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Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 2)

January 8, 2026 | 28:0

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 2) | January 8, 2026

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> and we may wonder sometimes,
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>> and we may wonder sometimes, "how does god speak to me?
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"how does god speak to me? does god speak to me?
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Does god speak to me? is this god speaking to me?
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Is this god speaking to me? and i have discovered three very
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And i have discovered three very specific and repeatable ways
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Specific and repeatable ways that god seems to speak.
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That god seems to speak. i'll give them to you right now.
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I'll give them to you right now. number one, he speaks
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Number one, he speaks through impressions.
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Through impressions. impressions.
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Impressions. number two, he speaks
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Number two, he speaks through instructions.
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Through instructions. instructions.
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Instructions. and number three,
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And number three, he speaks through interruptions.
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He speaks through interruptions. the word of the lord
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The word of the lord came to jonah.
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Came to jonah. the word of the lord.
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The word of the lord. the word of the lord isn't
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The word of the lord isn't always a preacher preaching,
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Always a preacher preaching, the word of the lord isn't
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The word of the lord isn't always at your devotional time.
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Always at your devotional time. sometimes the holy spirit,
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Sometimes the holy spirit, if he lives in you,
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If he lives in you, will show you something
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Will show you something that you shouldn't say.
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That you shouldn't say. show you something
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Show you something that you should say.
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That you should say. show you a way you should see
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Show you a way you should see the situation that you hadn't
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The situation that you hadn't been seeing the situation.
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Been seeing the situation. it's an impression.
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It's an impression. can't explain it,
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Can't explain it, but it's an impression.
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But it's an impression. but then sometimes
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But then sometimes we get so heavy on that,
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We get so heavy on that, and then i think we just
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And then i think we just run around just following
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Run around just following whatever impression we get.
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Whatever impression we get. and the problem with
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And the problem with my impressions is that sometimes
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My impressions are imposters
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My impressions are imposters and they pretend to be god,
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And they pretend to be god, but they're really just what
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But they're really just what i want dressed up as god.
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I want dressed up as god. that's what we're going
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That's what we're going to talk about from jonah
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To talk about from jonah because god gives impressions,
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Because god gives impressions, but he also gives instructions.
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But he also gives instructions. and one thing i love about god
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And one thing i love about god is he will never give you
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Is he will never give you an impression that violates
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An impression that violates his clear instruction.
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[applause]
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So, i don't care
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So, i don't care how attracted to her you are,
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If she is married,
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If she is married, you have received an instruction
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You have received an instruction on that situation.
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On that situation. and i don't care that
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And i don't care that her name is cindy and so was
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Her name is cindy and so was your grandmother's,
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Your grandmother's, that is irrelevant
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That is irrelevant to this situation.
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To this situation. there is an instruction.
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There is an instruction. you know, sometimes i think
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You know, sometimes i think we're waiting on god to give us
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We're waiting on god to give us a feeling or a thought because
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A feeling or a thought because we don't want to obey what we
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We don't want to obey what we clearly saw that he said.
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Clearly saw that he said. and i'mma stand here
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And i'mma stand here and preach this like i've been
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And preach this like i've been a pastor for 20 years.
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A pastor for 20 years. y'all ain't gonna
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Y'all ain't gonna intimidate me today.
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Intimidate me today. reading all up
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Reading all up in the book of revelation
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In the book of revelation trying to figure out
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Trying to figure out which one is north korea,
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Which one is north korea, and which one is israel
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And which one is israel and which one is iraq
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And which one is iraq and you're all over
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And you're all over there translating that,
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There translating that, while meanwhile the bible says
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While meanwhile the bible says in 1 corinthians something that
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In 1 corinthians something that you don't really want to read
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You don't really want to read in 1 corinthians 6.
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This pretty clear.
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This pretty clear. this is an instruction,
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This is an instruction, "flee from sexual immorality."
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So, we can read all
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So, we can read all the revelation we want.
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The revelation we want. read it, underline it,
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Read it, underline it, highlight it, circle it,
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Highlight it, circle it, star it, smell it,
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Star it, smell it, sniff it, take it, eat it,
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Sniff it, take it, eat it, whatever you want to do,
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Whatever you want to do, but you still got to do this
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'cause this is an instruction
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'cause this is an instruction and he is god, and he is
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And he is god, and he is not my buddy.
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Not my buddy. he's not an influencer,
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He's not an influencer, he is alpha and omega.
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He is alpha and omega. y'all don't want me to preach.
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Y'all don't want me to preach. i need to go back on break,
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But somebody high five
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But somebody high five your neighbors, say,
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Your neighbors, say, "'cause he said so."
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"'cause he said so." >> congregation: 'cause
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>> congregation: 'cause he said so.
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He said so. >> 'cause he said so,
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>> 'cause he said so, 'cause he said so.
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'cause he said so. his definition,
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His definition, his description.
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His description. so, i need a word
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So, i need a word from the lord.
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From the lord. there's one.
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There's one. do that all week
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Do that all week and check in with me.
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And check in with me. take seven days of that.
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Take seven days of that. "well, i don't really
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"well, i don't really struggle with that.
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Struggle with that. so, what you got for me?"
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So, what you got for me?" all right, no, i looked up some
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All right, no, i looked up some scriptures 'cause we said
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Scriptures 'cause we said we want a god thought.
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We want a god thought. all right, there's another one
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In ephesians 4:32.
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In ephesians 4:32. this one says,
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This one says, "be kind to one another,
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"be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving
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Tenderhearted, forgiving one another as god
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One another as god in christ forgave you."
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But i don't feel like forgiven.
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But i don't feel like forgiven. but this is not
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But this is not about an impression,
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About an impression, this is about an instruction,
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This is about an instruction, because you have a father
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Because you have a father who knows that you can never
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Who knows that you can never be free until you forgive.
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Be free until you forgive. so, if he tells me to flee,
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So, if he tells me to flee, i've got to go.
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I've got to go. if he tells me to forgive,
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If he tells me to forgive, i've got to love.
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I've got to love. it's an instruction.
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It's an instruction. those are just some
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Those are just some of the things that god
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Of the things that god will use to speak to you.
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Will use to speak to you. but then there is like
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But then there is like jonah where god will give you
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An interruption, an interruption
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An interruption, an interruption to the way that you think,
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To the way that you think, an interruption to the way
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An interruption to the way that you see the world,
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That you see the world, an interruption to what
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An interruption to what you think is important,
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You think is important, an interruption to the path
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An interruption to the path that you laid out
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That you laid out for your own life.
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For your own life. and so, jonah is a prophet
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And so, jonah is a prophet and the bible says that the word
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And the bible says that the word of the lord came to jonah.
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Of the lord came to jonah. and i got to say this
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And i got to say this one more time
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One more time in case you didn't get it,
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In case you didn't get it, the word of the lord
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The word of the lord can come to you.
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Can come to you. do you come
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Do you come to the word of the lord?
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To the word of the lord? i will ask you that every week,
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I will ask you that every week, do you come to the word
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Of the lord so that the word
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Of the lord so that the word of the lord can come to you?
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Of the lord can come to you? because there he will give you
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Because there he will give you instructions that will then mold
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Instructions that will then mold your impressions so that they
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Your impressions so that they are in his image, not yours.
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Are in his image, not yours. praise the lord.
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[applause]
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"now the word of the lord
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"now the word of the lord came to jonah,
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Came to jonah, son of amittai saying,"
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Son of amittai saying," here's the details
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Here's the details of the conversation.
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Of the conversation. "arise, go to nineveh,
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"arise, go to nineveh, that great city,
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That great city, and call out against it."
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And call out against it." nobody wants
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Nobody wants to preach against it.
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Nobody wants to go to a place
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Nobody wants to go to a place that is against them.
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That is against them. nineveh was the capital city
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Nineveh was the capital city of assyria.
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Of assyria. they were brutal.
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They were brutal. they wouldn't just kill you,
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They wouldn't just kill you, they would impale you
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They would impale you to send a message.
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To send a message. that's what i thought.
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That's what i thought. come try us again.
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Come try us again. they were brutal,
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They were brutal, barbaric and unrepentant,
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Barbaric and unrepentant, and they had personally
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And they had personally oppressed the people that
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Oppressed the people that jonah was identified with.
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Jonah was identified with. so, when the lord said,
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So, when the lord said, "go to nineveh
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"go to nineveh and preach against it,
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And preach against it, for their evil
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For their evil has come up before me,"
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Has come up before me," the bible says, "but jonah rose
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The bible says, "but jonah rose to flee to tarshish from
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To flee to tarshish from the presence of the lord."
