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David calls to God for help
2 Samuel 22:6-7 (NLT)
The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.Created 14 days ago
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Trials lead to endurance
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 15 days ago
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Jeremiah crumbles
Jeremiah 20:14 (NLT)
Yet I curse the day I was born! May no one celebrate the day of my birth.Created 15 days ago
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Elijah crumbles
1 Kings 19:3 (NLT)
Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.Created 15 days ago
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Moses is frustrated
Numbers 11:7 (NLT)
The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.Created 15 days ago
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Pursue God
Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 (NIV)
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done?Created 22 days ago
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Fear God
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NIV)
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.Created 22 days ago
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Prayer to bless words
Psalm 19:14 (KJV)
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.Created 30 days ago
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Eyes straight ahead
Proverbs 4:25-27 (NLT)
Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.Created about 1 month ago
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Soloman went astray
1 Kings 11:1 (NLT)
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.Created about 1 month ago
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Eternal life = knowing the Father
John 17:3 (NLT)
And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.Created about 1 month ago
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Very misquoted: Addressed to the Apostles
John 16:13 (NLT)
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.Created about 1 month ago
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Saul Prophesies
1 Samuel 19:23-24 (NLT)
But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth!Created about 1 month ago
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Commissioned to act for Jesus
John 20:19 (NLT)
That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said.Created about 1 month ago
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God orders genocide for the Amalekites
1 Samuel 15:1 (NLT)
One day Samuel said to Saul, “It was the LORD who told me to anoint you as king of his people, Israel. Now listen to this message from the LORD!Created about 1 month ago
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Jesus is resurrected
John 20:1 (NLT)
Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.Created about 1 month ago
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Believe the prophesy
Revelation 22:6 (NLT)
Then the angel said to me, “Everything you have heard and seen is trustworthy and true. The Lord God, who inspires his prophets, has sent his angel to tell his servants what will happen soon.”Created about 1 month ago
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John 19:17
John 19:17 (NLT)
Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha).Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-03-17
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Intentional Consumers
Remember the root of "enthrall" is "thrall" which means "slave" in Greek. These instructions apply to us as we consume media as well as eat. What does it mean to consume media today in ways that are…
Created 3 months ago
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Cast your cares on Christ
1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2012-03-11
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Solomon's conclusion
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NIV)
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Create a clean heart
Psalm 51:10-11 (NIV)
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Created 3 months ago
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Proclaim the coming of be Lord
Luke 3:4 (NIV)
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.Created 3 months ago
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Your King will come
Zechariah 9:9 (NIV)
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.Created 3 months ago
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John the Baptist asks about Jesus
Matthew 11:2-3 (NIV)
When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciplesCreated 3 months ago
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God rend open the heavens
Isaiah 64:1-4 (NIV)
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights
2012-01-29
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-01-29
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Jeremiah didn't preach Grace
The prophesies of Jeremiah are some of the most wrath-filled in the Bible. He definitely wasn’t preaching a gospel of grace. For those who ignore or mis-understand Jesus in the New Testament, it’s easy…
Created 8 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-10-19
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Empty Headed People
I don't think anyone is entirely empty headed. This is a quotation from Zophar, who is one of Job's "friends" offering him advice in his time of suffering. I think Zophar is saying some people should…
Created 9 months ago
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Discipline Saves Lives
Note in this verse the importance of disciplining children when they are very young. The author points out, correctly I can attest, that if discipline is not enforced and required at an early age children…
Created 11 months ago
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Each of us must understand our times
Sometimes we may pass off important issues of the day facing the Church and our families because we think, "That's theology our pastors will grapple with." As believers in Christ, however, we ARE the…
Created 11 months ago
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Worship only The Lord
We are commanded to worship one God, the Lord, and not worship at a second altar. What are the altars in our culture which we are encouraged to spiritually exalt? Technology can become an altar for some.…
Created 11 months ago
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Today's lecture hall of Tyrannus?
Note how Paul went out into the world and engaged non-believers in discussions about Jesus. Where is today's "lecture hall of Tyrannus?" YouTube? Facebook? http://eyesright.speedofcreativity.org/2011/06/30/todays-lecture-hall-of-tyrannus/
Created 11 months ago
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Jacob's Dream
There is an Old Testament reference to this alignment of moon, sun and stars, when Jacob related a dream to his brothers: Genesis 37:9 "He had another dream and told this one also to his brothers: "I…
Created about 1 year ago
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Jephthah was a fool
The story of Jephthah in Judges 11 is a terrible tragedy, but it appears to be horrible not because of the commands or actions of the Lord. Rather, the stupidity of Jephthah is to blame. What a thoughtless…
Created about 1 year ago
Judges 11:30 (NLT), Judges 11:31 (NLT), Judges 11:32 (NLT), Judges 11:33 (NLT), Judges 11:34 (NLT), Judges 11:35 (NLT), Judges 11:36 (NLT), Judges 11:37 (NLT), Judges 11:38 (NLT), Judges 11:39 (NLT), Judges 11:40 (NLT)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-12
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An act of faith
What an incredible act of faith this was! Rebekah's family had obviously seen the hand of God in the way this story unfolded, and recognizing Him they were quick to obey. Oh that I would have such discernment…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-01-05
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-05