Follow along reading 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

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Pastor Ben continues in "The Gospel Project" looking at the book of Nahum. What is the message that the people Israel is to hear from this book? Whether this book was written before or after the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom, it is a message of challenge and hope. God would hold Assyria to account for their actions. He always does. God is just and fair and patient. We may not like His timeline or seeming inaction against those who disagree with us or even persecute us, but His justice is right on time, and it is always holy. Wait for Him.

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God's grace is amazing. We sing that. We believe that. We celebrate that.

But what about when God extends His marvellous grace to those we disagree with, dislike, or who are flat out our enemies?

The Book of Jonah was written to Israel to lead them to repentance and transformation. It's not just a neat story about a messed up prophet - there is an expected response from the first readers and hearers of this book.

Today we are looking at the response that the prophets throughout the Bible call for - repentance: turning from our sin and self-centred ways of living, and trusting Jesus with our lives. Our main text today is 2 Corinthians 7:9-10, and the challenge before us is to live in the reality that genuine repentance that godly sorrow produces frees us to live a live with no regret. Is that even possible? In Christ, it is.

In this message, Pastor Doug references Freedom Session, a 28 week healing-discipleship journey that embraces this definition and result of repentance. While we do run an in-person large group version of this program on Tuesday nights at Gospel Chapel, the resources are freely available to anyone at any time. You can begin your journey today. Visit the Freedom Session website, purchase the workbooks, and register for the Teaching Videos and Mid-week Mentor sessions online.

While you can do this on your own, my recommendation is that you work through this with at least two other people. Our lives are meant to be lived in community. Our wounds and hurts are all related to community. Because our brokenness occurs in community, our healing requires community. James 5:16 says, "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed." I am convinced that we don't see much in the way of healing (physical, emotional, psychological, or spiritual) because we don't follow this - we don't spend time in mutual confession and then prayer for one another on a deeper level. That can change and Freedom Session is a great tool for this.

Isaiah speaks many words of comfort and hope to Israel and Judah, but that's only part of the picture. God cannot let their waywardness, their rebellion, their sin and iniquity go unaddressed, or unpunished. We don't often spend much time reflecting on God's justice, but the Bible does. So today we're looking at that aspect of God's nature in light of our own.

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Pastor Ben takes us into the book of Jonah to reflect on the love of God for Jonah, how God was extending love and grace to Jonah. How does this relate to Thanksgiving? Listen to find out.

Remember not the former things... Put me in remembrance... Remember who you are...

Memory is important, but it can be a hindrance. After recounting images of the Exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea, God says "remember NOT the former things..."(Isa 43:18). Then against the routine and drudgery of religion for religion's sake, God says, "Put me in remembrance..." And finally, after a long comedic narrative about idolatry (44:6-18), God calls us to remember who we are in relation to him - "remember...you are my servants, I formed you...you will not be forgotten by me...I've taken care of your sin problem, so return to me" (Isa 44:21-22).

These realities are the foundations for renewal and revival.

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Bruce & Karen Penner have been part of Gospel Chapel for a number of years. This is their last Sunday with us as they embrace the call of God for them to pastor a church in Mexico. Bruce shares with us his story of God's work in his life and the journey that has lead to this moment.