Bible Verses

Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God

2009-02-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.-- 1 John 4:7

Sometimes I meet people who are naturally gifted or habituated to love others. Some people derive genuine joy from making others happy and that are not motivated by a relationship with God to do their kind deeds. I've always wondered how God judges such people who are naturally motivated to love others and do so without regard to himself. I'm not sure, but this passage in 1 John implies God values Love itself and makes me wonder about the salvation of people who love without knowing they are fostering knowledge of God.

The New Jerusalem is 2.7 billion cubic miles

2006-09-05T20:39:00.000-07:00

Nothing deep here. I was just finishing up Revelation recently and noticed that the new Jerusalem is 1400 miles wide, 1400 miles high, 1400 miles deep, e.g. 2.7 billion cubic miles according to Google Calculator

Just to compare, volume of the moon is 5.27 billion cubic miles. So the New Jerusalem is about half the volume of the moon. So if the new city is actually placed on Earth, the Earth is going to wobble a bit.

Help the poor to honor God.

2006-07-29T10:36:00.000-07:00

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, those who help the poor honor him. - Proverbs 14:29
God I pray that VillagetheGame comes to fruition in a way that shows your love throughout the entire journey from conception to obsoletion. God help us connect and grow stronger together. Bring the right business partners and the right donors and the right investors.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 God makes everything beautiful in its time.

2005-12-03T08:57:00.000-08:00

Ecclesiastes Chapter 3... ⁹ What does the worker gain from his toil? ¹⁰ I have seen the burden God has laid on men. ¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. ¹³ That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

I thought I posted on this earlier, but I guess I didn't. This verse came to me in a dream that gave me insight about my relationships with women; essentially don't rush romance. Wait for the right woman, instead of getting into half-hearted relationships with women that are really cool, but not the "right woman".

God makes everything beautiful in its time.

2005-10-11T03:58:00.000-07:00

Ecclesiastes 3:11 says "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." God help me keep your timing. Help me not waken love before it is ready. God protect me from my own cycle of half-hearted romances. God do ou paint four-dimensionally? Are you orchestrating these moments in and out of dreams in this "real world" to get a message across? God thank you for showing me my hypocracy; I've been saying I'm not going to start a relationship yet spending that much time together IS starting a relationship. Duhhh Darian.

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God's plan for you

2005-10-06T19:21:00.000-07:00

BibleGateway.com Keyword Search: plan: "# Jeremiah 29:11
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.
Jeremiah 29:10-12 (in Context)

love may abound more and more in knowledge

2005-09-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

Philippians 1:9-10 (New International Version)

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,

And this is what I have been struggling with mentally--should I go for a deeper experience of spiritual phenomenon like casting out demons, healing people, clairvoyant intercession, and spiritual warfare, the kind of stuff you read about in Acts and the Gospels but don't often see today OR should I pursue a way to serve through social entrepreneurship, my organically grown passion, arising from all that I've read and done in college and seen at work in the world as being an effective way to "fight for the poor and the oppressed". Are those spiritual gifts something to be developed over time or should I accept current level of experience with spiritual gifts as my permanent level? Should I go forth with my pragmatic wisdom and tell people about the wisdom I found in the Bible or should I commit to loving them exactly like Christ did: healing people, prophecying to them, casting out demons, calming the storms, and miracously multiplying the food supply?

By wisdom a house is built ...

2005-09-28T08:34:00.000-07:00

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beatuiful treasures. Proverbs 24:3-4

A wise man has great power...

