Tag: problems

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 1:22-2:10 TO CHEW ON: “...She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. ‘This is one of the Hebrew babies,’ she said.” Exodus 2:5,6 Joseph and his brothers eventually died. Th...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 33:7-13Illustration by Annie Vallotton from the Good News Bible © American Bible Society 1976, 1992TO CHEW ON: "And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 13:6-12 TO CHEW ON: "But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith." Acts 13:8 What happens on mission trips but problems? Barnabas and Saul (from now on called Paul - Acts 13:8), were invited by one of Cyp...

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: Nehemiah 2:11-20 TO CHEW ON:“The God of heaven will give us success . . .” Nehemiah 2:20a When Nehemiah got to Jerusalem he took a few days to rest. Then he gathered some men and went to look at the wall. As they circled the city, Nehemiah saw that it was every bit as bad as Hanani ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 TO CHEW ON: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11From earliest times, thinking people have asked hard questions. Questions like...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 18:41-46 TO CHEW ON: "Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 'Go and look toward the sea,' he told his servant. And he went up and looked. 'There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, 'Go back.'" 1 King...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 27:13-26 TO CHEW ON: "Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called a 'Northeaster,' swept down from the island. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along.” Acts 27:14,15 "Paul heads to Rome" - Johann C. ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Judges 6:11-16 TO CHEW ON: "The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.' ” Judges 6:16 After Joshua died the people quickly forgot his final instructions. They began marrying their Canaanite neighbors and were soon praying...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Haggai 1:1-10 TO CHEW ON: "You have planted much but have harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but are not warm. You earn wages only to put them in a purse with holes in it." Haggai 1:6 “Pack your things, some of us ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 28:11-16;30-31 TO CHEW ON: "Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ." Acts 28:31 Three months after the shipwreck Paul, his guards and companions set sail again. Soon they arrived in Rome. When they got there, the soldi...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read Job 1:6-22 TO CHEW ON: "At this Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: '. . . The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.'” Job 1:20, 21 Sometime after the flood, a man named job and...