Many people begin a new year with brand new resolutions, hoping to become brand new people, living on a brand new level, excelling to brand new heights they’ve not yet previously attained. Everyone wants to excel, up their game and go to the next phase, the next dimension, the next-level. Although this sounds good, there is one oft overlooked…oft forgotten element that can hinder your true fulfillment of such laudable goals. You see, next-level living requires next-level forgiveness. You cannot go into 2020, while dragging around 2019 wounds. Old wounds blind us from seeing new realities. Utilizing the backdrop of the familiar story of Jonah, this sermon takes a fresh new look at the topic of forgiveness from a perspective we’re not use to seeing. Quite frankly, this perspective is not for the faint of heart and very difficult to digest. It will push you past the level of mediocrity you might be comfortable consuming, and up to the next-level of living.
Andrew E. Gottlieb 