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Holidays
S- Romans 14:5 NIV One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. O- It's okay to celebrate holidays,…
Created 2 days ago
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Wisdom & Science
S- Proverbs 3:19 NIV84 By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; O- Solomon is exhorting the young man to chase after wisdom and find joy in seeking…
Created 8 days ago
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Do We Have Eyes to See?
S- 2 Samuel 22:26-27 NLT “To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity. To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the wicked you show yourself hostile. O-…
Created 20 days ago
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Passing the Mantle
S- Numbers 27:18 NLT The LORD replied, “Take Joshua son of Nun, who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him." O- Joshua already had the Spirit within him before he was set aside for this special…
Created 3 months ago
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Multiply East Liberty Like a Seed
S- Mark 4:8 NLT Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!” O- Jesus is telling…
Created 3 months ago
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Ithamar the Administrator
S- Numbers 7:8 NLT and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarite division for their work. All their work was done under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. O- The design and construction…
Created 3 months ago
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Suffocating My Faith
S- James 2:26 NLT Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works. O- Here faith is not only shown by works, but it needs them in order to survive. The body needs breath.…
Created 6 months ago
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Death in Us
S- 2 Corinthians 4:10 NIV We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. O- There is so much death and suffering in the new testament.…
Created 7 months ago
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God's Anointed
Jehu comes out of this meeting with a young prophet and he's not sure what to make of it. When his fellow officers ask about it, he tries to dismiss it. They persist, sensing that there really was a message…
Created 7 months ago
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Telling
S- Mark 5:19 NLT But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” O- Jesus has just cast demons out of this man, amd he…
Created 7 months ago
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im/Pure
S- Titus 1:15 NIV "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted." O- This is a true…
Created 9 months ago
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How to Treat People
S- 1 Timothy 5:1 "Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers." O- Here Paul is telling Timothy how to treat those around him. He was a…
Created 9 months ago
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In Truth, Humility and Justice
S- In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the cause of truth, humility and justice; let your right hand achieve awesome deeds. O- The psalmist here is addressing King David. Truth, humility and justice…
Created 10 months ago
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Is Anything Pure?
S- Titus 1:15 NIV "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted." O- All things can be…
Created 11 months ago
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God is Bigger
S- 2 Chronicles 2:6 NIV "But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn…
Created 11 months ago
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A Little Bit of Lovin' Makes Everything Right
S- Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. O- God's love is more powerful than the love of any woman. It is more enjoyable than life itself. David's lips will bring praise to…
Created 11 months ago
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Discipline
O- Many of the hardships we go to are to discipline us for things we have done wrong. Sometimes they are the right consequences of our choices. Sometimes they are not directly caused by it, but are God's…
Created 11 months ago
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Son of...?
O- In this section the author starts with the contemporary person (e.g. Heman) and works their way backwards in time, saying he is the son of... . In all (most?) of the the other passages like this the…
Created 11 months ago
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Missed Opportunities
O- Saul swore an oath that his son Jonathan didn't hear about. Jonathan had been off slaughtering Philistines under God's guidance. He unknowingly broke the oath, and it was one he thought was ridiculous…
Created 11 months ago
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Covenant Renewed
S- Hebrews 8:10 O- This is God's incredible promise that even though his people have turned their backs on him, he will make a new commitment to them that gives them more, not less, intimacy with him.…
Created 12 months ago
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Untitled Note
S- Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. O- Christ was truly tempted, which means he was able to fall. He could have chosen to sin, not only…
Created about 1 year ago
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O- Paul is saying it's not all about us, but about…
O- Paul is saying it's not all about us, but about sharing Jesus with those around us in word and action. A- So often I sit down and am consumed with what I am consuming. I don't want to take others into…
Created about 1 year ago
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O- Paul is exhorting us not to get lost in the day…
O- Paul is exhorting us not to get lost in the day to day, the visible, the mundane. The real life is in Christ when we look up to see him. A- Often I feel I get lost in the day to day running of the…
Created about 1 year ago
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Don't Wait Until the Last Minute
S- Get out of bed and get dressed! Don't loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about! O- This translation is very different from the NIV, which,…
Created about 1 year ago
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Orphans & Living Untainted
O- This is holiness in both the commission and the omission. Acting to care for widows and orphans and not doing things that would foul us or make us unclean. A- God considers this to be religion that…
Created about 1 year ago
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