The Lord is merciful, compassionate, and kind.
His mercies are new every morning, and
endure forever. The Bible tells us how He sent Jonah
to Nineveh to warn the people to turn away from their
sins, but Jonah declined, because he thought God was
too merciful and would forgive them, and change His
mind about destroying them. So, instead of going to
preach to them, he decided to flee to Tarshish (Jonah
1:3).
Trouble ensued as Jonah journeyed in a ship with
other mariners; there was a mighty tempest. When his
co-travellers realized that Jonah’s disobedience to God
was responsible for their ordeal, they cast him out of
the ship, into the sea. The Bible says God prepared a
great fish to swallow up Jonah in the sea, and he was
in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights
(Jonah 1:17).
Eventually, Jonah prayed to God from the fish’s
belly, and the fish vomited Jonah unto the dry land
(Jonah 2:10). Upon his deliverance from the fish’s
belly, he followed God’s initial instruction and went
to preach in Nineveh. When he did, the people got
converted, but Jonah was offended. He prayed to the
Lord and said, “...O Lord, is not this just what I said
He’s Merciful
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9)
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Mark 12:18-44
Numbers 20-21
Acts 25:1-12
Psalm 61-64
Confession
My passion for lost souls is stirred
with renewed commitment,
and I declare that the light of
the glorious Gospel of Christ
blazes intensely in the hearts of
the ignorant and unconverted
around the world today, in Jesus’
Name. Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:18; Nehemiah 9:31 Pastor Chris