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Last week, we saw the power of God’s Word when the Ninevites heard It and turned from their wicked ways. Then, God showed compassion and did not destroy them. We should be willing to share God’s Word with those around us.

In Chapter 1, we saw Jonah Going Down as he was thrown over the side of the ship. In Chapter 2, we saw Jonah Coming Up as the great fish vomited him on the shore. In Chapter 3, we saw Jonah Going Into the great ci...

Last week, we looked at what some people call “unbelievable.” We read about Jonah’s time in the belly of the great fish. There is no doubt that Chapter 2 describes a miracle, but what we see in Chapter 3 may be an even greater miracle.

Today, we will see God’s Word turning a group of people from their wicked ways. Today, we will see Jonah as he Goes Into Nineveh and preaches a five-word sermon that will radically change the Ninevit...

Last week, we looked at a selfish man who just happened to be a prophet of God. Jonah got a Word from the Lord to: Jonah 1:2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”The people of Nineveh were Jonah’s enemies, so he ran from God and God’s calling. We closed the message with: Jonah 1:17 But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish...

Most of us remember the story of Jonah from our childhood Sunday school classes. We may recall the songs, the drawings of Jonah inside of the great fish, and the repentance of Nineveh at the end of this great Old Testament story. The songs were fine, the drawings were precious, but Jonah’s story doesn’t end with the repentance of Nineveh. For the next 4-weeks, I invite you to delve into God’s Word as we look at the Book of Jonah fr...

Last week we saw God’s reply to Habakkuk’s second complaint. After giving him the answer in the second half of Habakkuk 2:4 but the righteous will live by his faith—, God goes on to pronounce five woes on the Babylonians. We called them the: 1 - Woe of Greed, 2 - Woe of Gluttony, 3 - Woe of Violence, 4 - Woe of Lust, and 5 - Woe of Idolatry

These woes weren’t pronounced against people in our day, but the precepts taught in them can...

Last week we saw Habakkuk’s second complaint. He was still confused after hearing God’s first reply, and he gave the Lord a series of questions once again.As Chapter 1 closes, one may think that Habakkuk had given up hope in God answering him, but listen to the first verse of Chapter 2: Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give t...

Last week we took a brief look at the entire Book of Habakkuk along with seeing his first complaints. He complained about what he called injustice.

Things weren’t going how Habakkuk thought they should, and naturally, he pushed the blame onto God. Much like us, Habakkuk never considered that the decisions and actions of his people may be causing the issues they were experiencing.

Today, we will see God answer Habakkuk’s first compl...