A Modern Day Nineveh?

“He (Jonah) proclaimed: ‘Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.’  The Ninevites believed God.  They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.”  Jonah 3:4-5

God sent a reluctant prophet, Jonah, to proclaim His judgment on the wicked city of Nineveh. Much to Jonah’s displeasure, Nineveh believed God and turned from their evil ways.  What was God’s response?  Jonah 3:10 says, “When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He had threatened.”

Do we ever say “Our community, our city, our nation is beyond hope?  I am just one person bringing God’s message.  Who will listen?”  Be encouraged by the story of Nineveh and, also, by the story of Manchester, Kentucky.

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