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God does not pleasure in exacting justice on the wicked
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? (Ezekiel 18:23 ESV) God would rather that we turn from our sins. One…
Created 7 months ago
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Worship costs something
David's heart had done a 180 degree turn, from being incited by Satan to rebel to establishing a memorable story about how worship must cost us something dear.
Created 9 months ago
1 Chronicles 21:18 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:19 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:20 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:21 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:22 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:23 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:24 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:25 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 21:26 (ESV)
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1 Chronicles 21:1
1 Chronicles 21:1 (ESV)
Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.Created 9 months ago
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David was Incited
This term just leapt out at me this morning. "Satan stood against Israel and 'incited' David to number Israel". The number of Israel seems so innocuous but below the surface David was being persuaded…
Created 9 months ago
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Rational for Christianity
Christ following is rooted in passing forward what Jesus has passed on to us.
Created 12 months ago
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God's mercy
Even in the last days when God's wrath is poured out his mercy is still evident.
Created 12 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-06-23
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The principle of prioritization
Jesus here - expresses the priority of helping the poor and yet in balance with spending an equitable amount of time with him (while he was on earth in this context). I believe God is giving me a word…
Created 12 months ago
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Questions for Jesus
This passage begins a section in which Jesus is asked three different questions from 1. the Pharisees, 2. The Sadducees, 3. Individual clarifying which is the greatest command.
Created 12 months ago
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Colateral Damage
In ministry sometimes to see something good accomplished there are corresponding difficulties.
Created 12 months ago
Mark 5:14 (ESV), Mark 5:15 (ESV), Mark 5:16 (ESV), Mark 5:17 (ESV), Mark 5:18 (ESV)
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Rest
Jesus wisely mixed in rest and quietness in his ministry. There was clearly an ebb and a flow, a true balance and a rhythm to his ministry.
Created 12 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-05-16
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-05-14
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Persecuted preacher
Just like Christ hundreds of years later Jeremiah was preaching in Jerusalem of the impending doom coming due to rebellion. In the same way as Christ did later Jeremiah says that the Temple will become…
Created about 1 year ago
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Guard your Heart
We need to be very careful what we allow into our hearts. Relationships, movies that we watch, ideas that we invite into our minds all need to be held with the highest scrutiny. Sort of like how careful…
Created about 1 year ago
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Live by Wisdom
Your whole trajectory in life is thrown off if you deviate an inch. "Sell everything" and obtain wisdom and then let it guide you in your whole life. Deviation is inevitable because of our sin nature.…
Created about 1 year ago
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Do the Word
This is similar to do not merely hear the word, do what it says (James 1) and from John's account where Jesus says it is my father's meat to do his will. Watch what God does, and then you do it, like…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-20
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Goal of Following Christ
Paul says here, chosen, "that we should be holy and blameless before him".
Created about 1 year ago
