Nov 27, 2009, 23:48 [home/SS2009]
God’s Power Caring for People

This Sunday we’ll take a look at the story of Jonah, the reluctant prophet. You probably know the part of the story about the big fish, but that’s really just a small part of the story of Jonah. Asked by God to preach to the people of Nineveh, Jonah caught a ship sailing to Tarshish, about as far from Nineveh as he could get. God turned him around by sending a storm, causing the sailors to follow Jonah’s request to throw him overboard so they could be saved. God prepared a big fish to swallow Jonah, where he lived for three days until he repented and was ready to follow God’s command. Jonah went to Nineveh and preached God’s message of repentance, and the people listened and changed their evil ways. God spared them, but Jonah was still unhappy that God had not punished Nineveh.