Jonah struggled with God’s desire that Nineveh would repent. In this lesson we’ll learn important lessons about the Jehovah’s presence, Jehovah’s appointing, Anger and Prayer.

1. Salvation
Jehovah
Belongs to
Jonah

2. “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out
against it, for their evil has come up before me.”
Jonah 1:2

3. Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of
Jehovah … away from the presence of Jehovah.
Jonah 1:3

4. “I am a Hebrew,
and I fear
Jehovah, the God
of heaven, who
made the sea
and the dry
land.”
Jonah 1:9

5. For the men
knew that he was
fleeing from the
presence of
Jehovah, because
he had told
them.
Jonah 1:10

7. Jehovah appointed
a great fish to
swallow up Jonah.
Jonah 1:17

8. Then Jonah
prayed to Jehovah
his God from the
bell of the fish.
Jonah 2:1

9. I called out to
Jehovah, out of
my distress, and
He answered me;
out of the belly of
Sheol I cried, and
you heard my
voice.
Jonah 2:2

10. I called out to
Jehovah, out of
my distress, and
He answered me;
out of the belly of
Sheol I cried, and
you heard my
voice.
Jonah 2:2

11. Yet I shall again
look upon Your
Holy Temple
Jonah 2:4
my prayer came
to you, into Your
Holy Temple
Jonah 2:7

12. Yet You brought
up my life from
the pit, O Jehovah
my God.
Jonah 2:6

13. Salvation belongs
to Jehovah!
Jonah 2:9

14. “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
Jonah 3:4

15. And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called
for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of
them to the least of them.
Jonah 3:5

16. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
Jonah 4:1

17. Therefore now,
O Jehovah,
please take my
life from me, for
it is better for
me to die than
to live.
Jonah 4:3

18. “Do you do
well to be
angry?”
Jonah 4:4

19. till he should see
what would
become of the city
Jonah 4:5

20. Now
Jehovah God
appointed a
plant …
Jonah 4:6

21. Now
Jehovah God
appointed a
plant …
to save him
from his
discomfort.
Jonah 4:6

22. So Jonah was
exceedingly
glad because
of the plant.
Jonah 4:6

23. God appointed a worm
that attacked the plant, so
that it withered.
Jonah 4:7

24. God
appointed a
scorching east
wind, and the
sun beat
down on the
head of Jonah
so that he was
faint.
Jonah 4:8

25. It is better for
me to die than
to live.
Jonah 4:8

26. Do you do
well to be
angry for the
plant?
Jonah 4:9
It is better for
me to die than
to live.
Jonah 4:8

27. Yes, I do well
to be angry,
angry enough
to die
Jonah 4:9
Do you do
well to be
angry for the
plant?
Jonah 4:9
It is better for
me to die than
to live.
Jonah 4:8

28. “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor
did you make it grow, which came into being in a
night and perished in a night.”
Jonah 4:10

29. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in
which there are more than 120,000 persons who do
not know their right hand from their left, and also
much cattle?”
Jonah 4:11

30. Jehovah’s Presence

31. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah

32. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah
Jonah found God…

33. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah
Jonah found God…
in the sea — 1:4

34. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah
Jonah found God…
in the sea — 1:4
in the fish — 1:17; 2:1, 10

35. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah
Jonah found God…
in the sea — 1:4
in the fish — 1:17; 2:1, 10
in His Holy Temple — 2:4, 7

36. Jehovah’s Presence
Jonah tried to flee from the presence of Jehovah
Jonah found God…
in the sea — 1:4
in the fish — 1:17; 2:1, 10
in His Holy Temple — 2:4, 7
in Nineveh — 3:5, 10; 4:5-11

37. Jehovah’s Appointing

38. Jehovah’s Appointing
➽ Great Fish — Jonah 1:17
➽ Plant — Jonah 4:6
➽ Worm — Jonah 4:7
➽ Scorching Wind — Jonah 4:8

39. Jehovah’s Appointing
➽ Great Fish — Jonah 1:17
➽ Plant — Jonah 4:6
➽ Worm — Jonah 4:7
➽ Scorching Wind — Jonah 4:8
Did Jehovah Appoint Jonah?

40. Jehovah’s Appointing
➽ Great Fish — Jonah 1:17
➽ Plant — Jonah 4:6
➽ Worm — Jonah 4:7
➽ Scorching Wind — Jonah 4:8
Did Jehovah Appoint Jonah?
Salvation
Save
Believe

41. Anger

42. Anger
Relenting from disaster — 4:1

43. Anger
Relenting from disaster — 4:1
Displeased exceedingly & angry — 4:1

44. Anger
Relenting from disaster — 4:1
Displeased exceedingly & angry — 4:1
“Do you do well to be angry?” — 4:4, 9

45. Anger
Relenting from disaster — 4:1
Displeased exceedingly & angry — 4:1
“Do you do well to be angry?” — 4:4, 9
Pity — 4:10, 11

46. Prayer

47. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3

48. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3
Jonah didn’t pray during storm — 1:11

49. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3
Jonah didn’t pray during storm — 1:11
Jonah did pray while sinking — 2:1, 7

50. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3
Jonah didn’t pray during storm — 1:11
Jonah did pray while sinking — 2:1, 7
Jonah did pray while in the fish — 2:1

51. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3
Jonah didn’t pray during storm — 1:11
Jonah did pray while sinking — 2:1, 7
Jonah did pray while in the fish — 2:1
Jonah did pray when he was angry — 4:2

52. Prayer
Jonah didn’t pray when he fled — 1:3
Jonah didn’t pray during storm — 1:11
Jonah did pray while sinking — 2:1, 7
Jonah did pray while in the fish — 2:1
Jonah did pray when he was angry — 4:2
Pray without ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17

53. Pray
without ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17

54. We implore you on
behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

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57. Encouragement in Crisis
#04
God Appointed
Jonah
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2020 April 12
www.1corinthians1614.com
Synopsis: Jonah struggled with God’s desire that Nineveh would repent. In this lesson we’ll learn
important lessons about the Jehovah’s presence, Jehovah’s appointing, Anger and Prayer.
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