THEME:
As Jonah grappled with the idea of being trapped in the belly of a great fish, he began to pray. He finally understood that it was God who gave him the opportunity for new life. Jonah reconnected with his true identity. To thrive as a Christian, you will need to do the same. It is important to understand who is watching over you and who you belong to. You need to remember
who you are.
KEY SCRIPTURE:
Jonah 2:1-9
Jonah 2:1-2
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.”
Life’s challenges will remind you of who you belong to and where your hope lies
Genesis 50:20a
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
Jonah 2:3-7
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded
me; all your waves and your billow passed over me. Then I said, ‘I am driven away from
your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ The waters closed in over me to
take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of
the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you
brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. When my life was fainting away, I
remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
God not only hears your prayers, but he also responds to them, because you are his
Jonah 2:8-9
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice
of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the
Lord!
Respond to God’s grace with wholehearted gratitude because you belong to him
Acts 4:11-12
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.