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Any connection?
I wonder if there is any connection between verse 8 where Daniel PURPOSED in his heart not to defile himself with the king's delicacies, and verse 17 where God gave them wisdom and knowledge in all kinds…
Created about 1 month ago
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just because God told you don't mean we all buy it
Wisdom is, like Daniel, knowing how to communicate to carnal humans, the wisdom or guidance of God. Instead of a take it or leave it attitude (after all it's from God!) Daniel found a low risk way to…
Created about 1 month ago
Daniel 1:12 (NKJV), Daniel 1:13 (NKJV), Daniel 1:14 (NKJV), Daniel 1:15 (NKJV), Daniel 1:16 (NKJV)
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2012-04-11
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swords
Jesus sent his disciples out with swords... Literal, not figurative. What ever happened to the fighting kind of Christian faith?
Created 2 months ago
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When was the earth created?
'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth in its original created form was formless and void and the Spirit hovered over the surface of the deep.' A simple reading of the passage…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-02-12
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Prayer Day 6: Why Did Jesus Even Pray?
Jesus starts his prayer by saying "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son..." The tone of this suggests that this is a continuation of a previous discussion regarding "the hour". The Father and the…
Created 4 months ago
John 17:1 (KJV), John 17:2 (KJV), John 17:3 (KJV), John 17:4 (KJV), John 17:5 (KJV), John 17:6 (KJV), John 17:7 (KJV), John 17:8 (KJV), John 17:9 (KJV), John 17:10 (KJV), John 17:11 (KJV), John 17:12 (KJV), John 17:13 (KJV), John 17:14 (KJV), John 17:15 (KJV), John 17:16 (KJV), John 17:17 (KJV), John 17:18 (KJV), John 17:19 (KJV), John 17:20 (KJV), John 17:21 (KJV), John 17:22 (KJV), John 17:23 (KJV), John 17:24 (KJV), John 17:25 (KJV), John 17:26 (KJV)
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Prayer Day 5: Always and Never
"One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up." When Jesus says always he means always. When he says never he means never. In this parable he contrasts…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-02-04
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Prayer Day 4: Detested Prayers
I imagine prayers that God detests do not get answered. They get ignored and, maybe worse. God detests the prayers of him who ignores the law, says Proverbs 28:9. This is because ignoring the law that…
Created 4 months ago
Psalm 19:9 (NLT), Psalm 19:10 (NLT), Psalm 19:11 (NLT), Psalm 19:12 (NLT), Psalm 19:13 (NLT), Psalm 19:14 (NLT), Proverbs 28:9 (NLT)
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Prayer Day 3: desperate persistence
Morning, noon, and night. I cry out in my distress and the Lord hears my voice. This is not so much shameless persistence as it is desperate persistence. The Lord hears that too.
Created 4 months ago
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Prayer Day 2: shameless persistence
Some reflections on prayer: A) Jesus is teaching his disciples to pray. First he teaches them what to pray, and then he teaches them HOW - with shameless persistence. B) Jesus boils prayer down to asking…
Created 4 months ago
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What we really need
The Father already knows what we need before we ask Him. And this is what we need: 1. That His Name is honored 2. That He becomes and remains the King of our hearts 3. That what He wants be done in our…
Created 4 months ago
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Dangerously Sovereign
Jesus chooses Paul. Paul does not choose Jesus. In fact Paul is diametrically opposed to Jesus - thinking his followers are worth killing. It is in the very process of working as a missionary in the killing…
Created 4 months ago
Acts 9:15 (NIV), Romans 11:33 (NIV), Romans 11:34 (NIV), Romans 11:35 (NIV), Romans 11:36 (NIV)
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Taking up my cross daily
Daily because otherwise I despair at yesterday's failure. Daily because otherwise I rest on yesterday's success. Daily because I do not have capacity for receiving strength for weeks, months, and years.…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-01-31
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Jesus' First and Last Words to Peter: Follow me
Note: I take some liberty in using the words first and last in order to make a point. In Luke, the story of Simon's call is recorded. Jesus helps Peter and his friends with the fishing. He goes on to…
Created 5 months ago
Luke 5:1 (NLT), Luke 5:2 (NLT), Luke 5:3 (NLT), Luke 5:4 (NLT), Luke 5:5 (NLT), Luke 5:6 (NLT), Luke 5:7 (NLT), Luke 5:8 (NLT), Luke 5:9 (NLT), Luke 5:10 (NLT), Luke 5:11 (NLT), John 21:18 (NLT), John 21:19 (NLT), John 21:20 (NLT), John 21:21 (NLT), John 21:22 (NLT), Romans 11:36 (NLT)
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Thank you for forgiving me...
