It's only downhill from here!
So far in our study of Jonah, we’ve learned that God wanted to REACH out to the pagan Gentiles of Ninevah with His mercy, so He REVEALED a message to His prophet, Jonah, and told him to go there and preach it, but Jonah REACTED by RUNNING away. On this program, we’re going to reenact what happened as a result of Jonah’s disobedience. The setting is Joppa, a seaport about 35 miles northwest of Jerusalem - known today as Jaffa. A ship is docked there and about ready to leave. It’s destination - Tarshish, a mining colony in Spain. Looks like a nice day for a cruise. Hey…there’s Jonah boarding the boat now.
God can repay with mercy
The purpose of the book of Jonah is to show that God is concerned for ALL mankind, not just the Jews and that He will do whatever is necessary to accomplish His purpose of making Himself known, even to His enemies. 2 Peter 3:9 says that God is not willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance. The book of Jonah anticipates the universality of Jesus' Gospel, and is the Old Testament counterpart to the salvation message of John 3:16 which says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOSOEVER believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” On this program, Barbara Sandbek will take a look at Jonah’s reaction to God’s call to go to Nineveh.
It's all about God's grace!
There has been much debate over whether the story of Jonah is true or just an allegory. Regardless of your stance, 2 Timothy 3:16 says that ALL Scripture is inspired by God and is PROFITABLE for our training. On this Grace Notes program, Barbara Sandbek will begin a series on the book of Jonah. You’ll find this to be NO fish story - rather one that’s alive with lessons we can learn and apply so don’t miss a single program.
Open my eyes, Lord
When your spiritual walk is at a stand still, or you’re facing a particularly difficult trial, it may be that God is calling you to a higher level of intimacy – a level where you can better appreciate how awesome it is that the Creator of the Universe cares for you.
The Lord’s RETURN
Our hope is in Christ. He promised us that He will RETURN to take us home to Heaven to be with Him. To help remember some of God’s truths upon which we base our hope, let’s make an acrostic out of the word ‘RETURN’.
The BIG Picture
Barbara Sandbek concludes this series with a personal assessment of why trials occur and how God uses them to help us ‘work out’ our salvation. We’ll see the benefits we can receive as we allow ourselves to be clay in the Potter’s hands.
Character construction - part 5
Barbara Sandbek has been describing the qualities listed in 2 Peter 1:5-7 that God wants us to incorporate into our lives. We’ve seen how faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, and patience can work together to form a ‘Christ-like’ character in us. On this program, Barbara will center on the next trait – Godliness. Why not get out your notepad – you’ll want to remember the Scriptures she shares.
Character Construction Underway - part 4
We hope you’ve been enjoying our series entitled, ‘Why trials’. Barbara Sandbek has been talking about how trials build in us the character traits listed in 1 Peter 1:5-7. We found that faith, coupled with virtue, knowledge, and self-control, create in us a deeper love for God and others. On this program, Barbara will explain the attribute of patience, in a little different light, and share another one of her experiences.
Character Construction Underway - part 3
God created man in His image and likeness. His likeness is His Glory or His character. Because of sin, we’ve lost our glory, but once we receive Christ into our lives by faith, Romans 8:29 says that God works to conform us into the likeness of His Son – and give us back the glory we’ve lost. On this Grace Notes program, Barbara Sandbek will explain how God works His character trait of self-control in us as she shares some of her own experiences.
Character Construction Underway - part 2
On our last program, Barbara Sandbek showed us that trials are necessary in building our character. She read a list of qualities in 2 Peter 1:5-7 that God desires to incorporate into our personality. Let’s hear it again. It says… Make every effort to add to your faith, goodness, and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance(or patience), and to perseverance, Godliness, and to Godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love. We learned that none of these can exist without faith because faith is the foundation. Faith comes by hearing the truth of the Word of God and believing in Christ. On this program, Barbara will explain how these qualities work together in the character building process.