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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Kids, love for you to come up here on the stairs with me this morning.

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 We're going to talk a little bit more about God's love.

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 I don't know if you all know which story we're talking about this morning.

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 But this might be a hint.

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 Jonah.

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 Oh, more excitement than that.

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 Jonah.

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 Jonah, that's right.

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 Eleven years ago, I preached on the book of Jonah for several weeks.

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 Do you all remember that?

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 Yeah?

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 You don't remember that?

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 All of them remember that.

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 That's an orca.

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 It may be.

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 We're not really sure exactly what kind of fish it was, are we?

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 This is Hanaj, okay?

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 This is my friend Hanaj.

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 That's Jonah spelled backwards, okay?

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 You think about that.

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 Yes.

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 And he helped us learn back then that Jonah wasn't really about Jonah.

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 The story of Jonah wasn't even about the fish that swallowed Jonah.

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 The story of Jonah is really about God, okay?

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 It's about God's love for us, what we were just singing about.

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 Now, does getting swallowed by a fish sound like love to you?

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 It doesn't really seem like that, does it?

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 But this is very important to Hanaj, okay?

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 He was helping God out.

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 He was actually helping God rescue Jonah, okay?

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 He wasn't doing something mean to Jonah.

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 He was helping God rescue Jonah.

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 Why did God have to rescue Jonah?

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 Because he was swallowed.

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 Okay, even before that, why did God need to send the whale?

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 Did God tell Jonah to go somewhere?

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 And which way did Jonah go?

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 He ran the other way, didn't he?

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 When God told him to go somewhere and he went, have you ever run the other way?

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 When like maybe your parents have told you to clean your room or eat broccoli or be nice

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 to a kid who's mean to you?

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 Have you ever run the other way?

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 We all have, haven't we?

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 And when, when we run away from God, we really need to be rescued, don't we?

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 When we're running away from God.

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 This reminded me, I was talking with Hanaj this week about another animal.

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 Do you know this book?

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 No.

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 Has anybody ever seen this book?

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 It's called The Runaway Bunny.

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 If you've never read it before, I'm going to tell you what happens and I'll show you some

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 of the pictures.

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 Some of you have read this one before, okay?

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 And I'll show you the pictures of the big book.

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 But this, there's this little bunny and he decides that he wants to run away from his

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 mother.

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 He tries becoming all sorts of different things to get away from her, like a rock.

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 He tries becoming a boat.

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 He tries becoming a little boy.

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 All things that a little bunny is not supposed to be, right?

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 Who does that sound like?

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 Does that sound like Jonah to you?

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 Well, here's the best part of this story.

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 I'll show you the pictures.

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 No matter what he does, his mother always comes to find him.

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 So when he becomes a rock on a mountain, she becomes a mountain climber and climbs up to

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 find him on the mountainside.

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 And then when he becomes a boat, his mother becomes the wind and blows him right back to her.

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 And then he becomes a little boy.

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 And she becomes a mother and catches him in her arms and hugs him.

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 That's how the story goes.

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 No matter what he does, the mother bunny always finds him and always loves him.

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 You know, that's what Jonah's story is about too.

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 We're going to talk about it this morning.

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 And what you're going to see is no matter how Jonah runs away, and he does it some different

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 ways, God never stops loving Jonah, does he?

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 God even sends a whale to rescue Jonah because he loves him so much to keep him from drowning

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 in the sea.

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 Even when we disobey and run away from God, do you think he stops loving us?

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 He doesn't, does he?

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 Never stops.

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 And Hanaj reminds us that even if God has to send a whale, even if God has to send his own

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 son, Jesus, to die, he will never stop loving us.

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 We remember that?

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 Let's pray for just a minute, and then you can go back to your seats.

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 Jesus, we're so thankful that no matter what we do, you come after us and you don't stop

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 loving us.

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 Would you teach us that this morning?

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 Would these kids know more of your love today?

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 Would you make us people who so are grateful for how you love us, that we love others that

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 way?

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 Teach us now as we look at your word, in Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right, you can go back to your seats, or some of you are going to kids' worship with

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 Miss Afton right back there.

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 Hey, Aaliyah, will you hold on to Hanaj for me during the sermon?

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 Make sure he doesn't get out of control, okay?

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 I have that exact whale, but a smaller one.

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 Oh, you got a smaller one?

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 It's a good one.

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 Thank you.

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 We are skipping forward about a hundred years this morning as we've been walking through

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 the Old Testament and God's stories and what he's doing.

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 We're moving all the way from the prophet Elijah, who's calling God's people back from

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 idols into relationship with the one true God, to the prophet Jonah, serving in the rebellious

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 kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC.

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 And he's calling God's people back to him again.

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 Like all of the prophets, this is what they do.

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 God sends them to say, come back, come back.

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 You're running away.

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 You've forgotten who you are and who I am.

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 But this time, God sends Jonah to another kingdom, to the Assyrian kingdom, to their capital, Nineveh.

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 He sends them to Nineveh to call them to repentance from their evil ways.

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 And Jonah famously says, no, to God.

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 This is how it starts.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, arise, go to Nineveh,

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 that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, so he paid the fare and went on board

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 to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

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 You get the point, don't you?

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 Away from the presence of the Lord.

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 We'll see later, Jonah didn't want these enemies of Israel to repent, to experience the mercy

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 and forgiveness of God.

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 Jonah wanted to get away from God's command, yes, but even more from God's presence altogether.

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 He didn't want to be around him anymore, so he runs away.

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 But it's not just ancient prophets or modern kids who run away from God, is it?

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 You know, you don't have to board a ship and sail the opposite direction God sends you in order

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 to run away from him.

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 Many, of course, run away from God in just licentious living, living however they want,

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 not how God wants.

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 Living for self, not for others.

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 No care about anything else, just whatever feels good.

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 But, you know, closer to a parallel with Jonah's running away, you can run away from God even

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 by running into church.

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 Where I'm going to look and feel religious, but I won't have to deal with God personally.

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 I can just kind of be there and look the part.

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 Sometimes we fool even ourselves, don't we?

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 Or we can run away from God in our relationships.

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 I think if you're in a relationship like this, where you're refusing to forgive a family member,

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 where you're refusing to reconcile with a friend who has hurt you,

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 where you're refusing to love an enemy, yeah, that's so old-fashioned.

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 That's not how we do it anymore.

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 We just argue online, and we just, if we don't agree with them, we don't like them.

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 Love your enemy, that's so out of date.

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 Well, we may go to church on Sunday and celebrate and sing about God's heart full of mercy.

