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You are created by God on purpose for a purpose.

Until you know your life purpose, you are just existing.

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For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we

can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

We must recognize that our rebellion against God’s authority in our lives

separates us from God… the One who provides purpose and meaning in our

lives.

You need Jesus to become the person that you were created to be.

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Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to

Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you."

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So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet

forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

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So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with

sackcloth and sat in ashes.

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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the

decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd

nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.

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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so

that we may not perish?

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Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God

relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He

did not do it.

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“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time!”

We serve a God of second chances!

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“A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. BUT if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets

another chance.”

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“The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! It is his mercy that has kept us

from complete destruction. His faithfulness is great and his mercies

begin afresh every new day.”

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Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that

times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to

you before,

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But— When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not

because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He

washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy

Spirit.

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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become

new.

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"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the

fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that

can hold no water.

Why would we choose life without God when we can have Him in our lives???

Every new day is another chance from God!

❖ Live with profound gratitude

When God gives you a second chance

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“Jonah told God, ‘I will sing my thanksgiving to you, and I will sacrifice to you. and I’ll do what I’ve promised

you to do, because salvation comes from you Lord!’

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Then God ordered the fish to spit up Jonah onto the beach, and it did.”

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“It is good to say thank you to the Lord and sing praises to Him. Every morning tell him, ‘Thank you for your kindness!’”

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“The people who honor me are those who bring me offerings to showthanks. And I save those who obey

me.”

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“...Give yourselves completely to God --every part of you -- for you are back

from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for his

good purposes.”

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“Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing!”

❖Make my life mission my top priority

• Live with profound

gratitude

When God gives you a second chance

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“Then the Lord spoke to Jonah again: ‘Go to that great city, Nineveh and warn

them of their doom, as I told you to before!’”

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“I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete

my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News

about God's grace.”

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There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the

profit of all:

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“I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete

my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News

about God's grace.”

Circumstances may change me, but NEVER CHANGE MY MISSION!

❖ Don’t delay – Obey today!

• Live with profound

gratitude

• Make my life mission my

top priority

When God gives you a second chance

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“This time Jonah immediately headed to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the

Lord.”

DELAYED obedience is disobedience

❖ Accept my responsibility to warn others

• Live with profound

gratitude

• Make my life mission my

top priority

• Don’t delay – Obey today!

When God gives you a second chance

To reject Christ in your life is to belittle the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross

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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first

began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard

Him,

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Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by

which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord will judge His people." It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands

of the living God.

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“Now the city of Nineveh was so big that it took three days to walk around it. But after walking for a day, Jonah warned

the people...”

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“For 3 years I never stopped warning each of you night & day with tears!”

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“Jonah warned the people ‘In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!’”

❖ Expect God to use me

• Live with profound

gratitude

• Make my life mission my

top priority

• Don’t delay – Obey today!

• Accept my responsibility to

warn othersWhen God gives you a second chance

God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things in His name

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The Ninevites believed God… They humbled themselves putting on

sackcloth...even the King sat down in the dust! Then the King proclaimed a public

fast...

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Then let us all pray urgently to God, andlet us turn from our evil ways and let us stop all our violence! Who knows? God

may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not

perish.’

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When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not do what he had

warned he’d do.”

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“Warn each other every day, because it’s still called ‘today’, and so that your heart isn’t hardened against God by the sin’s deceit. We will share in all that belongs to Christ if we hold firmly till the end... SO IF you hear God’s voice today, listen

and don’t be stubborn!”

When God gives me a second chance

• Live with profound gratitude

• Make my life mission my top priority

• Don’t delay – Obey today!

• Accept my responsibility to warn others

• Expect God to use me

We serve a God of second chances