Not So Fast
Read: Hosea 6:1-11 Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us […]
When God Will Return and Repent
Read: Joel 2:1-14 Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. […]
When the Lord Will Not Repent
Read: Jeremiah 4:19-28 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. […]
Christmas in India
Members of Words of Hope’s Dogri language team in India were able to host a Christmas celebration in a village about 40 miles from their studio. The village is located in the hills, in an area where gospel outreach began only a few years before.
For the Sake of God’s Name
Read: Daniel 9:1-23 For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. (vv. […]
Remembering
Read: Psalm 78:7-39 . . . so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments . . . (v. 7) I’m one of those people who feels everything. I typically can’t even watch the news and expect to sleep for thinking of the horrors […]
A Prayer and Tears Change God’s Mind
Read: 2 Kings 20:1-19 Behold, I will heal you . . . and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake. (vv. 5-6) […]
God Waits to Turn Toward Us in Mercy
Read: Isaiah 30:15-21 The Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him . . . He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. (vv. 18-19) […]
After Broken Vows
Read: Judges 16:15-31 “Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time . . .” Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” (vv. 28-30 NLT) Samson’s story, from […]