In week five of the Jonah series, Pastor James Sabin teaches "God Has a Fish for You," a message about how God never lets go of us, even in our darkest places. James starts with a story from college: he kept cashing work-study checks for a job he'd stopped showing up to, until the dean called him in. He uses it to show the difference between shame & the Holy Spirit's loving conviction, and why getting caught can be one of God's greatest gifts. Reading Jonah 1:17 and Jonah's prayer in chapter 2, he shows that the fish wasn't God's punishment but His rescue, prepared ahead of time to bring Jonah back to his purpose. Students are encouraged to look for the "big fish" God sends in their own hard seasons, like a well-timed text from a friend, a coach or teacher who shows up, or a moment of getting caught, and to remember that our growth matters more to God than our comfort.

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Pastor James Sabin returns for week four of the Jonah series with a message on one of the strangest ideas in God's kingdom: choosing death to get life. Reading Jonah 1:10–16, where Jonah would rather be thrown into the sea than bring God's mercy to his enemies, James shows students how we still trade life for things that slowly destroy us. Those trades include lying instead of telling the truth, putting ourselves ahead of others, and holding onto revenge instead of forgiving. Drawing on Deuteronomy 30 & Jonah 4:2, he points to a God who always gives us a choice because love never forces, and to Jesus, the better Jonah, who freely gave up His life so we could have real life with peace, joy and purpose.

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This week at EDGE, guest speaker Kyle Majnarič — a former WVU wide receiver turned Nashville singer-songwriter — brings a message called "Leave the Nets," born out of a trip to the Sea of Galilee where Jesus first called His disciples. Walking through Matthew 4, Luke 5, and John 21, Kyle shows students the two times Peter left his nets: once when Jesus called him, and again after the resurrection, when Peter had slipped back into old habits and Jesus met him right where he was. He challenges students to name both kinds of nets in their own lives — the ones we cast ourselves (pride, performance, identity built on achievement) and the ones that get cast on us (idolatry, addiction, anxiety, guilt and shame) — and reminds them that Jesus never needed full nets to call anyone, because faithfulness comes before fruitfulness. The night closes with an original song Kyle wrote around the message.

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