Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States for Saturday, 15 July 2017 "Minor Prophets (8)" Bible Reading: Nahum 1:1-8
Nahum 1:1 This is a prophecy about Ninveh, the book of the vision of Nachum the Elkoshi:
2 Adonai is a jealous and vengeful God.
Adonai avenges; he knows how to be angry.
Adonai takes vengeance on his foes
and stores up wrath for his enemies.
3 Adonai is slow to anger, but great in power;
and he does not leave the guilty unpunished.
Adonai’s path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and leaves it dry,
he dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and the Karmel languish;
the flower of the L’vanon withers.
5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills dissolve;
the earth collapses in his presence,
the world and everyone living in it.
6 Who can withstand his fury?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
the rocks broken to pieces before him.
7 Adonai is good,
a stronghold in time of trouble;
he takes care of those
who take refuge in him.
8 But with an overwhelming flood
he will make an end of [Ninveh’s] place,
and darkness will pursue his enemies.-------
Nahum was a prophet. God gave Nahum a vision about what would happen to the city of Nineveh.
Nineveh was a wicked city. The people in Nineveh sinned and rebelled against God. They worshiped false gods and made plans against God. So God was angry with the people in Nineveh.
Nahum told the people that God would destroy their city. Verse 2 of our Bible Reading says, "The Lord is a jealous God. The Lord punishes the guilty, and he is very angry. The Lord punishes his enemies, and he stays angry with them." Nahum's prophecy came true. Later, God destroyed the city of Nineveh.
Are you like the people of Nineveh? Have you sinned and rebelled against God? God loves you and wants you to obey and follow Him. Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you and help you follow Him every day.
"But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done."
[1 John 1:9]
PRAYER: Dear God, I confess my sins to You. Thank You for forgiving me. I want to always follow and obey You. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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