Chapter 1

1. What was God's mission for Jonah?

2. Why did God choose Jonah?

3. What is the irony of verse 9?

4. How are the sailors changed by this episode?

5. What made Jonah think he could run away from God?

6. In what areas of your life do you try to run away from God?

Chapter 2

1. What attitudes does Jonah display in his prayer?

2. Before the fish swallowed him, did he think God would rescue him or did he think he would die?

3. At what point did Jonah turn to God for help?

4. Put verse 8 into your own words.

5. Do you have any "worthless idols" in your life? If so, what grace are you forfeiting?

Chapter 3

1. Why do you think God gave Jonah another chance?

2. How did the Ninevites respond to Jonah's message?

3. What is the significance to fasting and sackcloth?

4. What was God's reaction?

5. James 1:17 says that God does not change. Why then did He not bring the promised destruction?

Chapter 4

1. What attitudes does Jonah display in response to God's compassion?

2. Did Jonah have the right to be angry about the vine? Why or why not?

3. Did God have the right to send the worm? Why or why not?

4. What does it mean when it says that the Ninevites "could not tell their right hand from their left"?

5. Summarize the final paragraph.

6. Are their any areas of you life where you are angry at God for "sending a worm"?