Patrick Sykes

  • 2 Corinthians 5:4

    2 Corinthians 5:4 (ESV)
    For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Jeremiah 2:13

    Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV)
    "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Isaiah 33:6

    Isaiah 33:6 (NIV)
    He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the lord is the key to this treasure.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2012-01-17

  • Not listening

    I've seen this happen. Good people have some disagreement with a pastor and stop listening or decide that they don't need to go to church and they tend to have all these arguments for why they're right.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Proverbs 19:27 (NIV)

  • Kindness to the poor

    Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)
    Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-01-02

  • Trust in the Lord

    Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
    Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

    Created 5 months ago

  • How to keep pure

    By living according to God's Word. God's Word comes to us in different ways. We have the Bible, God's written word, so we should live according to what is written. We have God's revealed word by the Holy…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 119:9 (NIV)

  • Psalm 139 - I want to be right with you

    Here is David's prayer. Though he knows of God's goodness and power and knows his identity through God, he is anxious. With him I pray "Lord, your way is good. Search my heart and put on on the right…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:23 (NIV84), Psalm 139:24 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 139 - Hating God's enemies?

    After bringing praise to God for how good He is, David identifies that there are problems in the world. I bear in mind that although David prophesied about the coming Messiah, he did not know Christ's…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:19 (NIV84), Psalm 139:20 (NIV84), Psalm 139:21 (NIV84), Psalm 139:22 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 139 - God blows me away

    God's thoughts and purposes are beyond our measure. They are beyond our understanding (see v. 6) and beyond number. Even if by some feat we managed to count them all, when we were finished, millennia…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:17 (NIV84), Psalm 139:18 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 139 - Who I am, because of You

    God you know me, I know that You are good - and I am alive today because of You. Not only do you know everything about me, you were the one who made me. I can't hide from You, and I have never been able…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:13 (NIV84), Psalm 139:14 (NIV84), Psalm 139:15 (NIV84), Psalm 139:16 (NIV84)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-12-30

  • Psalm 139 - God is with me

    Here David acknowledges that God will be with him no matter what. There's no way to get away from Him, intentionally or otherwise. God's presence goes with me regardless of my spiritual "location" (v.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:7 (NIV84), Psalm 139:8 (NIV84), Psalm 139:9 (NIV84), Psalm 139:10 (NIV84), Psalm 139:11 (NIV84), Psalm 139:12 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 139 - Knowing God

    In these six verses, David shows his reverence to God. He knows that God is mighty, that He knows all things, that He is our protector and far above man. He comes as a child before God's throne and says…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 139:1 (NIV84), Psalm 139:2 (NIV84), Psalm 139:3 (NIV84), Psalm 139:4 (NIV84), Psalm 139:5 (NIV84), Psalm 139:6 (NIV84)

  • Psalm 139:1-24

    Psalm 139:1-24 (NIV84)
    O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.

    Created 5 months ago

  • The secret of David's success

    In fact, it's hardly a secret. David loved the Lord and followed Him whole-heartedly. Time after time God favoured David because David did His will. Even though David should have been killed on a number…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Samuel 22:21 (NIV), 2 Samuel 22:22 (NIV), 2 Samuel 22:23 (NIV)

  • Heart of passion for God

    Psalm 42:1-2 (NIV)
    As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Step One

    Psalm 38:18 (NIV)
    I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Godly fear is born of gratitude

    What greater reason is there for revering God apart from knowing that He has saved me, a wretched sinner, from certain destruction and brought me into His holy presence? How can I react to that, except…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 5:7 (NIV)

  • In the worst trouble...

    David praises God even as he's under attack. David's kingdom is slipping away from him, so he lifts his hands to the Lord, whose Kingdom stands forever. Give me faith like that, Lord!

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

  • Strength in the midst of trouble

    Psalm 28:7 (NIV)
    The lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-12-25

  • Summon your power God!

    Psalm 68:28 (NIV)
    Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-12-24

  • How mighty is the Lord?

    Psalm 93:4 (NIV)
    Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the lord on high is mighty.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Psalm 84:10

    Psalm 84:10 (NIV)
    Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-21

  • Starry night

    The night sky pours forth knowledge. Awesome, and so true as we see science learning more and more about Earth by looking at the stars.

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 19:2 (NIV)

  • reading this as part of the chronological plan, it's…

    reading this as part of the chronological plan, it's interesting to see what David's prayer life was like. also interesting that the fool here is morally deficient, not stupid. It's the immoral person…

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 14:1 (NIV)

  • whoa

    was completely taken off guard by this, even though I've prayed this a number of times. Lord, let even the nations see that they are only mortal.

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 9:20 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-12-09

  • Psalm 142:6

    Psalm 142:6 (NIV)
    Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

    Created 6 months ago

  • sounds familiar!

    When in trouble, it's not wrong to acknowledge that your adversary is more powerful than you, as long as you know God is bigger!

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 142:6 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-12-09

  • Psalm 141:5

    Psalm 141:5 (NIV)
    Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Heart, not body

    interesting that here Moses gives a command to internal purity and sanctification.

    Created 7 months ago

    Deuteronomy 10:16 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-09-10