Today I had a sort-of epiphany. It is only my second day in a row reading the book of Jonah, but God has already pinpointed my heart with how I need to change. This is my prayer in response.
"God, so many of us believers have seen extraordinary love and grace and mercy from You. Yet we have trouble sharing it! We, like Jonah, want to hoard the gospel message because maybe some people just don't deserve God's grace. No, we may never say this, but we act in this way.
But this is a lie. God's love is for EVERYONE. All people need to know that Jesus loves them enough He died for them. We Christians complain about these 'plants'- we're running low on money, we disagree of this issue, we are bored of the Bible, we don't like our church, etc. We consume our time with these selfish cries. Yet billions of people are headed toward Hell if we don't say anything. Billions of people are destined toward destruction and maybe they just need someone to tell them.
God, take away this heart of mine which sometimes reflects that of Jonah. Help me to tell the 'perishing' about you at every opportunity I get. Thank you for choosing to use me. Please strengthen me not to run away."
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