Tag: obedience

TODAY’S SPECIAL: James 2:14-19 TO CHEW ON: "In the same way, faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead." James 2:17Someone wakes you up at night yelling, “Fire!” How will you show you believe the warning? Of course you’ll get out of the house. The sign says, “Beward - shallow Water.” Wh...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 10:9-23 TO CHEW ON: "The voice spoke to him a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'” Acts 10:15 It was lunchtime in Joppa. Peter (Jesus’s disciple) was hungry. While he was waiting for a call to lunch, a vision appeared. A sheet came down from heav...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Daniel 1:8-20 TO CHEW ON: "But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way." Daniel 1:8 “Can you please change the diet of me and my friends?” Daniel asked the guard. “We’d like to ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 12:21-28 TO CHEW ON: "When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down." Exodus 12:23As ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 19:19-21 TO CHEW ON: "Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah." 1 Kings 19:20 One of the jobs God gave Elijah was to find and call the person who would be the next prophet. We don’t know how Elijah knew which person to choose. God probably told him. Neither do we know...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 John 5:1-5 TO CHEW ON: "In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world." 1 John 5:3,4Which of these people would you obey? policeman teacher doctor parent God Did you choose them all? Name on...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read: Genesis 4: 1-12 Detail from "Cain and Abel Offering Their Sacrifices" by Gustave Doré TO CHEW ON: "Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 14:15-31 TO CHEW ON: "And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant." Exodus 14:31 Even after God spoke to him, Moses kept crying to God for help. Finally...

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: Read: Genesis 2:15-17 TO CHEW ON: “...but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:17) Match the action on the left with what will probably happen on the right: We know what will happen if we do t...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 10:18-29 TO CHEW ON: “So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit – the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.” 2 Kings 10:28,29 Jehu lost no time getting to wor...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read: Genesis 6:14-22 This Noah's Ark mural was once in the children's entrance of my church. TO CHEW ON: "Noah did everything just as God commanded him." (Genesis 6:22) Imagine this: you and your family are the only people who love God on the whole earth! People talk about you. The...