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Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. Hymns Invitation Red Songbook - Supplemental

Jonah Pouted Jonah 4 2Ki 14:23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 2Ki 14:25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

Providence God appointed a fish – Preservation God appointed a plant – Shelter God appointed a worm – Testing God appointed a wind – Trial

Providence God appointed a fish – Preservation God appointed a plant – Shelter God appointed a worm – Testing God appointed a wind – Trial

Lessons In Jonah Is it right to want our enemies destroyed? Is there a good reason to be angry? Is there a good reason to despair? How can we learn compassion? God’s patience in our growth

Lessons In Jonah Is it right to want our enemies destroyed? - Job 31:29, Proverbs 24:17, Obadiah 1:12 - Romans 5:8 (Ezekiel 18), Matthew 5:43-48 Job 31:29 "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him? 30 "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse. Pr 24:17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him. Ob 1:12 "Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress.

Lessons In Jonah Is it right to want our enemies destroyed? - Job 31:29, Proverbs 24:17, Obadiah 1:12 - Romans 5:8 (Ezekiel 18), Matthew 5:43-48 Eze 18:23 "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? Ro 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Lessons In Jonah Is there a good reason to be angry? - Anger is an emotional response - Emotions often betray us - Mark 3:3-5, Ephesians 4:26 - Colossians 3:8, Ephesians 4:31 Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Col 3:8 ¶ But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

Lessons In Jonah Is there a good reason to despair? - 2 Corinthians 1:8 - Hebrews 12:3-5 2Co 1:8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Heb 12:3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 ¶ You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;

Lessons In Jonah How can we learn compassion? - Commonality and understanding - Malachi 2:10, Mark 6:34 - Self-Examination - Matthew 18:33 Mal 2:10 ¶ "Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? Mr 6:34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. Mt 18:33 'Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'

Lessons In Jonah God’s patience in our growth - God’s remarkable patience with Jonah

Lessons In Jonah Jonah was driven by emotional reactions Running away from his duty Getting upset about Nineveh’s salvation Getting upset about the vine’s death

Lessons In Jonah Jonah was driven by emotional reactions We need to love the lost as God does - We love them as fellow created ones - We love them as God loved us

If You Believe God: "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned” Mark 16:16 “…..he who endures to the end shall be saved” Mark 13:13