These verses have been on my mind lately:

Psalm 3:2 - Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God." Selah

"And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are settled in complacency,
Who say in their heart,
'The Lord will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.'" -Zephaniah 1:12

Lately, this is the pain on my heart - that the words I pray sound nothing like the words God speaks to me. Should not my prayers sound like those of the saints of old (Psalm 89:5)? Should I not consider "the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith?" (Matthew 23:23) Should I not praise God for who He reveals Himself to be? ( Read more... )

Yesterday I reached the end of Nahum chapter 2. This book is written in a very different way compared to Jonah and Habakkuk. Jonah is a narrative which recounts the ministry of a prophet whom God sent to a mighty city in a foreign (hostile) nation. Habakkuk is a conversation between Habakkuk and God which begins with questions, is filled with ( Read more... )