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Jul 19, 2009

In Case of Emergency - Break Glass

Passage: Jonah 2:1-9

Preacher: Tim Badal

Series:The Fugitive: Jonah The Runaway Prophet

Summary:

Part 4 “In Case of Emergency—Break Glass” Jonah 2:1-9 Our text this week finds Jonah at a place of great desperation. At the end of his three days and nights in the great fish, Jonah cries out to his God. Nearly the entire chapter is dedicated to recording this prayer. While God still has much to teach Jonah about obedience, we’re given the sense that the heart of this wayward prophet is being changed. This prayer also teaches us important lessons about our own times of great desperation and helps us understand how we can find victory in our times of greatest defeat. During times of desperation: 1. We may suffer great pain. This pain can affect us: Physically Emotionally Spiritually 2. We often see God’s promises fulfilled. The promise in our text reminds us that God: Accepts our prayers. Answers our prayers. 3. We must submit to God’s plan. This plan involves: The salvation that only God gives. Our surrender, which leads to obedience.

Detail:

Part 4

“In Case of Emergency—Break Glass”

Jonah 2:1-9

Our text this week finds Jonah at a place of great desperation. At the end of his three days and nights in the great fish, Jonah cries out to his God. Nearly the entire chapter is dedicated to recording this prayer.

While God still has much to teach Jonah about obedience, we’re given the sense that the heart of this wayward prophet is being changed.

This prayer also teaches us important lessons about our own times of great desperation and helps us understand how we can find victory in our times of greatest defeat.

During times of desperation:

1. We may suffer great pain.

This pain can affect us: