Obadiah

New Year's Eve!  The days described in this little book are dark and foreboding.  But there is hope for a new day that is about to dawn ... "the kingdom will be the Lord's."

Read it here.

Amos 7-9

"The days are coming... when I will send a famine through the land;
not  famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord"
(Amos 8:11)

We are living in the famine!  We need the hope of restoration that Amos leaves us with!

Read it here.

Amos 4-6

"Cows of Bashan" oppressing the poor and crushing the needy.

Woe to those who are at ease inZion and to those who feel secure...

Lest we fall into the same trap of oppression and spiritual lethargy...read it here.

Amos 1-3

A lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord has spoken;
who will not prophecy?
(Amos 3:8)

God has not made it unclear to the world that He sees the injustice and the wickedness and that He is coming to judge.  Will we hear Him?  Will we fear?  Or will we continue on?

Read it here.

Isaiah 9:6-7 - "And He will reign!"

Merry Christmas!  He has come!  King of kings and Lord of lords!

A couple of years old, but worth watching again.  Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" in a food court.  The most unlikely place for the worship of Jesus to break out!  But that's the kind of unlikely place that Jesus comes to!  Welcome Him!

Watch it here.

Read it here.

Joel 1-3

Why the book of Joel on Christmas Eve?  It is a powerful book that encompasses both the coming wrath and the coming deliverance of the Lord.  Jesus' birth set into motion the final days of God's plan. Jesus comes as Deliverer for the humble one who cries out to Him ... for He is...

gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.
(Joel 2:13).

But Jesus also comes as a conquering King, drawing all people to the Valley of Decision.  Will He be your Judge or your Deliverer?

"Then everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved" (Joel 2:32)

We need this Christmas message!

Read it here.

Psalms 73-74

Psalm 73 is a corrective to a heart filled with envy toward the prosperous.  We need this recalibration!

Read them here.