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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-04-29
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-03-05
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God is not deaf to injustice
God also causes his hand to fall in judgment over those who think they can stand without the help of the Lord. God is sovereign and in control and needs help from no one. Almighty God hears the cry of…
Created 4 months ago
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Going against the grain
The prophet is first and foremost God's mouth piece. The prophet is called by God to speak the words of God to the high and mighty and to the low born. The prophet does not speak his mind, the prophet…
Created 4 months ago
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seek the lord
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continuously. Lord help me to do this out of a pure heart of love for you.
Created 5 months ago
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In praise of God's earth
I thank the Lord for these verses and the way God is represented not only as creator, but sustainer of all creation. God created everything in this world for a purpose. The fish in the sea, the animals…
Created 5 months ago
Psalm 104:5 (ESV), Psalm 104:6 (ESV), Psalm 104:7 (ESV), Psalm 104:8 (ESV), Psalm 104:9 (ESV), Psalm 104:10 (ESV), Psalm 104:11 (ESV), Psalm 104:12 (ESV), Psalm 104:13 (ESV), Psalm 104:14 (ESV), Psalm 104:15 (ESV), Psalm 104:16 (ESV), Psalm 104:17 (ESV), Psalm 104:18 (ESV), Psalm 104:19 (ESV), Psalm 104:20 (ESV), Psalm 104:21 (ESV), Psalm 104:22 (ESV), Psalm 104:23 (ESV), Psalm 104:24 (ESV), Psalm 104:25 (ESV), Psalm 104:26 (ESV), Psalm 104:27 (ESV)
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God is eternal
This section of Psalm 102 teaches that God changes creaturely reality but is not himself changed. Heaven and earth are the works of God's hands. over time they will fade away. I try to remind myself that…
Created 5 months ago
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No!
From reading Esther, not much is said about Queen Vashti. But she is important to the unfolding purposes of God. Her demotion paved the way for Esther's promotion. But she also goes down in biblical…
Created 5 months ago
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Spiritual walls
In our time the importance of preaching and teaching Scripture seems diminished and almost muted by the narrative of our own feelings and opinions. Nehemiah 8:1-3 is a refreshing reminder of the importance…
Created 5 months ago
Nehemiah 8:1 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:2 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:3 (ESV), Nehemiah 8:8 (ESV)
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Vigilance
The word vigilance is a great word. Vigilance means watchfulness, being alert or diligent. Read Nehemiah 4:21-23 notice how well these people exemplify vigilance. Nehemiah and the people of God are…
Created 5 months ago
Nehemiah 4:21 (ESV), Nehemiah 4:22 (ESV), Nehemiah 4:23 (ESV)
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Wise Advice
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law visited Moses in the wilderness; and while he celebrated all that God was doing in delivering the people, he was concerned about the pace of Moses life and the way he led…
Created 5 months ago
Exodus 18:17 (ESV), Exodus 18:18 (ESV), Exodus 18:19 (ESV), Exodus 18:20 (ESV), Exodus 18:21 (ESV), Exodus 18:22 (ESV), Exodus 18:23 (ESV)
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The mercy of God
The mercy of God is beyond human understanding. Manasseh was an evil king. His corruption exceeded even the evil practices of the pagan nations around him. He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah…
Created 5 months ago
2 Chronicles 33:10 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 33:11 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 33:12 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 33:13 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-01-03
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The Solution
God sees and knows all things even before they happen. In the foreknowledge of God, the Lord knew that a time would come when the heavens would cease to rain, the locusts would devour the crops and his…
Created 5 months ago
2 Chronicles 7:13 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 7:15 (ESV)
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The beginning of the end
It was a good run. For a season, Solomon walked with God; desired God; served God, and God blessed him beyond his wildest dreams with gold, silver, fame, influence and power. Solomon teaches us that we…
Created 5 months ago
1 Kings 11:1 (ESV), 1 Kings 11:2 (ESV), 1 Kings 11:3 (ESV), 1 Kings 11:4 (ESV), 1 Kings 11:5 (ESV), 1 Kings 11:6 (ESV)
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Praying under duress
What David helps me understand is this: God does not prevent distress from assailing me; but God is available and present with us in the midst of our distresses. And when prayer is made to God during…
Created 5 months ago
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Why leaders fall
Three times in this chapter, David laments, "How the mighty have fallen." He is of course referring to the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. Saul had an opportunity to do great things for God but he missed…
Created 5 months ago
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The right stuff
What constitutes fitness for service? From a human perspective people consider education, looks, popularity and rarely character. From God's perspective, God works from the inside out. What is the inner…
Created 5 months ago
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Leadership Inspires faithfulness
After Jael drove an iron tent peg through the temple of sleeping king Sisera, news of his death prompted Deborah and Barak to sing a song. One of the lines in the song says something about the relationship…
Created 5 months ago
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God Confidence
Jacob, at eighty-five years old is burning with holy passion to serve God till the day he dies. He's not interested in retirement or finally being able to use a senior citizen discount card. This man…
Created 6 months ago
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Is God unjust?
Do not say in your heart (7:17) alludes to Israel’s pride and the heart as its source (cf. 8:17). In the ancient world, victory in battle was regarded as a reward for one’s righteousness in the eyes of…
Created 6 months ago
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Mighty God
This verse is so rich. God is God whether we want to accept him or reject him. God is faithful and keeps all his promises to those who love him and in turn keep his commandments. We can never out give…
Created 6 months ago
Numbers 32:23 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:1 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:24 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:33 (ESV), Deuteronomy 7:9 (ESV)
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Can't go wrong with God
This is the path to spiritual growth. Walk with God all the way. Follow God's commands so that we might truly live. Real life is found in a relationship of total surrender to God's will and God's ways.…
Created 6 months ago
Numbers 32:23 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:1 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:24 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:33 (ESV)
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God Jealous?
God is not jealous in an insecure, human way. God is jealous in that God has claimed us as his own and he will not share us with idols. This is holy love. See also Deut. 5: 9
Created 6 months ago
Numbers 32:23 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:1 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:24 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (ESV)
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The need for diligence
The problem all humans face is forgetfulness. When we forget something of importance the meaning and value of that thing is lost and it no longer has a conscious bearing on our lives. Almighty God was…
Created 6 months ago
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Don't be afraid
Fear is such a crippling emotion. Like cement, fear binds its victims, keeps them immobile, deafens their ear and blinds the human heart, so much so that everything seems impossible. This is what the…
Created 6 months ago
Numbers 32:23 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (ESV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (ESV)
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Can't Hide
Because God is all knowing, nothing that we do can ever be hidden from the Lord. Our sin will find us out and expose us before the holiness of God.
Created 6 months ago
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God's people on the heart
So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord. This verse suggests…
Created 6 months ago
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Genesis 38:1
Genesis 38:1 (ESV)
It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.Created 6 months ago
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Genesis 25:5-6, Genesis 25:21
Genesis 25:5-6 (ESV)
Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.Genesis 25:21 (ESV)
And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-12-07
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Genesis 25:1
Genesis 25:1 (ESV)
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-07
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-12-05
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-11-30
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