Jonah

Life Enrichment UniversitySt Mark Missionary Baptist Church

Session 03Ps Darryl M. Matthews, Instructor

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting

Have you ever prayed under pressure?

Are those prayers different from conventional prayers?

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting

Prayer Meeting Location: 2:1

Prayer of Praise: 2:2-9

Jonah’s release from the fish’s belly: 2:10

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Prayer Meeting Location: 2:1

• How did Jonah end up here?

• What was unusual about this meeting room?

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Prayer of Praise

• v. 2 “distress” “call” and “answer”

• v. 3 God’s hand in our lives Process of getting to the fish’s belly

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Prayer of Praise

• v. 4 Judgment Hope

• v. 5 “Engulfing waters” “wrapped”

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Prayer of Praise

• v. 6 “roots of the mountains” God’s mercy

• v. 7 “I remembered you”

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Prayer of Praise

• v. 8 “idols”

• v. 9 “What I have vowed I will make good” “Salvation”

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Jonah’s Release: 2:10

• God’s Sovereignty

• Where did the fish deliver Jonah?

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

An Unusual Prayer Meeting Ways To Respond To God’s Chastening

(Hebrews 12:5-11)

• Despise it

• Faint & Give Up

• Endure, confess & trust

Jonah – Lesson 3

Ps Darryl M Matthews

Next Week

A 2nd Chance To DoThe Original Work

Jonah – Lesson 3