The mariners became more frightened by the power of the Lord and asked Jonah what they needed to do. ... I see this as an example of human nature because most of us only in our time of need do we look for the Lord, but in our time of glory we forget him. ... Allen says, "The OT seeks to glorify the man of God in the sense that he is revealed as a noble mediator of God's own power and glory. ... And the fact that the author placed Jonah in a foreign setting to deliver the message of God goes against the trend of what prophets in the OT usually do, which is to speak the words of God in thei...

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You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.... In a church setting and in public, tongues should be kept to the person unless they are to be interpreted. ... Whether it's prophecy, where a word comes directly from God to edify, or someone is healed to show his glory, or even tongues for prayer when you're experiencing a time in your life when you just don't have the words to pray; all of these gifts are a blessing from God and we should use them to experience God in deeper ways and to glorify his mighty name....

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• Grade Level: High School