Tom Elwood

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  • fearfully: who fears?

    In the original Hebrew text, the word 'fearfully' means: with great reverence and heart-felt interest and respect. The word 'wonderfully' means: unique, set apart, uniquely marvelous. http://www.savedhealed.com/fearfully.htm

    Created about 1 month ago

    Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

  • Christ avoided temptation of power

    When Jesus was tempted, who better than Satan to know what tempted Him most? http://www.apocalipsis.org/jesustemptation.htm His third temptation was to have power - unimaginable power. Yet Jesus didn't,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Philippians 2:6 (NIV)

  • Be like Christ

    What were Jesus' priorities on earth? Teacher, Healer, Servant. We can be united with Him by having the same priorities.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Philippians 2:5 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-01-23

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-23

  • Don't fret

    Don't fret, going over and over something you wish you had or feel wronged by. It only leads to sin - jealousy, envy, frustration, self-righteousness, indignation - all this builds up while you keep going…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 37:4 (NIV), Psalm 37:8 (NIV)

  • 2 Chronicles 20:23

    2 Chronicles 20:23 (NIV)
    The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Proverbs 20:11

    Proverbs 20:11 (NIV)
    Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 5:8

    Jeremiah 5:8 (NIV)
    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man's wife.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 29:11

    Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
    For I know the plans I have for you," declares the lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • John 5:44

    John 5:44 (NIV)
    How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Romans 12:2

    Romans 12:2 (NIV)
    Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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  • Ephesians 2:8

    Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
    For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Philippians 4:8

    Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
    Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Colossians 1:17

    Colossians 1:17 (NIV)
    He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 3:13

    Hebrews 3:13 (NIV)
    But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • "In keeping" with repentance

    Here's the thing: produce fruit "in keeping" with repentance. It's not to "earn" salvation or heavenly rewards, or to prove your worth, or to earn status with Christian peers, but simply, purely as an…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Luke 3:8 (NIV84)

  • Sanctuary

    Where is God's sanctuary? He fills the whole heavens, all the earth. A sanctuary is a 'sacred place...of refuge or asylum.' God doesn't need refuge or asylum - he is all powerful. So, the sanctuary is…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Psalm 150:1 (NIV84)

  • Your faith will be tested

    When non-Christians say "Just have faith" they are expressing that good things come to those who just believe. But here we learn that all these people experienced loss and hardship because of their faith.…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Hebrews 11:13 (NIV84)

  • If we deliberately keep on sinning

    http://read.ly/Heb10.26.NIV (http://read.ly/Heb10.26.NIV) "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?" Heb 10:26 has the same message - don't take easy forgiveness for…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Romans 6:1 (NIV84)

  • Getting through a job you hate

    This verse is your help in getting through a job you hate. Do everything as if for the Lord. When you're slogging through another day of something you hate, just tell yourself "Imagine if God Himself…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Colossians 3:17 (NIV84)

  • Test your thoughts

    I taught this verse to my daughters when they were gossiping in the car. Although the gossip might be true and honest, it's not noble or lovely or admirable. You can apply this to any thought on your…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Philippians 4:8 (NIV84)

  • Particle physics

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/weekinreview/04overbye.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/weekinreview/04overbye.html) "In Him all things hold together." The ultimate goal of studying particle…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Colossians 1:17 (NIV84)

  • Get wise but be humble

    God listened to Daniel because he 1) set his mind on gaining understanding and 2) having gained understanding and a position in life, he didn't let it go to his head, but "humbled himself before God."…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Daniel 10:12 (NIV84)

  • Pray without ceasing - Brother Lawrence figured this out 400 years ago

    A kitchen worker (he hated his job) in a monastery decided it was important to pray to God every moment of every day. His faith is so simple and humble, yet profound as it comes through in the pages of…

    Created about 2 years ago

    1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV84)

  • Simple, profound

    Simple words yet profound in implication and execution - a hundred times a day you could apply 'act justly' and 'love mercy' The same sentiment is in Zechariah 7:9-10 9 “This is what the Lord Almighty…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Micah 6:8 (NIV84)

  • God's plans for you.

    http://www.youversion.com/bible/niv/jer/29/11 (http://www.youversion.com/bible/niv/jer/29/11) Sometimes it's hard to see God's plan in what's happening. Sometimes we look back and say "I never would…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Romans 12:2 (NIV84)

  • Plans for you

    A favorite verse. Sometimes it's hard to see God's plan in what's happening. Sometimes we look back and say "I never would have predicted that God could use these circumstances that way for His good."…

    Created about 2 years ago

    Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV84)

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV84)
    For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

    Created about 2 years ago

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  • Streams of Negev

    http://dc1604.blogspot.com/2006/04/like-streams-in-negev.html (http://dc1604.blogspot.com/2006/04/like-streams-in-negev.html) I found a blog writer who explains: "The Negev is the wilderness, or desert…

    Created over 2 years ago

    Psalm 126:4 (NIV84)

  • Better than marriage

    How nice to know that God has something better than marriage for us in heaven. I like to think that in heaven we will commune so closely and understand each other so fluently and swiftly, that everyday…

    Created over 2 years ago

    Matthew 22:29 (ASV), Matthew 22:30 (ASV)

  • Deceit

    Isn't it true? The heart will lead you easily away from God, and it is desperately persistent in taking your thoughts a certain direction.

    Created over 2 years ago

    Jeremiah 17:9 (ASV)

  • Jeremiah 17:9

    Jeremiah 17:9 (ASV)
    The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

    Created over 2 years ago

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  • What God hates

    No mincing words here - God hates divorce. http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce_and_infidelity/should_i_get_a_divorce/how_should_a_christian_view_marriage_and_divorce.aspx

    Created over 2 years ago

    Malachi 2:15 (NIV84)

  • Playing both ends against the middle

    I thought this verse was an excellent example of "playing both ends against the middle," as defined at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/play%20both%20ends%20against%20the%20middle (- see definition…

    Created over 2 years ago

    2 Chronicles 20:23 (NIV84)

  • God manages our messes - link

    http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2009/02/24/devotion.aspx (http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2009/02/24/devotion.aspx) People often say 'everything happens for a reason.'…

    Created over 3 years ago

    Romans 8:28 (ASV)

  • discipline is good

    " It’s easy to wander in mind and heart. I do better with discipline." - Mark McCampbell

    Created over 3 years ago

    Hebrews 12:11 (ASV)

  • Your Word is better than riches

    Ps 119:14: 'I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.' I like the translation of this in 'The Message' which says 'I delight far more in what you tell me about living than…

    Created about 4 years ago

    Psalm 119:14 (ASV), Luke 12:18 (ASV), Luke 12:20 (ASV)

  • Praise goes both ways!

    I can remember the first time I read this verse. I was stunned that God has praise for us. I always thought of praise going up to God, yet here he says God has praise for us. We are so lucky to have Jesus…

    Created about 4 years ago

    John 5:44 (ASV)