"Jonah’s dark season was 3 days and 3 nights of anguish at the bottom of a sea that couldn’t hold him…because there is One who spent 3 days and 3 nights in a grave that could never hold him.
That is our hope. Jesus Christ."
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"Sometimes the most powerful prayer is simply ”God…I’m sinking…help” He sees you when you feel invisible swallowed by a whale at the bottom of the sea; when you feel like your voice will never reach the surface again. He’s is with you, even in the deepest, darkest place."
When we are at the bottom of the sea…alone…unseen…in the belly of the whale; despite what’s happening around me…”Yet will I praise you…yet will I sacrifice to you…yet will I make good of my vow to follow and trust you God.” #sermonquotes#pursuit#jonah
"You know it’s often in the dark places that our worship sounds the sweetest in the ears of God. When we don’t know what the outcome is; When our prayers seem unanswered; in fact the more we pray; the worse it seems to get; When we are experiencing the dark night of the soul…"
"God wanted to deal with the idols in Jonah’s heart and we wants to deal with the idols in our heart because he knows that they aren’t the answer to what we’re looking for. In the belly of a whale he identified the idols in his life and realized that they were worthless" #jonah
"Despite his failings…despite the darkness of his present situation…Jonah’s story doesn’t end at chapter 1…his story isn’t over…and either is yours." #sermonquotes#hope#pursuit
"But our God is a God of 2nd chances, 3rd chances, 4th chances; a God who is rich in mercy and forgiving; a rescuing God; a God who doesn’t let us drown at the bottom of our oceans but sends a fish to bring salvation." #sermonquotes#pursuit
"We all end up at the bottom of lonely, dark seas.
You may have been there in the past.
Maybe you feel like you are there right now.
Or maybe you will experience it in the future.
So the question is…how do we get back to the surface?"
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"The truth is; at some point or another we all feel like we’re on the ocean floor. We all suffer with sin that can distance us from God; we all get beat up by life; we all went through the challenges of the pandemic and we will all experience dry spiritual seasons."#sermonquotes
Here.. is the hope you need to read today: "And even though he (Jonah) ran as far as he could…the bottom of an ocean floor was not so far that the saving love of God wouldn’t pursue him…and bring life to him." https://t.co/A92TfVEqiq
"Running from the “Nineveh’s” the things that God wants to address in our lives only takes us in one direction…down…to Joppa…to the bottom of a ship…and ultimately the floor of the sea.
Deeper and darker places."
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We all have internal struggles…things in our hearts…that God wants us to address…we all have Nineveh’s.
Watch the start of our series "Pursuit" here: https://t.co/A92TfVEqiq