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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Swallowed Up

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 11, 2013
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     | 5,474 views

    Any time you run from God, you never go “up"; you always go “down.” God sometimes allows us to face frightening circumstances so that we will learn to trust and obey Him. It’s always best to obey the Lord right away - then we won’t be “swallowed up.”

    Opening illustration: Being shocked by electricity can be very dangerous. Just ask professional golf legend Lee Trevino. He was struck by lightning while sitting under a tree during a tournament several years ago. He said, “It bolted my arms and legs out stiff, jerked me off the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Why Would God Stoop To Reveal His Will Through Dice Tossed By Pagan Sailors Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 27, 2013
     | 3,589 views

    God reveals Jonah's guilt through dice tossed by pagan sailors. It's so undignified. Why would God stoop to reveal His will in such a way?

    REALLY, GOD? Why would God stoop to reveal His will through dice tossed by pagan sailors? - Jonah 1:7. - When you think about this situation, it just all seems so undignified. We’ve got these sailors (whom we can safely presume were not having Sunday School on the ship) rolling dice and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    How Can Prayer Be A Witnessing Tool? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 29, 2013
     | 3,755 views

    Everyone believes in prayer in a crisis and that's an opportunity for us to point them to God.

    AN OPEN DOOR: Everyone believes in prayer in a crisis. - Jonah 1:6 – “The captain went to him and said, ‘How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god!’” - In the section, notice two things: a. It’s the captain that asks Jonah to pray. - Now, there’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    The Parts Of Our Lives That Are Off-Limits To God Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 2, 2013
     | 5,012 views

    A look at how we only let God into certain parts of our lives when He needs to be "Lord of all" in our lives.

    WHY WEREN'T THE SAILORS BOTHERED EARLIER? Because they believed in small, provincial gods. - Jonah 1:7, 10. - One of the unusual things about this verse is that it tells in verse 10 that Jonah had told them previously that he was running away from God. You would think that when the storm arose ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    When We Act Like Stubbornness Is A Spiritual Gift Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 13, 2013
     | 4,137 views

    A look at the dangers of stubbornness.

    WHEN WE DON'T LIKE WHERE GOD IS LEADING: Jonah would rather die than change. - Jonah 1:12. A CROSS PROBLEM: Too many Christians are more defined by crossed arms than by the cross of Christ. - Too many of us confuse stubbornness with conviction. - What’s the difference? Conviction has to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Travis Markes avatar

    On The Run Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 20 ratings
     | 26,920 views

    Sermon series on the Book of Jonah. Some of my resources come from John Hamby’s sermons as well as Jerry Giffords

    “Returning to God” “On the Run” Jonah 1:1-3 I read a story recently about a 5-year old who decided to run away. The lady who lived next door saw him go, as she was outside cutting her grass. She said that she watched him walk up and down the pavement, in front of her house, hauling his little ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cost And Consequences Of Disobedience Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,330 views

    Sermon series on the Book of Jonah. Some of my resources come from John Hamby’s sermons as well as Jerry Giffords

    “Returning to God” “Cost and Consequences of Disobedience” Jonah 1:4-16 Jonah heard God’s call one day. It didn’t sit well with Jonah. This wasn’t what Jonah wanted to hear. The call of God for Jonah was to go over to Nineveh, the great capital city of the Assyrian Empire, a place quite unlike ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Silencing The Stranger - Hitchhiker 1 Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,291 views

    This sermon takes a little different look at the book of Jonah... as one traveling as a hitchhiker on the road of life.

    Jonah 1:1-17 NIV The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • T. Michael Crews avatar

    Lessons From The Prodigal Prophet Series

    Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Aug 21, 2008
     | 4,794 views

    Introduction to a Sermon series on Jonah

    A young boy from down south attended Sunday school for the first with his grandparents who lived up north. He was so excited he couldn’t wait to tell grandma about the lesson. "My teacher taught us all about the whales," he announced. "You mean Jonah and the whale?" grandma asked. "No," he said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • T. Michael Crews avatar

    Get Your Chores Done Series

    Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,739 views

    Exposition of Jonah 1

    Tonight I want to talk to you about getting your chores done. I suppose most of us are old enough to remember when kids did chores. If you grew up on a farm you recall chores like milking cows, or feeding animals, or weeding gardens, or chopping wood. If you grew up in town, like I did, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Help Us Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,643 views

    A call to wake up, get up, show up, and help.

    HELP US Jonah 1:6 * For years we have sung the hymn – “Send the Light”. The second verse begins with these words, “We have heard the Macedonian’s call today” and for years I didn’t know what that was or where it was found. Let me read Acts 16:9 for us. (READ) Come and HELP us. What a request. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Independent Jonah And The Sailors Of A Floundering Ark Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,679 views

    Jonah runs away from God.

    In its 1981 debut, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” made $384 million US worldwide. There didn’t seem to be a country that didn’t fall in love with character Indiana Jones. Kids everywhere were swooping around playgrounds cracking imaginary whips and humming the movie’s theme song as they “uncovered” ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dean O'Bryan avatar

    God's Runaway Series

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Sep 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,116 views

    First of four message from the book of Jonah

    God’s Runaway Jonah 1:1-17 Ever run away from home? I did more than once -- in my mind at least. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time. And I played with the idea a lot. There was a problem, though -- when you live in Western Kansas like I did, you have a long way to go before you reach civilization, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andy Flowers avatar

    You Can't Ignore God For Long Series

    Contributed by Andy Flowers on Sep 11, 2008
     | 5,295 views

    Series in Jonah

    Text: Jonah 1 Title: You Can’t Ignore God For Long Jonah 1:1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Being Called By God Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 24, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,638 views

    A Wednesday night series of Messages from Jonah.

    Being Called By God Jonah 1:1-3 * Of all the Old Testament Books, one of my favorites happens to be Jonah. There are many reasons why I like this book. One reason is that I love the honesty found in this book. God called Jonah to do a task that he didn’t really want to do so he (being a little ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist