Personal Devotions ⁽⁶¹⁵⁾

Passage Read: Jonah 1-4 Meditation Verse: 1:12 Thought Jonah, in effect, cared more about these sailors than about his own life or the life of the Ninevites. He was willing to drown to save the sailors because he thought it would prevent the Ninevites from…

Passage Read: Amos 7 - Obadiah 1 Meditation Verse: Amos 8:4 Thought Greed is behind so much evil today, whether it is those who are making so much money or those who are envious of the rich. All are motivated by greed, and greed makes…

Passage Read: Amos 3-6 Meditation Verses: 6:3-7 Thought There are those who choose to ignore the obvious, the sin of Israel and God's anger over nothing being done about it. Instead they lounge around in all their wealth and comfort, they dine on whatever delicacies…

Passage Read: Joel 2 - Amos 2 Meditation Verses: Joel 2:12-14 Thought The Lord is willing and able to restore the autumn and spring rains, if His people humble themselves and plead for mercy. He calls for fasting and weeping and mourning, but not just…

Passage Read: Hosea 12 - Joel 1 Meditation Verses: Joel 1:13-15 Thought The priests are the last to understand how desperate times have become. Only when the people are so impoverished that they no longer have money and crops to offer as sacrifices, only then…