REALLY JONAH!!
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ANGER
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2. OPEN LINE
SULKING
PROCRASTINATION / PUTTING THINGS OFF
SABOTAGING PLANS BY PRETENDING TO GO ALONG
AVOIDING COMUNICATION
BACK HANDED COMPLIMENTS
ALL OF THESE ARE TRAITS OF ANGER
ANGER SLIDE NOW
- “PASSIVE AGRESSIVE” ANGER
LETS JUST PAUSE HERE AND READ THE SCRIPTURE FOR THIS WEEK SO WE CAN MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY I WOULD MAKE
READ SCRIPTURE
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
PERHAPS IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY OF JONAH YOU WILL RECOGNISE SOME OR EVEN ALL OF THOSE TRAITS THAT I MENTIONED
GOING TO TARSHISH - PROCRASTINATION
“IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU TO BE ANGRY?” NIV
SLEEPING IN THE BOAT WHILE CAOS INSUES - AVOIDING COMMUNICATION
JONAH 3
evading problems,
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”
Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night.
And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”
fear of intimacy or competition,
3. INTRODUCTION
PERHAPS IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY OF JONAH YOU WILL RECOGNISE SOME OR EVEN ALL OF THOSE TRAITS THAT I MENTIONED
GOING TO TARSHISH - PROCRASTINATION
SLEEPING IN THE BOAT WHILE CHAOS INSUES - AVOIDING COMMUNICATION
GOING ALONG OR AT LEAST APPEARING TO - MINISTERING TO NINEVAH
BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT - I KNEW YOU WOULD RELENT
SULKING BY LEAVING NINEVEH AND SITTING OUTSIDE WAITING TO SEE IT FAIL
ARE YOU PERHAPS RECOGNISING THIS IN YOURSELF TODAY?
making excuses,
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
4. MAIN POINT - SLIDE NOW
4. MAIN POINT
THAT WHICH ANGERS YOU CONTROLS YOU
blaming others,
5. WHY DOES IT MATTER?
obstructionism,
BECAUSE YOU WILL WALK AROUND BEING ANGRY AT THE WORLD AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING THROUGH ANGRY EYES.
playing the victim,
feigning compliance with requests,
sarcasm,
backhanded compliments,
and hiding anger.
6. POWER IN TEXT - SLIDE ON V 4,9
“DO YOU DO WELL TO BE ANGRY?” V 4, 9 ESV
“IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU TO BE ANGRY?” NIV
7. MOVE TOWARD APPLICATION
Anger is a normal and even healthy emotion — but it's important to deal with it in a positive way. Uncontrolled anger can take a toll on both your health and your relationships.
TALK ABOUT ANGER AND HOW IT STEMS FROM UNMET NEEDS AND NOT FEELING HEARD.
ANGER BLOCKS OUR ABILITY TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE
JONAH WAS MAD AT THE PLANT FOR DYING - HOW PATHETIC
HE EVEN ANSWERS GOD YES I’M MAD MAD ENOUGH TO DIE
8. WHAT IS MY MAIN “TO DO”
SIT IN IT AND ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS
WHY DID THAT MAKE ME ANGRY
AM I GOING TO LET IT CONTROL ME
9. WHY DOES IT MATTER?
THERE ARE PEOPLES LIVES AT STAKE HERE
THEY NEED SALVATION
GOD IS MERCIFUL
And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
10. CLOSING
GODS PLAN IS THAT ALL COME TO SALVATION
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
I DO BELEIVE THAT JONAH HAS TAUGHT US HOW PATIENT AND MERCIFUL GOD IS. THE LENGTHS HE DOES GO THROUGH TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.