When I don't know what I am doing - and when I do (or think I do) Your mercy is amazing.
Created 5 months ago
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What's the difference between Judas and Peter?
Both of them betrayed Jesus. Both of them experienced immediate remorse over what they had done. Both of them were part of the chosen twelve. Yet, one went on to become a pillar in the church; the…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 26:69 (KJV), Matthew 26:70 (KJV), Matthew 26:71 (KJV), Matthew 26:72 (KJV), Matthew 26:73 (KJV), Matthew 26:74 (KJV), Matthew 26:75 (KJV), Matthew 27:1 (KJV), Matthew 27:2 (KJV), Matthew 27:3 (KJV), Matthew 27:4 (KJV), Matthew 27:5 (KJV), Matthew 27:6 (KJV), Matthew 27:7 (KJV), Matthew 27:8 (KJV), Matthew 27:9 (KJV), Matthew 27:10 (KJV)
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Is anything worth more than your soul?
This is the piercing question I tried to avoid when reading this passage. I locked onto another truth in the passage and thought I could avoid asking myself this question. But I think that this is the…
Created 5 months ago
Matthew 10:28 (KJV), Mark 8:34 (KJV), Mark 8:35 (KJV), Mark 8:36 (KJV), Mark 8:37 (KJV)
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The scary thought that...
The scary thought that seeing things 'merely' from a human point of view could be the same as seeing them from Satan's viewpoint.
Created 5 months ago
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Believe in me .... PLEASE
I can sense a hint of desperation in Jesus' words as he questions his disciples' belief in him and then goes on to implore them to believe in him. v10 - Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and…
Created 5 months ago
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What on earth does Jesus mean?
Jn 6:56 "By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you." What does he mean? How does one eat his flesh and drink his blood? I am pretty sure he's not talking about a ceremonial…
Created 5 months ago
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What to pray for (only 5 things)
1. May your name be honored and loved 2. May you be the King of my heart, and everybody's heart 3. Please Give us today what we need for today 4. Please forgive us in the same way we forgive those…
Created 5 months ago
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Prayer Central
Prayer was central to Jesus' life. Here (Mk 14) we see him anticipating the major event of his life (at the least the toughest!) with trepidation. The text says that he was "struck with terror", "deeply…
Created 5 months ago
Mark 14:32 (NLT), Mark 14:33 (NLT), Mark 14:34 (NLT), Mark 14:35 (NLT), Mark 14:36 (NLT), Mark 14:37 (NLT), Mark 14:38 (NLT), Mark 14:39 (NLT), Mark 14:40 (NLT), Mark 14:41 (NLT), Mark 14:42 (NLT)
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What Jesus Wants for Me
Jesus' desire for his disciples (John 17) 1. That God would protect them (from being lost) by the power of his name, so that (v11) 2. They would be one, just as The Father and Jesus are one (v11) 3. That…
Created 5 months ago
John 17:1 (KJV), John 17:2 (KJV), John 17:3 (KJV), John 17:4 (KJV), John 17:5 (KJV), John 17:6 (KJV), John 17:7 (KJV), John 17:8 (KJV), John 17:9 (KJV), John 17:10 (KJV), John 17:11 (KJV), John 17:12 (KJV), John 17:13 (KJV), John 17:14 (KJV), John 17:15 (KJV), John 17:16 (KJV), John 17:17 (KJV), John 17:18 (KJV), John 17:19 (KJV), John 17:20 (KJV), John 17:21 (KJV), John 17:22 (KJV), John 17:23 (KJV), John 17:24 (KJV), John 17:25 (KJV), John 17:26 (KJV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-12-22
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a simple straightforward promise
I count on this: if I remain in Christ, He will remain in me. Why do I complicate things? Father help me to simply remain. When everyone else has left, or is wondering, may I just remain. And You remaining…
Created 6 months ago
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the message is a removal agent
It prunes and it purifies. It removes superfluity and gets to the heart of a matter. It removes dirt and scum, purifying me for the Master's use.
Created 6 months ago
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is there any hope for the hard-hearted
Jesus' indictment is that they (and I sincerely hope I am not in that group) cannot see, cannot hear, cannot turn to God to allow them to heal them. If ever a terminal disease existed, this is it - the…
Created 6 months ago
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sing o daughter of zion
Zephaniah 3:14 (NLT)
Sing, Odaughter of Zion; shout aloud, OIsrael! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Odaughter of Jerusalem!Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-10-28
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-10-24
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-10-24
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Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 43:19 (AMP)
Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.Created 7 months ago
