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Romans 2:29
Romans 2:29 (NIV84)
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.Created 3 days ago
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Romans 1:20
Romans 1:20 (NIV84)
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.Created 5 days ago
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Romans 1:17
Romans 1:17 (NIV84)
For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”Created 5 days ago
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Romans 12:18
Romans 12:18 (NIV84)
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.Created 5 days ago
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2 Corinthians 12:9
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV84)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.Created 6 days ago
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2 Corinthians 8:21
2 Corinthians 8:21 (NIV84)
For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men.Created 8 days ago
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2 Corinthians 8:13-15
2 Corinthians 8:13-15 (NIV84)
Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality.Created 8 days ago
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2 Corinthians 4:18
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV84)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Created 11 days ago
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1 Corinthians 5:12-13
1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (NIV84)
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?Created 24 days ago
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Philippians 4:6
Philippians 4:6 (NIV84)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.Created 29 days ago
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Philippians 1:21
Philippians 1:21 (NIV84)
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.Created about 1 month ago
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Philippians 1:17-18
Philippians 1:17-18 (NIV84)
The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans
2012-05-03
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Ephesians 4:4-6
Ephesians 4:4-6 (NIV84)
There is one body and one Spirit–just as you were called to one hope when you were called–Created about 1 month ago
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Galatians 5:25
Galatians 5:25 (NIV84)
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.Created about 1 month ago
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Galatians 3:24
Galatians 3:24 (NIV84)
So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.Created about 1 month ago
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Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:20 (NIV84)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.Created about 1 month ago
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Galatians 2:10
Galatians 2:10 (NIV84)
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.Created about 1 month ago
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Galatians 1:11-12
Galatians 1:11-12 (NIV84)
I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-04-26
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Acts 22:10
Acts 22:10 (NIV84)
” ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 15:28
Acts 15:28 (NIV84)
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 15:11
Acts 15:11 (NIV84)
No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 13:22
Acts 13:22 (NIV84)
After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 11:18
Acts 11:18 (NIV84)
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 4:12
Acts 4:12 (NIV84)
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”Created about 1 month ago
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Acts 3:19
Acts 3:19 (NIV84)
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks
2012-03-23
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Two Perspectives
From the very first words of Jesus recorded in Luke's gospel, we get a clue to understanding the message of Jesus, a message that confused people then and now. Jesus responded to things from two perspectives…
Created 6 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-11-30
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The Next Reformation
In this passage, Paul counsels Timothy on how to renew the Church. Fifteen hundred years later what is known as "the" Reformation occurred in the time of Martin Luther and others. But the need for renewal…
Created 8 months ago
1 Timothy 4:1 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:2 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:3 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:4 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:5 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:6 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:7 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:8 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:9 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:11 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:13 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:14 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:15 (NIV), 1 Timothy 4:16 (NIV)
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Pray or Fight?
Paul makes a fairly straightforward suggestion: instead of getting angry or arguing with each other, church leaders should pray with each other. I wonder what would happen today if Christian leaders who…
Created 8 months ago
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Gracious Opposition
Paul starts his letter to Timothy by counseling him to oppose false teachers. Some observations: Teachers face the temptation that comes with being in front of people. The thrill of being in the spotlight…
Created 9 months ago
1 Timothy 1:3 (NIV84), 1 Timothy 1:4 (NIV84), 1 Timothy 1:5 (NIV84), 1 Timothy 1:6 (NIV84)
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Book of Virtues
The main point of these verses boils down to this: honesty and hard work. The book of Proverbs contains practical wisdom for living that applies to believers and non-believers alike. Honesty. Actually,…
Created 9 months ago
Proverbs 24:23 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:24 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:25 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:26 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:27 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:28 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:29 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:30 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:31 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:32 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:33 (NIV84), Proverbs 24:34 (NIV84)
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David was a combination of a proactive l...
