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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-10-27

  • longing for God

    When I think of my life, i wonder about it's focus. What is it I want most in the world and despite my contradictory actions and imperfections, I come to the conclusion that I simply want more of God.…

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalm 27:4 (NIV)

  • a (hu)man just like me.

    Ever been in awe of those amazing, admirable, God fearing men or women in the Bible? I am! Imagine the faith of Moses to part the red sea, imagine the faith of David as he faced Goliath, imagine the faith…

    Created 7 months ago

    James 5:17 (NIV)

  • i chose YOU!

    I stumbled on this scripture at a desperate moment...you know some of those moments when you just feel like you don't fit in. I was an awkward kid, so shy and friendless, pushing people away and today…

    Created 8 months ago

    Isaiah 41:9 (NIV), Isaiah 41:10 (NIV), Isaiah 41:11 (NIV)

  • week after fasting

    It has only been a week since my fasting ended. As mentionned in my previous note, i rushed out of the last day. I must say I felt guilty about that, i felt I didn't give it my all do maybe it had all…

    Created 8 months ago

  • purpose of fasting-day 6/last day

    Sadly, i feel i rushed out of this last important day of fasting. I was weak in front of temptation, the fasting ended at a quarter of the day instead of at night as i planned. I feel really bad about…

    Created 8 months ago

  • purpose of fasting - day 5

    On this 5th day of my fast, i was challenged with temptation, realising it was not only a normal part of the fasting process but of the christian walk. Sometimes we are surprised by adversity in our Christian…

    Created 8 months ago

    Job 27:6 (NIV), 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)

  • Woman after God's heart

    Proverbs 31:10 and on describes a woman after God's heart! The scripture speaks for itself and shows everything we as women should strive to be! This is the how to guide we should be following not the…

    Created 8 months ago

    Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)

  • purpose of fasting - day 4

    In nehemiah 9 (the whole chapter): .Fasting is accompanied with confession of sin, this scripture depicts a sincere heartfelt confession that involves a flashback into every detail of the sins being confessed…

    Created 8 months ago

    Nehemiah 9:1 (NIV)

  • Nehemiah 9:1

    Nehemiah 9:1 (NIV)
    On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Psalm 37:4

    Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
    Take delight in the lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-09-28

  • purpose of fasting-day 3

    On my third day of fasting I learn that: . Worship and fasting go hand in hand, worship the Lord always in whatever you do .The Holy spirit's'directions become clearer as we focus more on the Lord .We…

    Created 8 months ago

    Acts 13:2 (NIV), Acts 13:3 (NIV)

  • Proverbs 31:30

    Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
    Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the lord is to be praised.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Proverbs 31:25

    Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
    She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 22:5

    Deuteronomy 22:5 (NIV)
    A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the lord your God detests anyone who does this.

    Created 8 months ago

  • 1 Timothy 2:10

    1 Timothy 2:10 (NIV)
    but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

    Created 8 months ago

  • 1 Timothy 2:9

    1 Timothy 2:9 (NIV)
    I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-09-27

  • day 2-purpose of fasting

    Fasting enables us to: .humble ourselves before the Lord .Witness to others about God's power when we devote ourselves to Him .Allows immediate response to sincere prayer

    Created 8 months ago

    Ezra 8:21 (NIV), Ezra 8:22 (NIV), Ezra 8:23 (NIV)

  • Ezra 8:22

    Ezra 8:22 (NIV)
    I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: purpose of fasting

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-09-27

  • Ezra 8:21

    Ezra 8:21 (NIV)
    There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: purpose of fasting

  • Matthew 22:37

    Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
    Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: love god

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    2 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV)
    Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: dating

  • Galatians 5:22

    Galatians 5:22 (NIV)
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: fruits of the spirit

  • 1 Peter 3:4

    1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)
    Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: woman of god

  • 1 Peter 3:3

    1 Peter 3:3 (NIV)
    Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: woman of god

  • Matthew 6:33

    Matthew 6:33 (NIV)
    But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: seeking god

  • Matthew 6:28

    Matthew 6:28 (NIV)
    "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

    Created 8 months ago

    Labels: god's love

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-09-22

  • Psalm 139:12

    Psalm 139:12 (NIV)
    even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

    Created 9 months ago

  • awesome God

    God is wholly light, his awesome light pierces darkness and He simply does not percieve it because there is no darkness in Him!! In Revelation 4, John sees God on his throne, tries as best as he can to…

    Created 9 months ago

    Psalm 139:12 (NIV), Revelation 4:1 (NIV), Revelation 5:13 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-09-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-09-22

  • Hebrews 9:25

    Hebrews 9:25 (NIV)
    Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

    Created 9 months ago