“Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not.” The Lord dwells in Zion! Joel 3:21 As we complete our reading of Joel, remember this: The Lord dwells in Zion. It is a past statement, harkening back to the first Temple: home of God’s presence. It is a present statement, in how He indwells theContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 6 December 2022. Today’s topic: The Lord Dwells in Zion”
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Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 17 November 2022. Today’s topic: Assemble!
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!” Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, Lord! Joel 3:9-11 Once again, JoelContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 17 November 2022. Today’s topic: Assemble!”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 9 November 2022. Today’s topic: When He Returns
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls. Joel 2:32 This is another prophecy, one that is both already fulfilled and one that is yet to be fulfilled. It was fulfilled in thatContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 9 November 2022. Today’s topic: When He Returns”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 8 November 2022. Today’s topic: Tell Them About the Signs
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Joel 2:30-31 Along with the previous words (given as prophecy for the time whenContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 8 November 2022. Today’s topic: Tell Them About the Signs”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 7 November 2022. Today’s topic: The Spirit in Me
“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. Joel 2:28-29 Joel spoke these words in the later days ofContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 7 November 2022. Today’s topic: The Spirit in Me”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 18 October 2022. Today’s topic: Adjust Accordingly
Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it? Joel 2:10-11Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 18 October 2022. Today’s topic: Adjust Accordingly”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 12 October 2022. Today’s topic: Please Reconsider
At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. Joel 2:6 Bad news if you don’t believe. You’re gonna believe some day. It will be so overwhelming that your mind and heart will surrender to belief that Jesus is who He says He is. I urge you to consider this now. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 12 October 2022. Today’s topic: Please Reconsider”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 21 September 2022. Today’s topic: Mr. Ollivander’s Words
Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the appletree—all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered way. Joel 1:11-12Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 21 September 2022. Today’s topic: Mr. Ollivander’s Words”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 20 September 2022. Today’s topic: Look Like Diamonds
Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the Lord. The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails. Joel 1:9-10 Are you Britney Spears? Recently, the bubble gumContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 20 September 2022. Today’s topic: Look Like Diamonds”
Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 19 September 2022. Today’s topic: Mourn Like a Virgin
Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth. Joel 1:8 Picture what Joel is describing. Picture yourself weeping like a young woman pining for a lost love. Picture yourself as someone who is hurting so deeply that you walk around wearing torn burlap, refusing to be comforted as the tearsContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 19 September 2022. Today’s topic: Mourn Like a Virgin”
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