Moments For You
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God in Everything
Nothing helps the Christian to endure the trials of life so much as the habit of seeing God in everything. If we remember, as we start each day, that the hand of our Father can be traced in every scene—if we could see in the smallest, as well as in... Read more →
Jonah the Prodigal
"The younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country" (Luke 15:13). "Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord" (Jonah 1:3). When God called Jonah to go to Nineveh on an errand of mercy, it was too high a hurdle... Read more →
Jonah’s Prayer
Jonah's experience has to some extent been the experience of all who have passed from death unto life, all who have been brought from the bondage of sin into the liberty of the sons of God. Notice these seven things in the experience of Jonah. Disobedience "Jonah rose up to... Read more →
Jonah's Problem
Who Was Jonah? "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai" (Jonah 1:1) Jonah (which means "dove" in Hebrew) is identified as the son of Amittai. According to 2 Kings 14:25, Jonah was from Gath Hepher, a village about 2 miles northeast of Nazareth. Second Kings... Read more →
The Last Word
"Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that... Read more →
The Right Place
"The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee" (Jonah 3:1,2). God, in His grace, often gives us second, third, and even more chances to obey Him. After Jonah had... Read more →
The Storm of Sin
"What shall we do … that the sea may be calm unto us? … Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard... Read more →
Who Can Tell?
"Who can tell if God will … turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?" (Jonah 3:9) A certain man was tempted to commit suicide. He reasoned that because of his sin, his fate in Hell was certain. He thought that continuing his life would only increase his... Read more →