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The presence of the lord." we know because we just read
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We know because we just read psalm 139 that what he is trying
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Psalm 139 that what he is trying to do is impossible.
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To do is impossible. he went to flee from
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He went to flee from the presence of the lord.
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The presence of the lord. and we know because
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And we know because we have psalm 139,
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We have psalm 139, that if you ascend
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That if you ascend to the heavens, he's there,
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To the heavens, he's there, and if you descend to hell,
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And if you descend to hell, he's there.
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He's there. and you can't flee from jonah,
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And you can't flee from jonah, but he -- from god.
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But jonah thought he could.
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But jonah thought he could. and so, he arose, and i won't
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And so, he arose, and i won't break this all down for you,
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Break this all down for you, but nineveh was 500 miles
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But nineveh was 500 miles from the port where
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From the port where he was supposed to go,
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He was supposed to go, and tarshish where he tried
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To go was 2,500 miles.
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To go was 2,500 miles. so, it was gonna take him
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So, it was gonna take him five times longer to get where
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Five times longer to get where he had decided to go than
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He had decided to go than where god told him to go,
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Where god told him to go, but he kind of thought
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But he kind of thought he could get around it.
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He could get around it. he thought, that's what
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He thought, that's what i thought.
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I thought. now, let's talk.
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Now, let's talk. there are some ways that
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There are some ways that you have tried to run from
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You have tried to run from some things in your life
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Some things in your life and you thought,
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And you thought, "well, if i just move
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"well, if i just move to a different city,"
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To a different city," and it's not always bad
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And it's not always bad to move to a different city,
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To move to a different city, long as you realize
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Long as you realize you go with you.
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[laughter]
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Get at least a 2 bedroom
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Get at least a 2 bedroom apartment because there's
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Apartment because there's at least 2 of yous.
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At least 2 of yous. he tried to go to tarshish.
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He tried to go to tarshish. he thought he would run
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He thought he would run from the lord.
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From the lord. and every word of this
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And every word of this is so instructive,
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Is so instructive, but just for the sake of time,
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But just for the sake of time, focus in with me on verses 3-5.
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"he went down to joppa."
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"he went down to joppa." pastor mickey used to say,
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Pastor mickey used to say, "when you run from god,
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"when you run from god, you always go down."
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You always go down." i like that.
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I like that. he went down to joppa and found
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He went down to joppa and found a ship going to tarshish.
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A ship going to tarshish. pastor mickey
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Pastor mickey used to always say,
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Used to always say, "if you ever
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"if you ever want to run from god,
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Want to run from god, the devil will always
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The devil will always give you a ride."
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Anyway, that's just
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Old preacher stuff that
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That i used to hear.
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So, he paid the fare
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And went on board.
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I'm holding up my penny, y'all?
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He paid the fare, went on board
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To go with them to tarshish,
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Away from the presence
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Of the lord.
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Surprise, verse 4.
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You can't.
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You can't. you can't run from any of it.
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You can't run from it.
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You can't run from it. well, you can run from it,
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Well, you can run from it, just not very long, especially
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Just not very long, especially if the lord really loves you
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If the lord really loves you because those he loves,
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Because those he loves, he disciplines.
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He disciplines. those he really loves,
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Those he really loves, he does what it takes
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He does what it takes to bring them back.
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To bring them back. those that he really
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Those that he really has a purpose for,
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Has a purpose for, he will even punish you
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He will even punish you short term to prevent you
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Short term to prevent you from something in your future
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That would be worse than
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That would be worse than the pain of the present.
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The pain of the present. i am not saying that every
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I am not saying that every bad thing happens so god
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Bad thing happens so god can teach you a lesson.
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Can teach you a lesson. please understand that
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Please understand that the number of people
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The number of people who i have watched
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Who i have watched die of cancer and the number
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Die of cancer and the number of people that i've seen
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Of people that i've seen have their lives senselessly
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Have their lives senselessly taken from a drunk driver
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Taken from a drunk driver would prohibit me from
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Would prohibit me from ever spewing that kind
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Ever spewing that kind of nonsense from the pulpit.
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Of nonsense from the pulpit. but i need to point out to you
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But i need to point out to you that the god who speaks by
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That the god who speaks by instructions and impressions
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Instructions and impressions also will sometimes
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Also will sometimes come into your situation
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Come into your situation through an interruption
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Because the bible says that,
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Because the bible says that, "the lord hurled a great wind
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"the lord hurled a great wind upon the sea and there was
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Upon the sea and there was a mighty tempest on the sea
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A mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship
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So that the ship threatened to break up."
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Threatened to break up." it is not the fact that there
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Was a storm that made me
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Was a storm that made me bring this passage up,
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Bring this passage up, it was who sent it
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It was who sent it that made it noteworthy.
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I am used to god calming storms,
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I am used to god calming storms, i am not used to god
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I am not used to god sending them.
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Sending them. but there was something
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But there was something that god wanted to do
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That god wanted to do in this situation that was
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In this situation that was important enough for him
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Important enough for him to send a storm to stop jonah
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To send a storm to stop jonah somewhere along the way.
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Somewhere along the way. he thought he was
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He thought he was going to tarshish,
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But before he could
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But before he could get where he thought
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Get where he thought he was going to go,
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He was going to go, a storm was sent upon the sea.
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Now, we're ready for verse 5.
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Now, we're ready for verse 5. the bible says,
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The bible says, "then the mariners
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"then the mariners or the sailors were afraid."
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Or the sailors were afraid." now remember,
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Now remember, these men don't know god,
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Not jonah's god.
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Not jonah's god. they call on many gods,
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They call on many gods, they're polytheists.
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They're polytheists. they have gods for everything.
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They have gods for everything. they have gods for feasting,
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They have gods for feasting, gods for fasting,
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Gods for fasting, gods for drought,
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Gods for drought, and gods for storms.
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And gods for storms. and as they're calling
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And as they're calling on all their many gods,
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On all their many gods, many little teeny weeny gods
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Many little teeny weeny gods that can't do anything
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That can't do anything for you when it really counts,
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For you when it really counts, like some of the gods that
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Like some of the gods that we worship and serve,
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We worship and serve, only to find out that
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Only to find out that they are so small in
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They are so small in the face of a great storm.
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The face of a great storm. and is this why god has brought
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And is this why god has brought you to this point in your life,
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You to this point in your life, so that you can call out
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For something bigger?
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For something bigger? "but the lord hurled
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"but the lord hurled the wind on the sea.
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The wind on the sea. then the mariners were afraid,
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Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god,
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And each cried out to his god, and they hurled the cargo that
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And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea
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Was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them.
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To lighten it for them. but jonah had gone down into
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The inner part of the ship
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And had lain down
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And was fast asleep.
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So the captain,"
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Get ready, lock in.
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"came and said to him,
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'what do you mean, you sleeper?
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Arise, call out to your god.
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Perhaps the god will
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Give a thought to us that
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We may not perish."
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We may not perish." i'm talking about when
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God gives a thought to you.
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God gives a thought to you. i know what he meant
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I know what he meant when he said it.
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When he said it. maybe if you call on god,
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Maybe if you call on god, he'll remember that
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He'll remember that we're in this situation.
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We're in this situation. maybe if you call on your god,
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Maybe if you call on your god, he'll do something
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He'll do something our gods can't do.
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Our gods can't do. one translation says,
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One translation says, "maybe he'll take notice."
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"maybe he'll take notice." another translation says,
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Another translation says, "maybe he'll throw
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"maybe he'll throw a thought our way.
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A thought our way. maybe he'll give
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Maybe he'll give a thought to us."
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A thought to us." but the phrase was so rich, man,
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But the phrase was so rich, man, i couldn't just take it
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At face value.
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At face value. i realized when he said,
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I realized when he said, "perhaps your god
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"perhaps your god will give a thought to us
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Will give a thought to us and this storm will stop
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And this storm will stop that your god can give
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That your god can give a thought to you that will stop
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A thought to you that will stop the storm in his tracks."
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The storm in his tracks." and he can do it today,
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And he can do it today, and he can do it right now,
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And he can do it right now, and he can do it even though
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And he can do it even though you're in your 30s,
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You're in your 30s, and he can do it even
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And he can do it even while you're in your teens
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While you're in your teens because what the captain said
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Because what the captain said that was so profound, he said,
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That was so profound, he said, "we need a thought from god.
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"we need a thought from god. i don't even know
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I don't even know if you've got the right one,
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If you've got the right one, but we need god
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But we need god in this situation."
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In this situation." and is it possible
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And is it possible that you are in a storm
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That you are in a storm right now in your life?
