Forwarded from Winning the Lost (SavedthruGrace_David)
Whale of a Story
The Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
“And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.” Jonah 2:10
Jonah 2:1–10
Michael was diving for lobster when a humpback whale caught him in its mouth. He pushed back in the darkness as the whale’s muscles squeezed against him. He thought he was done. But whales don’t prefer lobstermen, and thirty seconds later the whale spit Michael into the air. Amazingly, Michael had no broken bones—only extensive bruises and one whale of a story.
He wasn’t the first. Jonah was swallowed by “a huge fish” (Jonah 1:17), and he stayed in its belly for three days before being vomited onto land (1:17; 2:10). Unlike Michael, who was caught by accident, Jonah was swallowed because he hated Israel’s enemies and didn’t want them to repent. When God told Jonah to preach in Nineveh, he caught a boat going the other way. So God sent a whale-sized fish to get his attention.
I appreciate why Jonah hated the Assyrians. They’d harassed Israel in the past, and within fifty years they’d carry the northern tribes into captivity where they’d vanish forever. Jonah was understandably offended that Assyria might be forgiven.
But Jonah was more loyal to the people of God than to the God of all people. God loved Israel’s enemies and wanted to save them. He loves our enemies and wants to save them. With the wind of the Spirit at our backs, let’s sail toward them with the good news of Jesus.
Reflect & Pray
Who do you know that needs to follow Jesus? How might you increase your love for them?
Jesus, please show me how to love my enemies as You love them.
~Our Daily Bread
The Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
“And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.” Jonah 2:10
Jonah 2:1–10
Michael was diving for lobster when a humpback whale caught him in its mouth. He pushed back in the darkness as the whale’s muscles squeezed against him. He thought he was done. But whales don’t prefer lobstermen, and thirty seconds later the whale spit Michael into the air. Amazingly, Michael had no broken bones—only extensive bruises and one whale of a story.
He wasn’t the first. Jonah was swallowed by “a huge fish” (Jonah 1:17), and he stayed in its belly for three days before being vomited onto land (1:17; 2:10). Unlike Michael, who was caught by accident, Jonah was swallowed because he hated Israel’s enemies and didn’t want them to repent. When God told Jonah to preach in Nineveh, he caught a boat going the other way. So God sent a whale-sized fish to get his attention.
I appreciate why Jonah hated the Assyrians. They’d harassed Israel in the past, and within fifty years they’d carry the northern tribes into captivity where they’d vanish forever. Jonah was understandably offended that Assyria might be forgiven.
But Jonah was more loyal to the people of God than to the God of all people. God loved Israel’s enemies and wanted to save them. He loves our enemies and wants to save them. With the wind of the Spirit at our backs, let’s sail toward them with the good news of Jesus.
Reflect & Pray
Who do you know that needs to follow Jesus? How might you increase your love for them?
Jesus, please show me how to love my enemies as You love them.
~Our Daily Bread
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Forwarded from Filling Our Cups With Hope
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:19
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:14
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people
Psalm 96:3
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. ☕️
Romans 1:16
Matthew 28:19
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:14
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people
Psalm 96:3
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. ☕️
Romans 1:16
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“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
Romans 5:1-5 KJV
Romans 5:1-5 KJV
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Forwarded from Be Ready For The Rapture
💯🕊 Jesus understands our struggle!🙌
💠Hebrews 4:15 ~ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
♦️John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
🔶Psalm 22:1 ~ My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
💠Hebrews 4:15 ~ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
♦️John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
🔶Psalm 22:1 ~ My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
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Forwarded from Winning the Lost (SavedthruGrace_David)
Words on an Epitaph
As Copernicus, the great astronomer, was dying, a copy of his great book, The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, was placed in his hands. But it was not his brilliant work that was on his mind. Instead he directed that the following epitaph be placed on his grave at Frauenburg:
"O Lord, the faith thou didst give to St. Paul, I cannot ask; the mercy thou didst show to St. Peter, I dare not ask; but, Lord, the grace thou didst show unto the dying robber, that, Lord, show to me."
There is no one who cannot come to God under those terms.
Luke 23:42
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.”
Luke 18:13
“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”
As Copernicus, the great astronomer, was dying, a copy of his great book, The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, was placed in his hands. But it was not his brilliant work that was on his mind. Instead he directed that the following epitaph be placed on his grave at Frauenburg:
"O Lord, the faith thou didst give to St. Paul, I cannot ask; the mercy thou didst show to St. Peter, I dare not ask; but, Lord, the grace thou didst show unto the dying robber, that, Lord, show to me."
There is no one who cannot come to God under those terms.
Luke 23:42
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.”
Luke 18:13
“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”
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I apologize for not hosting God First Patriot Prayer today.
I will host again real soon including prayer requests and praise reports so we can join together and pray.
