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Read  Luke 14:1 through 16:31 Little Benjamin was visiting the nursing home with his father and was helping one of the residents put together a one-thousand-piece puzzle. They worked diligently for hours until they realized one piece was missing. Everyone in the place searched for the missing piece. With a loud cry someone exclaimed, “I found it!” Everyone rejoiced. “I …

Read  1 Chronicles 28:1 through 29:30 God is the true king over all people and particularly over Israel. Solomon was chosen and anointed by the Lord to be king over the nation of Israel, to sit “on the throne of the Lord.” He was set apart to reign as God’s regent over His people. So Solomon sat on the throne …

Read 1 Chronicles 7:1 through 9:44 It was a great privilege and honor to be one of the men chosen to be gatekeepers at the entrance to God’s house. Even more awesome was the responsibility of four principal gatekeepers who guarded the rooms and the treasuries. They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had …

Read  2 Kings 17:1 through 18:37 Henry J. Heinz grew up loving Jesus. When he founded the Heinz Foods Company, he developed it not just for profit but to serve people. He provided free medical care and educational opportunities for his workers. He proclaimed his faith in Jesus. Even his last will and testament declared his belief. God blessed his …

Read  2 Kings 3:1 through 5:27; Luke 21:25 through 22:13 Most people in need focus on what they don’t have instead of what they do have. When the widow went to Elisha for help, he redirected her thinking to what she did have. Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your …

Read  1 Kings 7:1 through 8:66; Luke 18:1–17 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm” (1 Kings 8:41–42). When the public sees people identified as Christians on the news, …

Read  2 Samuel 19:1 through 20:26 A couple faithfully served God for many years, opening their home and showing kindness to others. Many people came to know Jesus and grow in Him through their influence. Shortly before retirement, the people in their church did a home makeover for them. Those who helped were happy that they were able to repay …

Read  2 Samuel 1:1 through 3:39 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah (2 Samuel 2:4). After the death of Saul, David finally had a kingdom. However, it wasn’t over all of Israel as God had promised. Only the tribe of Judah chose David as its king. The …

Read  Mark 10: through 11:33 “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins” (Mark 11:25). The story is told of a man who feared he was on his deathbed. He made an offering of peace to a man against whom he had held a …

Read  Ruth 1:1 through 4:22 “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16). After Naomi’s husband and sons all died in the land of Moab, she needed to return to …