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September 7, 2025
“Unlocking the Bible”

August 31, 2025
“The Skeptical Prophet” Jonah – part three, and a special prayer in response to the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church

August 24, 2025
“The Skeptical Prophet” Jonah – part two

August 17, 2025
Guest speaker Dr. Janice Aanenson
Sound starts at 33:54

August 10, 2025
“The Skeptical Prophet” Jonah – part one

August 3, 2025
“My Favorite Scripture” John 3:16

July 27, 2025
“My Favorite Scripture” Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

July 20, 2025
“My Favorite Scripture” Micah 6:8

July 13, 2025
“My Favorite Scripture” Psalm 23

July 6, 2025
“Dangers of Christian Nationalism”

June 29, 2025
“Twisted Scriptures” – Homosexuality is a Sin

June 22, 2025
“Twisted Scriptures” – Women Shouldn’t be Preachers

June 15, 2025
Guest Preacher Rev. Gary Hanson – “Suffering”

June 8, 2025
Pentecost, and “Twisted Scriptures” – Divorce

June 1, 2025
“Twisted Scriptures” – God Won’t Give Me More Than I Can Handll

Daily Devotions

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Daily Devotions September 15-20

Monday, September 15
Psalm 139:1-18
O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from far away.
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    O Lord, you know it completely.
You hem me in, behind and before,
    and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is so high that I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
    Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
  My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
    all the days that were formed for me,
    when none of them as yet existed.
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
    I come to the end—I am still with you.
As part of the sermon series Pastor Paul is sharing called, “Unlocking the Bible” we are continuing to look at important Scriptures in the Old Testament. This devotion and last week’s devotion share a total of twelve Scriptures that are significant in the Old Testament.
In this Psalm we read about God’s enduring presence. There is nowhere to go where God is not present with us.
Read these verses slowly and reverently. They communicate an important message to us about God. Consider reading them through more than once
The writer of the Psalm acknowledged that God is always present.
“Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, who are there.
If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
Even there your hand shall lead me,
And your right hand shall hold me fast.”
(Psalm 139:7-10)
What are your takeaways from this Psalm? Please share!

Tuesday, September 16
Psalm 150
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
    praise him in his mighty firmament!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
    praise him according to his surpassing greatness!
Praise him with trumpet sound;
    praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
    praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with clanging cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
This Psalm is not only the last one in the bible; it concludes a section of “praise” Psalms which are found in Psalm 146-150.
Thirteen times in this Psalm we read the word, “Praise.”
As you go through your day, how many times can you praise God? Be especially attentive for ways and opportunities to share praise.
In verses three to five we can almost hear music being shared that expresses praise. We praise god with trumpet sound and lute and harp and tambourine and dance and strings and pipe and clanging cymbals and loud clashing cymbals. Imagine the cacophony of sound.
Then verse six is a beautiful way to close the Psalm.
“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.”
What are some ways that you are able to praise the Lord. These ways don’t have to bring attention to you; instead they can be ways to bring honor to God. What works for you? Please share.

Wednesday, September 17
Isaiah 40:1-5
Comfort, O comfort my people,
    says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that she has served her term,
    that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.
Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
These verses announce a significant change in the book of Isaiah. Until this chapter the people of Judah were being threatened with exile. The prophet Isaiah was doing everything possible to warn the people what might happen.
And then everything changed. The tone and the message of Isaiah changed.
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her
That she has served her term,
That her penalty is paid,
That she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Isaiah 40:1-2
The warnings of what might happen were suddenly gone. The themes of comfort and compassion and tenderness are now shared. The people of Judah had gone into exile. Now God was comforting them in their difficult place.
Some people call this section of Isaiah, Second Isaiah. It goes through Isaiah 55. No longer are the people being warned about what could happen; instead they are being comforted for what is happening.
What are your thoughts about this passage? Please share.