Please lift up my mother in prayer as she is preparing for Almighty Father God in Heaven. It is in The Mighty Name of Jesus that we pray. Amen. And Amen✝️🙏❤️🔥🇺🇸
I will host again real soon including prayer requests and praise reports so we can join together and pray.
Please lift up my mother in prayer as she is preparing for Almighty Father God in Heaven. It is in The Mighty Name of Jesus that we pray. Amen. And Amen✝️🙏❤️🔥🇺🇸
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"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:9-11 KJV
1 Corinthians 2:9-11 KJV
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Forwarded from Sally Richardson
Answered Promises (8)
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O, LORD, have not forgotten those who seek You.
Psalm 9:10
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O, LORD, have not forgotten those who seek You.
Psalm 9:10
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God First (Seeking God through Jesus)
Hebrews 3 - Questions Q: Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider who? Q: Who was faithful to him that what? Q: Who was it that He was faithful to? Q: Faithful as also Moses was in what? Q: For this man was counted worthy…
Hebrews 3 - Questions & Answers
Q: Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider who?
A: The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.
Q: Who was faithful to him that what?
A: Appointed him.
Q: Who was it that He was faithful to?
A: God.
Q: Faithful as also Moses was in what?
A: All his house.
Q: For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour what?
A: Than the house.
Q: Who is every house built by?
A: Some man.
Q: Who built all things?
A: God.
Q: And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken when?
A: After.
Q: But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto when?
A: The end.
Q: Who said, "Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts"?
A: The Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit).
Q: He says, "as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years". Who is speaking here?
A: The Holy Ghost.
Q: Who did He say He was with?
A: That generation.
Q: He said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known what?
A: My ways.
Q: Verse 11, So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Original Greek translation, As I swore in to the liquidation of me if they will enter in to the rest of me. Who was speaking here?
A: The Holy Ghost.
Q: What does he encourage them to do daily while it is called to day?
A: Exhort one another.
Q: Why is this?
A: So they would not be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Q: Who are we made partakers in if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end?
A: Christ.
Q: While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in what?
A: The provocation.
Q: For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by who?
A: Moses.
Q: But with whom was he grieved what?
A: "Forty years?"
Q: Was it not with them that had what?
A: "Sinned".
Q: Whose carcases fell in the what?
A: "Wilderness?"
Q: Will non-believers enter in to the rest of the Holy Ghost? Yes or No.
Verse 18: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Original Greek translation: To which he swore not going to enter in to the rest of him if not to those being discordant (persuasion and belief).
A: No.
Q: So we see that they could not enter in because of what?
A: Unbelief.
Q: Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider who?
A: The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.
Q: Who was faithful to him that what?
A: Appointed him.
Q: Who was it that He was faithful to?
A: God.
Q: Faithful as also Moses was in what?
A: All his house.
Q: For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour what?
A: Than the house.
Q: Who is every house built by?
A: Some man.
Q: Who built all things?
A: God.
Q: And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken when?
A: After.
Q: But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto when?
A: The end.
Q: Who said, "Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts"?
A: The Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit).
Q: He says, "as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years". Who is speaking here?
A: The Holy Ghost.
Q: Who did He say He was with?
A: That generation.
Q: He said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known what?
A: My ways.
Q: Verse 11, So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Original Greek translation, As I swore in to the liquidation of me if they will enter in to the rest of me. Who was speaking here?
A: The Holy Ghost.
Q: What does he encourage them to do daily while it is called to day?
A: Exhort one another.
Q: Why is this?
A: So they would not be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Q: Who are we made partakers in if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end?
A: Christ.
Q: While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in what?
A: The provocation.
Q: For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by who?
A: Moses.
Q: But with whom was he grieved what?
A: "Forty years?"
Q: Was it not with them that had what?
A: "Sinned".
Q: Whose carcases fell in the what?
A: "Wilderness?"
Q: Will non-believers enter in to the rest of the Holy Ghost? Yes or No.
Verse 18: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Original Greek translation: To which he swore not going to enter in to the rest of him if not to those being discordant (persuasion and belief).
A: No.
Q: So we see that they could not enter in because of what?
A: Unbelief.
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Hebrews 3, calls God’s people to carefully consider Jesus as God’s sent One and faithful High Priest, who is worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as a son is greater than a servant within a household. Moses served faithfully among God’s people, but Christ rules faithfully over God’s house and God’s people belong to that house if they hold firmly to their confidence and hope. It warns against hardening the heart through unbelief, using Israel’s wilderness failure as an example, and urges daily encouragement so that no one is hardened by sin’s deceit, but continues in steadfast trust in the living God.
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“Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”
Romans 1:19-20 KJV
Romans 1:19-20 KJV
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Forwarded from Lord is my Light
“You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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