Do you ever feel like you're too far gone to experience God's grace?

What if God could use your biggest failure as the launching pad for his greatest work?

Well, today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall reveals how Jonah,

a reluctant prophet who tried to run from God, delivered the shortest sermon ever preached

and sparked the most remarkable transformation in Scripture. In just five Hebrew words,

an entire city of rebels fell to their knees in repentance. It's a powerful reminder

that God specializes in using imperfect messengers to accomplish the impossible.

Back in ancient days, there lived a prophet who was given a second chance by the mercy and grace

of God.

He heard the same call the second time.

He was given the same commission the second time. He was given the same commission

the second time.

The first time he ran in the wrong direction,

thinking he could escape.

But this second time, he heard it,

and he did it.

And the result, to the surprise of many people, was the greatest

revival ever recorded in the history of the Bible. There's no greater revival than is recorded

in the third chapter of Jonah, where the entire city of Nineveh repents.

In fact, over 120,000 people, from the greatest to the least of them, came to the Lord their God and trusted in him.

As a result of one man's message that came from God.

We're going to read a bit in Jonah chapter 3.

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