TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 9:15 “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion’.” Last month, we read how Jonah shared God’s warning with the Ninevites and how they repented from their sinful ways! How do think Jonah, the prophet of God,
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TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 9:15 “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’” When we left Jonah in our study, he had just been vomited up by the fish after spending 3 days and 3 nights in its belly. Jonah had repented
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The human tongue possesses power beyond measure. It can both bless and curse. It can also heal or cut deep wounds that leave scars for the remainder of a person’s life. We must learn to wield it wisely. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they
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TODAY’S VERSE: Revelation 3:19 “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.” As we move on in our study to chapter 2 of Jonah, let us first review chapter 1. God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people that He would destroy them if they did
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Before I get into this topic, I want to say that the concept of partiality is, in many ways, only used in our language to describe a human characteristic. In other words, I don’t believe that either this word or it’s opposite, impartiality, were necessary expressions before the Fall in the Garden of Eden. Give
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TODAY’S VERSES: Jonah 1-3a “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.’ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” We recently started a new series in prep school studying the book of Jonah! If you
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How wonderful is it to know that “God is love”?!! Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. – 1 John 4:7-8 If there’s one aspect of God worth
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Grace is no longer grace if we must work for it. Surviving Kids Versus Raising Them Properly – Blog 10/4/24 If God our Father never took the opportunities presented to Him to discipline you, where would you be right now? What kind of parent would He be? Would you know His
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I think Heaven is going to blow our minds because the things we thought had the greatest impact will pale in comparison to things we did with little regard. A just balance and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. – Proverbs 16:11 Jesus taught the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard to His
Consider for a moment the whole of human history from God’s viewpoint. He is not bound by the construct of time; therefore, He sees the entire timeline all at once (unlike humans, who view time as it passes by – sort of like watching a parade pass through a window, one section or moment at
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