Tag: Judah

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Joel 2:12-19 TO CHEW ON: "Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity." Joel 2:13 Suppose you did something bad like got mad at your little sister a...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 17:1-10 TO CHEW ON: “They (Jehoshaphat’s officials, Levites and priests) taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.” 2 Chronicles 17:9 How did you learn: to read, to do mat...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 6:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?'And I said, 'Here am I. Send me.'” Isaiah 6:8 God sat on a high throne. The train of his majestic robe was more glorious than any bride’s. It filled the temple. Angels w...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Jeremiah 40:1-6 TO CHEW ON: "But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please." Jeremiah 40:4 The pe...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 40: 27-31 TO CHEW ON: "Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:30, 31 Isaiah ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 23:11-17 TO CHEW ON: "Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, 'Long live the king!' ” 2 Chronicles 23:11 Who is your favorite storyb...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 20:1-19 TO CHEW ON: "Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him." 2 Chronicles 20:3,4 What is the firs...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Joel 1:1-4 and 10-14 TO CHEW ON: The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. Joel 1:10 Which people do we go to, to find out what might happen in the future weathermen scientists prophets I’m sure you’d agree that i...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Jeremiah 38:7-13 TO CHEW ON: “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city.” Jeremiah 38:9As he sank ever deeper in the ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Habakkuk 1:1-11 TO CHEW ON: "How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you do not save?" Habakkuk 1:2 Have you ever wondered whether it does any good to pray? That seems to be what the prophet Habakkuk was asking at the beginni...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Jeremiah 7:1-13 TO CHEW ON: "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, 'This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!' "...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 53:2-8 TO CHEW ON: "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6 It was the most important day of the year, the Day of Atonement. Everyone came to the holy gathering bathed and in ...