In Jonah 1, we meet the Israelite prophet who preferred to flee rather than obey the Lord’s call to do something new, surprising, and unpleasant, namely, go preach to the Ninevites, the mortal enemies of the Israelites. However, God did not give up on Jonah, or, as we shall see, on the Ninevites, or on us.
1 Samuel ends on a sad but hopeful note with Saul killed and David waiting in the wings, but even David and the rest...
Dying and rising with Christ through faith transforms wives and husbands and solves the basic problem of marriages.
After noting how little the people had accomplished, in Haggai 2:1-9 God told them to be strong because of his presence with them.