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What Jonah teaches us about how God deals with our failures.   The post You’re Fired! appeared first on Echo Lake Church.

Today we see Jonah the prophet angry because God is filled with mercy and compassion. What Jonah doesn't notice, and we do is that Jonah himself is spared multiple times by the same patience and mercy of God that he is so angry about. #irony

Today we see Jonah the prophet angry because God is filled with mercy and compassion. What Jonah doesn't notice, and we do is that Jonah himself is spared multiple times by the same patience and mercy of God that he is so angry about. #irony

How should you respond to people that you don’t agree with?   In this message we answer that question by looking at the end of Jonah’s story. What Jonah did once he got out of the whale serves as a good grid for checking whether your concerns line up with God’s concerns.

    In this episode, I discuss the roots and applications of effective, authentic persuasion with New York Times best-selling author Jonah Berger, PhD, including topics such as: How Jonah got interested in persuasion and decision-making What fascinates him about these topics In The Catalyst, Jonah writes about “Reactance”, which he describes as the negative feeling experienced when told what to do, often triggering resistance and rejection of whatever it is. How should policy makers address Reactance if the goal is to encourage widespread mask-wearing and vaccination, now that we have vaccines approved as safe and effective in the U.S. Jonah writes about another powerful force affecting people’s decision-making process- “Endowment” - which he defines as the increased value people place on things they’ve been doing or owning for a while, like a home, for example. How can those who want to authentically and honestly persuade take Endowment into account in their persuasion efforts. The role of emotion, not just data, is so important in persuasion. What Jonah says to those who aren’t comfortable invoking emotion or the type of training that expressly teaches not to invoke emotion? Where can listeners go to learn more about your work? Any plans yet for your next book?

Message by Pastor Mark. In Jonah Chapter 4:3, Jonah says, “Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live” (because he is so angry). What’s surprising, Jonah’s anger is directed at God because He is so Gracious. What???? Jonah wants to die because God is too gracious???? Yep! And sometimes our anger is just like Jonah’s.

The story of Jonah is one of the most popular in the entire Bible. However, in recent popular culture, far too much focus has been placed on role of the whale in the story. In this podcast, Dr. Richard N. Soulen and Dr. R. Kendall Soulen dive deeper into the important lessons of the Book … Continue reading 44. What Jonah lacked →

What Jonah is really about is really about what we really struggle with.  So relevant.  Jonah 4.  Plus, Scott is on a weekend furlough.  Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Please consider a tax-deductible gift at RadioChurch.org. Thank you for listening to the Cultivating Ethos Show with Pastor Scott Furrow.

Jonah – a prophet to the Northern Kingdom of Israel Time: During the reign of Jeroboam II (793-753 B.C.) Material prosperity in Israel: regained lost territory, as Jonah prophesied. But spiritual and moral decay as the nation moved away from God to idolatry. Hosea & Amos - contemporary prophets called Israel to repent. God’s judgment will come in a generation: the Assyrians will destroy Israel 30 years after Jeroboam II’s reign. Jonah 1:1-6 Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord v. 1. “The word of the Lord came to Jonah…” typical for a book of prophecy. v. 2. “Arise, go to Nineveh” – NOT typical – God sent prophets to Israel and Judah. Unlikely Mission: Assyrians were brutal: torture, dismembering, decapitations. Israel had paid heavy tribute to the Assyrians under King Jehu. Why would God warn the Assyrians and give them an opportunity to repent? v. 3 Unlikely Emissary: Jonah fled from the presence of the Lord. The Lord called Jonah east over land to Nineveh Jonah headed west by sea to Tarshish, (in modern Spain). Jonah had prophesied about Israel’s prosperity in 2 Ki He wanted no part in prophesying to Israel’s enemy. Why Jonah fled. 1. He doubted the goodness of God. How could God send Jonah to an enemy of God’s people? If we hold to the idea that everything that we go through must make sense to us, we may flee from God too. A bad report from the doctor. A relationship ends. A financial black hole. When life doesn’t make sense, God calls us to trust him. He demonstrated his love once & for all when he sent his son to die in your place. You can trust God; he intends good for you. He is for you. 2. He ignored the mercy of God for himself. In Chs. 1&2 Jonah acts like the prodigal son in Jesus’ parable. He runs from his father but returns repentant. In Chs. 3&4 Jonah acts like the older brother in the parable. He is angry at his father’s mercy toward a repentant sinner. Both doubted the goodness of their father. “The problem facing Jonah [is] the mystery of God’s mercy. It is a theological problem, but it is at the same time a heart problem. Unless Jonah can see his own sin and see himself as living wholly by the mercy of God, he will never understand how God can be merciful to evil people and still be just and faithful.” – Timothy Keller, The Prodigal Prophet We can be like the older brother, believing we have earned God’s favor. That is pride and the deceitfulness of sin. Instead of “Jesus paid it all” it says, “I have done it all.” How to know you’re missing the mercy of God for yourself – not forgiving others. Heart is cold toward those who are not like you. v. 4. “The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea…” Jonah does not get very far with his rebellion. “God never allows his children to sin successfully”. – Charles Spurgeon Sin brings trouble. That’s not to say that all trouble is the result of sin. But every sin will bring trouble – perhaps not right away, but over time. “All sin has a storm attached to it.” – Timothy Keller God created us to live for him more than anything else, for his glory. When we build our lives on something else, we go against the grain of our design. Christians have the promise that God uses storms for our good. What Jonah could not know, was that within the terror of the storm was the God who would not let him go. God was drawing him back from his rebellion. We know what Jonah could not God’s salvation came through weakness, suffering, and apparent defeat. There is mercy deep inside our storms.

