The Chosen People

# 232 - Jonah & The Beast P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 232 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 3:31-32, Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse, but takes the upright into his confidence.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app.
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# 231 - Jehu: The Butcher King - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jehu returns in 2 Kings 10 with blazing zeal—toppling Baal yet leaving the golden calves—forcing us to ask whether our “justice” looks anything like God’s. This episode wrestles with zeal without surrender, and why true reform must be aligned with mercy, humility, and obedience.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 231 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jeremiah 9:24, Let the one who boasts, boast in this: that they have the understanding to know Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.
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# 230 - Jehu: The Kingslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People, A prophet’s oil crowns a warrior and unleashes a firestorm: Jehu rides hard into 2 Kings 9, toppling Ahab’s house and forcing us to confront the razor’s edge between divine justice and human vengeance. In this episode, we wrestle with anointing without holiness—and why Jesus’ way of the cross tells a different story.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 230 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Habakkuk 1:3–4, Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app.
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# 229 - King Joram & The Boiled Babies - In this episode of The Chosen People, Samaria collapses under siege—famine ravages the city, the king unravels, and despair blames the prophet—until Elisha declares a shocking promise of overnight deliverance. This episode wrestles with judgment and mercy, the silence of God, and the unexpected ways He saves when hope seems impossible.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 229 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Hosea 4:10, They will eat, but not have their fill; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app.
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# 228 - Elisha & The Floating Axe - In this episode of The Chosen People, a borrowed axe sinks in the Jordan and an army surrounds the city—but Elisha shows that God cares for both the smallest loss and the greatest threat. This is a story of trust, vision, and the unseen power that lifts what we thought was gone.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 228 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Job 5:9, He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app.
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