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Jonah’s Prayer
Introduction:
Series on Jonah
Introduction:
A. The City God wanted to save … Nineveh
Jonah had been sent to Nineveh .. A City God wanted to save …
Located on the East bank of the Tigris River
Covered a large area
60 miles around
Population of 120,000
Nineveh has a long history:
Today the city of Mosul in Iraq
Founded by Nimrod, all the way back in
Was the capital of Assyrian Empire
A violent heathen city of the time
Would eventually overthrown Isreal and carry them away as captives
God calls a Man to Deliver HIS Message
God still uses men today:
So many people err because of this fact
It pleases God to dwell in us, and to work through us, to proclaim His awesome glory through fragile men
Jonah was a prophet according to Jesus
Jonah flees instead of obeying God
How many people these days are just like that?
We have reason to believe that God wants us to do one thing, but we find a thousand reasons to do something else instead
Sometimes, we argue with ourselves to find reasons
other times we listen to others who are not qualified to give direction
And other times, like Jonah, we just go the other way .
period.
Keep in mind that this “Word of the LORD” that came to Jonah was probably not in the form of a certified letter
It probably was not engraved on tablets of stones like the ten commandments.
He probably didn’t have it downloaded on his iTunes account so he could play it over and over
It is more likely that it was a “still small voice” that he heard on the inside.
one that he had learned to recognize over years of serving the Lord and growing with HIm
One that could also be reasoned away or ignored if he chose
It seems that God had more trouble getting his servant willing than in bringing Nineveh to repentance
Down to Joppa, down into the ship, down into the sides of the ship
The storm, the sailors, the great fish
Only example in the old testament of a prophet being sent to a heathen nation.
Partly to save Nineveh
also to shame Israel: Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah, an outsider
While God’s people stiffen their necks even after generations of preachers rising early and proclaiming God’s Word
Jesus said the “people of Nineveh would rise in judgement with this generation and shall condemn it: Because they repented at he preaching of Jonah (Mat.
12:41)
Jonah’s Prayer
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II.
Body
Where he Prayed!!! (vs. 1, 2)
“Out of the fish’s belly”
A strange place to pray
It must have been very uncomfortable
dark, wet, difficult to breath, violent movements
Not a place one would choose
We might better choose a place of peace, quiet, comfort and solitude to pray
It was where he was and that was the place to pray
Wherever you are, that is a place you can pray.
“And He heard me”
Two great lessons here:
God hears us anywhere
From the highest mountain to the deepest valley: God hears you.
In the silent room alone, or in a crowded stadium of shouting people: God hears you
When you are the only one praying, or if there are a thousand others, God hears you.
And your prayer matters to Him
Far better to pray in normal surroundings than to wait until we are in abnormal surroundings
Consider the contrast with Daniel
Daniel prayed in the comfort of his home (even when it was unlawful) and God shut the lion’s mouths
Because he prayed when it was comfortable, he remained comfortable in the lion’s den
So many people ignore prayer while they are comfortable, and so end up praying when they are uncomfortable
Now is the accepted time: Don’t wait
Why he Prayed!!! (vs.
2)
“By reason of my affliction”
He probably hadn’t been praying for some time
Fleeing from God
Neglecting his spiritual responsibilities
Sleeping during the storm … chastening
Now, he really was afflicted:
“Out of the belly of hell cried I” (v. 2)
“Cast into the deep” (v. 3)
When
“The floods compassed me about” (v.
3).
So many people, when they are under pressure, begin shaking their fist at God instead of calling out to Him
Many people would rather blame God for their consequences than accept responsibility for their actions, and seek His mercy: Which is renewed each day.
They forsake their own mercy
“Thy billows and waves passed over me” (v. 3)
“The waters compassed me about, even to the soul” (v. 5)
Have you ever felt like that?
In his case it was quite literal:
yet we have all had times when we felt this way in life
“The weeds were wrapped about my head” (v. 5)
When he Prayed!!! (v.
7)
When his soul fainted within him
Sometimes this is exactly where we need to get to
Jonah was now at the end of himself
No where left to turn but God
No more running
No more spiritual deafness
Like the prodigal son, he came to his senses when he hit bottom
Jonah’s change of heart
“I remembered the Lord”
Have you forgotten your first love
Do you remember when you first believed?
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