I wonder if you know a friend who is a really good buddy to you? One who just likes to be with you no matter what you are doing and no matter how you are feeling? Today's story is about a friendship like that, but it's also a story that has glimmers of the kind of friend that Jesus is to us. I wonder what you'll notice as you listen and follow along with these scriptures from the book of Ruth? Come! Let's pray and ponder. Together.

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I wonder if you've ever tried to do the exact same thing as someone else? Or perhaps you have tried to draw a picture just like a picture you've seen? God's Ten Commandments are a reflection of who He is. They are meant to help us imitate Him; to live like Him as His beloved children created in His image. Come! Follow along with these scriptures as we pray and ponder. Together.

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I wonder what you know about the best way to do something? Why is it the best way? How does doing something the best way help form you into a better do-er of that something you do? How do the best ways shape what it means to be a do-er of that something? Follow along with these scriptures as we tell the story about some of God's best ways that show us more about who He is and what He is like. Come! Let's pray and ponder. Together.   Head over to restorationarlington.org for more information on Restoration and Pray & Ponder. Remember to subscribe so that you never miss a new episode.

I wonder about a story that is so important you tell it over and over again? God's people tell and retell the story of God's great rescue of them through the parting of the Red Sea. Follow along with these scriptures as we tell the story that has shaped the hearts of God's people, a story about God's power and protection. Come! Let's pray and ponder. Together.

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I wonder about a time when you were told "no"? I wonder why someone told you "no"? God, who knows and loves us best, tells his people "no" to protect them -- especially when their hearts are turned away from Him. In today's story, you'll see God telling some people "no". Follow along with these scriptures as we read from Genesis 11:1-9, a story about God's love and protection in saying "no". Come! Let's pray and ponder. Together.  

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Do you ever think about all the things that God made? I wonder if you have a favorite thing that he created? Join us as we wonder together about the ways God made the world and everything in it and what that tells us about who God is! Follow along with these scriptures as we read from Genesis 1:1-2:3 and begin at the beginning to tell God's BIG story of his BIG love for his people. Come! Let's pray and ponder. Together.   Head over to restorationarlington.org for more information on Restoration and Pray & Ponder. Remember to subscribe so that you never miss a new episode.

Pray & Ponder is back for another season of reading the Bible -- God's words to us -- as we come to know and believe who God is and who we are to Him. Follow along with these Scriptures and be reminded that we are truly and deeply known, loved, and not alone.  

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I wonder if you can imagine a time when all the sad things of this world will become unsad? The book of Revelation reminds us who Jesus is, who we are in Jesus, and tells us what it will be like when Jesus comes again to make all things new. Follow along as we read together about the hope of what is and what is to come -- all because of Jesus. Come. Let's pray and ponder. Together.   Head over to restorationarlington.org for more information on Restoration and Pray & Ponder. Remember to subscribe so that you never miss a new episode.

I wonder about a time when you have received encouraging words? How did those words spur you on to keep going -- or to change what you said or did? Follow along as we read a letter from Paul that reminds his friends in the church who we are because of Jesus' love for us and how we can live out of the love that Jesus has shown us because of the power of the Holy Spirit in us. Come. Let's pray and ponder. Together.   Head over to restorationarlington.org for more information on Restoration and Pray & Ponder. Remember to subscribe so that you never miss a new episode.

I wonder about a time when you believed something? How did you come to believe it? Believing — having faith — means that we put our trust in something or someone. In the Bible it says that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see.” Follow along as we read a story about how Paul shared his faith in Jesus and how the Holy Spirit moved in the hearts of those listening as they, too, came to have faith in Jesus. Come. Let's pray and ponder. Together.   Head over to restorationarlington.org for more information on Restoration and Pray & Ponder. Remember to subscribe so that you never miss a new episode.