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 I need that for me, right?

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 He forgives my sins.

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 But then we refuse to consider whether our hearts have the same shape as his Monday through Saturday,

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 or whether there's perhaps unforgiveness still lurking there.

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 It's imprisoning us in anger.

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 It shows up like that.

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 It shows up as bitterness sometimes.

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 Because that's what happens in our hearts, the book of Jonah is written to God's people.

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 It's written to really do two things.

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 First, to show us God's heart.

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 What's he like?

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 How does his heart beat?

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 What does he love?

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 And to help us run, as it were, a heart cath on ourselves.

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 Does my heart beat like God's?

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 Have I been so overwhelmed by his mercy that I've personally begun to share it?

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 Or am I actually living distant from God, focused only on myself, freezing out others?

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 Commentator Colin Smith writes,

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 Jonah is about the disturbing possibility that having pledged our life to God,

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 we could end up spending much of that life avoiding the God we set out to serve.

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 You may have already discovered this strange contradiction that lies at the heart of all Christian experience.

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 While loving Christ, you find yourself turning from him.

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 While trusting Christ, you often battle fear and anxiety.

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 While serving Christ, you sometimes struggle with disappointment about certain events in your life.

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 You are not alone.

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 So did Jonah.

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 Okay, we're going to start with God's heart.

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 Jonah, prophet Jonah, show us God's heart.

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 What do we learn about him?

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 Just look through this story at all the people God's mercy chases after.

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 In the first chapter, God, of course, has to chase after his runaway prophet.

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 But while so doing, we see his mercy to some sailors.

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 These sailors were pagans with a variety of gods, we find out.

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 Even these sailors seem to reflect God's heart more than Jonah.

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 They are more concerned about the welfare of this prophet they've never met than he is about theirs.

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 They try hard not to throw him overboard, don't they?

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 They row hard, but to no avail.

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 And so even when they do have to throw Jonah over, they cry out to Yahweh, to Jonah's God.

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 Please don't hold it against us.

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 Verse 14.

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 They called out to Yahweh,

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 O Yahweh, let us not perish for this man's life,

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 and lay not on us innocent blood.

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 For you, O Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.

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 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea,

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 and the sea ceased from its raging.

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 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly,

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 and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.

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 How do they respond?

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 When the storms calmed down,

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 they worship,

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 sacrifices,

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 vows to the one true God.

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 I mean, here these men were,

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 just minding their own business,

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 just sailing to Tarshish again,

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 got to do some business,

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 make a little money,

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 living their lives with no consideration

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 of the one true God.

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 God.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 God's mercy boards their boat

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 through this prophet.

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 This is what happens, by the way,

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 people of God,

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 wherever He sends you.

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 Even when you're not in a good place with Him,

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 He's using you.

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 His mercy's flowing.

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 His mercy just starts sloshing

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 over the sides of their boat,

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 so to speak, doesn't it?

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 God really does love to rescue people,

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 doesn't He?

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 In spite of us, sometimes.

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 Remember, we keep seeing through this big story

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 in the Old Testament

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 how God is restoring people

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 to relationship with Him

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 because that's what He made them for,

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 and His love is so big.

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 Even when you think He's just going after Nineveh,

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 He's got sailors He's going to save along the way.

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 The sailors' lives are changed forever.

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 But God is specifically pursuing

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 His runaway prophet, isn't He?

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 This is the fish part.

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 This is the part you know.

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 End of the chapter, verse 17.

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 And the Lord appointed a great fish

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 to swallow up Jonah.

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 And Jonah was in the belly of the fish

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 three days and three nights.

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 I think most of us hear the story of Jonah

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 and assume that getting eaten by a fish

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 is punishment for his runaway disobedience.

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 That seems to make sense, right?

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 And they are certainly connected.

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 But the storm that God sends

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 because He controls all of creation,

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 and then the fish that He sovereignly directs

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 to swallow Jonah

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 aren't so much painful punishment

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 to get back at Jonah,

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 but painful providence

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 to get Jonah back,

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 to bring him home.

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 God's discipline in our lives,

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 it's often painful.

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 But those hardships are crafted by Him

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 to track down our runaway hearts,

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 to remind us of our absolute dependence upon Him.

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 You can't go anywhere, Jonah.

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 What were you thinking?

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 God's coming to get you back.

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 Jonah actually sees this.

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 That's one of the reasons

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 we know it's what's happening.

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 In fact, Jonah has the clearest vision

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 that he gets in the whole story.

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 When?

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 When he's in the belly of a whale.

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 Something about difficult circumstances,

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 isn't there?

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 It helps us see more clearly.

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 Have you had that happen in your life?

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 Oh, it's reminding me

00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.980
 what really matters.

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 Who's really in charge and in control?

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 Where's life really found?

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 Oh, I'm starting to see it.

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 I'd lost sight of it.

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 And it's these hard things

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 that come into my life

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 that God uses

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 to show me that.

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 How far

00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.759
 will this crazy,

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.160
 merciful God go

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 to make sure

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 that just one of His chosen people

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 sees and shares His heart?

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 I mean, we've seen God

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.680
 do all sorts of things

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 to rescue

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:13.279
 in all sorts of situations.

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 Bringing Israel out of Egypt

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 through the Red Sea.

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:17.019
 That was amazing.

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.319
 Gentile Rahab

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 in Jericho.

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.099
 Little David

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 before the giant Goliath.

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 God keeps rescuing,

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 bringing people

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 into relationship with Him.

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 But we've never seen

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 someone rescued

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 with a whale

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 until now.

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 God can use

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 anything.

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 And He does.

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 Doesn't He?

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 I've talked to some of you

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 lately.

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 I know He

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 uses shutdowns

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 to slow us down.

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.720
 To call our hearts

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.940
 back to Himself.

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 He uses illness

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 to remind us

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.440
 of dependence on Him.

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 Of how every breath

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 we have comes from Him.

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 To call our hearts back.

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 to remind us

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 that we need

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 His people

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 around us.

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 He uses even death.

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 The great enemy

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 that He hates.

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 But He uses it

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 to give us

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 a clear vision

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 of eternity.

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 Doesn't He?

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 The relative brevity

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 of life here

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 where we so often

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.420
 try to find meaning

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.680
 and purpose

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.340
 and hope.

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 And He reminds us

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 there's only one

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 secure place

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 to find hope.

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 What a great mercy.

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 Even when it hurts

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 as it does.

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 See Jonah cries out

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:53.480
 from the depths

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 of despair.

