DAY 172 Read Jonah.
Today's reading: A hot-headed prophet reluctantly goes on a mission for the Lord. He conducts a very successful evangelistic campaign--and then becomes angry at the results!
Memory gem: "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple" (Jonah 2:7).
Thought for today:
My friend, if you have been buying tickets to Tarshish, I plead with you, Come back to God. Every drink of liquor is a ticket to Tarshish; every evil word, every impurity is a ticket to Tarshish. When you buy a ticket to Tarshish, away from God, away from the church, away from religion, you start to go down. And often, like Jonah, you may not stop until you get to the bottom.
But, wherever you are on the road to Tarshish, now is the time to call on the Lord. He will hear you. Come back to God, back to duty, back to prayer, back to the Bible, back to purity, back to mother, wife, to children, to home, and to heaven.
Judas betrayed Christ, and Peter denied Him. As far as we know, one sin was about the same as the other. But Judas went to a suicide's grave, while Peter went to Pentecost. The difference between the two men was that Peter came back.
God can change you and use you in His great work, just where you ought to be! Come back from Tarshish and get on the road to Nineveh, back to family worship, back to the Bible.
May God give us a vision of this hour when the world's statesmen labor hard to bring the boat of civilization to a safe harbor! Arise, Christian, and renew the altar fires of prayer. Pray for your country's leaders, pray for the church, pray for your family--for the wandering boys and girls.
And you, friend, if you are on the road to Tarshish, will you not, deep in your heart, pray this prayer:
I'm tired of sin and straying, Lord
Now I'm coming home;
I'll trust Thy love, believe Thy Word;
Lord, I'm coming home.
--William J. Kirkpatrick
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Difficult or obscure words:
Jonah 1:17. "Great fish"--The Hebrew word is a generic term for fish of any kind. The Greek word here in the Septuagint and in Matthew 12:40 (translated "whale" in the KJV) means "sea monster" of unspecified kind. Nothing can be determined as to the nature of the "fish" or "monster." In any case, the Lord "prepared" the animal.
Today's reading: A hot-headed prophet reluctantly goes on a mission for the Lord. He conducts a very successful evangelistic campaign--and then becomes angry at the results!
Memory gem: "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple" (Jonah 2:7).
Thought for today:
My friend, if you have been buying tickets to Tarshish, I plead with you, Come back to God. Every drink of liquor is a ticket to Tarshish; every evil word, every impurity is a ticket to Tarshish. When you buy a ticket to Tarshish, away from God, away from the church, away from religion, you start to go down. And often, like Jonah, you may not stop until you get to the bottom.
But, wherever you are on the road to Tarshish, now is the time to call on the Lord. He will hear you. Come back to God, back to duty, back to prayer, back to the Bible, back to purity, back to mother, wife, to children, to home, and to heaven.
Judas betrayed Christ, and Peter denied Him. As far as we know, one sin was about the same as the other. But Judas went to a suicide's grave, while Peter went to Pentecost. The difference between the two men was that Peter came back.
God can change you and use you in His great work, just where you ought to be! Come back from Tarshish and get on the road to Nineveh, back to family worship, back to the Bible.
May God give us a vision of this hour when the world's statesmen labor hard to bring the boat of civilization to a safe harbor! Arise, Christian, and renew the altar fires of prayer. Pray for your country's leaders, pray for the church, pray for your family--for the wandering boys and girls.
And you, friend, if you are on the road to Tarshish, will you not, deep in your heart, pray this prayer:
I'm tired of sin and straying, Lord
Now I'm coming home;
I'll trust Thy love, believe Thy Word;
Lord, I'm coming home.
--William J. Kirkpatrick
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Difficult or obscure words:
Jonah 1:17. "Great fish"--The Hebrew word is a generic term for fish of any kind. The Greek word here in the Septuagint and in Matthew 12:40 (translated "whale" in the KJV) means "sea monster" of unspecified kind. Nothing can be determined as to the nature of the "fish" or "monster." In any case, the Lord "prepared" the animal.
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