(REFLECTIONS ON Jonah 2:1-10) Yes, Jonah’s prayer is significant. It shows Jonah sinking deeper and deeper into the sea and then the Lord saving him from death by appointing a great fish to swallow him. Perhaps what is more significant than Jonah’s prayer, is from where the prayer took place. 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 7:1-6) God’s judgment was coming down upon Israel in the form of a locust-swarm and an all-consuming fire, and Amos twice interceded for them. 2 And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,“Lord God, please pardon!How can Jacob stand,For he is small?”3 The Lord […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Joel 3:1-21) The Lord brought judgment upon Israel through the hand of surrounding nations. However, let’s not mistake this to mean that Israel is now “owned” by these nations. God used these nations to teach His people a lesson, but this was never a “forever” judgment. The lesson for Israel was to learn through […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Hosea 10:1-15) 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine;He produces fruit for himself.The more his fruit,The more altars he made;The richer his land,The better he made the sacred pillars. Are we like Israel, producing fruit for ourselves? Are we self-sufficient, which seems like a good goal to have, but in the process of becoming self-sufficient […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Hosea 3:1-5) 1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” Love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Philippians 2:19-30) In today’s Scripture, we see Paul’s plan to send Timothy and Epaphroditus to the church in Philippi to encourage them. Regarding Timothy, Paul writes, 20 For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. Regarding Epaphroditus, 29 Receive him then in the Lord with […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 24:1-20) In today’s Scripture, we see Jehoakim king of Judah rebel against Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. The Lord used this rebellion to bring judgment on Judah because of the sins of Manasseh. 3 Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 17:1-41) In the New Testament, specifically in the Gospel of John 4 where Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman asking her for water to drink, we read, 9 Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 10:18-36) In today’s Scripture we read about Jehu, king of Israel, and his eradication of the worshipers of Baal from Israel. Let us look again at verses 28 to 31 as they highlight an interesting contrast of Jehu’s work for the Lord in the midst of his sin and leading Israel astray. […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 6:1-23) As the sons of the prophets were going out and cutting down trees for building, in order to expand their living space, one of them lost an axe head in the water. Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in the place that the axe head fell into the water, […]