Read the following Bible verses several times:

Jonah 1:1-3
“The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.’ But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”

Having read this verse several times, what is God saying to you?

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Answer these questions:

• Have you ever felt God leading you to witness to someone or invite someone to church?
  • What did you do?
• Do you ever run from what God is asking you to do?
  • Why?
• What is the connection between obeying God and remaining close to His presence?

After answering these questions, write or verbalize a personal prayer to God.

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Praying for our church:
We are seeking God’s wisdom for dealing with five specific challenges our church is facing.
Today please pray for God’s wisdom in dealing with the following challenge.

• How can we provide space for growth in our elementary Sunday School?

Praying for our Capital Campaign:

• Ask God to forgive you for the times you have not been close to Him because you were disobeying Him.
• Ask God to make clear to you how much you are to give to our one year capital campaign.
• Pray that every person at First Baptist participates in this capital campaign by giving something.