A CALL TO REPENTANCE
(NLT)

HELLO BELIEVERS OF THE WORD,

JOEL 2:12-17

 

A CALL TO REPENTANCE

(12)THAT IS WHY THE LORD SAYS, “TURN TO ME NOW, WHILE THERE IS TIME! GIVE ME YOUR HEARTS. COME WITH FASTING, WEEPING, AND MOURNING. (13)DON’T TEAR YOUR CLOTHING IN YOUR GRIEF; INSTEAD, TEAR YOUR HEARTS.” RETURN TO THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR HE IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL. HE IS NOT EASILY ANGERED. HE IS FILLED WITH KINDNESS AND IS EAGER NOT TO PUNISH YOU. (14)WHO KNOWS? PERHAPS EVEN YET HE WILL GIVE YOU A REPRIEVE, SENDING YOU A BLESSING INSTEAD OF THIS TERRIBLE CURSE. PERHAPS HE WILL GIVE YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER GRAIN AND WINE TO THE LORD YOUR GOD AS BEFORE! (15)BLOW THE TRUMPET IN JERUSALEM! ANNOUNCE A TIME OF FASTING; CALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN MEETING. (16)BRING EVERYONE-THE ELDERS, THE CHILDREN, AND EVEN THE BABIES. CALL THE BRIDEGROOM FROM HIS QUARTERS AND THE BRIDE FROM HER PRIVATE ROOM. (17)THE PRIESTS, WHO MINISTER IN THE LORD’S PRESENCE, WILL STAND BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE ALTER, WEEPING. LET THEM PRAY, “SPARE YOUR PEOPLE, LORD! THEY BELONG TO YOU, SO DON’T LET THEIR NAME BECOME A PROVERB OF UNBELIEVING FOREIGNERS WHO SAY, WHERE IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL? HE MUST BE HELPLESS!

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