I’M IN TROUBLE

Part 2: Jonah & God in Real Life
[Jonah 2]

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¹ Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish, ² and he said, “I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. ³ “For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me. ⁴ “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ ⁵ “Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head. ⁶ “I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. ⁷ “While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple. ⁸ “Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness, ⁹ But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord.” ¹⁰ Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. —Jonah 2

GOD & MY TROUBLE

1.) God wants me to

to Him

Truths about repentance:

A.) It’s an

of my heart.

B.) It’s a

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C.) It does not take away the

with

Reveal Answer

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2.) God wants to give me

⁵ Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence. —Psalm 42:5

¹⁷ For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! ¹⁸ So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. —2 Corinthians 4:17–18 (NLT)

¹⁷ These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. ¹⁸ There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever. —2 Corinthians 4:17–18 (MSG)

3.) God wants me

for

Reveal Answer

⁶ I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! —Jonah 2:6 (NLT)

⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. —Psalm 18:6

²² Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! —Psalm 38:22
¹ I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? ² My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1–2

⁷ Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God. —Psalm 20:7

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