Pastor Stephanie
Pastor Stephanie is doing Daniel fast. She heard this - Time is running out - God is calling for Jonahs
Jesus is the Word
The first thing God put inside us is His mission and vision
The last word of Jesus are the most important.
Wait for the Holy Spirit
We are born again. We are transferred into the kingdom of light. We will be witnesses unto Jesus
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to u
JONAH 1:1-2 NLT
The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
“GET UP and GO TO the great city of NINEVEH.
ANNOUNCE my judgment against it because I have seen how WICKED its people are.”
BUT Jonah GOT UP and WENT in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION to get away from the Lord.
He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a SHIP leaving for TARSHISH.
He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to TARSHISH.
JONAH 1:3 NLT
EZEKIEL 27:12
“ ‘TARSHISH did BUSINESS with you because of your great wealth of goods;
they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.
JONAH 1:4 NLT
But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.
Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship.
But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted.
“GET UP and pray to your god!
Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.”
JONAH 1:5-6 NLT
Jesus is powerful!
But believers who have Jesus are sleeping
JONAH 1:7-8 NLT
Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm.
When they did this, the lots identified Jonah as the culprit.
“Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded.
“Who are you?
What is your line of work?
What country are you from?
What is your nationality?”
JONAH 1:9-10 NLT
Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the GOD of HEAVEN, who made the sea and the land.”
The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was RUNNING AWAY from the LORD.
“Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.
Worship is from our heart
Worship means we will not bow down to this world
We worship the Lord
JONAH 1:11-12 NLT
And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, “What should we do to you to stop this storm?”
“Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said, “and it will become calm again.
I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.”
JONAH 1:13-14 NLT
Instead, the sailors rowed even harder to get the ship to the land.
But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn’t make it.
Then they cried out to the Lord, JONAH’S GOD.
“O Lord,” they pleaded, “don’t make us die for this man’s sin.
And don’t hold us responsible for his death.
O Lord, you have sent this storm upon him FOR YOUR OWN GOOD REASONS.”
It is not us that are great. It is our God. Who we represent.
It will come a day people will say they want to know your God
Then the sailors picked Jonah up and THREW him into the raging sea,
and the storm stopped at once!
The sailors were AWESTRUCK by the LORD’S GREAT POWER,
and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.
JONAH 1:15-16 NLT
When you realised you are called.
When you drink a cup of water, holy spirit inside you
You want the power of holy spirit and you sit on the sofa, nothing will happen.
Revival does not take place when we just have holy ghost meeting and feel good.
Revival is when we go out and share the Word
Go out and share the gospel to someone and invite them to Jesus
Church multiply by the church people go to share the gospel.
Now the LORD HAD ARRANGED for a great fish to swallow Jonah.
And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
JONAH 1:17 NLT
It is God who arranges things behind the scene.
God was behind the scene for Jonah.
Pray! Seek Him!
JONAH 2:1-3 NLT
Then Jonah PRAYED TO the LORD his God from inside the fish.
He said, “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he ANSWERED me.
I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me!
You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
Cry out to the unsaved.
What is in eternity is that that comes alive
Relationship
Do you know what is in their hearts? Their goals? Do you communicate?
Do you have relationship with God?
Know what is in his heart
JONAH 2:4-6 NLT
Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
“I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever.
BUT YOU, O LORD MY GOD, snatched me from the jaws of death!
JONAH 2:7-9 NLT
As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord.
And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.
Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all GOD’S MERCIES.
But I will offer SACRIFICES to you with songs of PRAISE, and I will fulfill ALL my VOWS.
For MY SALVATION COMES from the LORD ALONE.”
Remember who is my God!
It is not too late.
JONAH 2:10 NLT
Then the LORD ORDERED the FISH to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
JONAH 3:1-2 NLT
Then the LORD SPOKE to Jonah a SECOND TIME:
“GET UP and GO to the great city of Nineveh, and DELIVER the MESSAGE I have given you.”
Preach the gospel
THIS TIME Jonah OBEYED the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh,
a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
ON THE DAY Jonah entered the city, he SHOUTED to the crowds:
“Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”
JONAH 3:3-4 NLT
See the way God sees
The urgency of the gospel
Declare the message of God
Our God always live in the NOW
God’s time is near!
The people of Nineveh BELIEVED GOD’S MESSAGE, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a FAST and put on burlap to show their sorrow.
When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying,
he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes.
He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.
JONAH 3:5-6 NLT
They declare fast is to show to God they want to get out of earthly thing and seek His face.
Don’t underestimate the gospel
Start where you are.
