The Story of Jonah: When You Disagree With God
What do you do when God’s plan isn’t your plan? When He asks you to do something you don’t agree with?
Jonah knew God. He was a prophet. But when God called him to go to his enemies, he ran the other way. Not out of fear—but out of protest.
His story isn’t just about a man and a giant fish. It’s about all of us—our resistance, our excuses, and a God who pursues us anyway.
Join us as we dive into his story (and our own stories) of rebellion, resistance, and relentless grace.
Week 1: When You Don’t Want God to Look at You | Jonah 1:1-3
What do you do when you don't want to be seen? When facing God feels more painful than running from Him?
Jonah didn’t argue. He didn’t plead. He just ran — trying to escape the gaze of the One who knew him completely.
This story isn’t about a fish. It’s about protest, shame, and the grace of a God who refuses to turn His face away.
Week 2: When God Sends a Storm to Wake You Up | Jonah 1:4–17
Jonah ran. Jonah slept. And God hurled a great storm at him — not to destroy him, but to wake him up.
Maybe the chaos in your life isn’t proof God has given up on you. Maybe it’s proof He hasn’t.
This is the story of a God who refuses to give up on you — even when you give up on Him.
Week 3: Deep Change Starts with a Desperate Prayer | Jonah 2
Some change looks dramatic on the outside — but still leaves your heart untouched.
In Jonah 2, we hear a desperate prayer from the depths. Jonah sounds like he’s finally changed… until you realize he hasn’t. Not really.
This story is a mirror. It shows how hard it is to truly change — and how easy it is to settle for surface-level surrender. It exposes how slow our hearts can be, even when our words sound right.
But it also shows us something else: That when we hit the bottom, God is already there.
Deep change doesn’t begin when we try harder. It begins with a desperate prayer — and a God who refuses to give up on us.
Week 4: When God Gives You a Second Chance | Jonah 3
When God gives you a second chance… what will you do with it?
Jonah was the religious one—but he ran from God and was wrecking his own life. Nineveh was violent, corrupt, and cruel—a city racing toward destruction.
Both were falling apart. Both needed grace. And—unbelievably—God gave both a second chance.
This message is about the mercy of God: how far it reaches, who it surprises, and what it means for people who’ve failed. Whether you’re broken, burned out, or spiritually numb—God hasn’t given up on you.
The only question is: how will you respond?
Week 5: Our Complaints & God's Questions | Jonah 4
Have you ever experienced the power of a well-placed question? What if God did for someone else what you longed for Him to do for you? God’s mercy is both scandalous and healing-revealing our deepest motivations.
Jonah ends with a question, not a resolution. The final thread is left in our fingertips. Will God’s mercy melt us before it moves through us?