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Right now in your life? not to be overly generic,
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Not to be overly generic, but everybody in here has some
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But everybody in here has some kind of storm or is journeying
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Kind of storm or is journeying with someone through a storm.
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With someone through a storm. and would it be a good prayer
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And would it be a good prayer for you to pray right about now?
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God, "give a thought to me."
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God, "give a thought to me." see, because god's thoughts
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See, because god's thoughts are precious.
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Are precious. god's works are wonderful,
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God's works are wonderful, but his thoughts are
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But his thoughts are also precious.
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Also precious. so, it means that
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So, it means that sometimes we're praying,
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"god, do something,"
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"god, do something," and god is speaking for us
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And god is speaking for us to think something,
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To think something, because until we think
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Because until we think something different than
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Something different than we've been thinking,
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We've been thinking, he can't do anything different
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He can't do anything different than what he's been
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Than what he's been allowed to do.
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Allowed to do. for instance, the ship
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For instance, the ship is not going to turn around
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Is not going to turn around just because god wants
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Just because god wants jonah in nineveh.
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Jonah in nineveh. god did not turn the ship.
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God did not turn the ship. god sent the storm and in
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God sent the storm and in the middle of the storm,
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The middle of the storm, he had a decision to make.
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He had a decision to make. not will god
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Not will god give a thought to me.
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Give a thought to me. god had his eye on this boat
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God had his eye on this boat from the moment jonah got on it.
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From the moment jonah got on it. the whole reason they were in
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The whole reason they were in this predicament was because
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This predicament was because of the sleeping prophet.
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Of the sleeping prophet. and now, we've got
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And now, we've got some panicked pagans,
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Some panicked pagans, and now we've got
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And now we've got a self-pitying prophet.
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A self-pitying prophet. and we've got a sovereign god
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And we've got a sovereign god sending a storm on a raging sea,
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And we're used to him
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And we're used to him calming storms
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Calming storms but the god of the calm
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But the god of the calm is the god of the chaos.
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Is the god of the chaos. and into the chaos the captain
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And into the chaos the captain says something that the prophet
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Says something that the prophet should have known for sure,
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Should have known for sure, we need a god thought.
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We need a god thought. we need god to do
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We need god to do something in our family.
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Something in our family. we need god to do something
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We need god to do something in this relationship.
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In this relationship. i need god to do
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I need god to do something in my business.
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Something in my business. i need god to do something
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I need god to do something in my body.
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In my body. i need god to walk in
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I need god to walk in with me to this doctor.
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I need god, and i'm not
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I need god, and i'm not ashamed to cry out to him,
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Ashamed to cry out to him, and i can't sleep down here.
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[applause]
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Get up and call on god,
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Get up and call on god, and maybe god will give
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And maybe god will give a thought to us.
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A thought to us. and jonah said,
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And jonah said, "yeah, i'm real sorry
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"yeah, i'm real sorry about this 'cause this
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About this 'cause this is all my fault.
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Is all my fault. see, i worship yahweh,
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See, i worship yahweh, and yahweh told me
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And yahweh told me to go to nineveh
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To go to nineveh and i said no way."
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And i said no way." i'm just trying
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I'm just trying to keep it light 'cause
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To keep it light 'cause it's kind of a hard sermon
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It's kind of a hard sermon to preach if you want
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To preach if you want to know the truth.
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To know the truth. but after he got done
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But after he got done explaining and they cast lots,
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Explaining and they cast lots, which is kind of like
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Which is kind of like drawing a straw,
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Drawing a straw, and they realized it was
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And they realized it was jonah's fault that they
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Jonah's fault that they were in this storm,
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Were in this storm, they realized, listen to this,
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They realized, listen to this, that you can throw all the cargo
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That you can throw all the cargo overboard that you want,
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Overboard that you want, but until you deal with
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But until you deal with the real thing that's going on,
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The real thing that's going on, it will stay chaotic.
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You can't fix chaos
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You can't fix chaos by losing cargo.
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By losing cargo. how much more stuff
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How much more stuff are you gonna throw overboard
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Are you gonna throw overboard before you realize
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Before you realize jonah has got to go?
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Jonah has got to go? what do you mean
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Jonah's gotta go?
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Jonah's gotta go? i'm saying anything
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I'm saying anything that is on your boat that
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That is on your boat that is keeping jesus from being
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Is keeping jesus from being the captain of your peace
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The captain of your peace and your soul has got to go.