JONAH 3:7-9 NLT
Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city:
“No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.
People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must PRAY earnestly to GOD.
They must TURN from their evil ways and stop all their violence.
Who can tell?
Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”
JONAH 3:10 NLT
When God SAW what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways,
he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
JONAH 4:1-2 NLT
This change of plans greatly UPSET Jonah,
and he became very angry.
So he complained to the Lord about it:
“Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, Lord?
That is why I ran away to Tarshish!
I knew that you are a MERCIFUL and COMPASSIONATE GOD,
SLOW to get angry
and filled with UNFAILING LOVE.
You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
Receiving grace does not make a person dormant.
None starts preaching to thousands. All start preaching one to one.
JONAH 4:3-4 NLT
Just kill me now, Lord!
I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
The Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”
JONAH 4:5 NLT
Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city.
JONAH 4:6 NLT
And the Lord God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah’s head, SHADING him from the sun.
This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very GRATEFUL for the plant.
JONAH 4:7-9 NLT
But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.
And as the sun grew hot, GOD ARRANGED for a scorching east WIND to blow on Jonah.
The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
JONAH 4:10-11 NLT
Then GOD SAID TO JONAH, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”
“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”
Then the LORD SAID, “You feel SORRY ABOUT the PLANT, though you did nothing to put it there.
It came quickly and died quickly.
BUT NINEVEH has more than 120,000 PEOPLE LIVING in SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, not to mention all the animals.
Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?”
Things of this earth, there are there but they will go off as well.
Nothing on this earth is permanent except Jesus and our calling.
DANIEL 12:3 AMP
THOSE who are [SPIRITUALLY] WISE
will SHINE BRIGHTLY like the brightness of the expanse of heaven,
and THOSE who LEAD MANY to RIGHTEOUSNESS ,
[WILL SHINE] like the STARS FOREVER and EVER.
PHILIPPIANS 2:14-15 AMPC
Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining
[against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves],
That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless,
innocent and uncontaminated,
CHILDREN OF GOD WITHOUT BLEMISH (faultless, unrebukable)
in the MIDST of a CROOKED and WICKED GENERATION
[spiritually perverted and perverse],
AMONG WHOM YOU are SEEN as BRIGHT
LIGHTS (STARS or BEACONS SHINING out CLEARLY)
in the [DARK ] WORLD,
HOLDING OUT [to it] and OFFERING
[TO ALL MEN ] THE WORD of LIFE...
They behold and see the light in you
Be the light. Reflect the light.
Look into the mirror of the Word
DANIEL 12:4 AMP
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these WORDS and seal up the scroll until the END of TIME.
Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and KNOWLEDGE [of the PURPOSE of GOD as revealed by His prophets] WILL [GREATLY] INCREASE.”
Word of God is spirit and light
Our eyes are set on preaching the gospel.
Men and women of God are filled with wisdom of God.
We are know of someone who needs a miracle today.
We are living and walking bible.
Keep the word in your heart. The word is to be alive in our hearts.
Collect the Word inside our heart
Take the word of God and speak to people
The word of God in your lip is as powerful as in God’s lip. We need to declare and preach the gospel.
The world system is save money
God’s wisdom is giving and sowing, planting.
Issac planted crops
You want to save anything, save lives.
The wisdom of God is save lives
God gave us a way out of saving money by saving lives.
A lot of prophesy comes from Daniel when he was doing fasting
The world turns it into diet
God is even more greater
There will be greater revelation of the purpose of God
God will raise up men and women of God
In this last day, bring in more people. Share gospel.
Church is for unbelievers. Is to preach gospel to people who are lost.
Preaching and empowering people to go out and preach the gospel
And THIS GOSPEL of the KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED in ALL the WORLD as a WITNESS to ALL the NATIONS,
and THEN THE END WILL COME.
MATTHEW 24:14 NKJV
ISAIAH 6:6-8 NLT
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. NOW YOUR GUILT is REMOVED, and your SINS are FORGIVEN.”
We are a church declaring and preaching the Word of Jesus Christ.
Witnesses to Jesus
Witness speaks.
THEN I HEARD the LORD ASKING, “WHOM should I SEND AS a MESSENGER to THIS PEOPLE ?
WHO WILL GO for us?”
I said, “HERE I AM. SEND ME.”
We don’t want to just play church
As and when the Lord speaks.
The Lord spoke.
The Lord wants us. He has called us. Respond and go. This is the last “job” we can do for God. Share the gospel.
Go and preach the gospel to the world.
May you hear the call in your heart this morning.
The real one is eternity
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