The book of Jonah ends with one of history's greatest comebacks — an entire city repenting and God relenting. But what happened next? In this week's message from THE VOICE, our series through the Minor Prophets, we open Nahum: the Bible's sequel to Jonah, written a century later to the very same city. Discover why mercy and judgment are complementary rather than contradictory, why faith can never be inherited, and why this hard-edged prophecy contains one of the most comforting promises in Scripture: "The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him" (Nahum 1:7).

Show Notes

• The Bible's "sequel": how Nahum continues the story of Jonah, 100 years later
• The Bible as a book of comebacks — Moses, Rahab, Peter, Paul
• Three truths about God from Nahum 1:2–3: He cares for His people, He judges what opposes Him, and He is slow to anger
• Nineveh at the height of its power — and the prophecy no one believed
• History's confirmation: the flood, the fire, and a city lost until the 1840s
• Why God judged Nineveh: violence, idolatry, and arrogance
• Two lessons for today: sin will be dealt with, and God's mercy must be embraced by each generation
• The hope inside a hard book: God as refuge (Nahum 1:7)

Scriptures referenced: Nahum 1:2–3; 1:7; 1:8; 1:15; 2:2; 3:1–10; Jonah 3:1–10

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You think you know Jonah — the prophet, the storm, the whale. But this week's message adds one word that changes the whole story: disobedience. In this episode of Weekend Messages at Grand Point Church, part of our series The Voice on the minor prophets, we walk through the book of Jonah and find a man who heard God clearly and ran the other way, a God whose mercy was bigger than his enemies, and a question that lands on all of us: will we obey, or will we run? Wherever you're listening from, there's a next step here for you.

Show notes:

• Why "minor prophet" doesn't mean minor impact
• "Jonah + disobedience = whale" — the reframe that reshapes the story
• The calling Jonah didn't want, and why he ran (Jonah 1:1–3)
• How God used even Jonah's disobedience to bring the sailors to worship (Jonah 1:15–16)
• The honest prayer from inside the fish (Jonah 2:2–3)
• Nineveh repents — and Jonah sulks (Jonah 4:1–11)
• "Where are your priorities?" — God's closing question
• Avoidance vs. obedience, and the excuses we baptize in Christian language

Scripture referenced: Jeremiah 29:11 · Isaiah 30:21 · Jonah 1, 2 & 4

Next steps this week:

1. Identify the calling — ask the Holy Spirit if there's something you've been avoiding.
2. Repent honestly — confess the resistance; ask for a willing heart.
3. Take one obedient step — make the call, release the control, say yes.

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God is still speaking — but pride, fear, and bitterness can fill the line with static. In this week's message from our summer series The Voice, Pastor Lawrence walks through the book of Micah, an Old Testament courtroom drama where God takes the bench as Judge, His people stand as the defendants, and the verdict bends toward mercy.

We'll meet a small-town prophet with a nation-sized message, name the three barriers that keep us from hearing God's voice, and land on one of the most famous summaries of faith in all of Scripture: "To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). It's a message about getting the static out — and rediscovering the God who casts our sins into the depths of the sea.

In this episode:

• Why we're drawn to courtroom drama — and how Micah reads like one
• The truth that God is a speaking God who wants real conversation with you
• The three barriers to hearing God: pride, fear, and bitterness
• Why "resentment is a self-inflicted wound" — and how to let it go (James 1:21)
• The difference between hearing what we want and what we need
• Micah 6:8 and what God actually requires of us
• The hope of Micah 7:18 — the God who pardons sin

Next steps this week:

• 👉 Pick one barrier — pride, fear, or bitterness — and take one honest step to clear it. If it's bitterness, name the hurt and choose to release it this week.
• 🙏 Need prayer or want to take a next step in faith? Reach out through our website.

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