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Part 3: God's Persistent Grace

LOVE IN ACTION

PART 3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jonah 3

“Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: ‘Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.’ This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.” Jonah 3:1-3 (NLT)

1. GOD GIVES SECOND CHANCES TO RUNAWAYS.

“And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” Jonah 2:10 (NIV)

  • You need God’s persistent grace.

2. GOD GIVES SECOND CHANCES TO CITIES FAR FROM GOD.

“On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: ‘Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!’” Jonah 3:4 (NLT)

“The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.” Jonah 3:5 (NLT)

“When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes. Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: ‘No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.’”    Jonah 3:6-7 (NLT)

“People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence. Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change His mind and hold back His fierce anger from destroying us.” Jonah 3:8-9 (NLT)

  • God wants us to love our city.

3. GOD WANTS YOU TO SHARE SECOND CHANCES.  

“When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, He changed His mind and did not carry out the destruction He had threatened.” Jonah 3:10 (NLT)

  • Why love Midland?

  • Asks for 30 Days of Love in Action:

1. Participate in the church-wide reading plan on My Church on the Bible App.

2. Participate with a group or as an individual in local service projects.

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS: 

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This week’s Reading Plan and blog/podcast:

  • YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan:
    “Anger: The Good, the Bad, the Destructive” (8 days)   

  • Blog and Podcast: “An Army of One”

Love In ActionDr. John Gerlach