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> [Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort, my reputation, and my success than I do about the people You are calling me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/lord-make-me-less-like-jonah-and-more-like-jesus-save-me-from-being/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

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> [“Jonah’s anger was not marked by outbursts of rage but by a quiet withdrawal from the company of others and a growing preoccupation with the events in his own life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/jonah-s-anger-was-not-marked-by-outbursts-of-rage-but-by-a-quiet/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

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## More by Colin S. Smith

> [Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/human-life-is-created-in-god-s-image-and-that-makes-it-sacred/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/lord-make-me-less-like-jonah-and-more-like-jesus-save-me-from-being/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-person-who-learns-to-number-his-or-her-days-gains-a-heart-of/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-god-you-worship-will-shape-the-values-you-hold-and-the-values-you/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/he-is-the-creator-and-the-sustainer-of-all-things-he-is-the/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“In serving as a pastor for over thirty years, I have seen some remarkable transformations and I’ve seen some big disappointments. I have two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/in-serving-as-a-pastor-for-over-thirty-years-i-have-seen-some/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would be disagreeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-bible-is-different-because-it-is-the-word-of-god-by-which-he/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“The dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature, which if you saw it now, you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-dullest-and-most-uninteresting-person-you-can-talk-to-may-one-day/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/god-s-word-is-the-living-seed-that-brings-new-birth-it-is-the-milk/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“If you can grasp those two truths—you are made in His image and dependent on Him—you will discover a great dignity and at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/if-you-can-grasp-those-two-truths-you-are-made-in-his-image-and/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/saint-augustine-defined-idolatry-as-worshiping-what-should-be-used-or/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“There will be times in your life when you want to pray but feel so far from God that prayer seems impossible. The flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/there-will-be-times-in-your-life-when-you-want-to-pray-but-feel-so/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/he-endured-all-that-hell-is-on-the-cross-so-that-you-would-never-know/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [“Idolatry involves putting the things we love in the place of God or seeing God as a means of getting the things that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/idolatry-involves-putting-the-things-we-love-in-the-place-of-god-or/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

> [Redeeming sinners from all nations through Jesus Christ was God's plan from the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/redeeming-sinners-from-all-nations-through-jesus-christ-was-god-s/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

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