Field Notes

Daily Bible Reading Together | November 8, 2009

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Proverbs 27:10a
Never abandon a friend—
      either yours or your father’s.

Daily Bible Reading Together | November 4, 2009

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Proverbs 27:2

Let someone else praise you,

not your own mouth—

a stranger,

not your own lips.

Daily Bible Reading Together | November 3, 2009

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Psalm 105:4
Search for the Lord and for his strength;
      continually seek him.

Search and seek are two words used throughout the Bible to describe our part in the relationship we have with God.  He is there.  He is available to us.  But He wants us to seek and search for Him.

Hebrews 11:6
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Daily Bible Reading Together | November 2, 2009

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How many TV episodes have been based on this verse?

Proverbs  26:27
If you set a trap for others,
      you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
      it will crush you instead.

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 30, 2009

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What an incredible passage, and book for that matter. 

No matter what my circumstances, my only hope comes from looking up!

Lamentations 3:18-26

 ¹⁸ I cry out, “My splendor is gone!
      Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”

 ¹⁹ The thought of my suffering and homelessness
      is bitter beyond words.
 ²⁰ I will never forget this awful time,
      as I grieve over my loss.
 ²¹ Yet I still dare to hope
      when I remember this:

 ²² The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
      His mercies never cease.
 ²³ Great is his faithfulness;
      his mercies begin afresh each morning.
 ²⁴ I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
      therefore, I will hope in him!”

 ²⁵ The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
      to those who search for him.
 ²⁶ So it is good to wait quietly
      for salvation from the Lord.

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 16, 2009

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Proverbs 25:17

Don't visit friends too often,

or they will get tired of it

and start hating you.

Who says the Bible isn't practical?

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 13, 2009

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Proverbs 25:14
Broken promises are worse than rain clouds that don't bring rain.

Promises matter. 

Live up to your word today.

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 12, 2009

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1 Thessalonians 4:4-8a
My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief. ⁵You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark. ⁶Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert. ⁷People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk. ⁸But we belong to the day.

But we belong to the day.

But we belong to the day!

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 9, 2009

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1 Thessalonians 2:4
For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.

Daily Bible Reading Together | October 8, 2009

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Colossians 4:5-6
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. ⁶ Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.

Let your conversation be gracious and attractive.  

Gracious and attractive.

Gracious.

Attractive.