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10 October 2007
Theme for this week: The Sign of Jonah
Jonah 3:1-6
Once again the LORD told Jonah to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom. Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, "Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!" They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth. When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.
"Once again . . . "
God is so patient with us. Just as he did not abandon Jonah to the storm and the depths of the sea, God will not abandon us, even when we try to run away from him.
"The Lord told Jonah . . . "
How amazing that the creator of the universe should speak to us by name, and not just once but again and again.
"Go and preach"
God is tender and compassionate, but also very consistent!
"Jonah obeyed the Lord . . . "
What would obedience look like in our lives?
"The city was so big . . . "
God called Jonah to the city and he ran to the sea. God is interested in place, loving the world so much, he sent his Son (John 3:16).
Where does God send us with his message of love? What is the geography of the place and who are the people who inhabit it?
"They believed God's message . . . "
God calls us to share his word with all, from the least to the greatest. The message we bear has the capacity to challenge and change a whole society, but will we be faithful and obedient messengers?
Sent by the Lord am I. My hands are ready now
to make the earth a place in which the kingdom comes.
The angels cannot change a world of hurt and pain
into a world of love, of justice and of peace.
The task is mine to do, to set it really free.
Oh help me to obey, help me to do your will.
From the Church in Latin America
Written by Pete Sandford of FaithMatters
Theme for this week: The Sign of Jonah
Jonah 3:1-6
Once again the LORD told Jonah to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom. Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, "Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!" They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth. When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.
"Once again . . . "
God is so patient with us. Just as he did not abandon Jonah to the storm and the depths of the sea, God will not abandon us, even when we try to run away from him.
"The Lord told Jonah . . . "
How amazing that the creator of the universe should speak to us by name, and not just once but again and again.
"Go and preach"
God is tender and compassionate, but also very consistent!
"Jonah obeyed the Lord . . . "
What would obedience look like in our lives?
"The city was so big . . . "
God called Jonah to the city and he ran to the sea. God is interested in place, loving the world so much, he sent his Son (John 3:16).
Where does God send us with his message of love? What is the geography of the place and who are the people who inhabit it?
"They believed God's message . . . "
God calls us to share his word with all, from the least to the greatest. The message we bear has the capacity to challenge and change a whole society, but will we be faithful and obedient messengers?
Sent by the Lord am I. My hands are ready now
to make the earth a place in which the kingdom comes.
The angels cannot change a world of hurt and pain
into a world of love, of justice and of peace.
The task is mine to do, to set it really free.
Oh help me to obey, help me to do your will.
From the Church in Latin America
Written by Pete Sandford of FaithMatters
