[:en]The day of the Lord is coming when the trumpet in blown and the alarm is sounded. The prophet asked the people to return to the Lord with all their hearts, with fasting and weeping and mourning (v. 12) For the Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love . (v.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Joel 2[:]
Author: Josephine Yu
[:en]Thoughts from Joel 1[:]
[:en]Joel, the prophet ministered in Judah during the time when drought and a plague of locusts had devastated the land. the gave 6 instructions to follow during their time of calamity: Hear – Listen to God’s word (v. 2) Tell – transmit the message to the children and to the next generation (v. 3) Wake… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Joel 1[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 14[:]
[:en]Hosea was calling Israel to return to Him and He will forgive their sins and receive them graciously. He will heal their waywardness and love them freely. He will be like the dew to Israel, like a cedar of Lebanon. He will blossom like a lily and his splendor will be like an olive tree. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 14[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (12/14/17)[:]
[:en]Scripture Reading: Revelation 14:6-20 Biblical Truth: The book of Revelation reveals that every individual or state is responsible for its actions. The beast and those who worship it will fall. Dictators who demand absolute loyalty of their citizens, calling them to sinful acts through deceptively acceptable facades such as “patriotism” or “the motherland” are warned.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (12/14/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/14/17)[:zh]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/14/15)[:]
[:en]The Psalmist declared: Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Ps. 150:6). We have to use trumpets and harps, stringed instruments and pipes, cymbals and dancing to praise the Lord because the Lord is great and has performed mighty acts on our behalf. Let us creatively and passionately celebrate, honor and adore the Lord. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/14/17)[:zh]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/14/15)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 13[:]
[:en]Ephraim would now become like the clouds, the dew, the chaff and the smoke. They would redound to nothing. v. 3) But God would be to the people like a lion, a leopard and a bear (v. 7-8) Because Ephraim trusted their wealth, their kings and their foreign policy, the “twice fruitful” would be… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 13[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 12[:]
[:en]Lies and deceit surrounded Ephraim. The merchants used dishonest scales to become rich. They boast of their wealth by cheating the poor. They had provoked God’s anger and God will repay them for their contempt.[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 11[:]
[:en]Israel was ingrate because she took for granted her covenant relationship with God. When Israel was a child, God loved her and called her out of Egypt. But Israel abandon Him for idols. Despite of God’s call for them to repent, they had hardened hearts. But because God loves Israel, he had compassion on them. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 11[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 10[:]
[:en]The Israelites were serving two masters. They made promises and took false oaths to the Lord. They worshiped idols and their hearts needed to be plowed. “Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 10[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 9[:]
[:en]”Ephraim” means “twice fruitful” but in this message, there would be no fruitfulness in the harvest because the land would no longer produce. There would no fruitfulness in the home because children will be murdered by the Assyrian invaders. The fruitful womb would become a curse and a miscarrying womb would be a blessing.[:]