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  • Jose R. Hernandez avatar

    Stop Running

    Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Oct 19, 2000
    based on 129 ratings
     | 11,163 views

    We can run but we can't hide.

    Stop Running As I prayed this week asking the Lord to give me the message for today, He brought me to the book of Jonah. Many people find this particular piece of scripture hard to believe, but we should not, for we know that nothing is impossible for our God. Today we are going to examine what ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Hast Thou Done This?

    Contributed by David Coe on Nov 11, 2000
    based on 108 ratings
     | 2,938 views

    A sermon to show the foolishness of running from God.

    WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS? Jonah 1:1-3,10 A Message on "Running From God" I. THE MOTIVE 1.) Disobedience 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh.." a.) Displeasing 4:1 "But it displeased Jonah..." b.) Difficult 1:2 "cry against it for their wickedness..." II. THE MANNER ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Wilson avatar

    Runaway Prophet

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 197 ratings
     | 6,186 views

    Jonah could run, but he couldn't hide.

    Runaway Prophet Jonah 1:1-9 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 Lord. So he went down to Joppa, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Reluctant Prophet

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 87 ratings
     | 6,929 views

    The story of Jonah and how it parallels our reluctance to reach the lost.

    I can still the scene from Titanic where the orchestra is brought out on deck to play music while the ship is sinking. Drinks and food are passed out in the dining room to maintain a sense of normalcy. People were eating, drinking and dancing as the ship was going down. It reminds me of what ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Scott Gleason avatar

    What Happens When We Run Series

    Contributed by Scott Gleason on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 9,004 views

    As believers we need to realize the dangerous position in which we put ourselves when we decide to reject God’s will and run from His plan.

    What Happens When We Run – Rejecting God’s Will Text: Jonah 1 (Sunday AM) Date: January 9, 2000 I. Introduction Attention: I had neatly folded my clothes, at least as neatly as an eight year old could have, and I had placed them in a little bag. I headed to the kitchen to get some food and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    What We Need To Learn From Jonah

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 127 ratings
     | 4,731 views

    Valuable lessons to learn about God and ourselves as we look into Jonah’s story.

    What we need to learn from Jonah by Andrew Chan PBC, Vancouver, BC Text: Jonah 1 Introduction: An angler at the fishermen’s club was describing his toughest catch. “After 3 hours I landed this terrific monster of the sea” he said. “I saw the pictures and he was only 6 inches long,” said one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Harold Nichols avatar

    When Will We Wake Up

    Contributed by Harold Nichols on Mar 27, 2001
    based on 176 ratings
     | 3,589 views

    Jonah slept through the storm of his life, and so are we.

    When Will We Wakeup Text: Jonah 1:6 Introduction: Everyone knows Jonah ran from God’s call to go to Ninevah and cry against the city; however, not many christians know the rest of the story. When Jonah ran he went on a ship that was heading the opposite way of God’s call. While ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Choices

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Apr 22, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 5,811 views

    The choices we make in life can effect us and others eternally. Jonah’s first bad choice was to “Run Away.”

    “CHOICES” JONAH 1: 1-17 JANUARY 7, 2001 INTRODUCTION: “Above anything else,” Jackie Robinson said, “I hate to lose.” On April 15, 1947, Robinson made it to the “show.” He became the first black man to wear a Major League uniform, destroying the color barrier in professional sports. In his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,021 views

    We can learn some great life lessons from Jonah, this is the first of 4 messages I first preached in 1999. I do not remember who my sources for help were so I cannot give proper credit.

    INTRODUCTION  Over the next four weeks I would like us to take some time to look at the Old Testament book of Jonah.  The Book of Jonah is one of the most ridiculed book by the liberal ‘scholars”.  The story of a fish swallowing a man sounds like a whopper of a fish ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How Much Is The Fare To Tarshish? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 18,919 views

    Jonah refused to go to Tarshish because emotionally he felt unwelcome and theologically he thought he could escape God’s oversight. He paid hidden costs, in vain: the loss of a vessel, the loss of joy, human wreckage, reckoning with eternity.

    When I travel, I don’t want to spend too much money on the travel itself. I’d rather spend my money on whatever there is to buy where I’m going. I don’t want to hand much over to the airline or the railroad. I want to travel cheap. But I sometimes miss an important fact – that when I try to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jonah's Defiance Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 23, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 9,595 views

    A sermon on Jonah 1 about defiance against the will of God

    Jonah’s Defiance Jonah 1 Introduction: My son and I were bass fishing in a boat on the Kanawha River in West Virginia, when I hooked a really big bass. My line got snarled on my casting reel, and I didn’t have a lot of extra line to let out. When the big bass hit the end of the free line, he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Good Ship Lolipop

    Contributed by Mike Mizell on Dec 18, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 5,592 views

    A New Year’s message to challenge listeners to follow God’s will in the New Year

    The Good Ship Lollipop Jonah 1: 1 – 7 ( I read this anology in a book a while back and thought it wourl preach). Here we, the first Sunday in the year 2000, the long awaited day has finally arrived. We find ourselves embarking on a journey into the unknown and we are launching into a new era. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    You Can Run, But You Can't Hide Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jan 2, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 12,186 views

    This is the 1st sermon in the series "Stubborn Saint’s (which is a study of Jonah). This sermon looks at what happens when we run from God’s will.

    Sunday Evening January 5, 2003 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Stubborn Saints [#1] YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN¡¦T HIDE Jonah 1:1-17 Introduction: 1. Have you ever tried to run from somebody or something? I¡¦m sure you have. I have learned that I can run and hide from many things and many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    Looking For The Perfect Church: Part One Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jan 11, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,338 views

    If you are looking for the perfect church just close your eyes and pretend there is nothing else going on in the world. Jonah did and look where it got him.

    January 12, 2003 Morning Service Text: Jonah 1:1-17 Subject: Running from God Title: Looking for the Perfect Church: Part One There are people out there who move from church to church to church hoping that someday they will find just the right one. It will be the one where everything is just ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Test Of Will Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 10, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,647 views

    Jonah exibits free will when he runs from God. God will not make you do anything, but he will encourage you.

    A Test of Will For the past couple of weeks we have been taking some of the Bible stories that we normally think of as children’s stories. We looking are at them from an adult point of view. Today we are picking up with Jonah. What do we know about Jonah from this scripture? From all we can ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational