Dr. Michael Yousaf, with powerful words about life in Christ.

I heard people many times through the years.

God wants me to be happy.

Beloved, listen to me.

God wants you to be holy.

Surely he does not want me to witness for him in a potentially hostile situation.

Surely he does not want me to take a stand for him in a potentially hostile situation, surely he does not want me to take a stand for him

and jeopardize that lucrative business deal that I've been working on. Surely, ah, I can settle

for plan B. God is going to accommodate to me. Surely not I, and definitely not them.

Welcome to Leading the Way with International Bible Teacher and the author of more than 50

life transforming books, Dr. Michael Yousaf. You know, the life of Jonah is always

intriguing because of how over the top it is with adventure and plot twist. But Dr. Yusuf

thinks it also mirrors your life. Think about it. God may be asking for obedience, but

you're putting all of your energies into

running in the opposite direction, opening doors to your own adventures and your own plot

twists. Well, today, Dr. Youssef shows us how Jonah hid from God's calling. Jonah knew it as a place

called Tarshish, but God calls it sin and disobedience.

Let's join Dr. Michael Youssef now in his series, surely not me, definitely not them.

Have you ever been in a situation where you prayed for something so hard, you wanted it so much. Although you have this inner feeling

that says you're not praying in accordance with the will of God, but you try to ignore that voice

within you and you work hard toward that goal and you pray anyway, no matter how you feel in your spirit.

And you're basically hoping against hope that God is going to see it your way and he's going to

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