Attitude Pattern: Jonah

Attitude Pattern: Jonah

Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Nov 7, 2009 (message contributor)

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Denomination: Salvation Army

ATTITUDE PATTERN: JONAH

The pattern of attitude toward God:

We bailed when God says go. A storm brews. Our shipmates are scared. We admit it’s our fault. We are thrown from the boat. We sink. Something big swallows us. We repent. We pray hard. We are called again. We finally do what God asked us to do in the first place.

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