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Ruth chapter 8 verses 2-3 (NIV) And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favour. ”Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”  So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.…

John chapter 8 verses 31-32 (NIV)  To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” What struck me about these verses is that Jesus was speaking to those who believed in…

Judges chapter 18 verse 1 (NIV)  In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. Judges chapter 19 verse 1 (NIV)  In those…

JOHN Chapter 8 verses 3-9 ( NIV)   The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.  In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what…

John chapter 7 verse 27 (NIV)  “But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” People thought they knew Jesus. Some had known Him since a small boy, but they clearly either didn’t know the whole story, or fully understand the scriptures, so they…

Psalm 59 verses 9-10 & 17 (NIV) You are my strength, I watch for you;    you, God, are my fortress,  my God on whom I can rely.  You are my strength, I sing praise to you;    you, God, are my fortress,    my God on whom I can rely. Personally, I think two…

John chapter 6 verses 28-29 (NIV) Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” The people were used to seeing their religious teachers “doing” things and probably expecting that this was how to…

John chapter 6 verses 8-9 (NIV)   Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Andrew didn’t dismiss the boy’s offer of the five loaves and two fish, because he brought the…

John chapter 5:36-40 (NIV)  “I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing —testify that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen…

Judges chapter 6: verses 14-16 (NIV) The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in…