Simi Akintorin

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  • Nehemiah 1:11

    Nehemiah 1:11 (ESV)
    O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Galatians 4:27

    Galatians 4:27 (ESV)
    For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband."

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Mark 11:23

    Mark 11:23 (ESV)
    Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Genesis 12:2

    Genesis 12:2 (ESV)
    And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-22

  • Another bad thing about the Pharisees

    Yeah, the Pharisees don't have much going for them as far as Jesus and the Bible are concerned. Here we see a sign of being a Pharisee. Note that whenever they wanted to question or hurt Jesus, they always…

    Created 4 months ago

    Mark 2:16 (ESV)

  • on questioning God

    This goes with my Thomas the loud doubter note. I don't think it was the Pharisees' actual question that made Jesus angry at them. They wondered why Jesus would tell him "his sins are forgiven"--it's…

    Created 4 months ago

    Mark 2:6 (ESV)

  • Romans 7:6

    Romans 7:6 (ESV)
    But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2012-01-22

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-01-22

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    2 Corinthians 5:20 (MSG)
    We're Christ's representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God's work of making things right between them. We're speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he's already a friend with you.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Romans 1:16

    Romans 1:16 (ESV)
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Proverbs 29:26

    Proverbs 29:26 (ESV)
    Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Psalm 5:12

    Psalm 5:12 (ESV)
    For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Psalm 5:9

    Psalm 5:9 (ESV)
    For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Psalm 20:7

    Psalm 20:7 (ESV)
    Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Psalm 20:9

    Psalm 20:9 (ESV)
    O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Psalm 20:7

    Psalm 20:7 (ESV)
    Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

    Created 6 months ago

  • thoughts...

    I first read this psalm myself on a sunny Saturday morning. That very morning my uncle suddenly fell dizzy and died while playing golf. I came back to this psalm wondering if it had any connection to…

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalm 92:13 (MSG), Psalm 92:14 (MSG)

  • thoughts...

    I first read this psalm myself on a sunny Saturday morning. That very morning my uncle suddenly fell dizzy and died while playing golf. I came back to this psalm wondering if it had any connection to…

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalm 92:13 (MSG)

  • Acts 4:13

    Acts 4:13 (NCV)
    The leaders saw that Peter and John were not afraid to speak, and they understood that these men had no special training or education. So they were amazed. Then they realized that Peter and John had been with Jesus.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 4:13

    Acts 4:13 (NCV)
    The leaders saw that Peter and John were not afraid to speak, and they understood that these men had no special training or education. So they were amazed. Then they realized that Peter and John had been with Jesus.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 9:22

    Acts 9:22 (NCV)
    But Saul grew more powerful. His proofs that Jesus is the Christ were so strong that his own people in Damascus could not argue with him.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Isaiah 54:2

    Isaiah 54:2 (NCV)
    Make your tent bigger; stretch it out and make it wider. Do not hold back. Make the ropes longer and its stakes stronger,

    Created 8 months ago

  • Isaiah 54:3

    Isaiah 54:3 (NCV)
    because you will spread out to the right and to the left. Your children will take over other nations, and they will again live in cities that once were destroyed.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Psalm 77:13

    Psalm 77:13 (ESV)
    Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?

    Created 8 months ago

  • Romans 11:6

    Romans 11:6 (ESV)
    But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Isaiah 54:2

    Isaiah 54:2 (NCV)
    Make your tent bigger; stretch it out and make it wider. Do not hold back. Make the ropes longer and its stakes stronger,

    Created 8 months ago

  • Isaiah 54:3

    Isaiah 54:3 (NCV)
    because you will spread out to the right and to the left. Your children will take over other nations, and they will again live in cities that once were destroyed.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Psalm 77:13

    Psalm 77:13 (ESV)
    Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?

    Created 8 months ago

  • Romans 11:6

    Romans 11:6 (ESV)
    But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Romans 11:6

    Romans 11:6 (ESV)
    But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

    Created 8 months ago

  • I think God was surprised here!

    This is the only time in the Bible where a human seems to have actually surprised God a little. I know that God knows our thoughts, but I don't think that God expected David to actually plan to build…

    Created 11 months ago

    1 Chronicles 17:6 (CEB)

  • Thomas the loud doubter

    Thomas has a worse reputation than he deserves. He is the only disciple who dared to actually doubt the coming of the Lord, but there's something always consistent about him. Whenever Thomas is unsure…

    Created 12 months ago

    John 14:5 (ESV), John 20:5 (ESV)

  • The depressing psalm

    This guy has no time for facades--he is depressed and he wants God to know it! This psalm is proof that God wants to be our best friend; he wants to hear our cries. A lot of times when we feel really…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 88:14 (NIV)

  • How to be on a team

    This verse gives good advice on how to keep a team running smoothly--whether it's the Church (the most important team of all), or a sport team or a work team. First order of business: the idle, or the…

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 Thessalonians 5:14 (MSG)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-28

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-24

  • Paul's fervor

    At the end of Galatians, it appears Paul is marveling at his own handwriting. He notes how big his letters are. Paul had a scribe named Tertius (Romans 16:22) who often wrote what Paul dictated to him.…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Romans 16:22 (NIV), Galatians 6:11 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-01-03

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-03

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-01-03