Find your voice
I approached writing this blog this morning with dread in my heart. The nations judged. Really? I have to talk about this again? How many times have we covered the judgement of Israel’s surrounding...
Author: Helen Redfern
Power and vision and passion for all
God continues to speak through the prophet Joel. He still has more to share. Joel tells the people about a coming day, a day he calls The Day Of The Lord. A day when...
The wasted years
In the last post, we were reminded of how God responds. God restores. Within Joel chapter 2, there’s a verse that I didn’t mention before, a verse that I wanted to have a blog...
God responds
God responds. God always responds. When the people turn away from their stubbornness and rebellion against God, He responds. When they are truly sorry in their hearts, He responds. When they turn back to...
‘Where is their God?’
So far in Joel Chapter 2, we’ve seen how Joel has prophesied about an epic invasion of locusts, an invincible army with God at its head. There’s a call to repent on a personal...
All about appearance
The world tells us it’s all about appearance. That we’re only worth loving if we look right. That people will judge us by how we look, so how we look is of utmost importance....
A heart response
So having lived through a plague of locusts sweeping through the land, destroying everything in their path, Joel draws a parallel between this mighty invasion and the coming of God’s judgement. God does this...
A lesson on locusts
In yesterday’s post, Joel posed this question – Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors? Joel 1:2 And what was he talking about? Well, locusts....
Time to find your voice
Hey, I’m back! New year, new month, new book of the Bible! We’ve arrived at the book of Joel. Joel. That’s one of those names that’s endured. It’s a popular boy’s name even now...
One long love story
The Bible is not a collection of individual, random stories. The Bible tells one long story, the never-ending story, and the thread running through the whole story is God’s forever love. Despite this perfect...
