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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-03-28
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-03-28
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trials
Psalm 119:67 (ESV)
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.Psalm 119:71 (ESV)
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.Created 2 months ago
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One of the most ignored pieces of wisdom Jesus gave us...
Matthew 15:9 ESV ...in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-02-10
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Hard truth can forsake truth. Love without God's leading can betray truth. What a delicate balance between truth and love.
Ephesians 4:15 ESV Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Created 4 months ago
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The eternal gospel...
Revelation 14:6-7 ESV Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. And he said…
Created 5 months ago
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If only every employer paid careful attention to this passage in Job.
Job 31:13-15 ESV "If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall…
Created 5 months ago
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Indeed, Job is the human condition: But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Job 30:26 ESV But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Created 5 months ago
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Job is convinced that God is willing to hear us argue our case, if we are upright. Theology aside, are we willing to hear other people out, if they argue "uprightly"
Job 23:6-7 ESV Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me. There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Created 5 months ago
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Courageous honesty, fearless trust
Job 13:15 ESV Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
Created 5 months ago
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Perfect love casts fear outside...so whenever we are fearful, it follows that we need to focus on love.
1 John 4:18 ESV There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Created 5 months ago
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Zophar demonstrates something called poor communication skill.
Job 11:3 ESV Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
Created 5 months ago
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God can be a bare whisper in some lives, easy to miss.
Job 9:11 ESV Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Created 5 months ago
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Bad branches are removed. Fruitful branches get pruned...ouch! I guess that's no gain no pain.
John 15:2 ESV Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Created 6 months ago
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Dialogue between the religious and the spiritual
John 6:28-31 ESV Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." So they said to him,…
Created 6 months ago
John 6:28 (ESV), John 6:29 (ESV), John 6:30 (ESV), John 6:31 (ESV)
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A good reference for the difficult concept of "God-fearing"
Malachi 2:5 ESV My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.
Created 6 months ago
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Anticipating James and his call to "religion that is pure and undefiled"
Zechariah 7:9-10 ESV "Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of…
Created 6 months ago
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Mercy triumphs over judgment. Now that's something to be thankful for.
James 2:13 ESV For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Created 6 months ago
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A needed tonic. Hmmm, why don't I read this more frequently?
Encouragement.
Created 9 months ago
Psalm 27:1 (ESV), Psalm 27:2 (ESV), Psalm 27:3 (ESV), Psalm 27:4 (ESV), Psalm 27:5 (ESV), Psalm 27:6 (ESV), Psalm 27:7 (ESV), Psalm 27:8 (ESV), Psalm 27:9 (ESV), Psalm 27:10 (ESV), Psalm 27:11 (ESV), Psalm 27:12 (ESV), Psalm 27:13 (ESV), Psalm 27:14 (ESV)
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Encouragement in a season of confusion. Yet, what exactly does "the fear of the Lord" look like for me? Today?
Psalm 25:12-15 ESV Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land. The friendship…
Created 9 months ago
Psalm 25:12 (ESV), Psalm 25:13 (ESV), Psalm 25:14 (ESV), Psalm 25:15 (ESV)
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Question: in what way do you understand the following from Peter: "Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure..."? In other words, what would be the consequence of NOT making your "election" sure look like?
2 Peter 1:10-11 ESV Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly…
Created 9 months ago
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I've been reading Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning, and verses like this come vividly to life.
1 Peter 4:19 ESV Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
Created 9 months ago
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"God gave him another heart"...God's role in one's inner life is such a mystery to me...
1 Samuel 10:9 ESV When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.
Created 9 months ago
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I am encouraged by a God who preserves the testimony of inner struggle in His servants.
Jeremiah alternates between exultation and despair.
Created 10 months ago
Jeremiah 20:7 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:8 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:9 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:10 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:11 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:12 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:13 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:14 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:15 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:16 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:17 (ESV), Jeremiah 20:18 (ESV)
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Is this a profile of how God remains silent in the face of His human accusers?
Jesus silent before Pilate
Created 10 months ago
Matthew 27:12 (ESV), Matthew 27:13 (ESV), Matthew 27:14 (ESV)
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preach it, bro...
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24 ESV All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
Created 10 months ago
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Want to know the condition of your heart? Pay attention to your words.
Matthew 12:34 ESV You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Created 11 months ago
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Who could not tremble at the Way, as blessed as it may be? "Outside the comfort zone" doesn't quite capture it.
Matthew 10:34-39 ESV "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her…
Created 11 months ago
Matthew 10:34 (ESV), Matthew 10:35 (ESV), Matthew 10:36 (ESV), Matthew 10:37 (ESV), Matthew 10:38 (ESV), Matthew 10:39 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-04-22
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-30
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-01-22
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-26
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Luke 18:8
Luke 18:8 (ESV)
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 12:7
2 Corinthians 12:7 (ESV)
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 13:11
Luke 13:11 (ESV)
And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 13:16
Luke 13:16 (ESV)
And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"Created over 1 year ago
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Proverbs 10:4
Proverbs 10:4 (ESV)
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 12:57
Luke 12:57 (ESV)
"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 12:5
Luke 12:5 (ESV)
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 12:15
Luke 12:15 (ESV)
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 11:14
Luke 11:14 (ESV)
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 11:24
Luke 11:24 (ESV)
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 10:17
Luke 10:17 (ESV)
The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 9:39
Luke 9:39 (ESV)
And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 9:1
Luke 9:1 (ESV)
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 8:2
Luke 8:2 (ESV)
and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 8:12
Luke 8:12 (ESV)
The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 8:27
Luke 8:27 (ESV)
When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 7:30
Luke 7:30 (ESV)
but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 6:46
Luke 6:46 (ESV)
"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 4:41
Luke 4:41 (ESV)
And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.Created over 1 year ago
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Luke 4:33
Luke 4:33 (ESV)
And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,Created over 1 year ago
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Mark 9:17
Mark 9:17 (ESV)
And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute.Created over 1 year ago
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Mark 9:20
Mark 9:20 (ESV)
And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.Created over 1 year ago
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Mark 1:23
Mark 1:23 (ESV)
And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,Created over 1 year ago
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Mark 1:39
Mark 1:39 (ESV)
And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.Created over 1 year ago
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