God teaches Jonah an important lesson
... But from her heart, she does it because she loves you and wants to teach you a lesson. In our bible story today, we will learn about a prophet named Jonah and how God had to teach him a lesson for his disobedience. Bible Story Jonah, son of Amittai, was a prophet and a great man of God. ... One day God spoke to Jonah and told him to go to the great city of Nineveh. ... But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for a city called Tarshish. First, he went to Joppa, where he found a ship there leaving that port, climbed on board and sailed for Tarshish to flee from God.