This lesson demonstrates how and why God is willing to discipline His children in order to teach them and bring them to maturity. Jonah discovers not only that God prepared a ministry for him, but God prepared a contingency plan to save the ministry—and the minister. In the seventeenth verse of Jonah, chapter one, the scene…
This weeks lesson in Jonah reveals how the unguarded heart of a believer can become callous and uncaring. Jonah’s sin and uncaring attitude put the very lives of those around him in mortal danger. He discovers that no man is an island. The Book of Jonah is, in many ways, a contest between Jonah and…
The Book of Jonah is one of the most incredible books in the Bible. It is filled with mystery and intrigue. And yet it is a book that has taken a great deal of abuse. Perhaps no other book in the Bible has suffered at the hands of critics like Jonah has. Why has this…
I remember as a child, and even into my adult years, that I have nobody. There were many times when a feeling of utter loneliness would well up within me. It was a feeling that was all too familiar and that I carried with me at the core of my soul for many years. Although…
Everyone is looking for happiness in our world, but few find it. Those who set big goals and achieve them often find that success doesn’t bring the happiness it promised. True joy is not found in worldly success but in worshipping God. A theory of the two greatest revolutions in the past century were the communist…
An Eye for an Eye 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. – Exodus 21:23-25 If you have not read that verse, it is inevitable that you have heard the…
We have a good resource for all Wild Men of God, it is a list of very helpful prayers to assist you in your walk. Download it and be prepared… CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILE, OR RIGHT CLICK THIS AND “SAVE AS”
Inevitably, it has happen to each of us. Something difficult occurs; a close friend or relative dies, we lose our job, our spouse or girl friend leaves us. It is dramatic, it is real and if you are around Christian friends, they will reach out trying to encourage with words of wisdom. It’s a comment…
Money, money, money – money! Such are the first words to the top-ten soul hit “For the Love of Money” by the O’Jays. First popular in the early 1970’s, the song was resurrected and later used as the musical theme to Donald Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice”. It’s a catchy tune, and Americans love it. The tune, that…
We each have our own story. It is a personal experience and not two are alike. It is that awkward moment in life when we step out of our comfort and exchange our thoughts verbally to an unseen God. Here is a cute recount of one’s moment. “It was a sacred moment, and I didn’t…