Grace for Me and Them

JONAH 4:1-11

Now what is Jonah exceedingly displeased about? Sadly, VV3:8-10

1. QUOTING BIBLE VERSES AND GODLY CHARACTER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
2. WE OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH WANTING JUSTICE FOR OTHERS BUT GRACE FOR OURSELVES.

JONAH 2:9-10 Salvation – /yeh shoo uh/

3. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOW GRACE TO OTHERS UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW FULLY GOD’S GRACE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO YOU.

4. GOD WILL ACTIVELY ORCHESTRATE EVENTS TO ACHIEVE HIS PURPOSE IN YOU - WHICH IS HIS CHARACTER IN YOU!

5. WHEN YOUR GRACE TOWARDS OTHERS GROW COLD, TURN TO THE CROSS AND REKINDLE THIS TRUTH: GRACE EMBRACED SHOULD BE GRACE EXTENDED.

"Jesus, help me!” I prayed silently. “I can lift my hand. I can do that much. You supply the feeling." And so woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place. The current started in my shoulder, raced down my arm, sprang into our joined hands. And then this healing warmth seemed to flood my whole being, bringing tears to my eyes. “I forgive you, brother!” I cried. “With all my heart!” For a long moment we grasped each other’s hands, the former guard and the former prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely as I did then. – Corrie Ten Boom