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Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? – Joel 2:12 -17
The beginning of Joel chapter 2 starts with a serious call to the people because Judah was under the Judgment of God. locusts and droughts were destroying the land. Foreign armies were preparing to invade. God called His people to return and repent, to fast and pray, and to seek unto God for merc.
 
Starting at vs 12 , the word of God gives directions how to do this. A promise that, upon their repentance, God would remove the judgment. He would repair the breaches made upon them by it, and restore unto them plenty of all good things.
 
If Christians will turn back to God, the Churches finest hour is ahead in the United States