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 You've never been

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 in the belly

00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.360
 of a fish

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 but can you imagine

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 it's not an encouraging

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 place to be.

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 He's as low

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 as he could go

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 and watch what happens

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 with Jonah's prayer.

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 Chapter 2 verse 7.

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 When my life

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:09.140
 was fainting away

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:11.100
 barely, barely alive

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:13.539
 I remembered the Lord

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 and my prayer

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.960
 came to you

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 into your holy temple.

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 What he's saying

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 through this prayer

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 is that from the furthest

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:27.120
 possible distance

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.880
 from God

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 Jonah's been intentionally

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.420
 going there hasn't he?

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 Running away.

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 Jonah's prayer does what?

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 It walks right

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 into the throne room

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.960
 of God

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 into the holy

00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:39.920
 throne room

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 of God

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.759
 in His holy

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 presence.

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.180
 Y'all prayer

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 is amazing.

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 No matter how far

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 you've gone

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 this doesn't happen

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 because Jonah

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 is good.

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 He's not.

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 He hasn't been.

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 This is because

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 Jonah is God's

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 and God is good.

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 And so when he cries

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.640
 out from the worst

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.779
 place, the furthest

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.900
 possible place away

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.960
 his prayer comes

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.000
 into the presence

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.220
 of God.

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 That's what happens

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.279
 when you pray.

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:13.299
 Jonah realizes

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.380
 for himself

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:16.039
 as that happens

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.299
 salvation

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.539
 belongs

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.980
 to the Lord.

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 It is Yahweh's

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 to bestow

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 on anyone

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 even the most

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.319
 desperate,

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.259
 even the most

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.319
 undeserving.

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 Salvation

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 is something

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.759
 Jonah realizes

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 I am desperate

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 to receive

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 because I don't

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.099
 own it.

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 I don't have

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 it on my own.

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 And as he realizes

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:39.640
 that the great fish

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.539
 which has saved

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.440
 Jonah physically

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 and it seems

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:44.299
 possibly spiritually

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.579
 restored him

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:47.700
 releases him

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.859
 back to the land

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:51.000
 at God's command.

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 hand.

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 So this time

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 Jonah decides

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 to obey.

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 He doesn't really

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 want, I mean

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 as helpful as

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:03.039
 the belly

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.460
 of the whale

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 was, once

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.799
 was enough.

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 I'll go to

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 Nineveh

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 chapter 3

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.680
 verse 3

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 So Jonah arose

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 and went

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 to Nineveh

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 this time

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 according to

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.839
 the word

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.380
 of the Lord.

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 Now Nineveh

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.539
 was an exceedingly

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.539
 great city

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.640
 three days journey

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 in breadth.

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.380
 Jonah began

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.220
 to go in the city

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 going just

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.859
 a day's journey

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 and he called out

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 yet 40 days

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 and Nineveh

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.019
 shall be overthrown.

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.700
 That ought to

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.400
 convert him, right?

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.099
 And the people

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.920
 of Nineveh

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:36.259
 believed God.

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.279
 They called

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.000
 for a fast

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.980
 and put on

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.740
 sackcloth

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.579
 from the greatest

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.140
 of them

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:43.940
 to the least

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.480
 of them.

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.579
 Nineveh

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.859
 the capital city

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.720
 of the Assyrian

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.099
 empire

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.500
 full of people

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.140
 but full

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.880
 of wickedness.

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.700
 They were famous

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.259
 for that.

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.640
 They were

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.880
 ignoring God.

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.480
 You can count

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.819
 on it.

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.960
 This is exactly

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.619
 the kind of people

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.259
 Jonah couldn't

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.799
 stand.

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.519
 Those people

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.059
 who ignore

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.660
 God.

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.519
 There's a lot

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.319
 of irony there.

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.900
 He wasn't

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.619
 interested in

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.220
 seeing them

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.319
 receive forgiveness,

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.839
 get mercy.

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.200
 But somebody

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.599
 was.

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.220
 Who was?

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:15.920
 God was.

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.600
 Remember for God

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.220
 the recipients

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.259
 of his mercy

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.680
 are not winners

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.460
 of awards

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.900
 for good performance.

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.559
 They are humble

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.880
 repenters.

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.039
 That's what happens

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.620
 throughout Nineveh

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.279
 from the king

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:33.539
 to all the people.

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.519
 It's humble

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.480
 repentance.

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.360
 They're desperate.

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.880
 And God responds

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.680
 well with mercy.

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.940
 Verse 10

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:43.259
 When God saw

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.880
 what they did

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.160
 how they turned

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:46.320
 from their evil way

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:48.380
 God relented

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.420
 of the disaster

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.160
 that he had said

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.019
 he would do to them

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:53.380
 and he did not do it.

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:57.900
 I hope that's a reminder

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.180
 to all of us

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.000
 this is not just

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.640
 for some

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:02.520
 crazy Nineveh

00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:03.220
 out there

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.000
 in Iraq

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.680
 somewhere

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:06.000
 hundreds of years ago.

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.760
 This is about

00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:09.300
 the nature

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.360
 of relationship

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.720
 with God.

00:23:12.020 --> 00:23:12.980
 Your relationship

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.740
 with God

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.860
 should feature

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:16.140
 repentance.

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.460
 Maybe that's not

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.740
 a real popular word

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.900
 but repentance

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.900
 regularly

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.720
 specifically

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.900
 desperately

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.900
 it's not a

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:27.160
 one time thing

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.880
 that happens

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.380
 in your life

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.720
 and then you

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.640
 move on

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.100
 you don't need

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.000
 to repent anymore.

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.740
 No

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.240
 to speak of

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.880
 Martin Luther

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.640
 on this

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.000
 nearly

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.120
 Reformation Day

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.860
 he said

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.440
 the whole

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.220
 lifestyle

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.220
 of a Christian

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.780
 should be

00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:40.220
 one

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.720
 of repentance.

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.640
 That's what it

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.180
 means

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.160
 that relationship

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.940
 with God

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.160
 comes by grace

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.600
 alone

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.900
 through faith

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.380
 alone

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.800
 in Christ

00:23:50.800 --> 00:23:51.800
 alone

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.920
 that it's not

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.560
 about your

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.280
 performance

00:23:54.280 --> 00:23:55.120
 it's about

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.040
 your repentance

00:23:56.040 --> 00:23:57.400
 your dependence

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.480
 upon him

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.480
 we never

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.120
 get over

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.020
 our need

00:24:01.020 --> 00:24:01.860
 for Jesus

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.940
 and so we

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.660
 regularly

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.420
 what do I mean

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.740
 by that

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.720
 I mean like

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.260
 more than

00:24:06.260 --> 00:24:07.140
 once a week

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.900
 when we do it

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.220
 together in church

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.180
 and that is a

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.960
 great time

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.660
 to remember

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.280
 how you talk

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:12.600
 to God

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.520
 all the time

00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:15.440
 but more often

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.920
 than the 60

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.900
 seconds that Derek

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.759
 gave us this

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.980
 morning of silence

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.040
 in that prayer

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:21.700
 to say

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.120
 come up

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.720
 with a sin

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.580
 tell God

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.019
 something you

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.800
 need him for

00:24:25.800 --> 00:24:27.280
 that should be

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.280
 every day

00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:29.780
 and through the day

