Tag: friendship

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ruth 1:1-18 TO CHEW ON: "But Ruth replied, 'Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Philippians 4:4-9 TO CHEW ON: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Philippians 4:8 You’ve probably heard the prover...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 TO CHEW ON: "After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols." 2 Chronicles 24:17,18 Though Joe...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 4:32-36 TO CHEW ON: "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had." Acts 4:32 It was only weeks after Jesus had returned to heaven. But the people who believed in Jesus lived with Holy ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 55:1-7 TO CHEW ON: "Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come buy and eat!" Isaiah 55:1 Have you ever been very, very thirsty? What did you want more than anything? Thirst is our body’s way of telling us we need water. In fact we would ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 TO CHEW ON: "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" 2 Corinthians 6:14 In Bible times, teams of oxen were used to do farm work, like pull a plow. A he...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: I Peter 4:12-19 TO CHEW ON: "If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you." I Peter 4:14 Which of these things has happened to you because you are a Christian?- called names- left out- teased- made fun of"Goliath...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: John 13:18-30 TO CHEW ON: “'Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.'” - Jesus, John 13:21Your brother promises to wait for you after school, but then walks home without you.You tell your best friend a secret and ask her not to tell anyone. But the next day you find ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 10:29-37 TO CHEW ON: "...so he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'” Luke 10:29 One day when Jesus was teaching in the province of Judea Mr. Scripture Expert came to Him with a question. He looked proud of himself as he asked, “What do I do to get eternal life?” “What’s writt...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 10:1-8 TO CHEW ON: "At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion...” Acts 10:1 Cornelius was not a Jew but a Gentile. It wasn’t only his race that made the Jewish people want to avoid him. His job was a problem too. He was a centurion (centurion = captain) in the Ro...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Joshua 23:1-16 TO CHEW ON: “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Inst...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 11:1-9 TO CHEW ON: "The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." Is...