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Jonah 3:10 God relented and didn't destroy the city. Maybe, just maybe, the world WON'T go to hell in a handbasket. Doesn't this give you hope? Doesn't it give you cause to pray for your lost friends and your political leaders (the ones you revere AND the ones you think are your enemies)? Doesn't it encourage you to share God's love with your coworker who has a hangover every Monday and your neighbors who are fighting with each other almost daily?
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Jade Moore
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Jonah 4:1-2 (the HEART of the book of Jonah, and the climax to the story!); see also Exodus 34:6, Psalm 86:5,15 Jonah's a hot mess about God's decision! Think about it. He spent THREE DAYS in a fish's bowels, prayed, repented, was delivered from death's door, obeyed God's command, and an entire city was spared. And he was STILL a self-righteous JERK. What in the world will it take to get him to repent? And then the Lord drops a bomb on Jonah with the same revelation He gave to Moses and King David (He also gave it by example and extension to many others in the Bible): "For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to ALL who call upon you." (Ps 86:5, Jonah 4:2, Ex. 34:6)
New Life Church | Daily Devo - James Dearmond
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Jonah 3:1-3a Jonah obeyed the second time; didn't argue with God, and didn't run from Him, either. It only took one unfortunate experience for Jonah to take God seriously. How many times will it take you?
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Cody Yeoman
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Jonah 3:7-9 The king issued a decree, and the people repented. When you receive a correction, are you willing to listen? Can you hear hard things? Are you willing to ask others the hard question, "How are you experiencing me?" We cannot force the world to change. We can warn them, and we can hope and pray that they repent, but we cannot change them. We can only stay humble and allow the Lord to change us from within, removing those things in us that are self-righteous, unforgiving, and angry, and replacing our disgustingness with His righteousness, His forgiveness, and His love for humankind. It is by God's Spirit only that the world is changed. We are simply along for the ride to the degree that we are willing to be available and useful to Him for His purposes. We can be and often are BOTH Jonah AND the Assyrians in this story because the self-righteous hatred that Jonah was dishing out was the same self-righteous hatred of the Pharisees that was so revolting to Jesus.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Daniel Ramos
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New Life Church | Daily Devo - Daniel Ramos

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Jonah 3:6 This king—who isn't named and scholars can't agree on which Assyrian king it might have been—remarkably listened to Jonah and immediately repented.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Chuck Jeffcoats
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Jonah 3:5; Luke 24:32 The Ninevites repented, which is pretty amazing, given their terrible track record. What's especially cool is that they were never told to repent. Their hearts convicted them, and they responded. This reminds us of the conversation between two unnamed disciples and the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Mark Pagley
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Jonah 3:3b-4; Luke 11:29-32 (also Matthew 12:38-41 listed earlier in this series) Jonah is back to square one, starting all over again. He went 1/3rd of the way into the city before declaring that the clock was ticking for Nineveh's destruction. He was all-in! This was a fortress of a city! If anything went wrong, and the people turned on Jonah, he would have no place to run, no place to hide. He was 15-20 miles in, depending on how fast he walked. And keep in mind that there was never a hint from God that God might forgive them if they repent. Jonah only knows to preach the message of destruction, so the assumption is that he's all-in FOR their destruction! We don't get a glimpse of the condition of Jonah's heart until next week. Also, there's another opportunity to compare and contrast Jonah v. Jesus in Jesus' words in Luke 11.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Rachel Spinks
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Jonah 1:13b-16 In this paragraph we find what may be one of the most honest prayers in the Bible! "God, we know this guy is YOUR guy, and he's telling us to throw him overboard, but by God (and God we kind of mean that), we don't want to do yet ANOTHER think to make You mad! But we're at the end of our rope here, so don't blame us if this is the wrong thing, ok?" They covered all their spiritual bases, then they threw a hail Mary, on this was a hail Jonah.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Blake Polston
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Jonah 1:7-10 The sailors cast lots, and the short stick fell on Jonah. Terrified, they grilled Jonah, "Who ARE you? Where are you FROM? WHAT are you DOING?" And he replied, "“I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” That made the sailors even more terrified. "WHAT in the WORLD have you DONE?" Notice that the answer isn't explicit in this passage, though they already knew, because he had already told them previously.
New Life Church | Daily Devo - Turner Moore
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New Life Church | Daily Devo - Turner Moore

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