00:24:29.780 --> 00:24:30.940
 we live in

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.700
 dependence upon

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.220
 him like that

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.840
 tell God

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.860
 specific reasons

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.500
 in our hearts

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.160
 and lives

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.280
 for which we

00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:36.980
 need him

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.140
 that's repentance

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.700
 okay

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.900
 if you need

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.800
 a short definition

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.660
 it is turning

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.560
 from self

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.259
 sufficiency

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.780
 to Jesus

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.880
 sufficiency

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:49.280
 I'm not enough

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:49.780
 God

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.680
 I need you

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:52.800
 Jesus is what

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.380
 I need

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:55.720
 repentance

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.520
 is what Jesus

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:57.200
 was talking

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.180
 to God's people

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.160
 in his generation

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.620
 about

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:01.360
 when he referenced

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.180
 the sign

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.240
 of Jonah

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:05.240
 the crowds

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.940
 were increasing

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.760
 and Jesus

00:25:06.760 --> 00:25:07.660
 began to say

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.920
 this generation

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.880
 is an evil

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.460
 generation

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.000
 it seeks

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.780
 for a sign

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.720
 but no sign

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.160
 will be given

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.540
 to it

00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:14.540
 except the sign

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:15.200
 of Jonah

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.500
 for as Jonah

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.620
 became a sign

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.279
 to the people

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.940
 of Nineveh

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.000
 so will the

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.860
 son of man

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:22.059
 be to this

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.180
 generation

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.039
 it's one of a

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.759
 couple places

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.319
 where Jesus

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.259
 speaks of the

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.080
 sign of Jonah

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.660
 and there's a lot

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.240
 of discussion

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.220
 of what he's

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.059
 talking about

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.920
 but what's

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.539
 really clear

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.279
 here is that

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.019
 it's Jonah

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.940
 himself

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.440
 who became

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.900
 a sign

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.539
 to the people

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.620
 of Nineveh

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.140
 Jonah didn't

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.319
 perform a sign

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.500
 he himself

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:42.019
 was the sign

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.940
 so what

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.420
 was Jonah

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.059
 a sign

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.480
 of

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.639
 might seem

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.400
 kind of hard

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.900
 to understand

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.359
 the point

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.559
 Matthew's account

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.960
 helps us a little

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.639
 as he talks

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.599
 about the sign

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.440
 of Jonah

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.400
 involving

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.339
 being in

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.859
 the belly

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:58.660
 of the whale

00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:00.639
 the sign

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.279
 of Jonah

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.619
 his personal

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:04.180
 life story

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.759
 what did it

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.259
 show them

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.799
 it showed

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.619
 the Ninevites

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.879
 their need

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.799
 for repentance

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.119
 and rescue

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.599
 didn't it

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.039
 it showed

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.419
 them that

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.139
 running

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:16.019
 from Yahweh

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.339
 was serious

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.799
 and dangerous

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.819
 no other

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.919
 gods who

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.339
 when you run

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.819
 the other way

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.179
 you end up

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.559
 in the belly

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.059
 of a whale

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:26.099
 and also

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.479
 what

00:26:26.479 --> 00:26:27.839
 had they ever

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.500
 met anybody

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.939
 who'd spent

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.479
 three days

00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:29.839
 and nights

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.259
 in a whale

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:33.259
 it was a sign

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.659
 that there was

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:35.219
 hope for life

00:26:35.219 --> 00:26:36.079
 even at the

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.059
 very doors

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.979
 of death

00:26:37.979 --> 00:26:39.059
 that they could

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.759
 that they could

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.819
 repent and cry

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.179
 out and he

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.579
 would hear

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.980
 them

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.339
 it was amazing

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.039
 I don't know

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.639
 if they'd seen

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.799
 him vomited

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.359
 up or they'd

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.980
 heard it from

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.579
 somebody who

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.879
 did

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:49.740
 but this Jonah

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.720
 who was surely

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.439
 going to die

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.059
 all of a sudden

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.599
 here he is

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.220
 standing before

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.839
 us

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.559
 even with

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.419
 judgment looming

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:59.240
 in 40 days

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:01.039
 perhaps there's

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.200
 hope in turning

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.700
 to God

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.639
 perhaps he would

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.319
 spare them

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.139
 as he spared

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.579
 Jonah

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:07.720
 and he did

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.519
 God's heart

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.200
 is like that

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.620
 he's so eager

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.880
 to forgive

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:14.079
 he's so full

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.500
 of mercy

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.220
 already here

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.000
 in Jonah's

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.220
 day

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.799
 for even

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.400
 the worst

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.039
 sinners in

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.500
 the world

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.240
 who repents

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.539
 y'all how much

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.579
 more so is that

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.059
 true

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.180
 now

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.460
 that Jesus

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.240
 the one

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.259
 greater

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.859
 than Jonah

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.759
 has

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.720
 come

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.599
 he is

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.519
 here

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.319
 he has

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.220
 not only

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.799
 come

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.740
 he has not

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.620
 only gone

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.740
 to this earth

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.259
 and to things

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.880
 like a whale

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.500
 he has

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.579
 gone to

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.039
 death

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.180
 and risen

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.480
 conquering

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.279
 sin

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.240
 and death

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.279
 once and for

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.500
 all

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.500
 how eager

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.079
 should we

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.579
 be to

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.019
 repent

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.880
 to that

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.700
 kind of

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.460
 life-giving

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.099
 God

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.720
 how eager

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.259
 should we

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.880
 be to

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.480
 call others

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.099
 to repent

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.859
 and find

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.380
 mercy

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.700
 with this

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.259
 God

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:02.200
 well Jonah

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.960
 gets to do it

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.960
 he leads a

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.900
 revival in

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.700
 Nineveh

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.200
 it's pretty

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.720
 amazing

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.000
 right

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.319
 if you're

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.819
 if you're

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.400
 a prophet

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.220
 what could

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.859
 be better

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.539
 than this

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.180
 preacher

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.759
 of the

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.200
 year

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.920
 Jonah

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:15.660
 and that's

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.859
 the end

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.359
 of the story

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.000
 most of us

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.279
 think

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.519
 right

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.000
 let's end

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.279
 on a

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.559
 high

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.879
 note

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.759
 celebration

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.559
 repentance

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.559
 forgiveness

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.779
 everyone's

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.160
 happy

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.819
 certainly

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:25.920
 well

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.639
 except

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.099
 one guy

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:31.539
 chapter 4

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.059
 gets at

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.839
 the heart

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.980
 of the book

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.599
 it shows

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.119
 God's

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.599
 merciful

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.039
 heart

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.599
 even more

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.180
 beautifully

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.099
 than so far

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.859
 because it

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.440
 turns out

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.940
 that God

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.680
 is still

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.539
 chasing

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.859
 runaway

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.619
 Jonah

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:46.379
 in fact

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.720
 he's a

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.019
 harder

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.019


00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.660
 case

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.980
 than some

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.500
 pagan

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.039
 sailors

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.600
 or some

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.259
 wicked

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.240
 gentiles

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.740
 God's

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.240
 own

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.960
 prophet

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.500
 the one

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.259
 who sits

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.299
 in synagogue

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.920
 more than

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.759
 any of the rest

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.059
 of them

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.200
 he's the

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.880
 hard case

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:02.059
 but don't

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.579
 miss this

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.140
 the fact that

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.440
 there's a

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.180
 chapter 4

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.380
 if God

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.980
 cared

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.259
 only about

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.779
 the big

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.319
 show

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.759
 the big

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.400
 party

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.319
 saving

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.299
 Nineveh

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.960
 and he was

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.779
 just using

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.740
 Jonah to do

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.380
 something really

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.720
 cool

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.359
 then the

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.900
 story ends

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.319
 in chapter

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.660
 3

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.720
 that's where

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.380
 it happens

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:22.000
 but even

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.819
 after Jonah

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.420
 has done

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.380
 great things

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.420
 for God

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.380
 God is

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.579
 not through

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.200
 with him

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.140
 he wants

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.000
 his heart

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.120
 doesn't he

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:33.180
 did you

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.660
 hear that

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:35.660
 long time

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.120
 church

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.599
 leader

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:39.399
 generous

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.359
 giver

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:42.519
 passionate

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:44.159
 evangelist

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.799
 God has

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.480
 a chapter

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.119
 4

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.919
