Sermon Notes
The story of Jonah just isn’t a narrative of Jonah merely rebelling towards God’s name; he was afraid, and with good motive. However Jonah didn’t understand God would use the scariest and most complicated conditions to glorify Him and save many.
Key Scriptures:
Jonah: Matthew 12:41; I Samuel 5:1-5; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:7
Key Factors:
- Storms don’t catch God without warning. God is in management even throughout a storm. Nothing takes Him without warning in your life. When a storm comes into your life, it’s possible you’ll be confused, however God just isn’t. He’s going to make use of all of it for His glory.
- God will mean you can be consumed. When Jonah was on the boat, he was in management, however when he was within the fish, God was in management. Let the issue you’re dealing with trigger you to get in alignment with the project God has in your life. God will break the maintain of sin and renew your thoughts within the midst of the whole lot.
- What you’ve been by way of is what God will use to set others free. You could not perceive what you’re going by way of, however God can take you out of the worst of addictions or issues as an indication that anybody can come out of it. Come out of sin so individuals can see they’ll come out of it, too! The trial in your life is the bus of future to get you to the place God is looking you. While you crawl out of the stomach of sin, others are watching, and so they’ll see that they’ll come out, too.
- God gives you peace. While you give up to God, the rocky waves of life will flip into clean waters of peace. While you set your thoughts on Him, God gives you excellent peace that surpasses all human understanding.
Closing Ideas:
You could be confused, and it might really feel such as you’re being consumed, however the whole lot you’ve been by way of is what God will use to point out others they’ll come out of it, too. Crawl out of the stomach of what you’re going by way of and watch God use you to set others free.