Our prayer is that we would be a people who treasure God above all things, who are united with Him and who boldly call those who don't yet believe to be united to Him also, and who experience the real presence of God in our midst as we submit our lives to Him.

Your acceptance before the Father is not in your doing, it’s in your being.

When we rely on the methods of God rather than the presence of God, we give greater honor to our leadership and influence than to God when things go right.

The search to live life according to a set of laws and principles instituted by God in order to gain more control over our own lives, will always leave us unsatisfied because it requires us to bear the weight of our own decisions rather than trusting in and living for God.

Study of Jonah: Another prophet named Jesus picks up on the story of Jonah and in a stunning way demonstrates its fulfillment. The resolution to Jonah’s story can actually bring about great resolution to ours too.

Study of Jonah: Apart from the gospel, our inclination is always towards self-centered comfort. But when Jesus become our comfort, God can begin to free us for other-centered compassion.

Study of Jonah: Self-righteousness will always distance us from both God and the other undeserving people whom God loves so dearly. The way to defeat self-righteousness is by exchanging the need to justify ourselves by our goodness with the good news that Jesus is our justification.

Study of Jonah: Repentance is an urgent acknowledgement of an offense towards God that is confessed to God & others and results in a change of heart and action. Even though God is not obligated to respond to our repentance, He chooses to do so with incredible mercy.

Study of Jonah: God gives second chances not based on who we are but who He is. He gives second chances not because we measure up in some way but because He is gracious.

Study of Jonah: When we become aware of the idols we have set up in our lives and make a commitment to trust God alone for our strength and deliverance, we can be used by God for the mission He has for us.