1 Corinthians 12:26-27 ESV If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
John 1:5 ESV The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Jonah 1:1-2 NLT The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce My judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.
Jonah 3:1-5 NLT Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you. This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all. On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed! The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.
Jonah 3: 10 NLT When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, He changed His mind and did not carry out the destruction He had threatened.
Jonah 4:1-2 NLT This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry. So he complained to the Lord about it: Didn’t I say before I left home that You would do this, Lord? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.