[:en]SCRIPTURE:  JONAH 4 “Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.  But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?” (Jonah 4:3-4) “But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/19/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  JONAH 3 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:  “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.  Jonah began… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/18/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  JONAH 2 “In my  distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.  From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry” (Jonah 2:2-3) “To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever, But you brought my life up… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/17/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  JONAH 1 INTRODUCTION: Jonah was a prophet called by God to preach repentance to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyria empire.  The Assyrians were cruel people who showed no mercy to the Jews.  So Jonah ran away from God’s calling because he wanted the destruction of Assyria.  He boarded a ship to Tarshish… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/16/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  OBADIAH INTRODUCTION: The name “Obadiah” means “servant of Jehovah”.  Obadiah wrote this short book of prophecy against the nation of Edom.  The ancestor of Edom was Esau, who had an ancient conflict with his brother Jacob.  When the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem, the Edomites helped the enemy and rejoiced over their fall.  God pronounced judgment… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/15/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:   OBADIAH INTRODUCTION: The name “Obadiah” means “servant of Jehovah”.  It is a short book of prophecy against the nation of Edom.  The ancestor of Edom was Esau. who had an ancient conflict with his brother Jacob.  When the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem, the Edomites helped the enemy and rejoiced over their fall.  God promised judgment… Continue reading [:en]Ourt Daily Verse (12/15/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  AMOS 9 “All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us’” (Amos 9:10) “I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them” (Amos 9:15) ISRAEL TO BE DESTROYED No one… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/14/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  AMOS 8 “The days are coming.” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.  Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/13/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  AMOS 7 “The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam” (Amos 7:9) “For this is what Amos is saying: “Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/12/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:   AMOS 6 “Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!” (Amos 6:1) “The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself – the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob… Continue reading [:en]Our Daily Verse (12/11/21)[:]