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laser_vision @laser_vision (129) • United States 3 Jul

Another project to emerge from feeling-based intuitive chaos to structure. Morgan D. Jones, author of The Thinker's Toolkit, would approve. The goal is to memorize the entire Bible, and I remember things better...

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Short story: The value of Scripture study, and prayer

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 8 Nov 23

Rabbi Gregor Artevski, was making the point, to his students, that both study of scripture, and prayer to God, are needed in a spiritual life. He pointed out to the meditators, amongst his students, that meditating does...

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Reading spiritual books can bring many benefits to our lives

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 3 Oct 23

There is immense value to someone who reads, and studies the scriptures, and other spiritual, and holy books. These works are nourishment to us, in the living of good lives. We should feel energised, and joyful, after we...

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Leviticus

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 1 Aug 23

In my devotional, I am, currently, reading through the Old Testament book of Leviticus. Since I was about 12 years old, I have read through the whole Bible many times. I love reading the Bible, however, the book of Leviticus is...

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Importance of Reading Scripture for One's Self

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 19 Feb 23

Preachers, teachers, apologists, commentators, theologians: the list of spiritual leaders is numerous. Podcasts, videos, churches, Bible studies, commentaries, books, devotionals, retreats, seminars: spiritual resources are in...

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God Will Reveal Himself to Us

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 31 Jan 23

Theologians, sometimes, try to put God into their own little box. They take Scripture and try to make God fit into their own ideal and agenda. Then, we as students of Scripture, hang on their every word. We put more stock into...

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Have you ever succumbed to bad doctrine?

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 29 Oct 22

William Gurnell, Anglican clergyman during the 1600s, stated, "Error is not such an innocent thing as many think it to be. As unwholesome food is to the body, so unwholesome doctrine poisons the spirits; it seldom passes away...

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Little sins become big sins

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 19 Jun 22

One may ask, "what is the big deal if I commit one little sin every now and then if it is something that is not that big a deal, especially if it doesn't affect anyone else?" First of all, one little sin sent Jesus to the cross....

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Thoughts on Prayer #3

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 23 Sep 21

Have you ever felt as if God was not hearing your prayer? Or maybe He heard but for some reason was not answering you? I know I have been in situations where I am crying out to God saying things like “I am begging you for an...

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Thoughts on Prayer 1

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 7 Sep 21

I John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. James 5:13 Is...

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Precious one

rhuenz @rhuenz (10680) 22 Dec 20

Hi there mylotters, How's your time going on. I am so glad this evening, My husband just came and he bought me one if my favorite lays chips,but that's not the point. He brought one more thing which is so precious,it's a new...

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Strong vs. Weak

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 21 Jun 19

Emotionally and mentally, would you consider yourself a strong person or a weak one? There have been points in my life where I could have answered that question either way. I have come to realize, though, that what others may...

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Why Not ASK?

Nocturnal Writer @Nakitakona (59987) • Philippines 17 May 19

One day I was reading a newspaper under the shady tree near our house and our youngest son is playing not far from me. I noticed he stopped playing. I saw him struggling to get something out of the big stone. He seemed exhausted...

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Lessons Learned

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 25 Aug 18

This is one of those verses that I have read so often that it became redundant. I love how God, though, can use our circumstances to relate a beautiful truth. I want to always be humble enough to recognize and welcome God's...

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Romans 2-Be Careful When Feeling Proud

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 29 Apr 18

Verses 1-3: "Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God...

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Romans 1- Not Ashamed

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 23 Apr 18

focal passage: Romans 1:16 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God...

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IS IT EVER OK TO BOAST OF YOURSELF?

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 23 Apr 18

Romans 3 Focal Passage 3:27-28 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Boasting: This...

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MORE THAN A RESCUER

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 22 Apr 18

Focal Passage 3: 3 But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. More Than a Rescuer Once again we find ourselves in the same position. It is an endless cycle. We are constantly in...

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SOMETIMES ITS BEST TO FALL

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 22 Apr 18

Psalm 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! SOMETIMES IT’S BEST TO FALL Your one true love betrayed you. Your parents...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 22 Apr 18

Day 4 Matthew 4:1-11 Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. 3 And when the tempter came to...

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