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Bible Studies

Better Off Read Postings which include a 5 day Bible Study on the topic of the Posting.

Guard Your Mouth (R-rated version)

March 5, 2012 Lisa 0

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 (You may have noticed that there are two versions of the post, “Guard Your Mouth”. One is G-rated, which is suitable for anyone to read. This one is R-rated because of violence an …

A Little Advice

February 27, 2012 Lisa 0

The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. Proverbs 12:15 Everywhere we go, there is someone who is giving out advice. Not too long ago on the internet, we even had animals giving it! There was Advice Dog which inspired the meme, Advice Cat, whic …

Tackling Tightwaddery

February 13, 2012 Lisa 0

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  2 Corinthians 9:6 Ok, so I probably offended someone right off the bat with the dead cat picture. Sorry. Sometimes you just have to get people’s att …

Pasa Mi La Pan

February 6, 2012 Lisa 0

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35 I took my first Spanish class in Eighth grade. Back then, the way they taught beginning Spanish was to have students lis …

Every Knee Will (Te)Bow”!

January 30, 2012 Lisa 0

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, t …

Esau, a Picture of Grace!

January 23, 2012 Lisa 0

But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. Genesis 33:4 NIV Recently as I was doing the Old testament reading for the One year Bible, I read this verse as I have many times before. But this time it hit me, …

Judge Not

January 17, 2012 Lisa 0

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Mathew 7:1 My mother always use to say, ‘Believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see’ and that was even before Photoshop! Now-a-days we see things all the time that misrepresent reality or the …

[dis-uh-point-muh'nt]

January 9, 2012 Lisa 0

Bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, letdown, miscalculation, mischance, …

3 Strikes You’re Out?

January 2, 2012 Lisa 0

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Well, another year has come and gone and it’s already resolution time again! Many look forward with hope and …

The Gifts of the Magi

December 26, 2011 Lisa 3

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. Matthew 2:11 What is the best Christmas gift you ever received? Who gave …