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Jonah was a rebel prophet. When God wanted him to preach a message of hope to the city of Nineveh, Jonah fled in the opposite direction. His story of failure shows us the depths of God’s mercy—both to the prophet and to an undeserving people—and challenges us to be ambassadors of that mercy.

Pray that the Spirit would help you live out your beliefs. Read Jonah 1:4–10. Reflect on Jonah 1:7–10. Desperate to quell the storm, the sailors cast lots. This may seem strange to us, but casting lots was a common way to determine responsibility or God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:38–42; see also Prov 16:33; Acts 1:26). Jonah speaks for the first time in the book when he answers the sailors’ questions. He identifies himself and his God: “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD” (Jonah
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