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       Jonah 1:4-6
       By: clark thompson Date: April 17, 2017, 3:49 am
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       Jonah 1:4-6 King James Version (KJV)
       4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was
       a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
       broken.
       5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his
       god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the
       sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the
       sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
       6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest
       thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God
       will think upon us, that we perish not.
       Jonah 1:4-6 New Life Version (NLV)
       4 Then the Lord sent a powerful wind upon the sea, and there was
       such a big storm that the ship was about to break up. 5 The
       sailors became afraid, and every man cried to his god. They
       threw the things that were in the ship into the sea so that it
       would not be so heavy. But Jonah had gone below in the ship and
       had lain down and fallen asleep. 6 So the captain went to him
       and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god. It
       may be that your god will care about us, and we will not die.”
       New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature
       International
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       4 This storm was sent because of Jonah running from the Lord it
       could be that this storm only hit this boat, it may have been
       like the cartoons where the storm cloud follows them. Sinful
       behavior follows us and we can’t hide from it and God will
       either see the blood of Christ over our sins or judge our sins.
       5 Jonah was sleeping during this storm, he was perfectly alright
       with running from the Lord, and we can get a hard heart from
       being alright with not following the Lord. The people most
       likely were used to storms and new what to do but this storm was
       different then any other.
       6 The captain went to get Jonah, first off Jonah was not in good
       standing with God to cry out to Him for safety even though God
       who Jonah called Lord could stop this storm because He sent it.
       Jonah was currently making himself Lord, we as Christians have
       to die to self daily so that we don’t make ourselves Lord.
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