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The Gospel According To Jonah

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 21, 2002

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Jonah was angry because God did not destroy Ninevah. In his protesting prayer, Jonah declared some wonderful truths about the goodness and compassion of God.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JONAH "And Jonah prayed to the Lord and said, ’Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:2

Denomination: Baptist

Games People Play

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

based on 208 ratings

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The authentic Christian doesn't play lame games

Games People Play Jonah 4:1-11 I hope you've enjoyed our study of Jonah these past few weeks as much as I have. I don't know about you, but I've related to Jonah's mistakes. When he tried to outrun God, I thought of times when I've been out of the Lord's will and resisted His Word. When He ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Pouting Prophet

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

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When Jonah didn't get his way, he became a pouting prophet.

A Pouting Prophet Jonah 4:1-3 Last week we left Jonah right after the city of Nineveh repented and God relented. God used his brief message, (5 Hebrew words) to penetrate the hearts of the people of Nineveh. The people spread the message like wild fire. When the word reached the king, he didn't ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

The Right Concern

Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 24, 2002

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God is passionate for all people.

THE RIGHT CONCERN Jonah 4 S: God’s compassion Th: My Life as God’s Light Pr: GOD IS PASSIONATE FOR ALL PEOPLE ?: How? How is it revealed? KW: Stages TS: We will find in Jonah 4, four stages which reveal God’s passion for all people. The _____ stage which reveals God’s passion for all people ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

When Your Attitude Goes Against God Series

Contributed by Keith Walker on May 18, 2004

based on 38 ratings

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Jonah did not know the mind of God or feel the heart of God or accept the will of God. Therefore Jonah quarrels with God, quits on God and is quietened by God.

INTRODUCTION I like Charles Swindoll’s outline of the Book of Jonah. He says in chapter 1 Jonah is running away from God; in chapter 2 Jonah is running to God; in chapter 3 Jonah is running with God; and, in chapter 4 Jonah is running against God. I have preached a message on each of the first ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

When Things Don't Go According To Plan

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 7, 2001

based on 106 ratings

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We get mad at God...when things get fouled up.. how can we then overcome it and be changed and challenged.

When Things Don’t Go According to Plan By Andrew Chan, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC Text: Jonah 4 May 27, 2001 When Things Don’t Go According to Plan there is trouble. Talk to the business man who blows up because the plane he is supposed to be on is canceled or overbooked. Talk to the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Seven Truths About God's Love

Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Apr 1, 2005

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From this unusual text, we are able to learn seven truths about God’s love, and how His love never changes, in spite of our changing conditions.

VERSE 1: GOD’S LOVE NEVER CHANGES, EVEN WHEN I AM ANGRY WITH HIM. Whenever the name “Job” is mentioned, people often associate him with suffering and patience. We like to see him as a tragic figure who endured his turmoil with grace and candor. Now, it is true that Job “did not sin with his ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

When We Are Angry With God Series

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on May 3, 2005

based on 28 ratings

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This messages talks about how from time to time will express anger towards God. How does God respond to our emotion of anger, and what did God show Jonah, when Jonah was angry. This and more is what this final message talks about, enjoy!

Title: When We Are Angry With God Text: Jonah 4:1-11 Read Text!!! Pray!!! Introduction: - Have you ever been angry with God before? - We all have and expressed our displeasure for being in a situation that God could get us out of. - Jonah, was angry with God because he believed that God would ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

What's Wrong With Wrath? Series

Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jul 12, 2007

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Examining Jonah’s anger at God’s compassion for the Ninevites

Key Text: Jonah 4:8-9 Jonah’s anger caused five things to happen in his life. 1. Jonah’s anger caused him to RESIST God’s call (v. 1-2a) A. We resist the call to pray when we are angry (1 Thess. 5:17). B. We resist the call to love when we are angry (John 15:12; 1 Cor. 13:5; John 13:35). C. We ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Beauty Of Grace Verses The Beast Of Sin Series

Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 22, 2005

based on 13 ratings

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After all that’s happened so far – Jonah’s initial disobedience; God’s humbling of Jonah; Jonah’s going to Nineveh at the second time of asking; the Ninevites’ believing the message and being spared – surely you’d expect there to be a happy ending!

JONAH CHAPTER FOUR INTRODUCTION Most of us love happy endings! My girls when they were little loved Disney’s, ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ In the closing scenes the beast lies dying from a wound inflicted during combat with Gaston his enemy. Belle the beauty finally confesses her love for the beast ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

#5 Divine Possibilities: Dying In The Rut Of Unforgiveness Series

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 15, 2005

based on 12 ratings

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Let’s consider how getting stuck in a rut will hinder Divine Possibilities and Development! Get out of the rut of unforgiveness!

SPEAK TO GOD’S POSSIBILITIES: DYING IN A RUT OF UNFORGIVENESS! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com We are studying Divine Possibilities: 1. Climb into God’s Envelope; 2. Accept the Mantle; 3. Starving at a feast; 4. Let God! 5. DYING IN A RUT! When an unforgiving preacher preaches 6. ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Do You Have A Right To Be Angry? Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Oct 1, 2007

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A sermon on when not to be angry, when to be angry, and how to deal with anger.

Do You Have a Right To Be Angry? Jonah 4:4, 9 INTRO.: Tell the story of God’s question to Jonah. A valid question. There is a time to be angry and a time to not be angry. Someone has said, "A person who is angry for the right reasons against the right persons, in the right manner, and for the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lessons In Love Series

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 4, 2007

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This is the last of four and looks at the heart of Jonah compared to the heart of God and the lessons in love that Jonah would need to learn as a consequence.

Jonah chapter 4: 1-11. Lessons in love. I recently watched documentary on the internet it we Louis theorux and he was spending some time with a Christian family from Texas who had formed a Church called Westboro Baptist church and part of their evangelistic strategy was to travel around America ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Disappointment: Crop Failure Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 2, 2007

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Jonah knows God, but he is unpracticed in God. This righteous man ends up disappointed with God. How did that come about?

Here we are in chapter four of the book of Jonah, the end of the story, things haven’t turned out the way Jonah expected, have they? He has seen nothing but disappointment. He was told by God to go to a place he didn’t want to go to and deliver a message he didn’t want to deliver to a people who ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jonah And God's Plant

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jun 15, 2007

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I was listening to a group of men talking, and they were talking about real men being turned off of Christianity because of the pastor’s language and even the songs we sing aren’t manly enough.

Jonah and God’s Plant Text: Jonah 4:5-11 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:5-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

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