Elevate Student Ministries

Objective -  Students will understand the gracious and merciful nature of God and will be challenged to cry out to God in times of desperation. Key Scripture -  Jonah 2:9 - But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. Key Thought -  God can save those who’ve sunk. Lesson Summary -  Our lesson today was the second lesson of a four-part series from the Book of Jonah called Rerouted: Lessons from a Reluctant Prophet. The lesson highlighted the power of God’s mercy and grace and had the topic of repentance as the main theme. We defined repentance as a “change of one’s mind or purpose.”  Jonah’s prayer, while he was in the belly of the fish, was a desperate prayer of repentance. God delivered Jonah from the very edge of death by sending a giant fish to swallow him and preserve his life. The key thought from the message was that “God can save those who’ve sunk.” God’s grace and mercy can save absolutely anyone, no matter

  Objective -  Students will learn that disobedient pursuits rob us of peace and will be challenged to find peace in godly pursuits. Key Scripture -  Jonah 1:10 - Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. Key Thought -  Peace is found in godly pursuits. Lesson Summary -  Today’s lesson was the first of four lessons in a series from the Book of Jonah. The title of the series is Rerouted: Lessons from a Reluctant Prophet. We analyzed the life of a reluctant prophet named Jonah and studied the beginning of his power struggle with God. Jonah began resisting God by following a disobedient pursuit. As a result, a reroute was needed. Instead of following God’s call for his life, we saw how Jonah sought his own plans in an attempt to obtain a sense of peace. None of his actions proved to be successful, but while Jonah pursued his own agenda, God radically pursued Jonah