Sermons on Jonah 1:1-4:4: showing 16-30 of 771

Please Leave A Message, No One Is Available To Receive Your Call Series

Contributed by Terry Bailey on Jun 22, 2001

While the benefits of the "Greatest Story Ever Told" belongs exclusively to Christians, we must not keep them to ourselves! We, like Jonah, must deliever the message of Truth and Repentance from our heavenly Father.

The Passage: Jonah 1:1-3 1:1The 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." 3But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

When Will We Wake Up

Contributed by Harold Nichols on Mar 27, 2001

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

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Choices

Contributed by Joe Harding on Apr 22, 2001

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

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Lord, Send Someone Else

Contributed by Danny Salyer on Feb 1, 2001

Where is your Nineveh?

“LORD SEND SOMEONE ELSE” TEXT: JONAH 1:1-3 INTRO: HERE WE READ OF THE PROPHET JONAH, WHOSE NAME MEANS “DOVE”. THE BOOK OF JONAH DOES NOT CONTAIN PROPHECY PER SE, RATHER IT CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF A PROPHET..... 1. A PROPHET RELUCTANT TO FULFIL THE MISSION GOD HAS FOR HIM. 2. A PROPHET WHO ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Modern Day Jonah Christians

Contributed by Robert Laymance on Feb 4, 2001

The experiences of the Prophet Jonah are like some Christians in the Church today. The lessons we can learn from this message are valuable and give certain direction for the Will of God in our life.

Jonah was an established Prophet in the days of Jeroboam king of judah..2-kings.14:24-27.Jonah like many people today are remembered for what he did not do, instead of what he could have done.Many people like Jonah are called of God and obey his will. However, many are called of God and do not ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

The Story Of Jonah - A Tragic Hero With A Fatal Flaw Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Aug 6, 2001

The story of Jonah is a satiric masterpiece. The book of Jonah is unique in that it humorously recounts the adventures of a prophet who struggled against his divine commission. This really is a handbook on how not to be a prophet.

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: In his book, True Heroism in a World of Celebrity Counterfeits, Dick Keyes writes that a celebrity is "one who is famous and well publicized," well known "apart from how they became known. Celebrity itself is indifferent to moral character," he adds. One can be ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:3

Resistance To Commitment

Contributed by Chris Mason on Aug 27, 2001

Have you ever echoed the words, "I can’t do it!" My mother answered those words, with "Can’t never could!" This sermon deals with why we as Christian sometimes resist commitment in our lives.

Resistance to Commitment Resistance by it’s very definition means to withstand or fight against.. so the question I have is, How hard is it for you to resist? For me sometimes, it’s almost impossible! Here’s what I mean. You’ve already had two pieces of cake, there is only one piece left. You ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:8, Exodus 4:11-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Getting Jonah Off Your Boat

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 7, 2007

this is a comparison between Jonah on board a ship and sin in ones life, and how you should deal with it

Intro: over the years I have preached many sermons out of the book of Jonah, about running from God’s call, etc. But today, I would like to look at the men on the ship instead of just Jonah, and preach, getting Jonah off the boat. Getting Jonah Off The Boat Jonah 1:1-17 Background: Jonah on board ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Obedience Is A Challenge To Our Faith Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Feb 19, 2007

Obedience to God is a challenge to our faith when God asks us to do ANYTHING. Obedience to God is a challenge to our faith especially when God asks us to do what we think to be impossible... Finally Obedience is a challenge to our faith when God asks us

Sermon Date: February 4, 2007 Sermon Text: Jonah 1:1-3 (NASB) 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

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Anger: Not Just Black And White Series

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Feb 22, 2007

Anger is a detector of injustice, but, like God we should be slow in our response

<<READ Jonah 4:1-2, 4>> Many of you were living the Washington area on Thursday, April 4th, 1968. I don’t need to really set the stage for it, because you lived it. It was about 7:30 in the evening when Walter Cronkite broke the news. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis for speech, ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Grace In The Book Of Jonah

Contributed by Wade Allen on Apr 9, 2007

A study of the Book of Jonah.

There are some stories contained in the Bible that many people in the world who aren’t even Christians know. Stories like David and Goliath. Why, every time there is an underdog in the sporting world, the TV announcers use the analogy of David and Goliath; the little guy who defeated the big guy. ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Running From God: It's Not About The Fish Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 15, 2007

God places each of us in our Nineveh: work, school, where we live and like Jonah we cannot see the big picture so we ignore our calling and sail away from our Ninevah - and then the storms.

As you know, years ago when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had a business on the side cleaning Aquariums. I did ok, I was a young man struggling along with my business and one day I was at my aquarium wholesaler and I ran into a man who was in the same business, except he knew what he was ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Pursuing Love Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 22, 2007

Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is pursuing you.

Big Idea: Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is PURSUING you. Max Lucado: “You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.” Philip Yancey: “There is nothing we can do to make God love us more. There is nothing we can do to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

God's Got Me Right Where He Wants Me

Contributed by Jimmy Stewart on May 3, 2007

If you feel like you’re in a trial: just know God has you there for a reason!

God’s got me right where he wants me Jonah Bible tells us the familiar story of the ministry of the Jonah. The son of Amittai of Gath-hepher, he was a prophet of Israel who in 2 Kings 14 predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries of the kingdom. He exercised his ministry very early in ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hardship: Something Smells Fishy Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 3, 2007

The thing that you think might do you in, may be the thing that saves you. What should have killed Jonah, saved him.

Sometimes what you think might do you in you, will be the one thing that saves you. Sometimes the worst possible thing that could happen to you – is exactly what you need. Sometimes the thing you fear, is the thing that will turn your life around. We see this with the prophet Jonah. He is thrown ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational