Youth Alive! 8th Anniversary

Speaker : Ps. Gideon Lee

Jonah 1

vs 2
1) Jonah suppose to pronounce judgement and its not an easy thing okay... ;P

vs 3
2) Jonah instead of doing what is asked of the Lord, he ran away from God.
{its pretty funny huh? God is God you know..how can u run away from Him? He IS everywhere and practically can just spot us coz He is very big! and we're like kuchi rat to Him. Alright alright now,dun laugh we SOMETIMES do run away from Him though we know of all the above. Am I right or what,say it say it! I AM RIGHT}

"...He found a ship, went abroad and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord"

vs 4
Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

vs 5
All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god.(a)

Their gods never answered, they panicked and threw away the cargo to lighten the ship.

Guess what Jonah was doing...
He was in the ship deck sleeping! With the storm and all, he is fast alseep not a NAP! A DEEP SLEEP!
peribahasa : _________________ (fill in the blanks) XD

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Remember Jesus was also asleep during a storm in a boat with His disciples?
(Many parable in Jonah refers to Jesus) read on..

vs 6
The captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish."

vs 7-17
then they cast lots to see who was responsible for the calamity. It FELL on Jonah! Then Jonah admitted to them that he was running away from his God. "The Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and land." This terrified them.

"What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

"Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he(Jonah) replied "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."

- they tried to row back to the land but failed. -

Then they cried to the Lord, "O Lord, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O Lord have done as you pleased."

- they threw Jonah into the sea -

hmm... imagine you are in Jonah's situation right now. Down you go to the sea (if it was dark even WORST). There are all kind of things below you and the wave keep coming to you and and you gotta rub your eyes and kick kick kick and and and... suddenly..a WHALE (or something big that can fit u in) you wouldnt realise at first because when the whale swallows you, the sea water goes with you then after a few second only you realise where u were.. (do you think u will still be alive?) i wonder...

now now come back to reality... XD

The Lord was gracious, He sent a BIG FISH to swallow Jonah and he was inside the fish for 3 days and 3 nights
(who wants to have a "holiday" like Jonah? ITS FREE!)

3 days 3 nights- familiar?
Jesus died and was rose after 3 days.

Every line in the book of Jonah tells us something about Jesus.

Jonah 2:10
-Jonah prayed and the Lord heard him. Then the fish vomitted Jonah out.

1) In the worst time, God can use us.

Jonah 3
1) God is the God of 2nd CHANCE (we know that He is a God of MANY CHANCE NOT JUST TWO!)
-> but DON'T take Him for granted.

The second time the message came to Jonah, he obeyed.

2) Jonah's sermon:
-death
-destruction
-doomed

3) Baded on simple msg and God's annointing, the people repent.
4) God is also a God of COMPASSION ;)

Jonah 4
1) Jonah was angry.
- Jonah did not have the right to say the people of Nineveh does not DESERVE a to be saved nor they deserve God's Love

Msg to us :
1) Everyone of us DESERVE to be saved.
Often times we do not think of our enemy and that they do not deserve God's love neither they should be saved. But this is wrong. Instead we should pray for them. NOT pray "God you are a justice God, punish them." NO NO NO...

Pray
"Lord bless name, teach me to love him/her and Lord I pray that one day he/she will come to know you and that 1 will be able to share Your love and joy that have been poured down upon my life." (amen) Yea thats it!

oh, there is another one.. hehehe

Say this prayer EVERY morning when you wake up!
"God whether I get anything else done today, I want to make sure that I spend time loving You and loving other people because that is what life is all about and its Your ultimate commamdment.I dont want to waste this day!" AMEN.

2) Know that if u turn away, God will still give you chances. BUT use it wisely, you may never know when you gonna leave earth.

3) God IS a compassionate God.




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