The Book of Jonah: 

“God’s Sovereign Grace Toward Rebellious Sinners”

(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)

Chapter 1:5-6 – “Wake Up, O Sleeper – Part 2 of 2”

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 

Jonah 1:5-6

[5]  Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 

[6]  So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

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Philippians:
“Experiencing Joy In God’s Sovereignty”

Philippians 3:12-14, “Press On! Press On!”

Sunday May 3rd 2026

¹² Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 

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The Book of Jonah: 

“God’s Sovereign Grace Toward Rebellious Sinners”

(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)

Chapter 1:5-6 – “Wake Up, O Sleeper – Part 1 of 2”

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 

Jonah 1:5-6

[5]  Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 

[6]  So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

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Philippians:
“Experiencing Joy In God’s Sovereignty”

Philippians 3:10-11, “Knowing Christ & Looking More Like Him”

Sunday April 26th 2026

¹⁰ that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

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The Book of Jonah: 

“God’s Sovereign Grace Toward Rebellious Sinners”

(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)

Chapter 1:4 – “You Can’t Run Away From God”

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 

Jonah 1:3-4

[3]  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

[4]  But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

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Philippians:
“Experiencing Joy In God’s Sovereignty”

Philippians 3:8-9 “Rubbish & Righteousness” Sunday April 19th 2026

⁸ Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 

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The Book of Jonah: 

“God’s Sovereign Grace Toward Rebellious Sinners”

(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)

Chapter 1:1-3 – “Down, Down, Away” Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

Jonah 1:3:

[3]  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

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Philippians:
“Experiencing Joy In God’s Sovereignty”

Philippians 3:4-7, “Lose Yourself and Gain Jesus Christ”

⁴ though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵ circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. ⁷ But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 

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The Book of Jonah: 

“God’s Sovereign Grace Toward Rebellious Sinners”

(All References Are From The English Standard Version, (ESV) Unless Otherwise Noted)

Jonah Chapter 1:1-3 – “But Jonah Arose To Flee”

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

Jonah 1:1-3:

[1]  Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

[2]  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before Me.” [3]  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

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1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, ² and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

³ For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ⁶ Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. ⁸ Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. ⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. ¹¹ Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹² Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. ¹⁵ We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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