tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832939444439438575.post-36471924164855042072008-03-02T10:30:00.002-06:002008-03-18T08:03:01.680-06:002008-03-18T08:03:01.680-06:00<a href="http://www.newlifecotr.com/media/Audio/March%202008/Jonah%20Part%202%20Pastor%20Kenneth%20Woolf%203-2-08.mp3">Download MP3 audio </a><br /><br /><span id="notes"><br />New Life COTR<br />Sunday March 2, 2008<br /><br />JONAH<br />Part 2<br /><br />INTRODUCTION: Last week we looked at Jonah Chapter 1 and learned four things. <br /> When God speaks to us it might be something we don’t want to do. <br />1. When God speaks to us there is always a boat going in the opposite direction. <br />2. If God has to He’ll send a storm to get our attention. <br />3. Our worst nightmare may be just what we need. <br />In Jonah chapter 2 Jonah is in the belly of the fish and we read about Jonah’s prayer of repentance. We’ll come back to that. <br />Today we’re going to look at Jonah 3. <br />Jonah 3:1- “Then the Word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.” <br />Many people in life will not give you a second chance at something. They draw the line and say “I’m going to write you off.” You blew it with me. <br /><br />I. GOD IS A GOD OF SECOND CHANCES<br />God came to Jonah a second time. <br />Some of you have blown it with God before, but God is a God of second chances. <br />Some of you have blown it with church, but God is a God of second chances. <br />Some of you have blown it with ministry, but God is a God of second chances. <br />Some of you have blown in marriage but God is a God of second chances. <br />GOD CAME TO JONAH A SECOND TIME! <br />Some of you God has come to you in the past and you have yet to surrender your life to God. Well God is coming to you again today! <br />Some of you today are coming back to God after disobeying Him. <br />SOME OF YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE GRACE OF GOD TODAY! <br />GRACE- God giving you what you don’t deserve! <br />SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE GRACE OF GOD TODAY! <br />Ephesians 2:4-9- Turn and Read<br />(ILLUSTRATION) <br />This is what God wants to do in your life. Young or old! <br />2Corinthians 5:17- “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” <br />TRANSITION: There are those of you like me, who don’t deserve the grace of God. But the Word of the Lord will come to you a second time. <br />Just like it did Jonah! What was the Word of the Lord for Jonah? <br /><br />II. GO NOW<br />Jonah 3:2- “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” <br />GO- Go now, go immediately, go now, go suddenly! <br />Whenever God comes to you and gives you a second chance the time is always NOW! <br />The time to go is NOW! <br />When God says it’s time to GO you need to do it immediately because if you don’t you’ll talk yourself out of it. <br />God may be saying He wants you to go and forgive someone. God and apologize. God and give something away. DO IT NOW! <br />GO and repent of some sin, make it right NOW! <br />Jonah 3:3- “Jonah obeyed the Word of the Lord and went to Nineveh…” <br />Jonah got it right and obeyed the Word of the Lord. <br />“God I’ll go where you want me to go but don’t go there.” <br />THREE TYPES OF CHRISTIANS<br /><br />1. I want what I want period! <br />2. I want what God wants but!<br />3. I want what God wants period! <br />TRANSITION: Jonah got a second chance to go and he did. <br /><br />III. TO GO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LET GO<br />Jonah 3:4- “On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” <br />STARTED- to untie or loosen so you can go. <br />To go the direction Jonah needed to go he had to let go of the things he was holding on to. <br />Jonah 2:8- “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” <br />Jonah had to let go so he could do what God was calling Him to do! <br />YOU MUST UNTIE YOURSELF TO YOU CAN DO WHAT GOD CALLED YOU TO DO! <br />I don’t know what that could be for you? <br />1. Your self-will, I’m going to do whatever I want period! <br />2. Could it be your holding on to a sense of financial security or control? I can’t take that job because this ones just to secure. <br />3. Could it be you’re holding on to your reputation? What other people think about you. If I do what God calls me to do others will think I’ve lost it? <br />4. Could it be some sin in your life? <br />5. Maybe it’s a relationship. <br />WHAT IS IT YOU’RE HOLDING ON TO THAT GOD NEEDS YOU TO LET GO OF? <br />UNTIL YOU LET GO YOU CAN NEVER DO WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO! <br /><br />CONCLUSION: What are you holding on to today that you need to let go of? <br />God is speaking and for some of you it’s a second chance. GO NOW! Let Go and do what God needs you to do. <br />Jonah 3:4-10- Turn and Read<br />God had compassion on the Ninevites. <br />God is a God of Grace. GOD IS A GOD OF SECOND CHANCES! <br /><br /></span>Quirinusnoreply@blogger.com