“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” Genesis 50:20 There are moments in life that do not look like God at all—painful turns, unfair treatments, and doors that close without warning. In those…
“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons… and also much cattle?” Jonah 4:11 There is a side of God that unsettles human logic—the part of Him that refuses to give up on people who have done everything to deserve judgment. Nineveh was not innocent. Their wickedness…
“And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.”…
“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” Jonah 3:10 When the people of Nineveh heard God’s warning through Jonah, they didn’t ignore it—they responded with genuine repentance. From the…
“But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.” Jonah 2:9 In the depths of distress, Jonah shifted his posture—not by changing his location immediately, but by changing his language. From the belly of the fish, he lifted a voice…
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give…
“Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.” Psalm 148:1-2 Let’s do something unique today by taking into account all that we can remember of what God has done for us. Truly, we will be…
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Hebrews 13:15 Beloved, what God desires from you is a sacrifice of praise—which means thankfully acknowledging, confessing, and glorifying the name of God. Have you ever wondered: with all the…
“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12 There has been a common joke, “Imagine God still requires that we sacrifice the blood of cows in recent times for the atonement of our sins,…