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(April 29, 2020) Jonah 2:2 “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.” Do you ever feel like you have to present a constant face to others – regardless of what you are actually feeling inside? As if you [...]
Devotional: Picture This
(April 28, 2020) See Jonah 2 “…from the depths of Sheol (the grave) I called for help…”– The Hebrew mindset of the creation narrative in Genesis goes something like this: Imagine everything is dark and lifeless and watery chaos is everywhere. Then, bit by bit, God pushes it all aside in order to make a special place for life. [...]
Devotional: The Lightbulb
(April 27, 2020) See Jonah 1 “The captain went to him and said, ‘How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god!’” Personally, I typically do not enjoy re-reading books or watching a movie. It just seems less interesting to me because I already know how the story will turn out. (Unless of course it is The [...]
Devotional: The Contrast
(April 24, 2020) See Jonah 1:12-13 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” [Jonah] replied... Instead, the men did their best to row back to land.” – The supersized Book of Jonah is full of contrasts. Consider: On one hand, we have Jonah. Jonah knows God. He hears God’s voice. He is a recognized prophet. God even [...]
Devotional: This is Great
(April 23, 2020) See Jonah 1:1 “Go to the great city of Nineveh...” – Here is a general rule of thumb when reading the scriptures: note which word(s) are repeated. For example, consider Jonah 1. Everything in Jonah is super-sized. God did not send Jonah to the City of Nineveh – no, He sent him to the “great” city of [...]
Devotional: The Dove
(April 22, 2020) Jonah 1:1-2 “The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” Read: Jonah 1 The Book of Jonah holds much. From our childhood, we might have heard the story of a big fish swallowing the [...]