How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

We're hard on Jonah, aren't we?

The Lord told him to go to Nineveh with a message, and instead, Jonah ran in the opposite direction.

What made him disobey?

I wonder if when we hear the answer, we'll go a little easier on the old prophet.

In this study, Dr. J. Vernon McGee is going to outline four reasons we disobey God.

So hop aboard the Bible bus for a very

interesting journey bound for Tarshish. I'm Steve Schwetz, and hear it through the Bible,

we're bound for destinations all around the world, many of which are not unlike the city of

Nineveh. We're taking the whole word to the whole world, reaching people in more than 250 languages.

And if you'd like to know more about the mission and to pray with us, why don't you check

out our world prayer team over at ttb.org forward slash pray.

Now, each weekday, the world prayer team prays for listeners like this sister from Africa who

studies God's word with us in her language of Rinne Katara,

she says, I would like to thank God for this teaching. I used to read the Bible and failed to understand

it. I am now able to read the word and get insights from it. Even without the Bible in my hands, I am

able to recall a number of verses because I now know many scriptures

by heart, which has helped me to live a lifestyle directed by the Word of God and also empowers me

to share it with people I come across. I'm grateful that my mom and I can listen to your teaching.

We used to listen to it with my grandmother as well, but she has moved to heaven.

She was the one who first introduced us to through the Bible. Through her, I came to know the Lord

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