Genesis 6:9–8:4 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept ...Read More
Month: April 2017
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 6:9–8:4 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept ...Read More
Trust Requires Truth
‘Don’t lie to each other.’ Colossians 3:9 NLT Deception in a relationship destroys trust and respect. One lie or one act of betrayal can cause a wound that takes years to heal and, in some cases, is never healed at all. The person who hides something is basically selfish, protecting their own interests. They care ...Read More
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Deuteronomy 1-2 function play0(){ document.getElementById("play_05001001-05002037").play(); document.getElementById("link_05001001-05002037").style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById("play_05001001-05002037").style.display = 'inline-block'; }Listen 1:1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to ...Read More
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Acts 27–28 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he ...Read More
Speak Well Of Them
‘Do good to those who hate you.’ Luke 6:27 NKJV When General Robert E. Lee was asked by Confederate US President Jefferson Davis to give his opinion about a certain officer, he gave a glowing report. One of the officers in attendance was amazed at his words and said to Lee, ‘General, do you know ...Read More
Go By The Book
‘Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.’ Hebrews 10:35 NKJV How long should you keep praying and believing God for the answer? Until He tells you differently. In other words, go by the book! ‘Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that ...Read More
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Acts 24–26 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” ...Read More
God Will Make It Up To You
‘I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.’ Joel 2:25 NIV Kristine Steakley writes: ‘Loss can make us feel forsaken and utterly destroyed… For many, divorce meant leaving the house we grew up in, our neighbourhood, our friends, our school… even our church because we were ashamed and heard condemnation from those ...Read More
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Acts 22–23 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and ...Read More
Flattery Will Get You Nowhere
‘Nor will I flatter any man.’ Job 32:21 NIV When Stephen Spielberg was a skinny teenager, he became the target of a bully. Fed up with the constant harassment which he later described as ‘hell on earth’, he decided to flatter the bully by telling him he looked like John Wayne and should consider playing ...Read More
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Acts 20–21 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod ...Read More