 where he

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.740
 cares more

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.359
 about who

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.019
 you are

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.639
 in your

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.299
 relationship

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.059
 with him

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.980
 than he

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.439
 does about

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.079
 what you've

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.500
 done

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.139
 in your

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.619
 religion

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.679
 for him

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:58.379
 he does

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.819
 in your

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.339
 life

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.659
 he cares

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:01.259
 more about

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.099
 your relationship

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.779
 with him

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.379
 than he

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.019
 does about

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.919
 what you've

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.159
 done

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.939
 for him

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.580
 he won't

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.080
 settle for

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.480
 your long

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.039
 record of

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.400
 religious

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.059
 performance

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.860
 he's coming

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:13.019
 even today

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.820
 perhaps

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:15.059
 through this

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.480
 word

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.759
 for your

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.160
 heart

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.900
 Jonah's

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.340
 heart

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.019
 is once

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.340
 again

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.660
 in God's

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.900
 crosshairs

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.700
 God has

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.779
 just saved

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:25.160
 thousands

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:28.220
 but he's

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.960
 not overlooking

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.519
 the one

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.259
 is he

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.860
 the one

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.140
 who is

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.539
 angry

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.680
 angry

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.399
 it

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.359
 displeased

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.980
 Jonah

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.019
 exceedingly

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.680
 he was

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.220
 angry

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:46.339
 and then

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.680
 here's what

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.159
 he says

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.420
 oh Lord

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.839
 is this

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.359
 not what

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.899
 I said

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.220
 when I

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.599
 was yet

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:50.960
 in my

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.339
 country

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.779
 I knew

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.079
 what you

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.359
 were going

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.839
 to do

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:54.399
 that's

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.720
 why I

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.319
 made haste

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.599
 to flee

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.240
 to Tarshish

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.440
 I knew

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.319
 that you

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.720
 were a

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.200
 gracious

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.740
 God

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.539
 and merciful

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:02.180
 slow

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.000
 to anger

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.099
 abounding

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.119
 in steadfast

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.539
 love

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.640
 and relenting

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.240
 from disaster

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.700
 what a

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.240
 beautiful

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.799
 statement

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.400
 of God's

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.640
 character

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.059
 that's a

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.359
 biblical

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.920
 statement

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.400
 isn't it

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.019
 Jonah

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.880
 has read

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.599
 his Bible

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.180
 he's a

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.779
 prophet

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.099
 Jonah's

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.819
 theology

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:19.420
 is strong

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.240
 Jonah

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.920
 knew

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.299
 God

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.819
 was going

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.519
 to forgive

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.279
 Nineveh

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:26.400
 and it

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.940
 made him

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.640
 angry

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:31.000
 so God

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.520
 says

00:31:31.520 --> 00:31:32.860
 Jonah

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.980
 do you

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.660
 do well

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.640
 to be

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.080
 angry

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:39.000
 do you

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.280
 see how

00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.680
 God's

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.340
 giving Jonah

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.980
 gently

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.600
 a spiritual

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:42.960
 heart

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.380
 calf

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:45.340
 it's a

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.680
 model

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.200
 for you

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.560
 to use

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.220
 on yourself

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.040
 if you'd

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.280
 like

00:31:48.280 --> 00:31:48.920
 this morning

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.960
 should you

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.680
 be angry

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.120
 at the

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.600
 blessing

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.020
 in the

00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.360
 life

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.680
 of the

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.920
 one

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.140
 who

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.440
 hurt

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.780
 you

00:31:53.780 --> 00:31:55.940
 should

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.160
 you

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.660
 remain

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.420
 callous

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.759
 in

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.840
 unforgiveness

00:31:58.840 --> 00:32:01.039
 should

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.220
 you

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.539
 care

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.880
 more

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.180
 about

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.400
 your

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.720
 own

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.300
 temporal

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:04.160
 life

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.840
 than

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:06.160
 others

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.880
 eternal

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.620
 life

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:11.320
 then in

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.700
 pursuit

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.920
 of

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.320
 Jonah's

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.539
 heart

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.800
 God

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.120
 sends

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.300
 a

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:13.720
 plant

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.980
 to

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.220
 grow

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.480
 up

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.620
 and

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.220
 give

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.580
 Jonah

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.120
 shade

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.400
 while

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.560
 he

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.160
 sits

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.360
 under

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.600
 the

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.019
 Middle

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.360
 Eastern

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.039
 sun

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.060
 overlooking

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.519
 Nineveh

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.340
 and then

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.640
 he sends

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.140
 a worm

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.539
 to take

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.039
 it away

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.840
 and Jonah

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.319
 is guess

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.599
 what

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.099
 angry

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.419
 again

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:32.879
 and God

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.500
 uses this

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.879
 not to

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.299
 make fun

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.599
 of him

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.539
 God's

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.019
 after his

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.279
 heart

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.959
 God asks

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.279
 Jonah

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.679
 do you

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.359
 do well

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.639
 to be

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.059
 angry

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.859
 and Jonah

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.359
 says

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.699
 what

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:45.919
 yes

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:47.679
 yes

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.339
 I

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.079
 do

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.799
 but God

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.259
 says

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.859
 this is the

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.240
 end of the

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.559
 story

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.839
 you

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.200
 you pity

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.879
 the plant

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.240
 for which

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.559
 you did

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.139
 not labor

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.079
 nor did

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.460
 you make

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.899
 it grow

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.619
 which came

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.179
 into being

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.679
 in a night

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.599
 and perished

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.119
 in a night

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.579
 now he's

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.839
 going to

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.299
 contrast

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.960
 that

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.839
 should

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.919
 not I

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.579
 pity

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.500
 Nineveh

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.460
 that great

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.159
 city

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:11.259
 which God

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.899
 has labored

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.279
 for

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.839
 which he

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.059
 has created

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.700
 which he

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.279
 has called

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.839
 into being

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.419
 in which

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.720
 there are

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.059
 more than

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.599
 120,000

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.220
 persons

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.679
 made in

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.399
 his image

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.380
 who do

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.900
 not know

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.420
 their right

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.820
 hand

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.259
 from their

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.680
 left

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.120
 and their

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.800
 wickedness

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.620
 and also

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:25.980
 much

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.400
 cattle

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:28.519
 look at

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.259
 my heart

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.220
 God says

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.380
 there are

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.140
 people there

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.280
 they're lost

00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:34.560
 they're confused

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.620
 they're hopeless

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.600
 Jonah these

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.200
 are the kinds

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.800
 of people

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.840
 I love

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.940
 the people

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.800
 like you

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.420
 Jonah

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.460
 who care

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.860
 more about

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.560
 a plant

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.380
 than about

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.019
 people

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.100
 who care

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.540
 more about

00:33:46.540 --> 00:33:47.340
 shade

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.660
 than souls

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.240
 I want

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.660
 you

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.160
 Jonah

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.980
 to share

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.740
 my heart

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.420
 for them

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:56.360
 and we

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.600
 don't get

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:56.820
 to hear

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.240
 how Jonah

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.000
 responds

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.440
 I think

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.060
 probably

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.560
 because in

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:01.900
 God's

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.560
 merciful

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.060
 pursuit

00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:03.700
 of Jonah's

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.880
 heart

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.540
 he's actually

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:05.259
 after even

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.779
 more

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.620
 than that

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.420
 because this

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.980
 story

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.740
 is in the

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.119
 word of

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.360
 God

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.840
 it's written

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.639
 for God's

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.079
 people

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.659
 Israel

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.280
 right

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.700
 this is

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.059
 their

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.780
 prophet

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.200
 reflecting

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:17.960
 their heart

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.820
 he's sharing

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.400
 his own

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.119
 story with

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.360
 them

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.940
 so that

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.420
 they are

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.880
 pressed

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.619
 to answer

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.420
 the questions

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.019
 do you

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.539
 do well

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.980
 to be

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.440
 angry

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:28.119
 are you

