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Don't be a smarty pants
2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; _______________________ Had we written this we probably would have said, "add to your faith…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Corinthians 8:1 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 8:2 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 8:3 (NIV), 2 Peter 1:5 (NIV)
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Is it a reward or an inheritance?
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23, 24) ___________________…
Created about 1 month ago
Ephesians 2:8 (KJV), Ephesians 2:9 (KJV), Ephesians 2:10 (KJV), Colossians 3:23 (KJV), Colossians 3:24 (KJV)
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What kind of fool wouldn't want this job?
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23, 24) ___________________…
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 6:19 (KJV), Matthew 6:20 (KJV), Matthew 6:21 (KJV), Colossians 3:23 (KJV), Colossians 3:24 (KJV)
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How to get into the ministry
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23) ______________________…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV), Colossians 3:18 (KJV), Colossians 3:19 (KJV), Colossians 3:20 (KJV), Colossians 3:21 (KJV), Colossians 3:22 (KJV), Colossians 3:23 (KJV), Colossians 3:24 (KJV)
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Arm Wrestling Your Wife
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder…
Created about 1 month ago
Proverbs 31:10 (NIV), Proverbs 31:11 (NIV), Ephesians 5:25 (NIV), 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
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Are You an Innie or an Outie?
Not being a woman I want to tread lightly here but it seems that Peter laid a pretty heavy charge on women in 1 Peter 3:1-6. He says if you have an unbelieving husband you are to win him by your actions…
Created about 1 month ago
Psalm 51:10 (KJV), Matthew 23:27 (KJV), Matthew 23:28 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:1 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:2 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:3 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:4 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:5 (KJV), 1 Peter 3:6 (KJV)
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Vengeance Cloaked as Justice?
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. _________________ We had a pretty good idea of what the word meant but when my wife, Jana, asked me…
Created about 1 month ago
1 Timothy 1:3 (NIV), 1 Timothy 1:4 (NIV), 1 Timothy 1:5 (NIV), Titus 3:9 (NIV), 1 Peter 2:1 (NIV), 1 Peter 2:2 (NIV)
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Hopelessly Holy
1 Peter 1:15, 16 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." ________________ There can be no question that, as this and other passages…
Created about 1 month ago
Romans 8:16 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:30 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:31 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:18 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV), 1 Peter 1:15 (NIV), 1 Peter 1:16 (NIV), 1 Peter 1:21 (NIV)
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Frustrated with Washington?
I am convinced there is life on other planets and they are using Washington DC as their insane asylum. Like me, do you ever get frustrated with the nonsense spouted by professional politicians? I find…
Created about 1 month ago
Matthew 12:12 (NIV), Matthew 12:34 (NIV), Matthew 12:35 (NIV), Matthew 12:36 (NIV), Titus 3:1 (NIV), Titus 3:2 (NIV), Titus 3:3 (NIV)
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Only a Momma could love ....
Titus 2:4 makes a strange statement about older women teaching younger women to love their husbands and their children. Admittedly, sometimes we men can make loving a husband quite a challenge but don't…
Created 2 months ago
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This explains a lot.
2 Timothy 3:12 MSG Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there's no getting around it. ________________________ I run into folks who are astounded when, as a Christian,…
Created 2 months ago
2 Timothy 3:12 (NIV), 1 Peter 4:12 (NIV), 1 Peter 4:13 (NIV), 1 Peter 4:14 (NIV)
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Are You a Garbage Can or a Golden Cup?
I've observed that in God's house there are both garbage cans and golden cups - some folks fill their lives with slop and slime, others whose lives pour out blessing and treasure to everyone who knows…
Created 2 months ago
2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV), 2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV), 2 Timothy 2:20 (NIV), 2 Timothy 2:21 (NIV)
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The Bible Promotes Slavery?
Many folks who have scanned the Scriptures but not studied them think the Bible promotes slavery. Even our President has this and, at least when he made this speech, many other mistaken concepts about…
Created 3 months ago
Exodus 21:16 (NIV), Matthew 22:29 (NIV), 1 Timothy 1:10 (NIV)
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Jesus' Cry of Defeat
If the Pharisees had understood Jesus when he cried "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" they would have certainly recognized it as a quote from the Psalms but would likely have dismissed that…
Created 3 months ago
Mark 15:34 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV)
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Best of times, Worst of times
What a glorious day when Jesus returns "to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. (2 Thessalonians 1:10) Imagine what it will be like to stand in that…
Created 3 months ago
2 Thessalonians 1:7 (NIV), 2 Thessalonians 1:10 (NIV), Hebrews 12:1 (NIV), Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
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Quiet Ambition
... make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you…
Created 4 months ago
1 Corinthians 12:18 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 12:22 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (NIV)
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Are you crazy?!
