A man once had a large flock of sheep - 100 in all. One day he was busy counting them and realised he had one misssing. He counted them again just to make sure, ninety eight, ninety nine! No he was definately one missing.
The shepherd was frantic with worry, he searched all over the hillside [...]
The story is told of a Jewish man who was going from Jerusalem to Jericho. All of a sudden he was juimped on by robbers who beat him up and stole everything he had. They left him for dead and ran away.
As he lay there bleeding and in great pain a Jewish priest came along [...]
Two men were busy building house’s for themselves. The first man choose ground which was rock and very solid. It was not easy he had to dig very deep to put in the foundations, it was hard work. When he had finished the whole house was well made and solid.
The man moved in and closed his front [...]
For many years the Children of Israel had been ruled by the Midianites. One day as Gideon was working on his father’s farm an angel came to him and said, “The Lord is with you and He will help you defeat the Midianites.” Gideon selected an army of 300 men. They planned to trick the [...]
Moses was a beautiful baby boy. His parents were descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They were called the Children of Israel and they were living in Egypt. There was a wicked Pharaoh who did not like the Children of Israel. He forced them to be slaves and wanted to kill all the baby boys.
Moses’s [...]
Joseph was taken into Egypt, where the traders sold him. Later he was thrown in jail with Pharaoh’s butler and baker. Both men had mysterious dreams which God helped Joseph to explain. When the butler was released from prison, Joseph said, “Tell Pharaoh about me, and help me get free.”
Some time later Pharaoh had two [...]
After Isacc and Rebekah married, they had a son and they called him Jacob. When Jacob got married he had twelve sons but of them all Joseph was his favourite. He even made him a special coat, so beautiful and it was made up of many colours. However, Joseph’s brothers were very angry and jealous that he [...]
Abraham was growing old, and before he died he wanted to find the right wife for his son Isaac. So he sent a trusted servant back to the place where he had come from. Abraham believed God would help his servant find a wife for Issac.
When the servant came to town, he went to its [...]
Just before the Lord Jesus was betrayed and crucified, He had a long talk with His disciples to prepare them for what was to come. As they walked together one evening out from the city to a quiet garden near by, He called their attention to the trees and vines along the path.
Then He said, [...]