Have you ever read the story of Jonah? It's famous for second chances, but we often forget that Jonah wasn't the only character with a second chance. Come join us at Fusion Christian Church as we study the book of Jonah. In week 5, Pastor Matt teaches about the great revival in Ninevah and how God used Jonah to make it happen.

We have the God that doesn’t disqualify us because of our past.

Jonah failed God when he rebelled and ran away to Joppa. Despite that, God was able to use him. If people needed to be perfect for God to use us, God would have to do everything! Instead, God delights in using his people to accomplish his purposes. Like a parent who lets their toddler help with chores even when they struggle, so too does God allow us to help him.

We have the God that can use the bare minimum.

It seems as though Jonah put minimal effort into his message to the Ninevites. All we have recorded in scripture is about eight words, but God used those eight words to start the greatest revival in the whole bible. What was probably a city of millions all repented and turned toward God.

We have the God that desires faith and repentance, not works and performance.

Even though we see works and performance from people in scripture all the time, those works should always be our fruit, not our root. What that means is our salvation is rooted in faith and repentance so that it can produce good works as fruit. If we try to invert that and root our salvation in our own works, we will fail.

We have the God who sees our hearts and who hears our cries.

God is waiting patiently for people to repent. That means when we do repent, God always hears our cries. He knows our hearts and he knows if we are genuine or not. To those who offer genuine repentance, God offers genuine healing. What is stopping you from repenting in your own life? If something is keeping you from turning to God, know that God is waiting with open arms for you to set that aside.