Tag: good news

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 1:3-8 TO CHEW ON: “'But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'” Acts 1:8 We pay close attention to a person’s last words. When we know we are seeing someon...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Colossians 1:13-20TO CHEW ON: For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him. Colossians 1:19 You are a real person who lives on earth, right? Describe yourself: - Who are you? - What do you look like?- What have you done? Jesus was a real person who lived on earth too. H...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 7:1-9 TO CHEW ON: "Then they said to each other, 'What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.' ” 2 Kings 7:9 What d...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 18:1-4 TO CHEW ON: "And because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.” Acts 18:3 What do you want to be when you grow up – a musician? a pilot? a cook? an artist? a road builder? Could you do these things – and be a missionary too? Paul would say “yes...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 16:23-34 TO CHEW ON: "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them." Acts 16:25 "Earthquake in the prison" - Sir James ThornhillWhat things would fill you with joy? 1. Getting a new pet.2. Winning a contest....

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ezekiel 37:1-14 TO CHEW ON: "Then he said to me, 'Prophecy to these bones and say to them, "Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you and you will come to life."’” Ezekiel 37:4,5"Valley of Dry Bones" © Dun...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 24:22-27 TO CHEW ON: "As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, 'That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.'” Acts 24:25 The soldiers took Paul to the city of Caesarea to app...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Romans 1:1-17 TO CHEW ON: "Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle.... To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints.” (Romans 1:1, 7) Paul spent a lot of time traveling from place to place telling people about Jesus. After people decided to follow Jes...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Romans 7: 14-25 TO CHEW ON: "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Romans 7:15 What happens when someone says, “Close your eyes and don’t peek”? Do you have a big urge to open your eyes and DO exactly what you’ve been told NOT TO D...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 8:1-8 TO CHEW ON: "Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went." Acts 8:4. Have you ever had to move because it wasn’t safe for you to live in your old home any more? That’s what happened to the followers of Jesus after Stephen’s death. Everyone, from peop...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 55:8-13 TO CHEW ON: "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,and do not return to it without watering the earthand making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return t...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Titus 3:3-8TO CHEW ON: "But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy." Titus 3:4,5 Who is the worst person you’ve ever heard of? What did they do that made them so bad?We may think of so...