Jonah 2:1-10, History's Most Unusual Thanksgiving

Jonah 2, History’s Most Unusual Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving From a Fish's Belly

1) A Thankful Man in a Dangerous Place.

He was thrown into the sea. Jonah 2:1: Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.

2) This Thankful Man Had Prayed a Desperate Prayer. Jonah 2:2: And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

We are saved by grace through faith. We all deserve death, but Jesus paid for our sins.

Psalm 103:1-2: Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3) This Thankful Man Had Nearly Given Up. Jonah 2:3: For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Jonah remembered the LORD. Jonah 2:7: When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

Salvation is of the LORD. Jonah 2:9: But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.