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Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment.

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Warren W. Wiersbe
Age: 89 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2019
Died: May 2
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
East Chicago
Indiana
Warren Wendall Wiersbe
Jonah
Nourishment
Punishment
Saws
Jesus

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In our universe there is God and there are people and things. We were made so that we should worship God, love people and use things. However if we worship ourselves, we will ignore God, start loving things and begin to use people.
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Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.
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People can't see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love.
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The Christian life is a pilgrimage from earth to heaven, and our task is to take as many as possible with us as we make this journey.
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God will open up places of service for you as He sees you are ready. Meanwhile, study the Bible and give yourself a chance to grow.
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When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way
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God made us and God is able to empower us to do whatever he calls us to do. Denying that we can accomplish God's work is not humility it is the worst kind of pride.
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Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
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We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.
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A good book is like a seed: it produces fruit that has in it seed for more fruit. It is not a picture on the wall it is a window that invies us to wider horizons.
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The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings
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Worship is the believer's response of all that they are - mind, emotions, will, body - to what God is and says and does.
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If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.
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We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory shame leads to honor weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.
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Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
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What the majority calls blessing may actually be a judgment from God.
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The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.
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Opportunities energize the faithful and paralyze the fearful.
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When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.
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No matter how much you may change or how life may change, God never changes, and His promises never fail.
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