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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-04-21
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Acts 8:37 and the NIV 2011
Why is this verse missing? This really concerns me. I have always loved reading the plain English of many translations but this verse is incredibly important! It states the entire reason for salvation!!…
Created about 1 year ago
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How much is too much?
A man possessed by demons is saved but at the cost of a herd of pigs. The people of the town pleaded with Jesus to leave. How often have I asked God not to 'develop my character' today? How often have…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-04
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So Rich with essentials and great commands!!
These verses hold so much meaning for me. They teach me how to pray. They teach me to forgive. They teach me to know what is truly valuable. They teach me to guard what goes into my mind. They teach…
Created over 1 year ago
Matthew 6:8 (NIV), Matthew 6:9 (NIV), Matthew 6:10 (NIV), Matthew 6:11 (NIV), Matthew 6:12 (NIV), Matthew 6:13 (NIV), Matthew 6:14 (NIV), Matthew 6:15 (NIV)
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Always angry?
These verses haunt me. He is the Father of my youth and I do cry out to him. I beg forgiveness of my sin and ask Him to direct my feet to His path for me. I sometimes wonder if He will always be disappointed…
Created over 1 year ago
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Jeremiah 3:5
Jeremiah 3:5 (NIV)
will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?' This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can."Created over 1 year ago
Labels: crying-out-to-the-lord
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Jeremiah 3:5
Jeremiah 3:5 (NIV)
will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?' This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can."Created over 1 year ago
Labels: from-sin
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Jeremiah 3:4
Jeremiah 3:4 (NIV)
Have you not just called to me: 'My Father, my friend from my youth,Created over 1 year ago
Labels: crying-out-to-the-lord
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Jeremiah 3:4
Jeremiah 3:4 (NIV)
Have you not just called to me: 'My Father, my friend from my youth,Created over 1 year ago
Labels: from-sin
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Praising God through everything
I am comforted and elevated by this reading. To know that even as dark and terrible as my sins seem to me, God is to be praised through everything. That which man would use as evil against me, God would…
Created over 1 year ago
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Blood sacrifice
I'm sure there's a reason I just don't understand but I often wonder why God is so pleased by the killing of animals and the shedding of so much blood. This verse in particular, "sacrificing so many…
Created over 1 year ago
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Questioning God's Choices
Oh how many times I have felt that nudge from God to so speak with a friend about salvation? And how many times have I basically responded, "Who? Me?!? Surely you don't mean ME God. I'll pray for you…
Created over 1 year ago
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The laws of God vs. the laws of man
I've often thought about this passage. I know that I am to obey God's law first and foremost. I also know that there is no authority over me except that which God Himself has put in place. I read this…
Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 5:29
Acts 5:29 (NIV)
Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than human beings!Created over 1 year ago
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A Blessing Once given can not be taken back
We see that Isaac, having given his blessing to Jacob by mistake, can not take it back and give it now to Esau. Why? It would seem that the deceiver should suffer some consequence rather than reaping…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 27:34 (NIV), Genesis 27:35 (NIV), Genesis 27:36 (NIV), Genesis 27:37 (NIV)
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Unwavering Obedience
This one hits home for me. I want in my heart to be completely obedient all the time, but my sinful nature is disobedient. It's so much easier to do things my way at the time, but the results are NEVER…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-08
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Luke 6:46
Luke 6:46 (NLT)
“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-06
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Understanding Abram and Sarai
I never understood how God didn't punish Abram for lying and asking Sarai to lie by saying she was his sister and not his wife. This cause the Pharaoh to take Sarai into the palace and treat her "as…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 12:10 (NLT), Genesis 12:11 (NLT), Genesis 12:12 (NLT), Genesis 12:13 (NLT), Genesis 12:14 (NLT), Genesis 12:15 (NLT), Genesis 12:16 (NLT), Genesis 12:17 (NLT), Genesis 12:18 (NLT), Genesis 12:19 (NLT), Genesis 12:20 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-01