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Today You are Forgiven
I read a Max Lucado quote a million years ago that I think of quite often. He said "The reason God hates sin so much is because of what it does to His children. It destroys them." The longer I live the…
Created 4 days ago
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Before You Say It. . . .
James in his letter writes about the power of the tongue. He says that it's a restless evil, that no one can control it. With the same mouth be bless God and curse our neighbor. He goes on to say that…
Created 5 days ago
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The Best Thing You Can Do
What is the best thing that you can do today for yourself and your own faith? What is the best thing that you can do today for someone else and for their faith? What is the best thing that you can do…
Created 6 days ago
1 Timothy 2:1 (ESV), 1 Timothy 2:2 (ESV), 1 Timothy 2:3 (ESV), 1 Timothy 2:4 (ESV)
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Come Home
The Old Testament prophets are constantly warning the people. Stop doing the things that you are doing to break the law. Stop abusing the poor. Stop worshiping idols. Stop departing from God. They tell…
Created 18 days ago
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Faithful
One of the things we talk about a lot in church/faith/religion is the notion that we need to be faithful to God. We should stand up for God. Do right. Do what God wants! And all of these notions are…
Created 19 days ago
Genesis 9:8 (ESV), Genesis 9:9 (ESV), Genesis 9:10 (ESV), Genesis 9:11 (ESV), Genesis 9:12 (ESV)
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You Can Do It
Today, no matter what task is facing you, you can do it. In Philippians 4 today, Paul is talking about the trials that he has faced in His life and in His ministry. He recounts them all. Listen to what…
Created 20 days ago
Philippians 4:11 (ESV), Philippians 4:12 (ESV), Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
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Good Dirt
Jesus often communicated with parables. These were stories that related the point He was trying to get across to common things that the people of the day would understand. Jesus was followed mainly by…
Created 21 days ago
Matthew 13:3 (ESV), Matthew 13:4 (ESV), Matthew 13:5 (ESV), Matthew 13:6 (ESV), Matthew 13:7 (ESV), Matthew 13:8 (ESV), Matthew 13:9 (ESV)
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Be Nice
The way most letters in the New Testament end is very practical. The letters, by the way, are the books that follow the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and Acts. The letters were written by Paul…
Created 25 days ago
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Watch Where You Walk
Growing up out in the country, you had to watch where you walked. If you were down by the creek, you had to look out for snakes. Be careful. Sometimes if you were just running through the woods, you…
Created 26 days ago
Ephesians 5:15 (ESV), Ephesians 5:16 (ESV), Ephesians 5:17 (ESV)
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New Sermon
Ephesians 5:15-17 (ESV)
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,Created 26 days ago
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At Your Worst Moment
Today's passage has one of the most powerful and important concepts in all of scripture. Today's passage lays one of the most important truths about God out for us. Paul, in Romans, is laying out for…
Created 27 days ago
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Choices, Choices, Choices
Today in this text, Paul points us down two roads that we can go down. He first tells us that we have freedom. Today, in your life, you have freedom. You have the freedom to do what you want in your…
Created 28 days ago
Galatians 5:13 (ESV), Galatians 5:14 (ESV), Galatians 5:15 (ESV)
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To Give Him Glory
Today, in Psalm 50, God tells us to call upon Him in times of trouble. To thank Him and to make our vows to Him. And to call for His strength and might in our times of trial. Listen to what verses 14-15…
Created about 1 month ago
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Whose Praise Matters
Whose praise are you trying to earn today? Whose approval are your trying to get today? Your boss? Your peers? Your co-workers? Even your preacher or your church? Today, whose approval are your desiring?…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Thessalonians 2:4 (ESV), 1 Thessalonians 2:5 (ESV), 1 Thessalonians 2:6 (ESV)
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The Way
Jesus Christ is the way to life. That's it. That's it. That sounds too simple. It sounds too exclusive. It's not smart enough. It's old fashioned. It's out of date. It's simpleminded, foolish, and not…
Created about 1 month ago
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Drinking Poison
In life, people hurt us. Sometimes it's on purpose. Many times its on accident. But the truth is, in life, we all get hurt. We all get wounded. We all get hurt. The hurts that are accidental, while they…
Created about 1 month ago
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1 Peter 1:13-16
1 Peter 1:13-16 (ESV)
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.Created about 1 month ago
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Grace, Faith, and Life
I love the book of Galatians. It may be my favorite book in the Bible. It speaks to so many things about faith, about grace, about the Christian lifestyle, about who we are called to be. Today's ready…
Created about 1 month ago
Galatians 2:15 (ESV), Galatians 2:16 (ESV), Galatians 2:17 (ESV), Galatians 2:18 (ESV), Galatians 2:19 (ESV), Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
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Think About It
There's the old joke, that really is true, when you ask a man what he's thinking about and he says nothing, he really means it. He's not thinking about anything. Hard to believe, but true! Sometimes…
Created about 1 month ago
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Do Not Be Afraid
Paul in his ministry did a lot of pretty scary things. He went to some pretty rough places. He faced down some pretty tough dudes. He was willing to do all of this, because He had a passion, a calling…
