“The
Journey of Jonah” “Some
bible stories are easy to remember and the account of what happened to Jonah
is one of them. While we appreciate the plain lessons taught in this Old
Testament book, let’s realize the treasure of God’s word in the many layers
and depths of things we find in the journey of Jonah. It was not a simple or
easy path that Jonah took to complete the will of God and we can learn from
what has been revealed to us.””•
Lesson #1: Sometimes God calls us to do _________________ things
(Jonah 1:1-2; 1 Cor.9:16; Matt.5:38-41, 26:38-39. 27:27-30)””• Lesson #2: Acting on ___________ is
usually not wise (Jonah1:3; Nahum 3:1-4; Prov. 16:32; 1 Peter
1:13)””• Lesson # 3:
Others are influenced by our ______________________ to God (Jonah1:4-5; Ps.
139:7-10; Jonah 1:8-10; 2 Kings 14:25; Romans 16:17;
Phil.3:16-17)””• Lesson #
4: It can take _______ to lead to true
repentance””(Jonah 1:15,17; Ps.18:6, 42:7, 31:22; Jonah
2:8-9)””• Lesson # 5: We
may often choose the __________ way to do what God has asked of us (Jonah
2:10, 3:1-3; 1 Pet.5:6; James 4:7)””• Lesson # 6: True _____________ is easy to
recognize (Jonah 3:5-8; 2 Sam.12:7, 13; 2 Cor. 7:10)””• Lesson # 7: Doing things the right way
but with the wrong ________ is not what God wants””(Jonah 4;
Matt.23:5-7, 23-24; John 3:16-17)” |