Message Notes

Jonah 3:1 NIV

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:

Jonah 1:17 NIV

17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Sometimes what we call a problem, God calls provision. While you’re waiting, God is still working.

Jonah 2:10 NIV

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah 3:1 NIV

3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:

Titus 3:5 NIV

5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

The God of Second Chances

• Adam and Eve sinned against God, but God made a covering for them. (Genesis 3:21)

• Moses murdered a man, but God still used him to free Israel. (Exodus 3:10)

• David committed adultery and then murder to cover it up, but when he repented, God forgave his sins—and didn’t stop calling him a “man after God’s own heart.” (1 Samuel 13:14) 

• Rahab had lived as a prostitute, but God included her in his plan to protect the spies and redeemed her into the lineage of Jesus. (Matthew 1:5)

• Zacchaeus lived a greedy life robbing others, but Jesus came to his home, forgave his sins and saved him. (Luke 19:9)

• Peter denied Jesus three times, but Jesus forgave Peter and used him to help build the first-century church. (John 21:17)

• Thomas doubted Jesus, but Jesus appeared to Thomas, loved him, and affirmed his faith. (John 20:27)

Jonah 3:2 NIV

2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

qumyalak→ֵ֥לךְ ֛קוּם

Go now! Go immediately! Go today!

Jonah 3:3-4 NLT

3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Jonah 3:5 NIV

5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

James 2:19 NIV

19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

Jonah 3:5-6 NIV

5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

Jonah 3:8 NIV

8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

To truly repent is to change your mind so deeply it changes you completely.

Jonah 3:10 NIV

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

Isaiah 30:18 NIV

18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;

    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.

For the Lord is a God of justice.

    Blessed are all who wait for him!

What is God trying to show you?

Every chance from God demands a choice from you.