This is the confidence we have...if we ask ...he hears us. ____________________ To Christians it is not surprising that God hears and answers our prayers but I was recently thinking about this passage…
Created 4 months ago
Ephesians 3:12 (NIV), Hebrews 4:16 (NIV), 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV), 1 John 5:14 (NIV), 1 John 5:15 (NIV)
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The AA "Secret"
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7 NIV) ____________________ I have frequently heard folks quote (and I am embarrassed to say many times when I heard…
Created 4 months ago
James 4:7 (NIV), James 4:8 (NIV), James 4:9 (NIV), James 4:10 (NIV)
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Don't get mad .. get even?
Proverbs 19:11 (NIV) A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. ___________________ Overlook an offense? That can be hard to do - especially if you have a strong sense…
Created 5 months ago
Psalm 119:165 (NIV), Proverbs 19:11 (NIV), Luke 23:34 (NIV), Colossians 3:13 (NIV), James 2:13 (NIV)
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You Can Succeed (I promise)
This chapter makes an amazing claim. It promises a secret to success in every area of life - career, finances, marriage, parenting, every relationship, every venture. WHATEVER he does prospers (verse…
Created 5 months ago
Psalm 1:1 (NIV), Psalm 1:2 (NIV), Psalm 1:3 (NIV), Psalm 1:4 (NIV), Psalm 1:5 (NIV), Psalm 1:6 (NIV), Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)
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I Despise This Ignorant Statement
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. (1 John 4:20 NIV)…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 25:46 (NIV), John 8:11 (NIV), John 14:6 (NIV), Ephesians 2:8 (NIV), Ephesians 2:9 (NIV), 1 John 4:20 (NIV)
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Tired of Battling Sin?
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) ______________________…
Created 5 months ago
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The Security of the Believer
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8 NIV) ________________ Occasionally you hear a story of someone who trains hard for years and years to qualify for the Olympics.…
Created 5 months ago
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Stay On Course
..."run with perseverance the race marked out for us" I find it encouraging to know that it is not my responsibility to lay out the course of my race. Like any marathon, it is not up to each runner to…
Created 6 months ago
Proverbs 13:15 (KJV), Romans 8:18 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV), Hebrews 12:1 (KJV), Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
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Is God ashamed?
It seems many of us today see faith as the key to having our prayers answered, a tool that enables us to get stuff from God. But this chapter, the "faith chapter" defines faith entirely differently. In…
Created 6 months ago
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV), Hebrews 11:2 (NIV), Hebrews 11:3 (NIV), Hebrews 11:4 (NIV), Hebrews 11:5 (NIV), Hebrews 11:6 (NIV), Hebrews 11:7 (NIV), Hebrews 11:8 (NIV), Hebrews 11:9 (NIV), Hebrews 11:10 (NIV), Hebrews 11:11 (NIV), Hebrews 11:12 (NIV), Hebrews 11:13 (NIV), Hebrews 11:14 (NIV), Hebrews 11:15 (NIV), Hebrews 11:16 (NIV), Hebrews 11:39 (NIV), Hebrews 11:40 (NIV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-04-06
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Acts 10:34
Acts 10:34 (NIV)
Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritismCreated about 1 year ago
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Acts 10:35
Acts 10:35 (NIV)
but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.Created about 1 year ago
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Acts 10:38
Acts 10:38 (NIV)
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.Created about 1 year ago
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Acts 10:39
Acts 10:39 (NIV)
"We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-13
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Joshua 1:4
Joshua 1:4 (NIV)
Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-20
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Acts 15:28
Acts 15:28 (NASB)
"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-30
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Proverbs 27:12
Proverbs 27:12 (NASB)
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.Created over 1 year ago
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Matthew 5:37
Matthew 5:37 (NASB)
But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil.Created over 1 year ago
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John 3:36
John 3:36 (NASB)
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 5:17
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.Created over 1 year ago
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