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.599
 being the

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.059
 light to

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.679
 the nations

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.079
 that I

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.820
 called you

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.079
 to be

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.420
 as my

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.840
 special

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.380
 people

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.099
 have you

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.440
 left

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.139
 your first

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.760
 love

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.480
 forgotten

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.300
 the merciful

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.760
 heart

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.340
 of God

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.039
 to forgive

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.860
 it's a

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.300
 chance

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.559
 for him

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.900
 to say

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.380
 look

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.159
 Israel

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.360
 how long

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.559
 and wide

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.779
 and high

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.900
 and deep

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.539
 is the

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.820
 love

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.779
 of God

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.920
 the God

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.320
 who goes

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.739
 to such

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.480
 great lengths

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.980
 for Jonah

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.779
 doesn't stop

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.599
 with a storm

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.380
 and a whale

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.719
 and a plant

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.739
 and a worm

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.820
 he sends

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.639
 his son

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:03.420
 for runaway

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.219
 prophets

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.139
 for all

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.259
 his people

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.119
 so that we

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.679
 today

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.360
 can know

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.679
 that there

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.199
 is hope

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.619
 for us

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.299
 even if

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:10.940
 our spiritual

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.299
 heart

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.579
 cath

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.980
 is not

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.579
 going well

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.219
 this morning

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.079
 even if

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.420
 you are

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.119
 sure

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.880
 that you're

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.299
 failing

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:17.179
 the exam

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.059
 because you

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.799
 are seeing

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.500
 the one

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.380
 who passed

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.839
 it

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.739
 who came

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.420
 full

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.500
 of grace

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:25.099
 and truth

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.420
 who forgave

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.920
 even his

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.279
 enemies

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.119
 who killed

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.639
 him

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.279
 who perfectly

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.019
 shared the

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.719
 heart of God

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.699
 overflowing

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.420
 with mercy

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.719
 all the way

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:37.219
 to the cross

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:40.380
 see it's our

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.799
 God

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.639
 the hero

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.460
 of all of

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.460
 these stories

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.480
 he's a

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.920
 God who

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.679
 rescues

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:48.280
 and restores

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:50.119
 specifically

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.119
 here

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.220
 a God

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:53.039
 who runs

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.699
 after

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.300
 runaways

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.840
 runaways

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.579
 of all sorts

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.240
 the pagans

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.860
 and the

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.380
 prophets

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.340
 the godless

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.940
 and the

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.460
 godly

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.559
 no matter

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.099
 how you're

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.760
 running away

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.619
 he wants you

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.880
 to know

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.380
 this morning

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.760
 what the

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.179
 runaway

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:07.019
 bunny learned

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.019
 that no

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.440
 matter what

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.720
 you may

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.199
 become

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.840
 no matter

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.340
 where you

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.800
 think you

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.179
 may go

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.639
 to find

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.960
 life

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.539
 no matter

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.199
 how you'll

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.579
 need to

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.980
 reinvent

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.840
 yourself

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.800
 life will

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.920
 always be

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.720
 where he

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.460
 catches you

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.880
 in his

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.480
 arms

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.619
 and hugs

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.079
 you

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:24.380
 shucks

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:26.380
 said the

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.780
 little bunny

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:28.900
 I guess

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.340
 I might

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.179
 just as well

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:31.320
 stay where

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.840
 I am

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:34.000
 and be

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.340
 your

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.920
 little

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.559
 bunny

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:39.340
 and when

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.820
 you start

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.400
 to realize

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.760
 that

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:43.720
 let's put

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:43.940
 it in

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.119
 better

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.480
 terms

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.920
 for us

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.119
 when

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.940
 you start

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.340
 to realize

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.639
 there's

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.380
 life

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.320
 in his

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.980
 love

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.579
 for me

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.800
 it's

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.119
 where my

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.500
 joy

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.960
 is found

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.139
 it's

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.440
 where my

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.180
 purpose

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:53.700
 is found

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:53.840
 it's

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.139
 where my

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.500
 hope

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.940
 is found

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.700
 that starts

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.260
 to change

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.840
 your heart

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.320
 it

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.920
 then sends

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.019
 you

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.340
 you will

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.980
 go anywhere

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.599
 at all

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.740
 you'll go

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.579
 to anyone

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.420
 at all

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.119
 to tell

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.660
 them about

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.460
 the home

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.440
 where life

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.019
 is found

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.460
 won't you

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.260
 to show

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.700
 them the

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.259
 forgiveness

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.239
 that you've

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.639
 received

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.419
 to point

00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:11.980
 them to

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.480
 the God

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.059
 who runs

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.739
 faster

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.619
 after

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.639
 runaways

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.359
 that's what

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:16.859
 will happen

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.159
 in your

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.539
 life

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:21.279
 years ago

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.619
 a friend

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.019
 of mine

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.039
 was at

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.379
 the beach

00:37:23.379 --> 00:37:23.759
 with his

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.199
 family

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.019
 and as

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.199
 they were

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.599
 down near

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.019
 the water

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.739
 he realized

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:27.579
 he'd forgotten

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.119
 something

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.059
 and went

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.359
 back to

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:30.799
 his car

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:32.139
 to drive

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.619
 off and get

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:32.899
 it while

00:37:32.899 --> 00:37:33.379
 his family

00:37:33.379 --> 00:37:33.879
 stayed at

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.339
 the beach

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:36.579
 unbeknownst

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.000
 to him

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.400
 his

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.400
 three-year-old

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.380
 son decided

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.820
 he wanted

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.180
 to go

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.820
 with dad

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:42.220
 and so

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.720
 he began

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.120
 running

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.780
 towards

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.420
 the highway

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:47.160
 the child's

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.880
 mother noticed

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.120
 started yelling

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:49.940
 after him

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.320
 to come

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.760
 back

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:52.640
 but this

00:37:52.640 --> 00:37:53.220
 was a fast

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.960
 three-year-old

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.440
 who was at

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.079
 his fastest

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.500
 when

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:57.460
 when running

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.000
 away from

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.500
 a parent

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.800
 you've

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.440
 experienced

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.840
 that

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:01.519
 he sped

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.000
 up

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:03.079
 speeding

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:04.059
 toward the

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.500
 highway

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.940
 and the

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.259
 speeding

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:06.420
 vehicles

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.420
 there

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.920
 the boy

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.960
 got right

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.519
 near

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.360
 certain

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.860
 harm

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:12.239
 but

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.739
 thankfully

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:14.699
 as fast

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.000
 as he

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.480
 could run

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:17.559
 his mom

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.860
 ran

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.539
 faster

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.599
 she understood

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.360
 the danger

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.699
 that he

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.219
 failed to

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.719
 appreciate

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:26.000
 she rushed

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.719
 after him

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.440
 she ran

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.279
 barefoot

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.199
 across the

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.099
 rocky ground

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.639
 leading up

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.940
 to the

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.299
 highway

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:32.019
 caused

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.579
 herself

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.420
 no small

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.000
 pain

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.559
 to wrap

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.099
 her arms

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.679
 around her

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.059
 son

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.239
 and keep

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.799
 him alive

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:42.259
 and so

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.759
 has your

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.139
 savior

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:45.139
 done for

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.500
 you

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.840
 because

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:48.420
 he delights

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.480
 to forgive

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.579
 because

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.159
 he is

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.880
 rich

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.759
 in mercy

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:54.840
 because

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.279
 of the

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.799
 great

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.599
 love

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.659
 with which

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.699
 he loves

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.219
 you

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:01.339
 love

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.359
 love

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.559
 that

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.439
 that

00:39:02.439 --> 00:39:02.659
 couldn't

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:02.839
 be

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.359
 contained

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:03.739
 by

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.199
 by

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.039
 skies

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.819
 or

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.699
 oceans

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.439
 love

00:39:07.439 --> 00:39:07.639
 that

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.899
 overflowed

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.439
 from his

00:39:09.439 --> 00:39:10.039
 heart

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.819
 as he

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.099
 gave

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.299
 his

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.739
 very

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.599
 life

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.459
 in order