2005-09-28T08:29:00.000-07:00

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength; for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers. Proverbs 24:5-6

The Entire Bible courtesy of BibleGateway.com

2005-06-10T06:47:00.000-07:00

Books	Chapters
Genesis	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Exodus	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Leviticus	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Deuteronomy	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Joshua	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Judges	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ruth	1 2 3 4
1 Samuel	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
2 Samuel	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 Kings	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
2 Kings	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 Chronicles	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2 Chronicles	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ezra	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nehemiah	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Esther	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Job	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Psalm	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
Proverbs	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Ecclesiastes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Song of Solomon	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Isaiah	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
Jeremiah	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Lamentations	1 2 3 4 5
Ezekiel	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Daniel	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hosea	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Joel	1 2 3
Amos	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Obadiah	1
Jonah	1 2 3 4
Micah	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nahum	1 2 3
Habakkuk	1 2 3
Zephaniah	1 2 3
Haggai	1 2
Zechariah	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Malachi	1 2 3 4
Matthew	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mark	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Luke	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
John	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Acts	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Romans	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Corinthians	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 Corinthians	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Galatians	1 2 3 4 5 6
Ephesians	1 2 3 4 5 6
Philippians	1 2 3 4
Colossians	1 2 3 4
1 Thessalonians	1 2 3 4 5
2 Thessalonians	1 2 3
1 Timothy	1 2 3 4 5 6
2 Timothy	1 2 3 4
Titus	1 2 3
Philemon	1
Hebrews	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
James	1 2 3 4 5
1 Peter	1 2 3 4 5
2 Peter	1 2 3
1 John	1 2 3 4 5
2 John	1
3 John	1
Jude	1
Revelation	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Isaiah 58 Explains True Fasting

2005-04-20T09:18:00.000-07:00

God I pray for more boldness in sharing your Truth; I pray for more confidence in how I'm supposed to love others; I pray that I will know with confidence that I am doing Your will not just making up my own good ideas.
BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: Isaiah 58:

"True Fasting
1 'Shout it aloud, do not hold back.

Raise your voice like a trumpet.

Declare to my people their rebellion

and to the house of Jacob their sins.

2 For day after day they seek me out;

they seem eager to know my ways,

as if they were a nation that does what is right

and has not forsaken the commands of its God.

They ask me for just decisions

and seem eager for God to come near them.

3 'Why have we fasted,' they say,

'and you have not seen it?

Why have we humbled ourselves,

and you have not noticed?'

'Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please

and exploit all your workers.

4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,

and in striking each other with wicked fists.

You cannot fast as you do today

and expect your voice to be heard on high.

5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,

only a day for a man to humble himself?

Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed

and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?

Is that what you call a fast,

a day acceptable to the LORD ?

6 'Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:

to loose the chains of injustice

and untie the cords of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free

and break every yoke?

7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry

and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-

when you see the naked, to clothe him,

and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,

and your healing will quickly appear;

then your righteousness [a] will go before you,

and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;

you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

"

Don't Just Read the Word. Do It.

2005-04-20T08:18:00.000-07:00

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what is says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does. James 1:22-25

BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: Ephesians 5:15-18;

2005-04-18T19:07:00.000-07:00

BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: Ephesians 5:15-18;: " 15Be very careful, then, how you live–not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit."

Christian Today > Worldwide Internet Evangelism Day to Respond to High-Tech World

2005-04-18T08:20:00.000-07:00

Christian Today > Worldwide Internet Evangelism Day to Respond to High-Tech World This coming Sunday is Internet Evangelism Day. If anybody wants help setting up a blog to share their testimony, let me know. (703) 201 0524. I can show you how I share mine.

James 1:19-20

2005-04-14T13:16:00.000-07:00

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Have Many Advisers

2005-03-16T05:37:00.000-08:00

Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance makes nations fall, but many advisers make victory sure.

Psalms 37:3-4 is the cure for my depression. Do good. Only question left is how and where?

2005-02-19T07:02:00.000-08:00

BibleGateway.com Passage�Lookup: " 3 Trust in the LORD and do good;

dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Delight yourself in the LORD

and he will give you the desires of your heart."

BibleGateway.com Passage�Lookup: 1 Peter 4:8;

2005-02-18T20:36:00.000-08:00

BibleGateway.com Passage�Lookup: 1 Peter 4:8;

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.