Thursday, September 18
Jeremiah 31:31-34
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.
The book of Jeremiah is a large compilation of the stories of the person named Jeremiah. Reading these 52 chapters is reading about the human condition. Jeremiah was constantly trying to bring the people back to God and sharing what was most important to God. Jeremiah was a prophet.
In these verses we read about a new idea—the new covenant. God was making a promise that something new was going to happen. Many people believe that this new covenant was a foreshadowing of the entrance of Jesus into the world. Things were going to change—even though Jesus didn’t come into the world for a least five hundred years.
This covenant would be set in people’s hearts. God would forgive people’s sins.
You and I benefit from this new covenant that Jeremiah announced. We could imagine this message that Jeremiah shared a message to us.
What does it mean to you that you enjoy the benefits of this new covenant? Please share.

Friday, September 19
Amos 5:21-24
I hate, I despise your festivals,
    and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
    I will not look upon.
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
    I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like water
    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
These words come from Amos, who is labeled as a Minor Prophet. But do know that there is nothing minor about the message of Amos. He is described as a Minor Prophet because the length of the book is shorter than others.
God was upset with the people of Judah. God was tired of the rituals of faith. What God wanted was not the practice of these rituals. Instead God wanted to see all people treated with justice or fairness.
“Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:24
These words could be spoken to us. God wants to see all of us as followers of Jesus to help justice be lived out among all people, especially the poor. The biblical motivation for the ministry at Chain of Lakes with people who are homeless could be this verse!
What does this verse mean to you? And what does it mean for your faith? Please share.

Saturday, September 20
Micah 6:6-8
“With what shall I come before the Lord
    and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
    and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
    and to walk humbly with your God?
These verses are similar to the ones we read yesterday. Micah is also described as a Minor Prophet—though there is nothing minor about these verses.
We learn in the entire chapter that God is not most interested in the rituals of our faith. God wants our hearts to be connected to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.
All three parts are important. They make up a complete faith.
Sometimes doing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly with God is hard. We need strength from God to help us do them. This verse could be part of our daily prayer—every day!
What does this verse mean to you? Please share.

Daily Devotions September 8-13, 2025

Monday, September 8
Genesis 1:26-31
Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”
So God created humans in his image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
This past Sunday Pastor Paul began a sermon series called, “Unlocking the Bible,” a metaphor that he is using to describe the Bible is a treasure chest. In this series he’s sharing four keys that will help unlock the Bible or this treasure chest.
One key is reading the Bible. And thanks in advance for reading these devotions. You have a key to unlocking the Bible!
For the next four weeks during this series we’ll look at Scriptures that are very important—half from the Old Testament and half from the New Testament.
In this Scripture we learn about the goodness of humans. One powerful part of this creation story is the description of humans. Humans are remade in the image and likeness of God. Twice we read about this, in these verses—in verse 26 and verse 27.
At the end of this story God looked at the humans he created and described that humans were very good. Each day in this story God had declared that what was created was good. Now at the pinnacle of this story—the 6^th day or last day of when God was creating, humans were described as very good.
We don’t often think of humans as very good. It’s easy to see the problems in the world and the problems that humans have caused. We don’t often see stories of humans described as very good.
Except we read about it in these verses in Genesis.
Why don’t you think humans are often described as very good? Please share
How about if for the next 24 hours you do your best at communicating that humans are very good?

Tuesday, September 9
Genesis 12:1-9
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot and all the possessions that they had gathered and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran, and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb.
Some believe that these verses should be the start of the Bible. This is the start of the story of the lineage to the nation of Israel and Judah and the lineage of Jesus. Abram was asked by God to leave his country and his kindred to go to a land far away.
God promised Abram that God would make a great nation from Abram’s descendants and bless Abram on this journey.
Abram took his family with him and his nephew Lot. He was seventy-five years old when he left on this grand journey.
It took great faith for Abram to leave everything to go on this journey. We read three chapters later in Genesis 15:6 that Abram believed God and saw it as righteousness.
This story is part of a covenant. It was a promise by God to Abram. Some people believe that the term Old Testament or first testament should be phrased as old or first covenant.
This promise by God extends to each of us. We are descendants of Abram and this covenant.
What does it mean to you that you are a descendant of Abram? Please share.

