Tag: faith

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Joshua 6:1-5 & 20 TO CHEW ON: "Then the Lord said to Joshua, 'See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.' " Joshua 6:2 The first city the Israelites faced after they crossed the Jordan River was Jericho. It had walls, an army and a k...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ezekiel 2:1-10 TO CHEW ON: " And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people." Eze...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 27:27-44 TO CHEW ON: "Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” (Acts 27:34) Have you ever been seriously scared or nervous? Perhaps it was the time your team had to play the championship game, or you had t...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read: Genesis 18:20-33 TO CHEW ON: "Abraham said, 'Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?'He said, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.'Then he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What i...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: I Samuel 1:20-29 TO CHEW ON: “I prayed for this child and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1:27,28Have you ever made a promise that later you wished you didn’t have to keep? Pe...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Samuel 1:1-18 TO CHEW ON: “'Not so, my lord,' Hannah replied. 'I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer. I was pouring out my soul to the Lord.'” 1 Samuel 1:15 An Israelite man named Elkanah had two wives. Their names were Peninnah and Hannah. Pen...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 14:1-14 TO CHEW ON: "Moses answered the people, 'Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.' ” Exodus 14:13,14 After...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 18:41-46 TO CHEW ON: "Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 'Go and look toward the sea,' he told his servant. And he went up and looked. 'There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, 'Go back.'" 1 King...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Numbers 14:1-12, 20-23 TO CHEW ON: "Not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it." Numbers 14:23When the twelve spies came back from Canaan, only two thought they could conquer the people and m...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 1:22-2:10 TO CHEW ON: “...She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. ‘This is one of the Hebrew babies,’ she said.” Exodus 2:5,6 Joseph and his brothers eventually died. Th...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Hebrews 11:1-12TO CHEW ON: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1Think about some of the ways you show faith every day.If you jump from the third step, you have faith that you will land, not on the ceiling or against the wa...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ephesians 6:10-18TO CHEW ON: "Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." Ephesians 6:11 Why would anyone choose to wear a hot bullet-proof vest, a stiff camouflage uniform, a heavy helmet, weighty steel-toed boots, an uncomfortable gas...