The Reluctant Witness

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion  Read Jonah 3:        Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the…

The Great Fish

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion  Read Jonah 1:17-2:10:        And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.       2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,  “I called out…

The Silent Prophet

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion  Read Jonah 1:4-16:        But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo…

Searching Out the New Land

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion Read Jonah 1:1-6:        Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the…

The Lord Is Seeking Us

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion  Read Jonah 1:1-3: Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of…

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Questions for personal reflection and group discussion  Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now…

Picturing Church

Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion Read Ephesians 2:19-22: So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being…

A Poem for Resurrection People

Questions for Personal Reflection and Discussion Read Psalm 126:     When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. 2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,     our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations,     “The Lord has done great things for them.” 3 The Lord has done great things for us,     and we are filled with…