CONTENTS
About the Straight to the Heart Series 9
Introduction: Blessing or Curse - You Decide 11
PART ONE: ISRAEL
Sucker Punch (Amos 1:1-2:16) 16
The Right Lines (Amos 2:4-16) 20
Three Good Reasons (Amos 3:1-5:17) 24
Three Curses (Amos 5:18-6:14) 28
The Kind of Person God Can Use (Amos 7:1-17) 32
Darkest Before the Dawn (Amos 8:1-9:10) 36
The Rebuild (Amos 9:11-15) 40
Crazy Love (Hosea 1:1-11) 44
The Big A (Hosea 2:1-3:5) 48
The Divorce Court (Hosea 4:1-5:15) 52
Real Repentance (Hosea 6:1-7:16) 56
True Knowledge (Hosea 8:1-9:17) 60
Soft Ground Drinks Rain (Hosea 10:1-15) 65
A Whole Lot of History (Hosea 11:1-11) 70
The Day Comes (Hosea 11:12-13:16) 74
The Return (Hosea 14:1-9) 78
PART TWO: ASSYRIA
The Man Who Said No (Jonah 1:1-3) 84
Three Sides to a Story (Jonah 1:4-17) 88
What's That Smell? (Jonah 2:1-10) 93
Word Power (Jonah 3:1-10) 97
The Lives of Others (Jonah 4:1-11) 102
Watch and See (Nahum 1:1-15) 106
The Impossible (Nahum 2:1-13) 110
Casualty (Nahum 3:1-19) 114
PART THREE: JUDAH
Sin Spreads (Micah 1:1-16) 120
Head Down (Micah 2:1-3:12) 124
The New Jerusalem (Micah 4:1-5) 128
King David II (Micah 4:6-5:15) 132
Courtroom Drama (Micah 6:1-7:7) 136
Back to Plan A (Micah 7:8-20) 140
Insect Army (Joel 1:1-20) 144
Human Army (Joel 2:1-27) 149
Spirit-Filled Army (Joel 2:18-32) 153
The Last Battle (Joel 3:1-21) 157
What Lies Beneath (Zephaniah 1:1-6) 161
Before the Day (Zephaniah 1:7-2:3) 165
When the Sea Gets In (Zephaniah 2:4-3:8) 169
The Remains of the Day (Zephaniah 3:9-20) 174
Let's Get Personal (Habakkuk 1:1-11) 178
Mystery (Habakkuk 1:12-2:3) 182
Faith and Force (Habakkuk 2:4-20) 186
Music Lesson (Habakkuk 3:1-19) 191
The Final Word (Obadiah 1-21) 195
PART FOUR: A BETTER ISRAEL
Underdog Story (Haggai 1:1-15) 200
The Greatest Temple (Haggai 2:1-9) 204
King Zerubbabel (Haggai 2:10-23) 208
The Future for Jerusalem (Zechariah 1:1-2:13) 212
Whiter than White (Zechariah 3:1-10) 217
Power Supply (Zechariah 4:1-14) 221
Homeland (Zechariah 5:1-6:8) 225
Priest and King (Zechariah 6:9-15) 229
Shortcut to Revival (Zechariah 7:1-8:23) 233
Building Instructions (Zechariah 9:1-11:17) 238
The Future for Israel (Zechariah 12:1-14:21) 243
Yeah, Right (Malachi 1:1-2:9) 248
What About You? (Malachi 2:10-3:5) 253
The Test (Malachi 3:6-12) 257
When God is Silent (Malachi 3:13-4:6) 261
Conclusion: Blessing or Curse - You Decide 265