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Welcome to the Iowa City Church sermon and teaching page.  We know that life can be confusing, and sometime just plain hard.  We believe the best way to live life comes through following Jesus.  These lessons and sermons are designed to be a resource to help you on that journey.  We hope you find them helpful!

Oct 4, 2021

When I first started youth ministry there was a family in the church who had three young kids.  The middle child was named Danny and he was about four years old.  Danny was one of those kids who did the exact opposite of what his parents asked; stop was go, be quite was yell, and clean up was make a mess.  We all know the type!

One day after church, we were walking along a very busy street with Danny and his family when Danny took off down the street racing towards a busy intersection.  Danny's parents yelled, "Stop!"  Right on cue, Danny ran even faster!

In that scenario, we must stop and ask a question: Who knows what's best for Danny?  Who knows the best way for Danny to live life?
Here's the truth, obedience is hard!  Whether it's our parents, or God it always feels like someone is trying to "rain on our parade" and ruin our life.  But what if we don't know what's best for our life?  What if we are literally running from life into destruction?  Here is a truth we all must consider - Obedience to God leads to life.

In this sermon we begin a journey into the Old Testament book of Jonah.  It's unfortunate that so many people skim over Jonah because they simply think it's all about a a dude being swallowed by a big fish.  The truth is Jonah is about finding life!  The reason we are going to focus so intently on this overlooked Old Testament book is because what we will discover is that Jonah's story is really our story.  And that just like Jonah, many of us are running from life because we don't want to do what God is calling us to do.

Do you want to learn more?  Or maybe you want to find out what happened to Danny as he raced toward the intersection?  Give a listen to this teaching as we discover how God wants to bring life into your story!