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Focus on the MEAL, not the menu.
Have you ever known someone who has gotten meaner as they have read the Bible? Maybe a church that has gotten more judgmental and less loving the more that they dug into the Word of God? We can sometimes…
Created 5 months ago
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It's not you, it's Me...
We can find references throughout the Bible of our complete dependence on the Lord, but few spell it out for us like Psalm 40. Just the first four verses paint a clear picture of our messed up state,…
Created 5 months ago
Psalm 40:1 (NIV), Psalm 40:2 (NIV), Psalm 40:3 (NIV), Psalm 40:4 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-19
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Leadership Training
I have seen quite a few "Leadership" seminars advertised for the start of 2012. Everyone wants to teach us how to be a better leader, better manager, be more productive, make more money. They all have…
Created 6 months ago
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THE Voice
The voice of the Lord is a very powerful thing. We tend to listen to everything else in our lives OTHER than the voice of our Creator. My teens tell me all the time that they "hate" silence. They will…
Created 6 months ago
Psalm 29:3 (NIV), Psalm 29:4 (NIV), Psalm 29:5 (NIV), Psalm 29:7 (NIV), Psalm 29:8 (NIV), Psalm 29:9 (NIV)
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How's YOUR fire?
Nadab and Abihu are examples of what can happen to us if we don't take God seriously. Now, I suspect that no person reading this is a Levitical Priest, tasked with making the burnt offering to GOD for…
Created 6 months ago
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Leviticus 10:1
Leviticus 10:1 (NIV)
Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the lord, contrary to his command.Created 6 months ago
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Shake Me Up!
So many things today stand in our path to shake us, to rattle us, to knock us off of course. Whether it be at work, or at home, things come up that we must contend with. Believers should know that we…
Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-11-29
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Psalm 16:8
Psalm 16:8 (NIV)
I keep my eyes always on the lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Created 6 months ago
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Ephesians 5:25-28
Ephesians 5:25-28 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herCreated 6 months ago
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Lasting Happiness
Lasting happiness is a by-product, not a goal. The goal is right living. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6. I've been looking for happiness,…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 6:31 (NIV), Matthew 6:32 (NIV), Matthew 6:33 (NIV), Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
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Matthew 6:31-34
Matthew 6:31-34 (NIV)
So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'Created 7 months ago
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GET INTO THE BATTLE!!!
Combatants don't wear armor when there is no battle. we need to acknowledge that there IS a fight before us. When a war is waged, you don't see one single Marine or soldier going out on the battlefield…
Created 11 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2011-05-04
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Isaiah 26:4
Isaiah 26:4 (NIV)
Trust in the lord forever, for the lord, the lord himself, is the Rock eternal.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-05-02
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The Proverbs 31 HUSBAND?
Many readers of this set of scriptures only see it as an instruction manual for wives. I see this in a little different way. You see, my marriage isn't going great right now. That is tough to confess…
Created about 1 year ago
Proverbs 31:10 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:11 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:12 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:13 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:14 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:15 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:16 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:17 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:18 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:19 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:20 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:21 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:22 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:23 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:24 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:25 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:26 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:27 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:28 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:29 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:30 (NIV84), Proverbs 31:31 (NIV84)
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Proverbs 31:30
Proverbs 31:30 (NIV84)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.Created about 1 year ago
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Cannibal Christians; "Eating" our own
I sometimes think that a believer's worst enemy can be other Christians. We look so hard for the faults in other believers that we tend to be a discouragment to them in times of need rather than someone…
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 35:1 (NIV84), Psalm 35:2 (NIV84), Psalm 35:3 (NIV84), Psalm 35:4 (NIV84), Psalm 35:5 (NIV84), Psalm 35:6 (NIV84), Psalm 35:7 (NIV84), Psalm 35:8 (NIV84), Psalm 35:9 (NIV84), Psalm 35:10 (NIV84), Psalm 35:11 (NIV84), Psalm 35:12 (NIV84), Psalm 35:13 (NIV84), Psalm 35:14 (NIV84), Psalm 35:15 (NIV84), Psalm 35:16 (NIV84), Psalm 35:17 (NIV84), Psalm 35:18 (NIV84), Psalm 35:19 (NIV84), Psalm 35:20 (NIV84), Psalm 35:21 (NIV84), Psalm 35:22 (NIV84), Psalm 35:23 (NIV84), Psalm 35:24 (NIV84), Psalm 35:25 (NIV84), Psalm 35:26 (NIV84), Psalm 35:27 (NIV84), Psalm 35:28 (NIV84)
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Good People in Bad Times
The Lord never says that we will have an easy road in life. Not by a long shot. There are references of persecution, of struggles, even mention of bearing our "cross" and following Jesus. Just because…
Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 34:7
Psalm 34:7 (NIV84)
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 34:19
Psalm 34:19 (NIV84)
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-19
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Remembering Who got you through.
The Scriptures use night and day, morning and evening as metaphores for circumstances in life. Night or evening is typically a dark point in the writer's or Israel's existance, and morning or day represents…
Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 59:9
Psalm 59:9 (NIV84)
O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress,Created about 1 year ago
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Psalm 59:16
Psalm 59:16 (NIV84)
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-04-14
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Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:20 (NIV84)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-03-28
