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Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

The Grumblings of an Angry Prophet, Part 2

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, 507918

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet

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0:00.0

Life is packed with disappointments.

0:10.0

Unfairness abounds.

0:12.0

The wrong people get promoted while you get overlooked.

0:15.0

Bad drivers never get tickets, but you do.

0:18.0

And sometimes, like Jonah, we build our own little shelters to sulk in, waiting for God

0:23.3

to make things right. Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall reveals why the prophet Jonah,

0:29.2

despite knowing God's character well, became so furious with His divine mercy that he begged to die.

0:35.8

Sound extreme? Maybe you've been there too. But what if there's a

0:39.8

better way to live? Chuck titled today's message, The Grumblings of an Angry Prophet.

0:52.2

When peace like a river attends my way, when sorrow like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, Lord you have taught me to say, is well with my soul.

1:15.6

But for many, Father, I acknowledge it is not. In fact, I think it's safe to say,

1:19.6

and it certainly isn't informing you of anything, Lord,

1:23.6

that for most it is not well with their soul.

1:31.8

There are struggles and nightmarish fears.

1:34.1

There are disappointments.

1:37.0

There are angry moments.

1:42.8

There are times when there are arguments even with you. Asking, how could you do such a thing?

1:47.5

How could you allow this to happen?

1:50.7

Why would you not have done what I had wanted you to do?

1:57.2

Some of these questions may never be answered, and yet, on the other hand, in a broader sense,

2:03.5

all of them will be when we find our peace with you.

2:09.4

So help us our Father today to see beyond our own circumstances and to realize that you speak to the broader picture and invariably you bring us

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