Date: 2025-05-30

AO: 3rd-f

Q: Schnitzel

PAX: Schnitzel, Bionic, Sharpie, Pinto, Web, Boucher, Tender Spice, Yogi (Florence)

FNGs: None

COUNT: 8

CONDITIONS:

It was a great day for God’s word but honestly so is everyday!! 😀

WARMUP:

Prayer

THE THANG:

The story we have read many times – considered in a different way.

Ephesians 4:30-32 – Bring to others what we receive from God – His undeniable sacrifice, mercy, love, etc.

Proverbs 3:5-6 – Your rescuing depends on your full reliance on God and letting everything about you be guided by Jesus with “whole-hearted” devotion.

1) have you ever been given a responsibility to do something that you did everything to get out of? Why do we as men do that?

Jonah was not a good prophet, however we know that God’s mercy knows no bounds for those who believe in Him

Read Jonah chapters 1-4

Up to this point in scripture we read about God’s word spoken through prophets where in Jonah we instead read the story of a prophet.

Lots of opposites in this book. We see:

– a prophet disobedient to God and running from His command to go to Ninavah and proclaim God’s message for them

– Jonah tries to run from God on the ocean that he acknowledges God commands – Jonah has little concern for anyone but himself – sleeping, volunteering to die to get out of Gods plan

– pagan sailors and a captain who acknowledge God

– thrown overboard Jonah tries to escape Gods plan and He sends a fish to provide safe passage back to dry land

– Jonah prays – a sort of repentance, thanking God for reaching him

– Jonah finally goes to Ninavah and utters 5 Hebrew words about being overthrown without mention of God, what Ninavah did wrong or even what the Ninavites needed to do and yet they repent and humble themselves – God then forgives them and doesn’t destroy them!

– Jonah gets mad about Gods mercy because that’s (in his mind) for the Israelites only, pouts and goes up on a hill in the distance, builds a poor shelter, but needs shade

– God provides a plant for shade and also a worm to consume it – because of His sovereignty to serve as a reminder that He is over all things!

– Jonah asks for death and still doesn’t understand the Heart and Love of God!

Each of us has a Jonah inside running from God, disobedient, without grace and mercy when not convenient for us and we are called to turn to God when we really need to!!

MARY:

Prayer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Pool Party – June 21st

PRAYER REQUEST:

For our community, our marriages, and us as Godly leaders

BOM: Schnitzel

MOLESKIN:

“Until you see the cross as that which is done by you, you will never appreciate that it was done for you!!” John Stott

Let’s charge forward each day seeking the Lord first and standing in the gap when other don’t – instead of choosing easy, let’s chase the hard!!