Day 9: From Inside a Fish

Jonah 2:1-10

God told Jonah to go east to preach in Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian Empire. Instead of obeying God, Jonah went west to hide in Tarshish, a city in southwest Spain.

When Jonah got on the boat, he had no idea how far his sin was going to take him, but Jonah soon discovered he could not run away from God. To teach Jonah a lesson, God prepared a great fish to swallow him when he was thrown overboard.

While he was in the belly of the fish, Jonah cried out to God in prayer. He prayed that God would not cast him out of His sight. He believed that God would spare him and that he would be brought up to serve God again. He put his faith in God. He was confident the Lord would remember him and God did.

We, too, must never give up on God. We must pray with confidence and assurance that the Lord will hear our prayers. If we will only do our part in obeying and serving Him, he will do His part in answering our prayers according to His will and not ours.

Written by Pat Hackney, an elder at Mt. Juliet

# posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Monday, November 22, 2010

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Day 9: From Inside a Fish Jonah 2:1-10 God told Jonah to go east to preach in Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian Empire. Instead of obeying God, Jonah went west to hide in Tarshish, a city in southwest Spain. When Jonah got on the boat, he had no idea how far his sin was going to take him, but Jonah soon discovered he could not run away from God. To teach Jonah a lesson, God prepared a great fish to swallow him when he was thrown overboard. While he was in the belly of the fish, Jonah cried out to God in prayer. He prayed that God would not cast him out of His sight. He believed that God would spare him and that he would be brought up to serve God again. He put his faith in God. He was confident the Lord would remember him and God did. We, too, must never give up on God. We must pray with confidence and assurance that the Lord will hear our prayers. If we will only do our part in obeying and serving Him, he will do His part in answering our prayers according to His will and not ours. Written by Pat Hackney, an elder at Mt. Juliet # posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Monday, November 22, 2010 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37122-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: November 2010 December 2010

Day 9: From Inside a Fish

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