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 time in the belly of a whale. Jonah's example has several

built-in lessons that can help us when we've gotten ourselves into

trouble. The first thing we can learn is this. Defying God is always a bad idea.

Listen to Jonah's instructions from the Lord in Jonah chapter 1 verses 2 through 3.

Arise, go to Nineveh,va that great city and cry against it for their

wickednesses come up before me but Jonah rose up to flee unto tarshish from the presence of the lord

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