by MJR | Jul 3, 2024 | Genuine Hope
I will restore to you the yearsthat the swarming locust has eaten,the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,my great army, which I sent among you.“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,and praise the name of the LORD your God,who has dealt wondrously with you.And...
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...
