Tag: Jesus

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 1:26-38 TO CHEW ON: "The angel went to her and said, 'Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'” Luke 1:28 Has anyone ever told you that you’re special? Perhaps your teacher singled you out as the person who did a great job of the project. Maybe your parents...

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: Matthew 26:36-46 TO CHEW ON:“'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.'” - Jesus, Matthew 26:39 After Jesus and His disciples had eaten the Passover meal they went for a walk. They walked to a garden called Gethsemane. But it w...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 2:1-7 TO CHEW ON: "While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born." Luke 2:6 After the angel’s visit, Mary got pregnant. God, the Holy Spirit, was the baby’s father. Joseph, the man she was planning to marry, thought she had cheated on him. He was all set to break...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 15: 1-7 TO CHEW ON: "...Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep." Luke 15:6 When you lose a favorite toy, do you: - say, “Oh well, I still have lots of other toys,” then find something else to play with?- look for that toy for a while, then give up and play with something e...

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: Matthew 10:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to cure every kind of disease and sickness .... '...Freely you have received, freely give.'” - Jesus, Matthew 10:1,8 Would you say a “disciple” is: 1. someone who...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Revelation 1:1-11 TO CHEW ON: "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.... On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, w...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Luke 19:11-27 TO CHEW ON: "He replied: 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.'” Luke 19:26 One day Jesus told the story of a king. Before the king went on a trip, he gave ten servants one min...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Matthew 27:45-54 TO CHEW ON: “Surely he was the Son of God!” Matthew 27:54 After Pilate’s soldiers were through with Jesus, they put His own clothes on Him again. Then they made Him carry the cross on which He would be nailed. It was about 9 o’clock in the morning when the soldiers ...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Matthew 2:1-15 TO CHEW ON: “’Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’” Matthew 2:2 Every night the wise men studied the stars. They wrote down when they rose and set. They gazed at their colors and brightness. T...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Matthew 28:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "He is not here; he has risen just as he said ..." Matthew 28:6 Something mysterious happens when people die. The invisible but living part of a person – the moving, breathing, thinking, feeling, loving part – leaves the body. The body – the physical shel...