Night Prayer
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Inspiration
We become impatient with constant interruptions when working on a project. Sometimes it's challenging to get back on task when we stop and start again. God asked Jonah to travel to Ninevah, which meant he would lay everything down to continue forward in the work God commissioned. When we surrender our lives to God, we must lay everything down to follow Him. Surrender may require finding a new job, a different residence, or making an immense lifestyle change. We will listen and make necessary changes according to the will of God.
Prayer
Dear God, we have chosen to follow You and make necessary changes as we share our walk. We will listen and obey when given directions regarding Your plan. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Devotion
Abraham is Father of All
Frances Taylor
There are questions in every age about the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. Abraham is considered to be the Father of Faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We forget that it was Abraham who believed in the doctrine of only one God. It is through him and his descendants that this tradition comes down to us. Another fact that we can overlook is that Jesus was Jewish. He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died, rose and ascended into heaven as a Jew. Because we believe that he was the Messiah, the Christ, and we follow him, we are called Christian. Without the Old Testament, we wouldn't understand the promise of salvation; we wouldn't understand why it was important for Jesus to be of the family of King David. We would not understand his teaching either, because Jesus quoted from Scripture – the Old Testament – frequently. He told us that he came to fulfill the Scriptures, not to abolish them. In the same way, we can ...
