God's Will, The Prophets

Habakkuk – Faith with Confusion

O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Habakkuk 1:2 I think we can all relate to Habakkuk in one way or another. Like Jonah, he wore his heart on his sleeve and yet unlike Jonah, he wasn’t angry… Continue reading Habakkuk – Faith with Confusion

The Prophets

Malachi – God’s Just Judgement

God’s Just Judgement Malachi 3:1 – Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. In this one verse we… Continue reading Malachi – God’s Just Judgement

Battleground, Promises, The Prophets

Zechariah – The Provision of God

The Provision of God Zechariah 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud. O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. In chapters 9 and 10 we read of the… Continue reading Zechariah – The Provision of God

God's Will, The Prophets

Haggai – Think Carefully

Think Carefully Haggai 1:8 – “Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.” After the torture and cruelty of the Assyrians, the Babylonians piled on even more – ‘They burned the house of God and… Continue reading Haggai – Think Carefully

God's Love, The Prophets

Hosea – The Action

The Action Hosea 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. The Lord had released the Israelites from their captivity with Egypt and if they didn’t change their ways and return… Continue reading Hosea – The Action

The Prophets

Jonah – The Compliance

Jonah 3:3 – So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Chapter 3 opens with, ‘Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time.’ Jonah had found redemption with God, for although God was displeased with how he had acted, the Lord never actually left him.… Continue reading Jonah – The Compliance