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The Heart of God – Jonah

June 21, 2026
Adam Detamore
Message Description
Jonah obeyed God, but his heart wasn't aligned with God's heart. As the story comes to an unexpected ending, we're reminded that it's possible to receive God's mercy while resisting His mission. This message challenges us to look beyond our own comfort and discover God's deep compassion for people who are far from Him. Who is one person in your life that God may be calling you to pray for, love, or reach this week?
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A review of this series on Jonah:

Jonah Runs

Jonah Prays

 Jonah 3:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time

Jonah Obeys

 Jonah 3:10

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. 

Jonah Sulks

Jonah 4:1-3

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 

It’s possible to do the will of God without the heart of God. 

Jonah 4:4

And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?” 

Jonah 4:5

Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 

It’s possible to claim God, yet live with your back to Him. 

Jonah 4:6 Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 

Jonah 4:7-8 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 

Jonah 4:9-11

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the LORD said, “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. 11 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?” 

Matthew 12:41

…And now something greater than Jonah is here

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