Welcome to Week 7 of the Experiencing God Reading Plan. This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here. During this series, it is our hope that you will begin to experience the ways in which God is moving in your life and in the lives of those around you. Because the truth is, God is always at work in every detail. It is in our day to day lives that we forget to take the time to stop, reflect, and recognize the blessings, promises, and peace that God is providing for us.  Read More

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Highlight It’s hard to know what to do with Jonah in this final chapter. What a disappointing end. And yet, his response echoes so many other stories in Scripture, and maybe even our own at times. It sounds a lot like the elder brother in the story of the prodigal (or lost) son that Jesus shares in Luke 15 who says to his father, “‘Look how many years I’ve stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!’” (v 29-30, MSG). Yikes.  Read More

Highlight What a contrast we see here between Jonah’s response to the call of God and Nineveh's response to His justice. Jonah, the Israelite, who knew God’s law and has grown up hearing the stories of His mighty works and faithfulness, fails to submit to the Lord. Nineveh, a pagan nation, who doesn’t even know what god Jonah is serving, immediately responds with humility and repentance. Jonah doesn’t give them much to work with, but the King and people of Nineveh in faith immediately acknowledge their wickedness and turn from their ways. Even the animals are made to express the grief of their sin!  Read More

Highlight Here we see a remarkable turn of events…and it's not just the fish. What’s even more amazing than the circumstances Jonah finds himself in is his repentance. Here is a man who was willing to die in order to avoid the discomfort of following God. He has no idea how this story ends, for all he knows he could spend the remainder of his days in the stomach of a massive sea creature. And yet in a moment of clarity, that often comes when we reach the rock bottom of our faith, Jonah acknowledges the sovereignty and goodness of God.  Read More

Highlight For the rest of this week we’re going to walk through the story of Jonah. For an overview of the book of Jonah take some time to watch this video from the Bible Project:  Read More