Change is difficult for anyone. Have you ever tired to change a bad habit or start a good one and found that it was difficult? Part of the difficulty is we often try to do things on our own without help from anyone, especially the Lord. We try to tough it out. I can do …
The idea that God can save me from hell is a topic worth thinking about. As we go through our busy life, we don’t give much thought about eternity. As young people we believe we are indestructible or that nothing bad will happen. I remember going on a business trip and one of the engineers …
Our dog Scruffy in the picture often needs to hear the same word more than once before he obeys. As people, are we much different when God asks us to do something? In our story today the Lord repeats the message that He first gave to Jonah. He told Jonah “Go to the great city …
In the story of Jonah chapters 1 and 2 we see the character of God who is a God of intervention, compassion and forgiveness. God doesn’t sit by while people go to their destruction, but continually calls people back to the plan He has for them. How has the Lord called you back along your journey …
Did you ever wonder if God gives second chances? Jonah got one when the fish spit him onto the beach. How is God working with you in His compassion and forgiveness to give you a second chance? Want to learn more about the Journey of Jonah? Click here: https://podpoint.com/light-of-christ-church-podcast/series/journey-with-jonah-1/jonah-preaches If you would like more teaching about …
Does the Lord still speak to people in the year 2019, or was that just back in Bible days? Good question! In our story about Jonah it says, “Then the Lordspoke to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.” Jonah 3:1-2.[1] But wasn’t Jonah …
When we feel we can’t be forgiven, we can sink into a deep depression. Often we don’t know where to turn. We can become confused. Our enemy satan can be relentless in telling us one lie after another. He tells us that God does not care and we can’t be forgiven for what we did. …
I remember when I was a first grader when I got lost at a small town fair. I remember crying and not knowing what to do. Somehow, I was brought to the attention of someone on the loudspeaker. My mother’s brother was there and came running over and lifted me up into his arms. I …
Have you ever wondered, God do you hear my prayers? When prayers go unanswered or they are answered in a different way, sometimes we begin to question God. Why Lord? Why is this happening to me? I would like to get married, but I can’t find the right person. Lord my loved one is very …
Is God so mean that when I make a mistake that I will be kicked to the curb never to be given another chance? Not long ago I listened to a woman’s testimony about having an abortion as a teenager. For years she carried the guilt that God would never forgive her, or give her …