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  1. Brother Curtis, I appreciate your highlighting that our Father may call us to do extraordinary things. You of course are included, even in this ministry.

    Would you please respond to a couple questions: Was Jonah really sent to preach to a pagan nation? Was Jonah really unknown in a nation that made a couple of engaging visits to Israel; and were they an unknown entity to him?

    Even as you compared Moses and Jonah on the common ground of difficult assignments, Moses was clearly sent to a people he knew, an environment familiar to him, and a Pharaoh he probably grew up with. Moses seemed concerned about his abilities and qualifications to speak for God. Jonah seemed concerned about trusting God to carry through his Word, and consequently making him look bad when God changes his mind. In each situation, it seems that the concern is not the extraordinary assignment. How do you apply their central concerns to us today? What makes an assignment extraordinary?

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    • Brother Huford, Thanks for your input. I can't really answer your first few questions with anything other than speculation. Very interesting questions though.
      And your insight into Jonah's concern is very astute. Thanks for making that clarification.
      I think imagining anything other than the typical results, as far as evangelistic endeavors is concerned, makes it extraordinary. I think about the areas that surround our churches, especially inner city churches where I live, if we really think we can make a major impact in the residents lives or are we content to engage them on occasion hoping that our niceness might entice someone to venture within our church walls. That's one example I would use.
      Thanks again for the engagement 🙂

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