The # 1 predictor of spiritual growth is reading the Bible

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The # 1 predictor of spiritual growth is reading the Bible It must be done daily. The Bible must be engaged in, reflected upon, and interacted with. The Guess Challenge

The Guess Challenge 30 people made guesses. Book of John (7) Philippians (4) James (3) I Corinthians (3) Romans (2) Acts (2) 9 others books of the Bible were guessed once All the guesses were wrong! but . . . .

What Can God Reveal to Me in the Book of Jonah? What does the story of a giant fish, eating someone, have to do with my life anyway? What Can God Reveal to Me in the Book of Jonah?

Jonah tries to run away from God. Have you ever tried to run away from God?

2. Jonah is willing to sacrifice his life and die for strangers, but he is not willing to sacrifice and live for God. Are you putting your own priorities above living for God?

3. These new “God-followers” believe in, pray to, offer a sacrifice to, and vow to serve God. Often times it’s the newest Christians that have the most powerful witness to others. If you are a new Christian or new to church, are you telling others?

4. God gives Jonah a second chance 4. God gives Jonah a second chance. God is willing to offer each one of us a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth . . .) chance in life. Am I taking the second, third, fourth . . . chance that God is offering me?

5. Jonah is arrogant and thinks he knows better than God how to do things. Christians don’t “own” God. Have you ever acted in a way that sent the message, “God is only for me”?

6. The ending to Jonah is open. Our lives have open endings as well 6. The ending to Jonah is open. Our lives have open endings as well. What happens will depend on how we are willing to respond to God and his calling upon our lives. What is the one “next thing” God is calling you to do in your life. Are you willing to do it?

Have you ever tried to run away from God? Are you putting your own priorities above living for God? If you are a new Christian or new to church, are you waiting to tell others? Are you taking the second, third, fourth… chance that God offers us you? Have you ever acted in a way that sent the message, “God is only for me”?

What is the one “next thing” God is calling you to do in your life What is the one “next thing” God is calling you to do in your life. Are you willing to do it?