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Week 2… Running from Nineveh
Rock bottom is a terrible place to live and a great place to commit to change.
Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. —NIV Jonah 1:17–2:1
Everything in the Bible is to teach and instruct… to point us to Jesus.
He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth —NIV Matthew 12:39–40
No matter how far you run, God is chasing you to provide and rescue you.
Honesty and ownership invites God’s help.
Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. —NIV Jonah 2:8
But four big idols today… Money, Sex, Power, and Comfort… those who cling to worthless idols abandon their loyalty to God…
Repentance is what takes us from the death to life.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ” And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. —NIV Jonah 2:9–10
Order Matters…
The OFFER … The DECISION … The DELIVERANCE and PROVISION
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. —NIV John 3:16
For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” —NIV Romans 10:13
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. —NIV Matthew 11:28
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