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[applause]
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You can rearrange all
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You can rearrange all the deck chairs you want,
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The deck chairs you want, it's still the titanic
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It's still the titanic if jonah doesn't go.
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If jonah doesn't go. you can continue
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You can continue to throw things off,
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To throw things off, and spend money,
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And spend money, and waste money,
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And waste money, and buy stuff,
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And buy stuff, and buy more square footage
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And buy more square footage so y'all can sleep at
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So y'all can sleep at opposite ends
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Opposite ends of the bigger house,
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Of the bigger house, but until the attitudes
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But until the attitudes at the root of it change,
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At the root of it change, nothing does until god
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Nothing does until god gives a thought.
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Gives a thought. and it cost jonah,
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And it cost jonah, did you see, hc, how it said
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Did you see, hc, how it said he paid the fare?
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He paid the fare? he paid more than
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He paid more than a penny for this.
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A penny for this. he paid his peace.
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He paid his peace. he almost paid his purpose
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He almost paid his purpose because of a wrong thought.
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Because of a wrong thought. how much have the wrong
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How much have the wrong thoughts cost you?
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Thoughts cost you? because god, your god,
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Because god, your god, the god who speaks by
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The god who speaks by impressions, instructions,
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Impressions, instructions, and even interruptions,
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And even interruptions, might be using this storm
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Might be using this storm to give a thought to you,
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To give a thought to you, to you, to you.
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To you, to you. and don't try to talk
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To your neighbor about
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To your neighbor about the sermon after church
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The sermon after church if they weren't
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If they weren't really listening.
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[laughter]
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Don't try to explain it
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Don't try to explain it to them when god gives
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To them when god gives a thought to you.
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Jonah, i just want to show you
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How merciful god really is.
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Not only is he going to forgive
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The barbaric ninevites
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Over there in chapter 3
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When jonah preaches,
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And jonah is not even
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That great of a preacher.
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The only thing he says
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The only thing he says that they record
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That they record in the book of jonah is,
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In the book of jonah is, "forty more days and nineveh
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"forty more days and nineveh will be destroyed."
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Will be destroyed." can you imagine coming
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Can you imagine coming to church for that?
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You know?
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You know? y'all got it pretty good, man.
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Y'all got it pretty good, man. if jonah was here,
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If jonah was here, that'd be the whole sermon.
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That'd be the whole sermon. and he'd just say it
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And he'd just say it over and over again
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Over and over again and say it louder,
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And say it louder, but god used it.
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But god used it. god did something through jonah.
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God did something through jonah. he always wanted to do
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He always wanted to do something through jonah.
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Something through jonah. he wants to do
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He wants to do something through you.
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Something through you. but the question is,
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But the question is, do you value the god thought?
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Do you value the god thought? because the cost
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Because the cost of the wrong thought,
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Of the wrong thought, what you trade with
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What you trade with the wrong thought is the god
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The wrong thought is the god thought that replaces it.
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Thought that replaces it. so, god calls you,
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So, god calls you, but you turn yourself
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But you turn yourself into a castaway.
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Into a castaway. so, god calls you righteous
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So, god calls you righteous by the blood of christ,
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But you keep hiding in shame
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But you keep hiding in shame from even your own
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From even your own friends and family.
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Friends and family. it's the cost
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It's the cost of a wrong thought.
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Of a wrong thought. oh, he paid the fare
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Oh, he paid the fare to get on the ship,
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To get on the ship, but he paid more than that.
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But he paid more than that. and as a matter of fact,
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And as a matter of fact, it got so bad that the sailors,
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It got so bad that the sailors, after doing everything
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After doing everything they could, said,
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"what do you want us to do?"
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"what do you want us to do?" and look what
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And look what he said in verse 12,
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He said in verse 12, this is the cost
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Of the wrong thought.
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Of the wrong thought. he said to them,
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He said to them, "pick me up and hurl me
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"pick me up and hurl me into the sea."
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Into the sea." then the sea will
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Then the sea will quiet down for you."
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Quiet down for you." and i'm gonna
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And i'm gonna show you something.
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Show you something. you've been in church
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You've been in church all your life,
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All your life, but i don't think you've
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But i don't think you've ever seen this before.
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Ever seen this before. god gave it to me fresh.
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God gave it to me fresh. "the sea will
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"the sea will quiet down for you.
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Quiet down for you. i know it's because of me.
