Amazing Grace in Unlikely Places
March 1, 2024
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Introduction
In this chapter we find Jonah in a “whale of a situation”! He is sinking and desparing, yet he experiences God’s amazing grace in a most unlikely place: the belly of a great fish. While there for three Jonah prays and, in his prayer, teaches us two truths: one which he models and another by what he fails to model. This chapter reminds us of the Lord’s faithful presence, especially in those sinking moments of life.
1. The importance of
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vs. 2,“my distress” from Ps. 18:6 and Ps. 120:1
vs. 2, “Sheol” from Psalm18:4-5
vs. 3, “all your waves and your billows passed over me”from Ps. 42:7
vs. 4, “from your sight” (from your presence) fromPs. 139:7
vs. 4, “upon your holy temple” from Ps. 5:7
vs. 5, “The waters closed in over me” from Ps. 69:2
vs. 6, “to take my life from the pit” from Ps. 30:3
vs. 7, “when my soul was fainting within me”from Ps. 142:3
vs. 7, “into your holy temple” from Ps. 18:6
vs. 9, “Salvation belongs to the Lord” from Ps. 3:8
The importance of
Practical steps forward