God Uses Messed Up People Part 1 | Host Elkie Brabble

Elkie Brabble opens this one by calling herself a hot mess, and then makes the case that God has always worked through people like her. Jonah is her main example. Jonah was angry, prideful, and so against the job God gave him that he ran 500 miles in the other direction. When the storm hit, he would rather have been thrown overboard than turn around and go to Nineveh. Elkie walks through the whole story in Jonah 1 and 2, including the pagan sailors who ended up making vows to the Lord. She also takes on the question of whether the book of Jonah really happened, and shares a view from Perry Stone’s research that Jonah may have actually drowned, with the fish preserving his body until God brought him back. She says plainly that either way it’s a miracle. It ends with a question for the rest of us: if God sent you to the most dangerous place in town to speak to people who despise you, would you go? 💬 “If these people weren’t beyond redemption, then you aren’t either.” 📖 Jonah 1 to 2 | Matthew 12:39 🙌 LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE and tune in next week for part two, when Jonah finally reaches Nineveh. 🙏 Support the mission: https://goycb.org/donate Recorded at Abba Studios on the campus of The Father’s Refuge. A production of The Father’s Heritage Network. #GodUsesMessedUpPeople #Jonah #BookOfJonah #ElkieBrabble #YahwehChristianBroadcast #BiblicalTeaching #JonahAndTheWhale #Nineveh #PerryStone #BibleStudy #ChristianTeaching #Redemption #SecondChances #OldTestament #ReluctantProphet #GodIsMerciful #ChristianEncouragement #BibleIsTrue #SignOfJonah #FaithOverFear