Welcome to Teach Back Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season.

This week's episode, What to Do About Self-Inflicted Trouble, takes a compassionate look at this

common issue of when we've blown it in life, either carelessly or accidentally.

Now, we aren't the first. The Bible is full of examples of people who made questionable

decisions that were very costly. If you're in a mess that you've caused, even if you didn't

mean to do it, this teachback will provide some useful insights and suggestions. Let's listen.

Have you ever done something that ended up putting you in a very bad

spot? It may have been something done on the fly without thinking, or maybe you actually had been

thinking about it for a while. Either way, once the decision was made, the consequences were set in

motion. Whether we're living contrary to biblical

principles or just being too careless in our daily decisions, we could be asking for our own

version of the Jonah journey, also known as the Fish Belly Tour. It's not a pleasure trip.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.

Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's important study.

You know, making mistakes is part of learning and growing, but sometimes we're making them too

frequently, and that's when we need to pause. Making frequent mistakes can be very costly to us

in more ways than one. Relationships may be damaged, along with our reputations and our testimonies.

It's common to have days when we just don't feel like paying attention to our every move,

but the reality is this. A lack of alertness can cost us more

than we're ready to pay. There were people in the Bible who got themselves into trouble, too,

but the one we'll study today is Jonah. Let's learn three things from the life of a man who spent

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