Tony Paredes

  • Miracles

    Miracles in and of themselves are not to be worshipped; they are gift that point to a Giver. Miracles are never an end; thy are one of many ways Jesus makes Himself known to a world who does not know…

    Created 3 months ago

  • Galatians 5:4-5

    Galatians 5:4-5 (NIV)
    You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-05-25

  • Romans 5:3

    Romans 5:3 (NLT)
    We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Genesis 45:7

    Genesis 45:7 (NIV)
    But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Nehemiah 13:22

    Nehemiah 13:22 (NIV)
    Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Luke 11:8

    Luke 11:8 (NIV)
    I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Luke 11:21

    Luke 11:21 (NIV)
    "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Luke 11:22

    Luke 11:22 (NIV)
    But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Withdrew

    Prayer can be done at all times; while we are at church, while we drive, etc. But we cheat ourselves of intimacy with Christ if we do not find that "lonely place" in which to connect with Jesus.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Luke 5:16 (NIV)

  • False Worship

    A person who claims to have the desire to worship Jesus but will not pursue Him himself proves his true desire is to worship no one.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 2:8 (NIV)

  • ...but He does bring it.

    The Lord will bring whatever it will take to correct us.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Lamentations 3:33 (NIV)

  • Children

    Why does this psalm seemed divided, like the first half has very little to do with the latter half? Without warning, the writer, Solomon, goes from writing about buildings to children. It's true, yet…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 127:1 (NIV), Psalm 127:2 (NIV), Psalm 127:3 (NIV), Psalm 127:4 (NIV), Psalm 127:5 (NIV)

  • Lamentations 2:6

    Lamentations 2:6 (NIV)
    He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 58:12

    Isaiah 58:12 (NIV)
    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Favor vs. Punishment

    it amazes me that even when God must punish us because of our disobedience, it is not in the form of leaving us. His goal is to draw back His children, not to destroy them.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 51:5 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-01

  • Disobedience

    the disobedience of the Jews brought disaster not only to themselves but to the land of Egypt where the fled.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 43:12 (NIV), Jeremiah 43:13 (NIV)

  • Psalm 119:71

    Psalm 119:71 (NIV)
    It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 119:130

    Psalm 119:130 (NIV)
    The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-01-18

  • Psalm 119:92

    Psalm 119:92 (NIV)
    If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 119:9

    Psalm 119:9 (NIV)
    How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-17

  • Jeremiah 20:8

    Jeremiah 20:8 (NIV)
    Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Judges 20:42

    Judges 20:42 (NIV)
    So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 12:8

    Jeremiah 12:8 (NIV)
    My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 11:1

    Jeremiah 11:1 (NIV)
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the lord:

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Judges 12:1

    Judges 12:1 (NIV)
    The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We're going to burn down your house over your head."

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-08

  • Jeremiah 10:1

    Jeremiah 10:1 (NIV)
    Hear what the lord says to you, people of Israel.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-28

  • James 1:19

    James 1:19 (NASB)
    This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

    Created over 1 year ago

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