Nikky Marks-Evans
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Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Genesis 35:10 ESV
And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So he called his name Israel.
Sep 21
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highlighted Genesis 35:2 ESV
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
Sep 21
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Genesis 34:12-13 ESV
Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife."The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
Sep 21
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highlighted Genesis 32:28 ESV
Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."
Sep 20
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highlighted Genesis 32:26 ESV
Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
Sep 20
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highlighted Genesis 32:25 ESV
When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
Sep 20
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highlighted Genesis 32:24 ESV
And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
Sep 20
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Psalms 118:26-29 ESV
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Sep 17
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Psalms 118:25 ESV
Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!
Sep 17
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highlighted Psalms 118:24 ESV
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Sep 17
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highlighted 2 Corinthians 5:6-7 ESV
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,for we walk by faith, not by sight.
Sep 15
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highlighted 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Sep 15
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Deuteronomy 6:15 ESV
for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
Sep 15
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Luke 19:26 ESV
'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Sep 14
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highlighted Luke 18:1 ESV
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Sep 11
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highlighted Luke 18:6-8 ESV
And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Sep 11
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highlighted Luke 18:43 ESV
And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Sep 11
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highlighted Luke 18:38-42 ESV
And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,"What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight."And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."
Sep 11
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highlighted Luke 18:29-30 ESV
And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
Sep 11
Nikky Marks-Evans
highlighted Luke 18:24-27 ESV
Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
Sep 11