PPT-THE BOOK OF JONAH …reaching those that you don't want to reach

Jon 349 And Jonah began to enter into the city a days journey and he cried and said Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown So the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least of them. I. Don’t let him board in the first place. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish;. so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. You are , or should be turned to Jonah 2:8. Jonah. An Excurses. I Propose the we be henceforth . called:. The Harvester Class. Matt 9:37-38. "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." . Words and Music by Michael Hurd. [1] . Nineveh City. was a city of sin . The . jazzin. ’ and a-. jivin. ’ made a terrible din . Beat groups . playin. ’ a rock and roll . And the Lord when he heard it said, “Bless my soul!” . : God feels compassion toward all of His creation. Jonah is about Jonah (and Israel). : Israel didn’t care about the destiny of other nations. Jonah is about us. : We . love mercy . for ourselves and justice for others. Jonah’s Unhappy Ending. Jonah’s shocking anger at God . (4:1-3). v1: “but it was . evil. to Jonah with great . evil. and he burned with anger. ”. Jonah’s Unhappy Ending. Jonah’s shocking anger at God . 1.  . Now . the word of the . Lord.  came to Jonah the son of . Amittai. , saying, . 2 . “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for . their . evil.  has come up before me.” . JONAH. Assyria . (Nineveh). Pre-Exile. ~ 782 . -. 753 BC. Likely timeline. 1 Jonah . 2 Joel . 3 Amos . 4 Hosea . 5 Micah . 6 Nahum . 7 Zephaniah . 8 Habakkuk . 9 Obadiah. 10 Haggai . When You Get a Second Chance – JONAH 3.  . .  7 Where can I go from your Spirit? .        Where can I flee from your presence?.  . 8 . If I go up to the heavens, you are there; .        if I make my bed in the depths. JONAH. Assyria . (Nineveh). Pre-Exile. ~ 782 . -. 753 BC. Likely timeline. 1 Jonah . 2 Joel . 3 Amos . 4 Hosea . 5 Micah . 6 Nahum . 7 Zephaniah . 8 Habakkuk . 9 Obadiah. 10 Haggai . Jonah . 1:1. 1. 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 . Tarshish. ; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in . lovingkindness. , One who relents from doing harm. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”. (Jon 1:17) Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. .(. Jon . 2:1-4) . Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Jon . 4:1-5) . But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. . . And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto . (Jon 4:10) Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not . laboured. , neither . madest. it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:. (Jon 4:11) And .