Wednesday, September 10
Exodus 14:10-14
As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” But Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today, for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”
The story of the exodus or the liberation of the Israelites from Pharaoh or Egypt is a central story in the Old Testament. God asked Moses to go to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to let the people go. Pharaoh refused this request of Moses. Through plagues and ultimately the death of the first born of all Egyptian males, Pharaoh let the people go.
But Pharaoh had second thoughts. In this story Moses and the Israelites were trapped. In front of the Israelites was the Red Sea; in back of the Israelites was the advancing armies of Pharaoh.
The Israelites were trapped—and afraid—and they took their fear out on Moses. Moses responded to being trapped by sharing this declaration to the people.
“Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today, for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.” Exodus 15:13-14
What do these words mean to you? Please share.

Thursday, September 11
Exodus 20:1-17
Then God spoke all these words,
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
“You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
“Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
We know of this verse, of course, as the 10 Commandments. We can also find them in Deuteronomy 5.
The first four commandments are about our relationship to God and how to follow God; the last six commandments are about our relationship to other humans.
These Commandments are worth memorizing. Consider memorizing one a day for the next ten days.
Did you learn or memorize these Commandments when you were younger?
And what do these Commandments mean to you today? Please share.

Friday, September 12
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
“Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
These words by Moses to the Israelites were words that God wanted the Israelites to embrace when they crossed the Jordan and went into the Promised Land. Verses four and five are most significant.
“Hear [Shema], O Israel: The Lord is our god, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your god with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:4-5
These words are worth memorizing.
What are your thoughts about these two verses? Please share.

Saturday, September 13
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
  he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
    I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    my whole life long.
This Psalm is probably the best known Psalm of the 150 Psalms that are in the Bible. It is often read at funerals. Which is comforting. And this Psalm gives us help in our daily lives.
We read that God is our shepherd. This metaphor is helpful as we see God as someone who is always looking out for us. The shepherd helps us and leads us beside still waters and restores our soul.
Even when we go through hard times, the good shepherd is with us. God hasn’t abandoned us when life turns difficult. Sometimes, and often when we don’t even realize it—God is carrying us through these hard times.
Goodness and mercy will always be with us. What a beautiful promise.
What are some of your takeaways from the 23^rd Psalm? Please share.

Daily Devotions September 1-6, 2025

Monday, September 1
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
When Jesus climbed what is today known as the “Mount of Beatitudes” to share what is called the Sermon on the Mount, then life changed for his followers. He sat down on the mountain and acting in the tradition of a Rabbi gave wisdom that has changed the world.
The first eleven verses of the Sermon on the Mount are known as the Beatitudes. One is today’s “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”
The English word, “meek” comes from the Greek word, “praus.” We might think of meek as someone who is powerless—doing what other’s want in a gentle way. But this is not at all the case.
Praus is a description of someone who is ready to respond with power in a gentle way; it is a description of someone willing to submit to God rather than exhibit weakness.
This week we will have the opportunity to go deeper into what praus means and how this can help us respond to the tragedy that happened at Annunciation Church. We’ll also see how Jonah was a lousy exhibitor of praus.
Who do you know who is always ready to respond with power in a gentle way? Whether the person knows it or not, the person lives with praus. The person would much rather submit to God rather than weakness. Please share.

Tuesday, September 2
Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
“I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” These words were shared by Jesus in this Scripture from Matthew. It is also shared by Pastor Paul as a welcome to celebrate Communion.
The word for “gentle” comes from the Greek word “praus.” As we learned yesterday it is a description of someone who is willing to respond to a situation in a determined way.
Being gentle is not a sign of weakness. Instead it’s a sign of strength. A person who consistently shares gentleness experiences all of the emotions that other humans experience. But the person has trained him or herself to respond with praus or gentleness to all of the situations that the person experiences.
If we heard that a person responded to the shootings at Annunciation Church with gentleness, we might think this is a response of weakness. But nothing could be further from the truth. Exhibiting praus or gentleness is a reflection of determination or purpose. The person is not going to stop responding until a solution is found.
Our culture needs people right now who are willing to respond with this sense of determination or purpose.
What can you do to go deeper into this type of gentleness that is required of this moment? Please share.

Wednesday, September 3
Jonah 4:1
But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.
For the past month, the people of Chain of Lakes have been hearing about the prophet, Jonah in worship. Unfortunately, Jonah has not always exhibited behaviors that people of faith are called to exhibit.
We read in this verse that Jonah was angry. He was angry because the people of Nineveh responded to Jonah’s proclamation in Jonah 3:4b. The people had repented by turning to God. They repented by fasting and putting on sackcloth.
Jonah’s emotional response was quite petty. It certainly was not exhibiting praus.
Many are angry about what happened a week ago at Annunciation Church. Anger is justified and appropriate. But anger can also lead nowhere. Just being angry is not enough. Responding to anger with praus is a start.
What are your thoughts? Please share.

Thursday, September 4
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.
Since the first chapter of Jonah the question of why Jonah fled to Tarshish instead of Nineveh has hung over the story. In this verse Jonah revealed why he chose his actions. This question is answered.
The reason for his choice is quite surprising. We might expect that Jonah did not go because he was afraid of God, or he stopped believing in God. But this is not true. Jonah didn’t go to Nineveh because he knew that the goodness of God would eventually prevail, and Jonah didn’t want God’s goodness to prevail in Nineveh. Jonah would have rather seen the people of Nineveh be destroyed.
This is quite an admission by Jonah.
It’s amazing given what Jonah revealed in this book that the book of Jonah even made it into the Bible. Jonah did not want to do the goodness that God wanted him to do. We could think of Jonah as an anti-prophet instead of a prophet.
What are your thoughts about Jonah’s actions? Please share.

Friday, September 5
Jonah 4:3-5
And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Then Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the city.
Jonah knew that his behavior was wrong. So he wanted to depart from earth—to die. He had given up.
Even if we’re not emotionally attached to Jonah, we might be able to relate to what Jonah wanted. We might have had a time in our life when we gave up. Most likely we were not willing to die, but in this situation we certainly were not exhibiting praus. We were not responding to our situation with strength—instead we were responding with hopelessness.
Jonah responded to his own situation by wanting to die. He had given up.
God, though, had not given up on Jonah. We’ll see that in tomorrow’s story.
If you ever have a moment when you have given up on you, know that God has not given up. Even if you cannot see a positive way out of your situation, God has.
What are thoughts about these ideas? Please share.

Saturday, September 6
Jonah 4:9-11
But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many animals?”
At the end of the book of Jonah, God was still trying to teach Jonah and reach him with a message. In verses 6-8 (and if you have time read these verses), God had sent a plant to give welcome shade to Jonah. Then God sent a worm so that the plant withered. God sent a sultry wind that cause Jonah to experience extreme heat.
Through his actions God was trying to explain to Jonah why God was concerned about Nineveh. He was relating this to the experience that Jonah had just had. Jonah was very concerned about the bush and the respite it gave him from the heat. God was concerned about the welfare of the people and animals of Nineveh—all hundred and twenty thousand people. The people had lived because of Jonah’s preaching. Jonah had not experienced joy at what happened in Ninevah. We can see that he could not move beyond his own needs.
What are your thoughts about the conclusion of the book of Jonah and the book of Jonah in general? Please share.

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Community Gardens

Chain of Lakes Church is excited to offer a Community Garden Ministry next to the new church building at 2650 125th Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55449. It’s just east of Malmborg’s Garden Center on 125th Ave NE in Blaine or .8 miles east of Radisson Rd on 125th Ave NE, Blaine.