The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.                                                              Psalm 23:1  Shepherds take on a variety of roles. One of these roles is that of the Shepherd as a Guide. David undoubtedly understood what it meant to lead the sheep. As an earthly shepherd, David was responsible for guiding the helpless sheep to places of…

The Psalms are a collection of songs written about the greatness of God and His powerful ability to deliver us in whatever situation we might find ourselves. Perhaps the most beloved of all of these writings is David’s picturesque description of the Lord found in Psalm 23. Having been a shepherd himself, David knew the…

“Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”                                                                                                                    Jonah 4:11  The people of Nineveh were ignorant about God. They were invested in wickedness…

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.” Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said,…

“Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.” The Lord said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”                                                                                                                Jonah 4:3-4  For what or for whom are we willing to die? Some might say that they would die for our country….

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.”                                                                                                …

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.                                                                                                                   Jonah 3:10-4:1  God demonstrated His love, mercy,…

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.                                                                                                                      Jonah 3:10  God responded to the people of Nineveh by relenting from the calamity that was…

Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.                                                                                                                            Jonah 3:9  The people of Nineveh responded to Jonah’s message by believing in God. Their thinking was that perhaps God would relent of the destruction that…

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.                                                                                                                       Jonah 3:5  As we have seen, we are all in need of redemption. From the greatest to the least, from the…