00:39:13.459 --> 00:39:14.319
 to preserve

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.980
 yours

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:17.300
 so

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.400
 what

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:17.619
 he was

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.119
 explaining

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.579
 to his

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.119
 disciples

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:20.240
 the night

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.519
 that he

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.740
 was

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.280
 betrayed

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.719
 the night

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.320
 before

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:23.139
 the cross

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.179
 when he

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.679
 took bread

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.460
 and broke

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.679
 it

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:27.079
 and he

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.420
 gave it

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.900
 to them

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.840
 as I'm

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.400
 ministering

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.740
 in his

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.019
 name

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.480
 give this

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.740
 bread

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.300
 to you

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:32.179
 and he

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.420
 said

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.840
 take

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.300
 eat

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.079
 this is

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.340
 my

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.740
 body

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.900
 given

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.619
 for you

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.840
 do this

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.440
 in remembrance

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.119
 of me

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.759
 and in the

00:39:40.759 --> 00:39:41.299
 same way

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:42.039
 he took

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.579
 the cup

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.039
 and said

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.639
 this cup

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.019
 is the

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.279
 new

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.699
 covenant

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.299
 in my

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:45.719
 blood

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.420
 shed

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.059
 for many

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.699
 for the

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.059
 forgiveness

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.819
 of sins

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.440
 drink

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.980
 from it

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.559
 all of

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.739
 you

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.400
 for as

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.699
 often

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.099
 as you

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.279
 eat

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.500
 this

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.859
 bread

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:53.839
 and drink

00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:54.099
 this

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.460
 cup

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.880
 you

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.380
 proclaim

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.759
 the

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.179
 Lord's

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.599
 death

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:58.039
 until

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.299
 he

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.960
 comes

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.380
 if

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 you

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 are a

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.579
 runaway

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.739
 who

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:02.980
 has

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 repented

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 who

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 repents

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 even

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 today

00:40:06.319 --> 00:40:06.960
 of looking

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 for life

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 anywhere

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 apart

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 from

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 God

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 who's

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 a

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 baptized

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 member

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 of

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 any

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.500
 church

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 that

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 preaches

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 Jesus

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 as the

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 savior

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 of

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 sinners

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 then

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 come

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 and

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 eat

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 with

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 us

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 and

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 with

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 him

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 if

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 you're

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 not

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 sure

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 what

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 to

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 believe

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 about

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:24.619
 Jesus

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:24.980
 or

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 if

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 you're

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.860
 sure

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.980
 that

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.239
 you

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.820
 don't

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.320
 believe

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.940
 in

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.460
 Jesus

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:31.119
 I've

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.380
 actually

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.659
 got

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 good

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.340
 news

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.619
 for

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 you

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.039
 he

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.279
 is

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 even

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.199
 more

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.900
 merciful

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 and

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.019
 loving

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.639
 than

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 you

00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:37.980
 can

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.500
 imagine

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.480
 even

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.780
 more

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.239
 merciful

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.519
 and

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:40.739
 loving

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 than

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 any

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 of

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 his

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 people

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 that

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.820
 you've

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 met

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 if

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 you

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.400
 meet

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.219
 him

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:46.119
 his

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.519
 love

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.840
 for

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.179
 you

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.000
 his

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.659
 death

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:48.900
 on

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.079
 the

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 cross

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:50.079
 means

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.320
 that

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.519
 you

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.760
 can

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.099
 run

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.460
 back

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.679
 to

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:51.960
 him

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.340
 right

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:52.699
 now

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.280
 without

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:53.900
 having

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.159
 to

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.420
 get

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:54.920
 yourself

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.360
 cleaned

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.659
 up

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.079
 first

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.679
 without

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.139
 having

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.400
 to

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.119
 make

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.400
 up

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.599
 for

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.820
 your

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.280
 past

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.039
 performance

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.639
 you

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.860
 can

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.159
 just

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.840
 run

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.340
 back

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.159
 to

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.659
 him

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.699
 don't

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:04.940
 come

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.099
 to

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.480
 these

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.139
 elements

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.139


00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.460
 this

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.840
 morning

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.280
 that are

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.860
 a sign

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.460
 that point

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.940
 to him

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.660
 when you

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.360
 can actually

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.039
 let them

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:13.000
 point you

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:14.240
 to his

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.440
 boundless

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.960
 love

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.700
 for people

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.260
 like us

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:18.059
 the kind

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.420
 of love

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.820
 that those

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.180
 of us

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:20.079
 who know

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.579
 him

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.400
 and believe

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.100
 in him

00:41:22.100 --> 00:41:22.760
 need

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.700
 and are

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:23.960
 called

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.579
 to share

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.700
 see his

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.039
 love

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.300
 trust his

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.640
 love

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:29.480
 come and

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.500
 meet him

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.760
 let me pray

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.360
 Jesus

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.040
 we ask

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.280
 that

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.920
 that

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.060
 you

00:41:35.060 --> 00:41:35.240
 would

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.860
 overwhelm

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.160
 every

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.600
 single

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:36.880
 one

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.420
 of us

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.020
 with

00:41:38.020 --> 00:41:38.200
 your

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.600
 love

00:41:38.600 --> 00:41:39.180
 your

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.680
 mercy

00:41:39.680 --> 00:41:40.100
 your

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:40.580
 kindness

00:41:40.580 --> 00:41:40.940
 your

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.500
 grace

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:44.020
 we

00:41:44.020 --> 00:41:44.420
 come

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.460
 easily

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.800
 being

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.060
 able

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.340
 to

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.680
 name

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.280
 our

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.680
 sin

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:49.200
 there's

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:49.460
 so

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.840
 many

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.740
 examples

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:53.500
 and

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.680
 yet

00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:53.820
 you

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.200
 tell us

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.380
 where

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.760
 sin

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:55.320
 increases

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.660
 your

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.080
 grace

00:41:56.080 --> 00:41:56.680
 increases

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:56.980
 all

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.120
 the

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.400
 more

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.820
 you

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.280
 you

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.480
 know

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.060
 it's

00:41:59.060 --> 00:41:59.220
 no

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.560
 match

00:41:59.560 --> 00:41:59.780
 for

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.060
 you

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.980
 and

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.179
 you've

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.360
 come

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.500
 to

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.639
 be

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:02.880
 with

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.079
 us

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.199
 and

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.639
 remind

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.059
 us

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.539
 that

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.639
 no

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:05.779
 matter

00:42:05.779 --> 00:42:06.019
 where

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.239
 we

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.519
 go

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.799
 you'll

00:42:06.799 --> 00:42:07.360
 always

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:08.679
 scoop

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:08.880
 us

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.039
 up

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.139
 in

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:09.279
 your

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.599
 arms

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:09.799
 and

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.039
 love

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.340
 us

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.539
 and

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:10.759
 so

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.340
 as

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.579
 we

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:13.239
 take

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.699
 bread

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:13.920
 and

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.299
 wine

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.559
 would

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.739
 you

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.380
 use

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.519
 them

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.719
 for

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.219
 something

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.059
 so

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.299
 much

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:17.659
 deeper

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:17.860
 in

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.039
 our

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.420
 hearts

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.639
 that

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.779
 we

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:19.000
 might

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.360
 trust

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.539
 you

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:19.679
 and

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.880
 run

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.159
 back

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.360
 to

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:20.639
 you

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.559
 even

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.039
 today

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.500
 we

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.799
 ask

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:22.940
 it

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.079
 in

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.219
 your

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.539
 name

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.820
 amen

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.599
 for

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:26.840
 more

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.360
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00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.960
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00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.199
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