3 sermons preach from Jonah 2 — 2 from real church libraries, transcribed and indexed to the verse, and 1 from the classic library.
“Allusion to being in the whale's belly—'if you're... in the whale's belly... God can hear.'”
“Allusion to being in the whale's belly—'if you're... in the whale's belly... God can hear.'”
Bishop L.G. Blake preaches on the power of prayer to change circumstances—using Jabez, Elijah, Hezekiah, Daniel, and James 5 as examples—calling the congregation to persistent, faith-filled, two-way prayer, faithful stewardship (tithes/offerings), worship, and response (salvation, reconciliation, healing).
“Jonah was pouting in the belly of the fish when he should have been repenting for running from God's call.”
Pastor Steve Wilburn uses the story of Jonah to explore regrets: how resisting God's call brings consequences, how God uses affliction to awaken us, and how God still offers second chances and a mission to reach the lost. He calls believers to repent, forgive, prioritize God's purposes, and share the gospel with compassion.
“Water encompassed me to the point of death; the great deep engulfed me; weeds were wrapped around my head.”
Pastor Steve Wilburn uses the story of Jonah to explore regrets: how resisting God's call brings consequences, how God uses affliction to awaken us, and how God still offers second chances and a mission to reach the lost. He calls believers to repent, forgive, prioritize God's purposes, and share the gospel with compassion.
“While I was fainting away I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy temple.”
Pastor Steve Wilburn uses the story of Jonah to explore regrets: how resisting God's call brings consequences, how God uses affliction to awaken us, and how God still offers second chances and a mission to reach the lost. He calls believers to repent, forgive, prioritize God's purposes, and share the gospel with compassion.
Charles Spurgeon
JONAH learned this sentence of good theology in a strange college. He learned it in the whale's belly, at the bottom of the mountains, with the weeds wrapped about his head, when he supposed that the earth with her bars was about him for ever. Most…
Read the full text“The Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.”
Pastor Steve Wilburn uses the story of Jonah to explore regrets: how resisting God's call brings consequences, how God uses affliction to awaken us, and how God still offers second chances and a mission to reach the lost. He calls believers to repent, forgive, prioritize God's purposes, and share the gospel with compassion.
Every reference on this page was extracted from the transcript of a real sermon in a public Sermon Mind church library. Quotes reflect each preacher’s own reading of the text.