Joseph? A warrior? Yes, 'par excellence'. At every turn he was confronted by people who desired to bring him down, but he stood the test because God was with him--and he knew it.

Before the Flood, times were very hard, but there was a man who stood out among all others. For his times, he had what I would call, ‘the total package’. What was it about him that would begin to set the tone for our own lives today?

When it's all said and done, God's grace currently prevails, and is extended to all who will take hold of it.

Jonah now finds himself in the position of following through with God's call--but he has to do it God's way. You and I must resist the temptation to 'speak our mind'; rather, we must always speak what God says, because then we will be telling it like it is.

Chapter two of Jonah finds him in a difficult situation, described as being, 'in the belly of hell'. Have you ever been there? What did you do? Thank God that there is always grace to help in our time of need.

While Jonah is front and center in the book named after him, it is Nineveh which stands in the background as the catalyst. This wicked city was the object of God's grace, and He used Jonah to reach them; but there were some complications. Nineveh's story teaches us much about God--and ourselves.

King David was a man who went through difficult seasons in his life; as we all do. We learn powerful lessons from David and the apostle Paul about what to do when the hard seasons come.

Oh yes, entanglements do happen, but we don't always know it. Learn about the nature of entanglements, and other things to avoid.