Don't Miss The Point
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intro-reflect on 9 years here...
intro-reflect on 9 years here...
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.
We must remember that His ways are above our ways.
We must remember that His ways are above our ways.
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah would rather die than his enemies experience God’s grace.
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
4 But the LORD replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
The New International Version (Chapter 4)
10 But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
We don’t truly understand Grace until we’re willing to give it to others.
We don’t truly understand Grace until we’re willing to give it to others.
God’s love for your enemies is stronger than your hate for them.
We must acknowledge and repent of our bias’s and prejudices that make us not love our neighbors as ourselves.
We must acknowledge and repent of our bias’s and prejudices that make us not love our neighbors as ourselves.
If we miss Jesus, we miss everything.
If we miss Jesus, we miss everything.
Luke 15 the story of the prodigal sons