Sermons on Jonahs Disobedience:

How Can I Know God's Will For My Life? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 9, 2006

What can I do to learn what God wants me to do with my life? Can I miss out on what God desires for my life?

OPEN: I once read the true story about a man who was a guest sailing aboard a submarine. Before they set sail, he asked the coxwain if there were any special regulations to be observed during exercises. He said “I was puzzled when he replied by asking me how good my mental arithmetic was. He went ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Is A 2nd Chance God

Contributed by Jamie Wright on Sep 20, 2007

God asks us to forgive 7 times 70. Won’t he do the same for us? He gave Jonah a second chance; He will do the same for you.

Ever failed at anything? Ever tried to do something and been unsuccessful? Ever wish you had another chance to do or be or say something? Maybe today you wish you had another chance: at a job On a test In a relationship With your children To please ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Black History Month: Don't Sit Down And Die, Get Up And Try!

Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Feb 3, 2020

Just as Moses and Jonah came out of the water with a message from God. The peoples of African descent came out of the waters on slave ships and have a message from God, for the World.

Don’t sit down and die but get up and try! 2 King 7:3 Why sit we here until we die? 2 Kings 6:24-30 and 7:1-16 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3, 2 Kings 6:24-30, 2 Kings 7:1-16

Denomination: Church Of God

Season Of Restraint

Contributed by John Oscar on Nov 9, 2024

Using the events described in the book of Jonah, this sermon teaches us about God's seasons of restraint regarding sending judgment when HE sees true repentance.

A Season of Restraint Scripture Reference: Jonah 3:1-10 Introduction- Ater our prayer service last Sunday concerning the election, I was cleaning up and thinking about how the service went. My next thought was- what will I say next week? I took it to God and asked, “What should I say?” I felt ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Storms

Contributed by Bob Roberts on Nov 18, 2006

Storms! We just do not know what to do with them. For some the presences of storms are indicators that something must have went wrong. How are we to look at storms – are they from the devil, or the cause and effect of disobedience? Or maybe there is a thi

IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM TEXT: Mark 4:35-41 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Pentecostal

1 John 5:13 Believing With Assurance Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 20, 2015

If you want to be certain that you have nothing to fear from death, then put your confidence in Jesus Christ. Accept his claim to be the only begotten Son of God. Admit your disobedience to God and ask him for forgiveness.

Believing with Assurance Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Mind you, he probably hadn’t imagined the industry that’s sprung up around tax avoidance these days. But he was certainly correct ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:13-21

Denomination: Anglican

Romans 5

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 2, 2015

We have been made right in God’s sight • Being made right means that at one point all of us were wrong • That we have gone from a place of Disobedience to Acceptance

Review last week John 3:16 Most Famous,Gospel in Nutshell, Believe or Parish Today we are looking at Romans 5 and Paul is talking about Justification • To be made right with God Read vs 1&2 1. We have been made right in God’s sight • Being made right means that at one point all ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Christian Church

Headship Of Christ Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 21, 2018

There are some who will object by saying, “Why should I suffer, why should I burn in hell for Adam’s disobedience to God’s command?” You will not! If you burn in hell it will not be because of Adam’s transgression.

Headship of Christ Romans 5:15-21 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:15-21

Denomination: Baptist

Oy Vay--What Shall We Do? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 11, 2020

It’s time for us to imitate the early Christians, not Ahaz. Political solutions are like bandages. They can stop the blood flow but they can’t cure the fundamental disease, which is loss of faith in God, and disobedience to His commandments.

Tuesday of the 15th Week in Course 2020 Plague Year homilies When you consider it, God, whom we call by a kind of nickname “Yah” every time we sing the Gospel acclamation, God was heavily invested in His people. Specifically, He made a promise to King David, the greatest of the kings of Israel, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:1-9, Matthew 11:20-24

Denomination: Catholic

Crossing The Final Hurdle

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 29, 2021

The reproach of Egypt includes three things: a history of slavery, oppression, and their disobedience. Their past stood between them and their victory, and before God could send them to slay the giants of Canaan and possess the land, he had to deal with their past

Joshua 5:6-12 Jos 5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:6-12, Psalm 44:15-16, Psalm 69:19-20

Denomination: Methodist

The Solemn Responsibility Of God's Prophets (Ezekiel 3:17-21)

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Jun 8, 2024

God entrusted men such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel with the task of warning the people about the consequences of disobedience against God. It is the sacred duty of all believers to both share their faith as well as to warn others about the wrath to come.

We have looked at the Lord Jesus Christ, the center of all Bible prophecy, and His mission of redemption. The bulk of prophecy focuses upon Him as well as the future of the nation of Israel. The Scriptures describe Israel's unstable relationship with GOD in a series of rebuttals and ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 3:17-21, Ezekiel 18:21-23, Matthew 11:28-30, Romans 10:13, Revelation 22:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Watch Out For Shishak

Contributed by Matt Skiles on Nov 10, 2021

Judah's disobedience to God's word brought them defeat at the hands of Shishak. Like today's Christians, when we fail to obey God's word we will be defeated.

2 Chronicles 12:1-11-And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 12:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Samson Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 6, 2022

This sermon focuses on the extraordinary but sad life of Samson. A man who had the potential to be a great spiritual leader, but his disobedience and lack of self-control prevented him from becoming the person God had intended him to be.

If you have your Bibles with you today and you want to try to follow along, we are actually going to be looking at a number of chapters starting with Judges 13:1. As many of you know, we have been going through a series called Extraordinary People of the Bible. The lesser known people of the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-25, Judges 14:1-20, Judges 15:1-20, Judges 16:1-31

Denomination: Christian Church

Sermon # 30 - The Blessings Of Obedience Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Aug 9, 2023

Obedience to God and His word has rewards, and disobedience also has its consequences. The experiences of some from the bible will help us learn how we too can be recipients of God’s blessings in our lives.

We read in Genesis 22:18, “Every nation on the earth will be blessed through your descendants. I will do this because you obeyed me." (ERV) We also read in Genesis 3:14, “So the LORD God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all the wild or domestic ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:18, Genesis 3:14, Matthew 28:20, John 14:30, Colossians 3:5-6, 2 Samuel 6:18, 2 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:23, 1 Samuel 2:19-20, 1 Samuel 2:24-25  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Kahit Ano Ang Luwag Mo Sa Lupa Ay Malawag Sa Langit Series

Contributed by James Dina on Jan 18, 2022

Diringgin ng Diyos ang langit, at diringgin nila ang lupa. Dapat nating ganap na sundin ang utos ng Diyos, bago tayo marinig ng Langit. PARIAL OBEDIENCE AY ACTUAL DISOBEDIENCE

KAHIT ANO ANG LUWAG MO SA LUPA AY MALAWAG SA LANGIT “At ibibigay ko sa iyo ang mga susi ng kaharian ng langit: at anomang iyong talian sa lupa ay tatalian sa langit: at anomang iyong kalagan sa lupa ay kakalagan sa langit” ( Mateo 16:19 ). “At pagdaka'y nangabuksan ang kaniyang mga tainga, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:35, Revelation 22:21, Hosea 2:21, Proverbs 13:3, Matthew 16:19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal