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12.1 Running Away – THE RESTLESS PROPHET | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.

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Series REST IN CHRIST with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |

12.THE RESTLESS PROPHET |
A prophet going astray |

Memory Text:
Jonah 4:11 – And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?

12.1 Running Away
Can you find rest when running away? Jona has tried to do so but in vain.

My God bless you today and always.

 

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Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/12-1-running-away-the-restless-prophet-pastor-kurt-piesslinger-m-a/

Sunday: Running Away

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Jonah was an amazingly successful missionary. At the same time, he was also a very reluctant one, at least at first. Whatever Jonah was doing, God’s call interrupted his life in a big way. Instead of taking God’s yoke upon his shoulders and discovering for himself that His yoke is easy and His burden light (Matthew 11:30), Jonah decided to find his own “rest,” and that was by running in the opposite direction from where God was calling him to go.

Where was Jonah hoping to find peace and rest from God’s call? How well did it work for him? Read Jonah 1:1-1:16.
Jonah Runs Away

Image © Kim Justinen from GoodSalt.com

Jonah sets off in the opposite direction to where God called Him. He doesn’t even stop to reason with God, as had many of the other Bible prophets when called to be God’s messengers (see, for example, Exodus 4:13).

Interestingly enough, this is not the first time that Jonah has been called to speak for God, as suggested by 2 Kings 14:25. In that case, however, Jonah appears to have done what the Lord had asked him to. Not this time, however.

Why?

Historical and archaeological records document the cruelty of the Neo-Assyrian overlords who dominated the ancient Near East during the eighth century B.C., the time that Jonah ministered in Israel. About 75 years later, the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib attacked Judah. Israel and Samaria already had fallen about twenty years earlier, and King Hezekiah apparently had joined a local anti-Assyrian coalition.

Now the time had come for the Assyrians to settle accounts. The Bible (2 Kings 18, Isaiah 36), historical Assyrian documents, and the wall reliefs of Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh all tell us the cruel story about the fall of Lachish, one of the most important and well-fortified southern border fortresses of Hezekiah. In one inscription, Sennacherib claims to have taken more than two hundred thousand prisoners from 46 fortified cities that he claimed to have destroyed. When the Assyrian king took Lachish, hundreds or thousands of prisoners were impaled; hard-core supporters of King Hezekiah were flayed alive, while the rest were sent to Assyria as cheap slave labor.

The Assyrians could be incredibly cruel, even by the standards of the world at that time. And God was sending Jonah into the very heart of that empire?

Is it any wonder that Jonah didn’t want to go?

Fleeing from God? Have you ever done that before? If so, how well did it work out for you? What lessons should you have learned from that mistake?

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Church At Study | “Longing for More” | 9-11-2021

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In North Colombia, Church Helps Dozens of Needy Families Start Small Businesses

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Dozens of Seventh-day Adventists from throughout the Atlantic coast of Colombia recently benefited from specialized entrepreneurship workshops to assist them in providing for their families during the…… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/cPUbigcwt38/in-north-colombia-church-helps-dozens-of-needy-families-start-small-businesses

Reflections on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 20 years later

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I had just finished a three-mile jog around Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, my routine before heading into work at NBC News’ Rockefeller Center headquarters. I remember the cool crisp air hitting my lungs, …… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/FXZYcnrkXlQ/reflections-on-the-9-11-terrorist-attacks-20-years-later

How The Church Has Adapted: A Reflection

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It has been a year and a half since the world was flipped on its head. In that time, we have grown weary of the repeated phrases plaguing headlines, sermons, news outlets and articles: “In these unpre…… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/UU77KKRnQl4/how-the-church-has-adapted-a-reflection

12.0 Introduction – THE RESTLESS PROPHET | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.

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Series REST IN CHRIST with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |

12.THE RESTLESS PROPHET |
A prophet going astray |

Memory Text:
Jonah 4:11 – And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?

12.0 Introduction
A prophet running away because of God`s call. What will be the outcome?

My God bless you today and always.

 

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Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/12-0-introduction-the-restless-prophet-pastor-kurt-piesslinger-m-a/

Sabato 11 settembre 2021

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Proverbi 14:31- Chi opprime il povero offende colui che l'ha fatto, ma chi ha pietà del bisognoso, lo onora. Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, con Anna Cupertino Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdsAKzTovXc

Psalm 23 with Pastor Frank Dell’Erba – Part 2: Protection

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Pastor Frank Dell’Erba honestly and vulnerably shares with Mike and René personal experiences of times when he went through anxiety, depression and fear, and how the truths found in Psalm 23 comforted him and brought him peace and joy.
We focus only on verse 4: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,"
Where there is a shadow, there must be a light shining.
A shadow is very intimidating. But a shadow is not reality. The shadow of a wolf cannot bite you, and the shadow of a knife or sword cannot cut you. The shadow of death cannot destroy you. 1 Corinthians 15:26 says, The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
"I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."
As long as God is with us, we have no fear of evil/death.
No longer “He”, but “You” and “Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” The shepherd is now personal. Staff: the shepherd’s crook.
Rod: the club with metal spikes imbedded in it for beating off predators, like wolves. Can also be used for discipline. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDiFevl5la4

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