Our Sin Before God

Jonah 1-4; 2 Timothy 2

“’Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me…Let everyone call urgently on God.’…’Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.’”

Jonah 1:2; 3:8, 9

Does the wickedness of our cities still come before God?

Are his eyes on our city and nation right now?

The response of Nineveh’s king to Jonah’s call to repentance was astounding. He repented and he called his people to humble themselves and repent. He knew enough about God to know he was compassionate and loving as well as holy.

Would our leaders today have the same basic understanding of God’s nature and would they fear the Lord?

Does God love our nations and cities enough to still call us to repentance?

Does God still raise ministries like Jonah’s to deliver the same message?

Do we love and fear God more than we love our own lives?

Would we be more concerned with God’s mission than our own political biases or prejudices?

“Father God, I repent on behalf of my city and nation for our wickedness before you. Call us to repentance and free us from our sin that your glory and presence would fill our land, for your glory.”