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Jonah 3:1 & 2
"1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."

We are continuing our FALL sermon series about the Seasons of Life titled; Flavors of Fall. This week we will study FALLING BACK to GOD! Yesterday was Reformation Day. The day we remember when Martin Luther posted the 95 Theseis on the church door. All of Martin Luther's efforts were for the church to FALL Back to God. He did not want to divide the church he wanted the church to be faithful to the HOLY BIBLE. Like it NEEDS to be!

We need to admit we are broken and need help. We do things wrong. We get stuck in doing things wrong. We need help. Weather we are ourselves today, Martin Luther back in the day or Jonah in the Old Testament. We all need to FALL BACK to God. GOD has forgiven all our sins! Jesus has done it! His blood was shed for you. You did nothing to earn it. It's a gift from GOD. Jesus rose from the grave triumphant.  We should confess our sins in daily prayer. Confession IS part of our prayers.

Once we understand that we are doing wrong we need to change our actions. And, this is where we join the events in the book of Jonah. Jonah did NOT want to go to Ninava, the people there were EVIL. He went the OTHER way. He did not repent. God got him back on track by whale. After three days and nights in the belly of the great fish Jonah is spit up on shore where he can continue on his mission from GOD. Today's verses; "And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."
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