But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from theirContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 8 April 2021 Today’s topic: God’s Q&A”
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Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 6 April 2021 Today’s topic: How Quickly Things Change
But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. Jonah 4:7 (NIV). I’m growing tomatoes in a container garden at my house. I don’t want to plant a permanent garden in the house where I live, but I still want to grow some vegetables. So, aContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 6 April 2021 Today’s topic: How Quickly Things Change”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 31 March 2021 Today’s topic: Going My Way
He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for meContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 31 March 2021 Today’s topic: Going My Way”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 30 March 2021 Today’s topic: Leave a Mark
But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. Jonah 4:1 (NIV). Get ready, my friend, because this one is going to leave a mark. Jonah became angry at God because God didn’t smack down the Ninevites. He got torqued off because God didn’t rain down fire and brimstone at supremely wicked Ninevites. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 30 March 2021 Today’s topic: Leave a Mark”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 29 March 2021 Today’s topic: Pretty Amazing
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Jonah 3:10 (NIV). Pretty amazing, don’t you think? Ninevah deserves to be smacked down for all the flavors of evil it cherished, but they become repentant so God relents. AllContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 29 March 2021 Today’s topic: Pretty Amazing”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 25 March 2021 Today’s topic: Unexpected Miracles
This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and theirContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 25 March 2021 Today’s topic: Unexpected Miracles”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 24 March 2021 Today’s topic: The Sopranos in Ninevah
When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. Jonah 3:6 (NIV). If you’ve ever read the book of Job, today’s verse sounds very Job-like. Going further back in the Bible, it’s what Mordecai did (inContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 24 March 2021 Today’s topic: The Sopranos in Ninevah”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 23 March 2021 Today’s topic: This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. Jonah 3:5 (NIV). This wasn’t supposed to happen. Jonah was supposed to go to Ninevah, proclaim God’s message, and be murdered for it. That’s the biggest reason why Jonah ran in the first place. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 23 March 2021 Today’s topic: This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 22 March 2021 Today’s topic: I Wonder If I’ll Make It Out of Here Alive
Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Jonah 3:4 (NIV). God is patient with us. He didn’t go into Ninevah and immediately slam them. No, He sent a messenger to tell the people, “come back to me or in a little while it’ll beContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 22 March 2021 Today’s topic: I Wonder If I’ll Make It Out of Here Alive”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 18 March 2021 Today’s topic: If You’re Going to San Francisco
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 3:3 (NIV). “If you’re going to San Francisco…” You’re probably hearing that old hippie song right now, in your head.” Jonah walked to the San Francisco of his time. Now,Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 18 March 2021 Today’s topic: If You’re Going to San Francisco”
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