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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-12-12
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-12-10
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it's biblical to be shrewd and innocent at the same time
"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. (Matthew 10:16 NIV) I used to think that Christianity are for wimps. They are so easy to manipulate…
Created 7 months ago
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GO FISH but not like a Pharisee
(This article was used at our recent leader's camp entitled GO FISH) “YOU HYPOCRITES!” Ouch. That must’a hurt. Jesus was furious. He was making a point and a strong one if I may add. I remember the…
Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-10-22
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Judas: the one who wasn't quite one of them
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;…
Created 8 months ago
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Jesus calls us to HIM first before He sends us OUT
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. (Matthew 10:1 NIV) Jesus called them first to HIM before he sends…
Created 8 months ago
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Nothing you and I have ever seen
Call me weird but back in the day (when I was four and there were no Facebook, Wii and PSP yet, daydreaming, imagining and the ability to role play (aside from playing outside with other kids) were the…
Created 8 months ago
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Jesus rudely interrupted in mid-sentence
V18 "while he was saying this, a ruler came, knelt before him and said..." Whoa! Jesus was rudely interrupted in mid-sentence. Why? What's going on here? Let's back track a little bit. One day, Jesus…
Created 8 months ago
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Jesus can hear your thoughts and He still likes you.
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4 NIV) When I was a young christian, I would always wish that I was born at the time of Jesus so I could…
Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-09-19
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according to YOUR faith
We are never sure that every single prayer we utter, every single request and petition for a miracle is according to God's will. The bible promises that as we get to know Jesus more and more, we will…
Created 9 months ago
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receiving your reward in full... but not from god
Giving "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their…
Created 9 months ago
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What used to be hard, Jesus made impossible
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (Matthew 5:17 NIV) When Jesus gave his sermon at the mount, it was a buffet of…
Created 9 months ago
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the audacity of Jesus
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people." (Matthew 4:19 NIV) I used to think that this passage of scripture was talking to church going, bible believing, tithing christians…
Created 9 months ago
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Are you quick to assume or careful to obey?
Sometimes if we are not careful, we can get carried away and read between the lines of God's instructions and instead of getting it, we miss what God wants us to do specifically Joseph and Mary were…
Created 9 months ago
Matthew 2:20 (NIV), Matthew 2:21 (NIV), Matthew 2:22 (NIV), Matthew 2:23 (NIV)