BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Jonah 4:1-4; Matthew 12:40-41 Jonah 4:1-4 “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. Therefore now, O

BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Jonah 3:1-5; Luke 9:23-26 Jonah 3:1-5 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day

BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Matthew 25:14-30; 1 Peter 4:10-11 Matthew 25:14-30 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he wh

BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Jonah 1:11-17; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Jonah 1:11-17 “Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous. He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.” Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to ge

BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Jonah 1:4-10; Proverbs 3:5-6 Jonah 1:4-10 “But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain

BIG IDEA: The only thing harder than following God’s Will is wishing that you had. Reading: Jonah 1:1-3; Psalm 139:7-12 Jonah 1:1-3 “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go wit