Taken from Amazing Mazes for Kids by Steve and Becky Miller, copyright © 1998 and published by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR. Used by permission. |
Jonah and the Great Fish Jonah
The city of Nineveh was filled with wicked people. God was ready to destroy the city, but first he asked a prophet named Jonah to go warn the people in the city.
However, Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. He did not care about the people there. So he tried to run away from God by going on a ship headed for a city named Tarshish.
While the ship was at sea, God sent a violent storm. The ship rocked so wildly that the sailors were afraid it would break up. They tried to pray to their gods for help, but the storm continued.
Jonah knew the storm was his fault because he had not obeyed God. He told the sailors, "Throw me into the sea, and the storm will go away."
When the men threw Jonah overboard, the sea became calm. Then God sent a great fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Jonah prayed to God, asking the Lord to help him. The fish then spit Jonah out upon the shore.
This time when God asked Jonah to go to Nineveh, Jonah obeyed. When the people of Nineveh heard about the warning from God, they turned away from their wickedness and followed the Lord!
Can you find your way to Jonah inside the belly of the great fish? |