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I know it's because of me. i'm the problem.
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I'm the problem. it's me.
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It's me. i know it's because of me
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I know it's because of me that this great tempest
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That this great tempest has come upon you.
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Has come upon you. nevertheless, men rode hard try
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Nevertheless, men rode hard try to get back to the dry land.
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To get back to the dry land. they tried everything
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They tried everything they could.
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They could. they could not.
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They could not. but the sea grew more and more
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But the sea grew more and more tempestuous against him."
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Tempestuous against him." you're not going to roll
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You're not going to roll your way out of this one.
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There's some situations you can
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There's some situations you can strain as much as you want to,
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Strain as much as you want to, and the storm doesn't stop.
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But watch this, verse 14,
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But watch this, verse 14, "therefore they called out
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"therefore they called out to the lord, 'o lord,
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To the lord, 'o lord, let us not perish
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Let us not perish for this man's life,
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For this man's life, not on us innocent blood,
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Not on us innocent blood, for you, o lord,
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For you, o lord, has done as it pleased you.'"
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Has done as it pleased you.'" verse 15, "so they picked up
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Verse 15, "so they picked up jonah and hurled him
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Jonah and hurled him into the sea,
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Into the sea, and the sea ceased
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And the sea ceased from its raging."
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From its raging." and right about now
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And right about now you're thinking,
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"where are you going
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"where are you going with this depressing,
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With this depressing, weird series, sermon series
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Weird series, sermon series right now?"
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Well, the bible says,
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Well, the bible says, "the men feared the lord
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"the men feared the lord exceedingly and they offered
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Exceedingly and they offered a sacrifice to the lord
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A sacrifice to the lord and made vows,"
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And made vows," so that's good, right?
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So that's good, right? they knew he was god.
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They knew he was god. but the lord appointed a great
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But the lord appointed a great fish to swallow up jonah,
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Fish to swallow up jonah, and jonah was in the belly
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And jonah was in the belly of the fish three days
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Of the fish three days and three nights.
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And three nights. now, here's my favorite verse,
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Now, here's my favorite verse, "then jonah prayed,"
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You see what i'm saying?
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You see what i'm saying? i think you know
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I think you know where i'm going with this.
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Where i'm going with this. you're overstaying your welcome
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You're overstaying your welcome in the belly of the fish,
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In the belly of the fish, because this didn't have
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To happen in jonah 2:1,
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To happen in jonah 2:1, this could have happened
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This could have happened in jonah 1:6.
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In jonah 1:6. and if it had
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And if it had happened in jonah 1:6,
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Happened in jonah 1:6, when the captain came and said,
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When the captain came and said, "wake up man,
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"wake up man, what's wrong with you?
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What's wrong with you? we're all gonna die.
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We're all gonna die. get up, don't you care?
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Get up, don't you care? call on your god.
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Call on your god. perhaps he will give
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Perhaps he will give a thought to us.
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A thought to us. perhaps he'll get us
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Perhaps he'll get us out of this.
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Out of this. perhaps he'll notice us.
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Perhaps he'll notice us. perhaps he'll do something.
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Perhaps he'll do something. perhaps he'll give
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Perhaps he'll give a thought to us."
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A thought to us." and jonah's thought was,
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"throw me overboard."
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"throw me overboard." what if his thought had been,
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What if his thought had been, "call on god"?
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"call on god"? what if he would have
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Done this chapter 2:1,
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Done this chapter 2:1, but didn't wait until
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But didn't wait until he got in the belly
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He got in the belly of the fish to do it?
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Of the fish to do it? what if the moment
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What if the moment the captain would have said,
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The captain would have said, "wake up, call on god,
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"wake up, call on god, he can stop it,"
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He can stop it," jonah had prayed to the lord.
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And i'm trying to say that some
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And i'm trying to say that some things you can pray before
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Things you can pray before you get in the belly.
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[applause]
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Do you hear me preaching
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Do you hear me preaching this good word today?
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This good word today? then jonah prayed with
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Then jonah prayed with seaweed around his neck.
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Seaweed around his neck. then jonah prayed smelling
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Then jonah prayed smelling like a fish market.
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Like a fish market. then jonah prayed
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Then jonah prayed in the belly of the whale.
