YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE! (1 OF 4)
You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide! (1 of 4)
Series: The Will of God for You in the Book of Jonah
Marvin Patterson
Jonah 1
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. ‘‘Mr. Smith, can a whale really swallow a human?’’ the little girl asked. ‘‘It is physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human,’’ Mr. Smith said. ‘‘Even though it is a large mammal, it has a very small throat.’’ ‘‘But Jonah was swallowed by a whale in the Bible,’’ the girl said. ‘‘The Bible must have been mistaken,’’ Mr. Smith said. ‘‘It’s just impossible for a human to be swallowed by a whale.’’ ‘‘Fine,’’ the girl said. ‘‘When I get to heaven, I’ll ask Jonah what happened.’’ ‘‘And what if Jonah went to hell?’’ Mr. Smith asked cheekily. ‘‘Then you ask him!’’
Introduction: We are going to be looking at the greatest fish story of all over the next couple of weeks. This is the story of a backslidden prophet named Jonah, who was supposed to preach to the enemies of Israel, but instead he fled in the opposite direction. e cannot outrun God. The most important task that we can achieve is to do the will of God for our life. So many times God will lay something on our hearts, and we try to ignore it, or even run from it. We are all called to do a work for the Lord. Will we be obedient to the call of God, or will we resist it and run from it! Well, Jonah found out that it does not pay to run from God! God called Jonah to go to the Ninevites and preach repentance towards God, but he ran in the exact opposite direction, and found himself in a whale of a mess! Friends, I encourage you to learn from Jonah that it never pays to run from our Lord! He will track us down, and we cannot hide. Follow the plan that God has for you, and you will be successful in life! Success is finding the will of God, and doing it as early in life as possible! With that in mind, let us see what happens to the prophet Jonah.
Body: 1- The Call of God 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the so ...
Series: The Will of God for You in the Book of Jonah
Marvin Patterson
Jonah 1
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. ‘‘Mr. Smith, can a whale really swallow a human?’’ the little girl asked. ‘‘It is physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human,’’ Mr. Smith said. ‘‘Even though it is a large mammal, it has a very small throat.’’ ‘‘But Jonah was swallowed by a whale in the Bible,’’ the girl said. ‘‘The Bible must have been mistaken,’’ Mr. Smith said. ‘‘It’s just impossible for a human to be swallowed by a whale.’’ ‘‘Fine,’’ the girl said. ‘‘When I get to heaven, I’ll ask Jonah what happened.’’ ‘‘And what if Jonah went to hell?’’ Mr. Smith asked cheekily. ‘‘Then you ask him!’’
Introduction: We are going to be looking at the greatest fish story of all over the next couple of weeks. This is the story of a backslidden prophet named Jonah, who was supposed to preach to the enemies of Israel, but instead he fled in the opposite direction. e cannot outrun God. The most important task that we can achieve is to do the will of God for our life. So many times God will lay something on our hearts, and we try to ignore it, or even run from it. We are all called to do a work for the Lord. Will we be obedient to the call of God, or will we resist it and run from it! Well, Jonah found out that it does not pay to run from God! God called Jonah to go to the Ninevites and preach repentance towards God, but he ran in the exact opposite direction, and found himself in a whale of a mess! Friends, I encourage you to learn from Jonah that it never pays to run from our Lord! He will track us down, and we cannot hide. Follow the plan that God has for you, and you will be successful in life! Success is finding the will of God, and doing it as early in life as possible! With that in mind, let us see what happens to the prophet Jonah.
Body: 1- The Call of God 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the so ...
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