An up-close personal look at God's call and Jonah's disobedience.

Next, on leading the way audio with Dr. Michael Youseth.

In spite of Jonah's disobedience, in spite of his running away from the call of God upon his life,

and the mission that God has for him in spite of all of that.

None of that stop God from using Jonah mightily afterward.

And listen, that's what God wants to do with you.

God wants to use you now.

Thank you for taking time in your listening day for leading the way with international

Bible teacher and author Dr. Michael Yousaf.

Passionately proclaiming uncompromising truth from God's Word for more than 35 years.

Storms in your life are common and they're unavoidable,

allowing you to better understand Jonah at some level, especially when life sometimes serves up situations resembling a dark ocean of hopelessness and death. But as you'll hear next,

storms offer opportunities to respond biblically or not so biblically. So if you're feeling the weight of life circumstances sweeping you away,

listen, as Dr. Michael Yousuff brings practical advice from God's word on leading the way.

Storms in life make us either better people or bitter people.

That's what a storm does in every believer's life.

Either is going to make you a better believer or it's going to make you a bitter believer. Either is going to make you a better believer or is going to make you a bitter believer.

Either is going to make you come out of the storm stronger for Christ, make you have greater

power and greater faith and greater commitment and greater effectiveness for Christ,

a more powerful testimony to share. Or you're going to look

at the storm and you look back, even though if you came out of it, and you say, where was God when I

needed him? How could God let me go through this? Why me? I don't deserve this. And then you develop a cold love,

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