No Fear in Trust David was a combination of a proactive leader and a man who completely trusted God. Often, it seems, the result of his proactivity was trouble; he had a knack for stirring up his enemies.…
Created 9 months ago
Psalm 143:1 (NIV84), Psalm 143:2 (NIV84), Psalm 143:3 (NIV84), Psalm 143:4 (NIV84), Psalm 143:5 (NIV84), Psalm 143:6 (NIV84), Psalm 143:7 (NIV84), Psalm 143:8 (NIV84), Psalm 143:9 (NIV84), Psalm 143:10 (NIV84), Psalm 143:11 (NIV84), Psalm 143:12 (NIV84)
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A Bigger Reality
What strikes me about this healing is the contrast in perspectives between the people who were mourning the death of a child, and Jesus. The mourners were dealing with the facts: the girl was dead, not…
Created 9 months ago
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The Ambiguity of Suffering
This account of Jesus healing the woman who touched the hem of his garment is familiar to us. "Go in peace. Your faith has healed you...". Jesus was able to free the poor woman from her physical ailment.…
Created 9 months ago
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Seeds of the Kingdom
In these verses Jesus gives two more short parables about the Kingdom of God, both of which involve seeds. The point of the first is that "growth happens," regardless of what the farmer does. The Kingdom…
Created 9 months ago
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Spiritual Gardening
In these few verses Jesus explains the parable of the Sower and the Seed, interestingly with some frustration that the disciples didn't get it in the first place. In any case, there are four scenarios…
Created 9 months ago
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Listening to Jesus
I find these two verses a little perplexing. The parable Jesus has just told is clear enough, the Sower and the Seed, but his comments following raise some questions about what Jesus meant. The first…
Created 9 months ago
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Crazy Man
In this passage we see two important groups in Jesus' life, his family and the religious leaders, come to the conclusion that he is crazy. It's difficult to be different than everyone else because we…
Created 9 months ago
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Retreat!
The phrase that strikes me here is "Jesus withdrew...". Instead of moving into the center of things, he moved away, and the people followed him. He didn't seek publicity, it found him. But his pattern,…
Created 9 months ago
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Healing Happens
It's difficult to believe that healing can still happen today. We know about science, we know about the human body and we know how medicine works. All the wonderful progress in medical technology can…
Created 10 months ago
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I Am Willing
Three phrases stand out to me in short account of Jesus healing a leper. "I am willing.". This summarizes Jesus' attitude towards healing. He knows what you are going through, he cares, he's willing,…
Created 10 months ago
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Quiet Time Out
Jesus had just spent a day healing and driving out demons from the crowds of people who followed him. Even though he was the Son of God, such intense ministry must have been physically, emotionally and…
Created 10 months ago
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Authority
The keynote of these verses is the word "authority.". That's the characteristic of Jesus' teaching that stood out to people. Today, many struggle with the uniqueness of Christ, the idea that Jesus is…
Created 10 months ago
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Gone Fishing
This verse contains a statement well known to any Sunday School child, "Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.". The verse combines four thoughts: Come...meant that the disciples had to leave…
Created 10 months ago
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About Jesus
This short section quickly cover three significant things about Jesus' ministry at this early stage: He was baptized. I wonder why he needed or accepted this baptism of repentance. He was sinless, but…
Created 10 months ago
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True Confession
This chapter contains vivid descriptions of some of the plagues God sent to change Pharaoh's mind. I find it easy to skim through these verses because I know the outcome. It becomes a quick read of a…
Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes
2011-08-09
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Forgetting God
It's easy, and in some ways natural, to call out to God when we are in trouble. Although Pharaoh doesn't pray himself, he nonetheless asks Moses to do it for him as the plagues take their toll. But how…
Created 10 months ago
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My Pharaoh
The key issue in this chapter, and for the next several chapters, is the hard-heartedness of Pharaoh. The text makes clear that we're about to read of a battle of wills between God and man. Guess who…
Created 10 months ago
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Hope
This is one of those Psalms where the psalmist pours his heart out to God. It's not just that he's facing a problem. It's worse than that. He's completely overwhelmed and he's crying out to God. But…
Created 10 months ago
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Candid Prayer
Moses is really honest with God about how he feels. He's frustrated that God seems to have "set him up", that is, told him to go challenge Pharoah and then allowed things to get worse for the Israelites.…
Created 10 months ago
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Let's Try This Again
God now instructs Moses to go back to Egypt. During the 40 years of "wasted time" in the desert, Moses had developed a new relationship with the Living God, and that's the one thing he really needed to…
Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-08
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-01-27
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-18
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-14
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-12