Category: When it all goes wrong…..

And now, you priests, this warning is for you.  Malachi 2:1 When Malachi addressed the priests, he had a very specific group of people in mind. For me, this message is applicable to a...

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘worship’? The songs in a church service? A time of prayer and praise within a meeting? The whole of a church service such as...

As Zephaniah continues with his prophecy, there is big news. Judah and Jerusalem are to be judged along with the surrounding nations. Judah prided itself on being God’s chosen nation; Jerusalem, God’s holy city....

The third and final chapter of the book of Nahum is a battle cry. Woe to Nineveh! Woe to this city of blood! Woe to this city, ‘full of lies, full of plunder, never...

Nineveh to fall. That is the title attributed to Nahum chapter 2. And of that, there is no doubt. Not in Nahum’s mind. God has shown him a vision of exactly what this will...

MISERY noun, plural miseries. 1. wretchedness of condition or circumstances. 2. distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty. 3. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness. 4. a cause or source of...

In Micah 3, the prophet Micah moves on to address two groups of people in particular: the leaders and the prophets. The leaders are the rulers of Israel: those who should be setting an...

From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. Jonah 2:1 It was all he could do. In the depths of despair, Jonah was striving to find a language for his pain....

Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.  Jonah 1:17 Let’s not get hung on the huge fish....

The story so far: God has asked Jonah to do something he doesn’t want to do and Jonah has run in the opposite direction. God has sent a storm to bring Jonah to his...