Created about 1 month ago
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What the Purpose of Your Life Is
God always has purpose for His people. Now, for us as individuals, that purpose may include specific things, in relation to our lives, our families, who we are and what we do. God has specific callings…
Created about 1 month ago
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Enough for Today
We see in the story of the Exodus God call the people out of slavery in Egypt at. And that's great. Except for this. In Egypt, while tough and slaves, the people at least had enough food to eat. The people…
Created about 1 month ago
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Who We Are
Who are you? Are you a mom? A dad? A husband? A wife? Son or daughter? Friend? Co-worker? Employee? Employer? Yes. Today, we are all these things. We are teachers and students, administrators, neighbors,…
Created about 1 month ago
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Be Holy (Gulp)
One of the commands of for His people is one that I don't like to hear, and is one that I'm just as likely to run away from as I am to want to obey. Be holy. Gulp. That's hard. And it doesn't sound like…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Peter 1:13 (ESV), 1 Peter 1:14 (ESV), 1 Peter 1:15 (ESV), 1 Peter 1:16 (ESV)
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Lamentations 3:22-23
Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;Created about 1 month ago
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Isaiah 43:13-19
Isaiah 43:13-19 (ESV)
Also henceforth I am he; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?"Created about 1 month ago
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When Your Prayer Life is Hard
Jesus models for us, in our lives, what life should be like. He shows to us the model of Christian life and faithfulness. Will we ever live as He lived? No likely. But, He shows us what we should aspire…
Created about 1 month ago
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All Fall Down
I speak a lot of time in college listen to goofy, fun, Christian music. In the 1990s, Christian music, the kind of music you hear on K-LOVE or other Christian stations was really just getting starting.…
Created about 1 month ago
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Dry Bones
Sometimes in life, we can feel worn out. Sometimes we can feel tired. Sometimes, based off mistakes, based off circumstance, based off whatever, we can feel dried up and useless. No good to God, to man,…
Created about 1 month ago
Ezekiel 37:3 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:4 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:5 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:6 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:7 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:8 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:9 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:10 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:11 (ESV), Ezekiel 37:12 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2012-03-08
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Genesis 50:15-21
Genesis 50:15-21 (ESV)
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him."Created 3 months ago
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Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 (ESV)
I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.Created 3 months ago
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Ash Wednesday
Deuteronomy 11:18-32 (ESV)
"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.Created 3 months ago
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Matthew 17:1-13
Matthew 17:1-13 (ESV)
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.Created 4 months ago
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Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 4:1-11 (ESV)
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Created 5 months ago
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Luke 4:14-20
Luke 4:14-20 (ESV)
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.Created 5 months ago
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2 Chronicles 34:29-33
2 Chronicles 34:29-33 (ESV)
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.Created 5 months ago
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John 1:1-10
John 1:1-10 (ESV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Created 5 months ago
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Luke 2:8-20
Luke 2:8-20 (ESV)
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.Created 5 months ago
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Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 1:18-25 (ESV)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-11-01
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-10-03
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John 21:1-19
John 21:1-19 (ESV)
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-09-17
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-09-17
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1 John 4:9
1 John 4:9 (ESV)
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.Created 9 months ago
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1 John 4:11
1 John 4:11 (ESV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.Created 9 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-09-17
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Luke 9:51
Luke 9:51 (ESV)
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.Created 9 months ago
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Luke 9:52
Luke 9:52 (ESV)
And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.Created 9 months ago
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Luke 9:53
Luke 9:53 (ESV)
But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.Created 9 months ago
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Luke 9:54
Luke 9:54 (ESV)
And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"Created 9 months ago
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Luke 9:55
Luke 9:55 (ESV)
But he turned and rebuked them.Created 9 months ago
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Luke 9:56
Luke 9:56 (ESV)
And they went on to another village.Created 9 months ago
