God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
Thanksgiving prayer in suffering, Unexpected God’s salvation “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,” (Jonah 2:1). How could Jonah give thanks to God even in times of sufferings? He remembered the grace of salvation that God had given to him in the past. Then what was the grace of salvation that God had given to Jonah in the past? God saved Jonah when he was thrown into the sea by commanding the great fish to swallow Jonah (1:15). This is not the salvation we pray for and expect. The salvation we are praying and expecting is that when we ask God for deliverance, God deliver us right away. For example, when Apostle Peter, who was sinking into the water, said to Jesus “L...