WORD DIARY: THURSDAY MARCH 30, 2017

Jonah 4:9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?" "I do," he said. "I am angry enough to die." 

Who can question God’s purpose?! #PastorBasil

Jonah 4:10 But the Lord said, "You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.

The purpose of God stands sure! #PastorBasil

 

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Jonah 4:11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?"

My matter is God’s concern! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband — the Lord Almighty is his name — the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.

Let us pray: Praise God, we are redeemed in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: TUESDAY MARCH 28, 2017

Jonah 4:6 Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.

Divine provision! #PastorBasil

Jonah 4:7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered.

There is a reason… #PastorBasil

 

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Jonah 4:8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live."

I shall not die but live! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 54:4 "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

Let us pray: O Lord, arise and take away our reproach in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2017

Jonah 4:2 He prayed to the Lord, "O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

Yes indeed; God is so gracious! #PastorBasil

Jonah 4:3-4 Now, O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live."  But the Lord replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"

Sovereign Lord! #PastorBasil

 

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Jonah 4:5 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.

Powers waiting for our downfall shall wait in vain! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

Let us pray: O Lord arise and expand our coast in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2017

Jonah 3:6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

The gospel is for all! #PastorBasil

Jonah 3:8-9 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."

Lord, give us a heart of genuine repentance! #PastorBasil

 

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Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.

The mercies of the Lord endure forever! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 54:2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

Let us pray: Father, baptize us with divine increase in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2017

Jonah 3:1-2 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you."

We serve the God of a second chance! #PastorBasil

Jonah 3:3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city — a visit required three days.

Obedience is better than sacrifice! #PastorBasil

 

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Jonah 3:4-5 On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned." The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

The harvest is plenty, Lord give us genuine laborers! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 54:1 "Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the Lord.

Let us pray: O Lord, thank you for giving us a new song in Jesus name #PastorBasil