Key Episode Scripture: Jonah 1-4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?” (Jonah 4:4 ESVUK) When the people of Nineveh received the Doomsday message – God would wipe them out in 40 days – they took it seriously and repented. The messenger, however, was unhappy about God’s relenting and complained to God, showing hypocrisy […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 30: Doomsday: ConsequencesKey Episode Scripture: Jonah 1-4 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. (Jonah 3:10 ESVUK) The book of Jonah covers one episode in the life of the prophet. The episode, among […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 28: Doomsday: ConceptsMercy. There are words that are essential to life as a Christian. Mercy is one of those words. It’s not a word that is part of the culture, really. It’s certainly not as drenched in the make-up of society as it’s a pivotal part of the journey of those who have acknowledged Jesus as Lord […]
Read More JJ 24 #20: Grateful for MerciesThe uproar. The outcry. How could they do such a thing? Do you have the facts? Nope. Do the facts matter? No. They did it! An example must be made of them! We’re not having that sort with us. No quest to understand. No bridges built for restoration. No compassion shown. No. Simply a stance […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: No Mercy?Do you know what it’s like to receive mercy? Have you ever been caught and deserve consequences but instead be shown compassion that wasn’t eager to punish but keen to restore? Do you know how you were in the wrong and not be dismissed but given a chance of redemption? If you have experienced that, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Share What You’ve Received(This is part of a series profiling the life of Joseph as conveyed in the book of Genesis. You can catch up on the rest of the series by clicking here. The following reflections cover Genesis 42.) Twenty years. So much can happen in twenty years. So much has happened in twenty years. It’s enough […]
Read More Joseph’s Journey: 08 – Where Guilt and Grace EmergeBut the wisdom that comes from heaven is … full of mercy James 3:17 (ESV) Have you noticed that there’s a word recognised as ‘merciful’ and a word ‘merciless’? There’s no word as yet which can help us like, mercisome. That would really help because a lot of us would find that word very fitting. Yet […]
Read More A Word Of Wisdom: It’s About Being MercifulOne singer opined that all the other person wanted to do was criticise. That’s a condition that seems to have affected humanity since its inception. Look at the other, see the fault, highlight the fault in a heavily critical fashion, wait for the next one to pop up who has a fault. Meanwhile any issues […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Check YourselfMercy. This is a quality that people are aware of. This is a quality that people are at least momentarily grateful to be a recipient of. Is it a quality that people are bred to exercise? Mercy is not a natural quality of human beings. The tendency in reaction to a grievance is towards retribution […]
Read More Time for MercyThere was something about the way he came to be that marked him out as special from the start. That could be the premise for someone to think that the person in question had greatness in him. Yet the way this beginning is written makes it clear that it was all about God’s protection and […]
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