dorin pele added a discussion to the group Actualitatea Crestina Romaneasca din America Actualitatea Crestina Romaneasca - 9 iunie 2009Corespondenta Dorin Pele 9 iunie 2009.mp3 - Emisiune realizata in colaborare cu RVE - Sibiu http://www.rvesb.ro/
When God relents from destroying Nineveh, Jonah accuses Him of doing a “great evil.” Jonah sits outside the city to see what will come of it — hoping God might change his mind and rain fire down upon Nineveh. God appoints a plant to provide shade and comfort for Jonah, but the next day God appoints a worm to eat the plant, and then sends a scorching east wind. Like Jonah, we can hang on to a root of bitterness and anger toward God when things don’t go our way. God will often send things into our life that eat away at our comfort, but it is for our good — that we might be purified by God.
Part 3 – We need to hear the Word of the Lord in our life and repent. The book of Proverbs says it’s the little foxes that spoil the vine — pride, arrogance, self-reliance, gossip, lust, loose language, or whatever it may be. When we walk in that broken and contrite place, God’s Word will not only come to us, but it will come through us. We, then, will be able to preach and minister in profound and powerful ways. The Word of God will be a living sword out of our mouth because it has worked first its work in our heart. Where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. You’ll never be free until you meet Jesus yourself and come into a personal living relationship with Him.
Part 2 – Are you suffering because of righteousness sake or suffering because of sin? Jonah was in trouble and called out to God. Even though waves crashed over him and he found himself in wickedness, he knew Yahweh was listening. Jonah’s heart had become repentant; he could see the desire of his heart and that it was truly desperate for God. Is your life totally collapsed? Remember Yahweh.
The concept of the mission of God is so important. He is on a mission to take His nature, character, and essence and form it into that which is visible. If we limit the mission of God in our own life we’ll short change our own blessing. We are called to be a blessing and bless others. As a whole, as a church, what is our mission? We have to look at the mission of Jesus. He said, "I am about my Father’s business." When others look at the church and ask what we are up to, we want to be able to say we are about our Father’s business.