WHEN PRAYERS COLLIDE--JONAH 2-1-10 AND 4-1-4--I. JONAH'S GRATEFUL PRAYER -2-1-10--A. Jonah's Distress -vv2-6a--1. Thrown overboard -v3--2. Banished from God's presence -v4--3. Entangled in the weeds -v5--4. Descended --went down-- into Sheol -v6a--B. Jonah's Deliverance -vv6b-7--1. By God -v6b--2. By the fish-3. By prayer -v7--C. Jonah's Devotion -vv8-9--1. Loyalty-2. Worship--II. JONAH'S ANGRY PRAYER -4-1-4--A. Jonah's Predicament -v1--1. Ninevites had gotten rid of their ra-ah-2. God had gotten rid of his ra-ah-3. Jonah holding ra-ah-B. Jonah's Explanation -v2--1. When Jonah first prayed-2. What Jonah first prayed-3. Why Jonah first prayed-C. Jonah's Request -v3-

While in the belly of the great fish, Jonah issued a cry–a cry from the depths of the water, a cry from the depths of his heart. In this prayer, Jonah recognizes that he deserves death, not deliverance. Yet the Lord graciously delivers him in a miraculous way. What Jonah recognizes in his cry from the deep needs to be our own recognition, his cry needs to become our cry. We are frail, sinful creatures who deserve death, not deliverance. Yet God graciously delivers us in an upside-down way: by graciously sending his Son to die in our place. “You brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.”

Jesus sacrifice on the cross is foretold all throughout scripture, beginning all the way back in Genesis. It's clear that God knew His rescue plan all along. Many of the prophets point to a savior that will take the punishment for our sin. In this sermon, Pastor Josh focuses on one prophet in particular, Jonah, and how the story of Jonah is a foreshadowing of the life of Jesus. What Jonah struggled to do by obeying God and preaching forgiveness, Jesus faithfully completed in a strikingly similar story, except without flaw.

There is a certain type of season wherein a certain type of person experiences a “timeout” from God. For Jonah, running from God had led to disastrous consequences, but God was not content to allow Jonah to end his story in tragedy. Jonah was sequestered by God in the belly of a fish in order to gain understanding about the most important things in life. What Jonah eventually discovered is that God is merciful to rebels and is eager to offer all of us second chances.

What Jonah learned [in today’s readings] is that those prejudices often are false. And if we leave the door open—if we leave the possibilities in place, if we make the effort, and if we are prompted by the Spirit and we go with that prompt—as absurd as it may seem, then suddenly what we imagined to be impossible becomes reality. And not only are those who we make an appeal to, transformed, but we are transformed ourselves in the process, and our lives are open to new possibilities by learning from those unlike us.

This episode of The Construction Leading Edge Podcast  is an interview with construction entrepreneur Jonah Canter, owner of Canter Construction in Charleston, SC. Click here to learn how to help your crews make you more money. Topics we cover in this episode include: How Jonah is still getting business from a single lead generation strategy he used. Differentiating yourself from the competition. Why Jonah focuses on getting Google reviews, and what that has done for his business. His non-traditional background that led him to owning a construction business. Common mistakes made by people starting a construction business. What Jonah uses social media for....but you may not have thought about. Strategies for negotiating with price hagglers. Sweat equity Resources mentioned in this episode: Two articles Jonah has written: Hell hath no fury Like ME scorned and how it helped me build my business Generating No-Cost Construction Leads Through Realtors – A Tutorial How you can connect with Jonah Canter: Company website - www.canterconstructionsc.com Instagram - @chucktown and @canterconstruction