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In the belly of the whale. and here's what i noticed
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It said verse 1,
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It said verse 1, "he prayed to the lord
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"he prayed to the lord his god from the belly
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His god from the belly of the fish,"
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Of the fish," verse 2 saying,
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Verse 2 saying, "i called to the lord
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"i called to the lord out of my distress,
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Out of my distress, and he answered me.
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And he answered me. out of the belly of sheol
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Out of the belly of sheol i cried and you heard my voice."
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I cried and you heard my voice." leave it right there.
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Leave it right there. god will hear you when you cry
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God will hear you when you cry to him from the depths,
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To him from the depths, but you do --
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But you do -- you also do not have to go
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You also do not have to go to the depths to cry to him.
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God will hear you if you
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God will hear you if you cry to him from the depths,
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Cry to him from the depths, but you do not have
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But you do not have to go all the way down
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To go all the way down to reach all the way up,
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Because the bible says,
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Because the bible says, "i called to the lord
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"i called to the lord out of my distress."
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Out of my distress." and there are two choices
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And there are two choices you have to make.
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You have to make. one, you can call on god
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One, you can call on god in your distress,
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In your distress, or you can bring god
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Or you can bring god into your decisions.
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[applause]
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>> thank you so much
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>> thank you so much for joining us today.
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For joining us today. to find more messages like
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Pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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Youtube channel or just scan the qr code
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Or just scan the qr code on your screen to subscribe
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On your screen to subscribe and then you'll get access
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And then you'll get access to new videos that are
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To new videos that are uploaded weekly.
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Uploaded weekly. now, if today's message
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Now, if today's message spoke to your heart,
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Spoke to your heart, i also want to invite you
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I also want to invite you to partner with us
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To partner with us and make it possible
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And make it possible for someone else to hear
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For someone else to hear the message too.
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The message too. your generosity really does
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Your generosity really does make a difference.
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Make a difference. every time you give,
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Every time you give, you're helping us take
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You're helping us take the gospel further and get
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The gospel further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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God's word into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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This ministry exists so that people far from god will be
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People far from god will be raised to life in christ,
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Raised to life in christ, and you're a part of that story.
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And you're a part of that story. because of you,
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Because of you, messages just like the one
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Messages just like the one you heard today will go out
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You heard today will go out to people who need hope,
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To people who need hope, people who are wrestling
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People who are wrestling with anxiety and disappointment
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With anxiety and disappointment or the weight of wrong
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Or the weight of wrong assumptions about their future,
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Assumptions about their future, even wrong assumptions
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Even wrong assumptions about god.
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About god. through broadcasts,
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Through broadcasts, online outreach,
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Online outreach, and ministry partners
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And ministry partners all over the world,
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All over the world, your support is opening the door
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Your support is opening the door for them to hear the truth that
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For them to hear the truth that can change everything.
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Can change everything. so, please call the number
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So, please call the number on your screen or go online
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On your screen or go online right now to give,
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Right now to give, your gift of any amount
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Your gift of any amount makes a difference.
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Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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>> scripture tells us
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>> scripture tells us that when we give,
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That when we give, we're reflecting
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We're reflecting the heart of god,
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The heart of god, meeting needs and spreading
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Meeting needs and spreading his love in real, tangible ways.
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These kits may look simple,
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A blanket, a hat,
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A pair of gloves,
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But they carry hope.
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They remind someone
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That god sees them,
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That they matter,
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And that love still shows up.
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Thank you for being the kind
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Thank you for being the kind of church that gives generously,
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Of church that gives generously, because when we give together,
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Because when we give together, we're sharing more than warmth.
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We're sharing more than warmth. we're sharing the love of jesus.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ who am i ♪
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♪ that you keep me ♪
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♪ on your mind ♪
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♪ god i'm just ♪
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♪ grateful for you ♪
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♪ god just grateful for you ♪
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ blessed assurance ♪
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♪ jesus is mine ♪
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♪ he's been my fourth man ♪
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♪ in the fire ♪
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♪ time after time ♪
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♪ born of his spirit ♪
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♪ i've been ♪
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♪ washed in his blood ♪
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♪ and what he did ♪
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♪ for me on calvary ♪
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♪ is more than enough ♪
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♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one ♪
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♪ who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one ♪
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♪ who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ perfect submission ♪
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♪ all is at rest ♪
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♪ i know ♪
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♪ the author of tomorrow ♪
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♪ has ordered my steps ♪
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♪ oh yes ♪
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♪ so this is my story ♪
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Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 2)

January 8, 2026 | 28:0

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