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.