As I apply this message to my family and the Victory Presbyterian Church I serve ...
God's amazing work involved making the disobedient prophet Jonah pray from the belly of the great fish. When God's word came to him a second time, He enabled him to obey. After hearing Jonah's proclamation, 'In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown the people of Nineveh believed God and fasted, not even allowing their animals to drink water. Ultimately, from the king of Nineveh down to all the people, God led them to turn away from their wicked ways and genuinely repent (Jonah 3).
As I apply this message to my family and the Victory Presbyterian Church I serve, I, as the head of my household and the pastor of the church, want to experience God's amazing work of repentance myself. By continually listening to the Word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17), and like a hammer and fire (Jeremiah 23:29), and through the powerful work of the Holy Spirit dwelling within me, I desire to be continually pricked in my conscience (Ref.: 1 Samuel 24:5; 2 Samuel 24:10; Acts 2:37). May my hardened heart be broken and my cold heart melted, so that I can sincerely repent of my sins and encourage our family and church to turn away from all sin.