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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Be strong and courageous
Moses tells the people first -- Be strong and courageous! The LORD will go ahead of you, and He will not leave you or abandon you. Then he (Moses) tells Joshua the same thing, and then the LORD Himself…
Created about 1 year ago
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we're accountable for what we know
This verse - Deuteronomy 29:29 - tells us that the secrets that God has revealed to us, we are responsible for. It says that the secrets God has not revealed we are not responsible for. I think about…
Created about 1 year ago
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Deuteronomy 13:4
Deuteronomy 13:4 (NLT)
Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.Created about 1 year ago
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Hold tightly to God
My prayer is this: God help me to live my life, in the everyday routine, so that Your light shines through me. Help me to hold tightly to You, so that your precepts and Your ways are written on the wall…
Created about 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 11:16 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:17 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:18 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:19 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:20 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:21 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:22 (NLT)
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How to please God
This verse makes me think of the passage in the New Testament where Jesus is asked what the most important commandment is -- this is similar. How do I please God? Fear Him, live in a way that pleases…
Created over 1 year ago
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Be careful in plenty
I find it highly applicable to our current North American culture that God reminds us that it's in the time of plenty, when we have houses and food and we aren't in want, that we need to be careful. He…
Created over 1 year ago
Deuteronomy 8:11 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:12 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:13 (NLT), Deuteronomy 8:14 (NLT)
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leadership in the church
A couple of things that make me take notice here -- one is that Moses is whining!!! Yes, he is, but God sees the actual need behind Moses' words, and steps in. I love that! The second thing is that I…
Created over 1 year ago
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God's spoken blessings
We had the pastor read this blessing at our wedding -- it's one of my favourites in Scripture. The King's Version says something like "the LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;…
Created over 1 year ago
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God's glory displayed to the community
So Aaron blessed the people, then he and Moses went back into the tabernacle -- to talk with God, I wonder? When they came out, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people, and they shouted for joy,…
Created over 1 year ago
Leviticus 9:22 (NLT), Leviticus 9:23 (NLT), Leviticus 9:24 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-01-27
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Changed by God's presence
Can we claim this for us, today? I think we can. I think we can be changed - transformed - by basking in the presence of God. Is it like the way the sun changes the colour of my skin? I can't change my…
Created over 1 year ago
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This is OUR God
God of compassion, slow to anger, quick to forgive -- this is the God we serve! God help us to learn from these ancestors of ours in the faith, who experienced such amazing miracles from the hand of God,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Returning good for evil
Lord God, help me to remember that even when others intend evil, as Joseph's brothers did, You are determined to bring good to those who love You. I want to find the good even in the darkest of circumstances.
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 50:17 (NLT), Genesis 50:19 (NLT), Genesis 50:20 (NLT)
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Joseph's mixed feelings
Joseph's brothers still feel guilty, of course -- they immediately assume that they're being punished for what they did all those years before. Joseph must be between 35 and 40 now, and he was only 17…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 42:21 (NLT), Genesis 42:22 (NLT), Genesis 42:23 (NLT), Genesis 42:24 (NLT)
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God's favour
Isn't it interesting that living with excellence and enjoying God's favour seems to happen regardless of life's circumstances? Joseph was a slave, belonging to someone else, but he did the best he could…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 39:20 (NLT), Genesis 39:21 (NLT), Genesis 39:22 (NLT), Genesis 39:23 (NLT)
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Jacob's attitude
I love that part -- I am not worthy of the love and faithfulness God has shown to me.
Created over 1 year ago
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Rachel and Leah
This is an amazing story! I forget the name of the author, but the book "The Red Tent" tells the story of Jacob, Rachel and Leah in an historical context. It's a very good read, and fairly close to…
Created over 1 year ago
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the first tithe?
I'm thinking this is the first example of a tithe in the Bible -- both Cain and Abel brought sacrifices to God, but Jacob is bringing a tenth of whatever God gives him just because. It's also kind of…
Created over 1 year ago
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Genesis 17:1
Genesis 17:1 (NLT)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.Created over 1 year ago
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Genesis 16:13
Genesis 16:13 (NLT)
Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-03
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Abram believed...
OK, so I love this part! Abram whines just a bit -- "I don't have any kids, so I'm going to have to leave all my stuff to my servants..." -- and God tells him no, he's going to have more descendants…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-03
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Melchizedek - priest of God Most High
Isn't it interesting that the Bible tells us that the king of Salem was also a priest of God Most High? I'm not sure, but that seems to tell me that even though the Old Testament focuses on God's love…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-02