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Read Jonah 3: 1-5

1. Why do you think the word \\u201ccounterfeit\\u201d was used in the last two sermon titles regarding Jonah\\u2019s repentance and obedience? In what ways were they counterfeit? In what ways might these things have been counterfeit in your life sometimes?

2. Read 2 Peter 3: 9 and Jeremiah 18: 7-8. How do these passages relate to Nineveh in the Jonah story? What do they mean for us today?

3. In the video and study guide this week, Mason describes Jonah\\u2019s going to Nineveh as \\u201cbegrudging obedience\\u201d and \\u201cheartless obedience.\\u201d What does he mean by that? What is missing in \\u201cheartless\\u201d obedience?

4. Why is \\u201cheartless obedience\\u201d so dangerous? What did Jesus have to say about this kind of obedience? (Hint: see Mark 3:1-6)

5. What are Wesley\\u2019s Three Simple Rules? (See below) How can they prevent us from being counterfeit?

6. Pastor Mick shared this quote from another pastor: \\u201cWe are not called to be keepers of the aquarium \\u2013 Jesus calls us to be \\u2018fishers of people,\\u2019 to catch folk up in God\\u2019s grace, love and salvation.\\u201d How does this relate to the Jonah story? To our lives in the church today?

7. Pastor Mick listed four basic concepts all good fishermen know. Do you remember what they are? (See below) How do these also apply to being \\u201cfishers of people\\u201d?

8. Toward the end of the sermon, Pastor Mick talked a lot about authenticity. What was he talking about? Why is this important? What are some possible consequences of being inauthentic?

Prayer of Confession (from UMC Communion Liturgy):
Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

#5 Do no harm; Do good; Stay in love with God

#7 Four Basic Fishing Concepts \\u2013 Patience, Time, Place, Bait