Post by Woody Williams on Sept 14, 2010 7:33:41 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Jonah 3:1-10
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The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, "Get up, go
to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I
tell you." So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the
word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three
days' walk across. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's
walk. And he cried out, "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown!"
And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and
everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. When the news reached
the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe,
covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Then he had a
proclamation made in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his
nobles: No human being or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste
anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. Human
beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall
cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the
violence that is in their hands. Who knows? God may relent and change
his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not
perish." When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil
ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he
would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
Devotional
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After Jonah repented from his running away from God's call to preach
to Nineveh, he went to Nineveh and preached. He called the people to
repentance. When they heard his message they did repent and offered
themselves to God's mercy. God forgave them and removed their
judgment. It is beautiful to observe the mercy of God bringing people
into God's grace. God does forgive and renew.
Prayer
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Thank you, Lord, for renewing my life through your mercy and grace.
Amen
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The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, "Get up, go
to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I
tell you." So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the
word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three
days' walk across. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's
walk. And he cried out, "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown!"
And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and
everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. When the news reached
the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe,
covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Then he had a
proclamation made in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his
nobles: No human being or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste
anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. Human
beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall
cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the
violence that is in their hands. Who knows? God may relent and change
his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not
perish." When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil
ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he
would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
Devotional
----------
After Jonah repented from his running away from God's call to preach
to Nineveh, he went to Nineveh and preached. He called the people to
repentance. When they heard his message they did repent and offered
themselves to God's mercy. God forgave them and removed their
judgment. It is beautiful to observe the mercy of God bringing people
into God's grace. God does forgive and renew.
Prayer
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Thank you, Lord, for renewing my life through your mercy and grace.
Amen