You are created by God on purpose for a purpose. · You are created by God on purpose for a...
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You are created by God on purpose for a purpose.
Until you know your life purpose, you are just existing.
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For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we
can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
We must recognize that our rebellion against God’s authority in our lives
separates us from God… the One who provides purpose and meaning in our
lives.
You need Jesus to become the person that you were created to be.
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Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you."
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So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet
forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
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So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with
sackcloth and sat in ashes.
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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd
nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so
that we may not perish?
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Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God
relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He
did not do it.
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“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time!”
We serve a God of second chances!
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“A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. BUT if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets
another chance.”
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“The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! It is his mercy that has kept us
from complete destruction. His faithfulness is great and his mercies
begin afresh every new day.”
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Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to
you before,
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But— When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not
because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He
washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy
Spirit.
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become
new.
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"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the
fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that
can hold no water.
Why would we choose life without God when we can have Him in our lives???
Every new day is another chance from God!
❖ Live with profound gratitude
When God gives you a second chance
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“Jonah told God, ‘I will sing my thanksgiving to you, and I will sacrifice to you. and I’ll do what I’ve promised
you to do, because salvation comes from you Lord!’
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Then God ordered the fish to spit up Jonah onto the beach, and it did.”
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“It is good to say thank you to the Lord and sing praises to Him. Every morning tell him, ‘Thank you for your kindness!’”
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“The people who honor me are those who bring me offerings to showthanks. And I save those who obey
me.”
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“...Give yourselves completely to God --every part of you -- for you are back
from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for his
good purposes.”
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“Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing!”
❖Make my life mission my top priority
• Live with profound
gratitude
When God gives you a second chance
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“Then the Lord spoke to Jonah again: ‘Go to that great city, Nineveh and warn
them of their doom, as I told you to before!’”
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“I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete
my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News
about God's grace.”
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There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the
profit of all:
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“I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete
my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News
about God's grace.”
Circumstances may change me, but NEVER CHANGE MY MISSION!
❖ Don’t delay – Obey today!
• Live with profound
gratitude
• Make my life mission my
top priority
When God gives you a second chance
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“This time Jonah immediately headed to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the
Lord.”
DELAYED obedience is disobedience
❖ Accept my responsibility to warn others
• Live with profound
gratitude
• Make my life mission my
top priority
• Don’t delay – Obey today!
When God gives you a second chance
To reject Christ in your life is to belittle the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross
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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard
Him,
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Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by
which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
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For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord will judge His people." It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God.
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“Now the city of Nineveh was so big that it took three days to walk around it. But after walking for a day, Jonah warned
the people...”
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“For 3 years I never stopped warning each of you night & day with tears!”
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“Jonah warned the people ‘In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!’”
❖ Expect God to use me
• Live with profound
gratitude
• Make my life mission my
top priority
• Don’t delay – Obey today!
• Accept my responsibility to
warn othersWhen God gives you a second chance
God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things in His name
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The Ninevites believed God… They humbled themselves putting on
sackcloth...even the King sat down in the dust! Then the King proclaimed a public
fast...
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Then let us all pray urgently to God, andlet us turn from our evil ways and let us stop all our violence! Who knows? God
may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not
perish.’
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When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not do what he had
warned he’d do.”
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“Warn each other every day, because it’s still called ‘today’, and so that your heart isn’t hardened against God by the sin’s deceit. We will share in all that belongs to Christ if we hold firmly till the end... SO IF you hear God’s voice today, listen
and don’t be stubborn!”
When God gives me a second chance
• Live with profound gratitude
• Make my life mission my top priority
• Don’t delay – Obey today!
• Accept my responsibility to warn others
• Expect God to use me
We serve a God of second chances