLT), Joshua 24:15 (NLT), Joshua 24:16 (NLT), Joshua 24:17 (NLT), Joshua 24:18 (NLT), Joshua 24:19 (NLT), Joshua 24:20 (NLT), Joshua 24:21 (NLT), Joshua 24:22 (NLT), Joshua 24:23 (NLT), Joshua 24:24 (NLT), Joshua 24:25 (NLT)
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Ready on the Third Day
Exactly how the disciples had to behave as Jesus was in the grave. Ready on the third day, they were! The stone was rolled away!
Created 5 months ago
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They Shall Be Forgiven.
Apostolic authority to forgive sins, exemplified. Obviously not exactly the Catholic heresy that's been perpetrated for the last couple thousand years, but it seems to be Matthew 16:19 and Matthew 18:18…
Created 7 months ago
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Keep Marching!
Couldn't help but notice that the ever-persistent "shout-till-you-get-it" blind guy got healed in---you guessed it--- Jericho. Till the walls come DOWN!
Created 7 months ago
Mark 10:46 (NLT), Mark 10:47 (NLT), Mark 10:48 (NLT), Mark 10:49 (NLT), Mark 10:50 (NLT), Mark 10:51 (NLT), Mark 10:52 (NLT)
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The Lifeguard.
As I read here, I can't help but notice that while the disciples panic about the issue at hand (which may symbolize sin, and other worries of this life), Jesus' head rests on a pillow (His connection…
Created 7 months ago
Mark 4:35 (NLT), Mark 4:36 (NLT), Mark 4:37 (NLT), Mark 4:38 (NLT), Mark 4:39 (NLT), Mark 4:40 (NLT), Mark 4:41 (NLT)
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In The Hell.
Never really thought about this story literally, and its implications concerning the afterlife: Where do believers go when they die?Abraham's bosom, until Judgement Day, presumably. How about unbelievers?Hades/Sheol,…
Created 8 months ago
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So Secular.
Plain and simple. If the world honors it (in general), you can bet God is not in it nor is he pleased by it. Which means we believers should be avoiding it. This is primarily concerning spiritually-relevant…
Created 8 months ago
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Rapture This.
Here we see Jesus describing His own Second Coming, with the absence of any "secret rapture". It will be obvious to everyone. That is the whole point. Furthermore, the person taken in the bed and at…
Created 8 months ago
Matthew 24:23 (NLT), Matthew 24:24 (NLT), Matthew 24:25 (NLT), Matthew 24:26 (NLT), Matthew 24:27 (NLT), Matthew 24:28 (NLT), Matthew 24:29 (NLT), Matthew 24:30 (NLT), Matthew 24:31 (NLT), Matthew 24:32 (NLT), Matthew 24:33 (NLT), Matthew 24:34 (NLT), Matthew 24:35 (NLT), Matthew 24:36 (NLT), Matthew 24:37 (NLT), Matthew 24:38 (NLT), Matthew 24:39 (NLT), Matthew 24:40 (NLT), Matthew 24:41 (NLT), Matthew 24:42 (NLT), Matthew 24:43 (NLT), Matthew 24:44 (NLT), Luke 17:20 (NLT), Luke 17:21 (NLT), Luke 17:22 (NLT), Luke 17:23 (NLT), Luke 17:24 (NLT), Luke 17:25 (NLT), Luke 17:26 (NLT), Luke 17:27 (NLT), Luke 17:28 (NLT), Luke 17:29 (NLT), Luke 17:30 (NLT), Luke 17:31 (NLT), Luke 17:32 (NLT), Luke 17:33 (NLT), Luke 17:34 (NLT), Luke 17:35 (NLT), Luke 17:36 (NLT), Luke 17:37 (NLT)
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Jesus' Divinity.
So dude shouts 'Praise God!', and proceeds to "worship" at Jesus' feet, attributing the healing solely to Him. Does this not suggest that Jesus is God? Just one of many passages to show a Muslim or…
Created 8 months ago
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If They Repent.
I think many Christians have neglected to read this passage for what it is. It's not saying to blindly forgive a Christian brother who sins against you, but IF THEY REPENT, to continually extend grace/mercy…
Created 8 months ago
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The One That Got Away.
This would seem to suggest that Judas is indeed (or indeed will be) in Hell. I myself have wrestled with the issue, but Jesus himself here states that Judas was the only "one" that he lost while on Earth.…
Created 8 months ago
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24 Elders
Do not these same 12 occupy seats near Jesus in the heavenly tabernacle, as described in Revelation? Guess those martyr's deaths really did pay off!
Created 8 months ago
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Forgive Me!
For the record, it would appear this is "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit". Avoid.
Created 8 months ago
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