JONAH: Desperate People Pray
Message Date: 9/22/24
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

Hebrews 6:19

“We have this hope as an

for our soul…”

Have you ever felt

?

Recap: Jonah 1
• *God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh
• *Jonah gets on a boat heading the opposite direction
• *God sends a storm
• *Jonah tells the sailors to throw him overboard and the storm will calm
• *Sailors throw Jonah overboard
• *Storm becomes calm

Have you ever been in a desperate situation?

Jonah 1:15
Then they took Jonah and threw him

…

Jonah 1:17
Now the Lord

a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish

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days and

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nights.

The same Lord who sent the storm is now the one who sends a fish.

We don’t always get to choose

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God provides.

Desperate People Pray!

Jonah 2:1
From inside the fish Jonah

to the Lord his God.

James 5:13
“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17
Never stop praying.

Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers…

Genre of Jonah
• Jonah 1: Historical Narrative
• Jonah 2: Poetry
• Jonah 3: Historical Narrative
• Jonah 4: Historical Narrative

Jonah 2:2-7
“2. In my

I called to the Lord,
 and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
 and you listened to my cry.
3. You hurled me into the depths,
 into the very heart of the seas,
 and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
 swept over me.
4. I said, ‘I have been

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 from your sight;
yet I will look again
 toward your holy temple.’
5. The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
 the deep surrounded me;


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was wrapped around my head.
6. To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
 the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
 brought my life up from the pit.
7. “When my life was ebbing away,
 I remembered you, Lord,
and my prayer rose to you,
 to your holy temple.”

What did Jonah pray? He prayed

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.

Jonah 2:9
But I, with shouts of grateful

,
will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”

Jonah 2:10
And the Lord commanded the fish, and it

Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah’s deliverance and salvation were messy!

Questions to ponder:
• 1. How desperate are you?
• 2. Do you recognize God’s provision?
• 3. Are you planting God’s Word in your heart in ‘non-desperate’ times?
• 4. Do you need to praise before you see the miracle?
• 5. Do you need to accept that your deliverance may be messy?

Would you read the Bible Plan, Jonah Challenge, with us?

https://bible.com/p/69093037/73bbd71652ce5ddf0ac319222a6bf7c9