by MJR | Jul 2, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Return to the LORD your God,for he is gracious and merciful,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;and he relents over disaster. Joel 2:13b-14 As a pharmaceutical representative, I spend a lot of time in waiting rooms. Sometimes people will comment on my...
by MJR | Jul 1, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD,“return to me with all your heart,with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Joel 2:12-13 Repentance. True repentance comes from within. Otherwise, it sometimes seems that some are more...
by MJR | Jun 28, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Blow a trumpet in Zion;sound an alarm on my holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,for the day of the LORD is coming; Joel 2:1 Over the last few weeks, I’ve been listening to a series of sermons by Chuck Swindoll on the topic of what Joel...
by MJR | Jun 27, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Awake, you drunkards, and weep,and wail, all you drinkers of wine,because of the sweet wine,for it is cut off from your mouth.For a nation has come up against my land,powerful and beyond number;its teeth are lions’ teeth,and it has the fangs of a lioness. Joel...
by MJR | Jun 26, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Hear this, you elders;give ear, all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing happened in your days,or in the days of your fathers?Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children to another generation. Joel 1:2-3 Not much is known...
by MJR | Jun 25, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning,...
