JONAH- When You Hit Bottom pt 2 // Wednesday, October 7, 2020
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Jonah - When You Hit Bottom (Part 2)
When you hit bottom…
3. Identify what caused you to feel hopeless.
Jonah 2: 3 - 6 (ESV)
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. 4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ 5 The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head 6 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.
What causes us to FEEL hopeless?
· Feeling in over my head.
Jonah 2: 3 ...you cast me into the deep…
· Feeling like I’ve hit bottom.
Jonah 2: 3 ...into the heart of the seas…
· Feeling out of control / powerless.
Jonah 2: 3 ...the flood surrounded me…
· Feeling overwhelmed.
Jonah 2: 3 ...all your waves and your billows passed over me.
· Feeling rejected / lonely.
Jonah 2: 4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight…
· Feeling remorse / regret.
Jonah 2: 4 ...yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.
· Feeling fearful.
Jonah 2: 5 The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head.
· Feeling trapped / stuck.
Jonah 2: 6 I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever
When you hit bottom…
4. Make your request specific.
Jonah 2: 2 (ESV) ...I called out to the Lord... I cried, and you heard my voice.
5. God’s goodness.
Jonah 2: 7 (ESV) When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
6. Reject false doctrine.
Jonah 2: 8 (ESV) Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
How do I show god my gratitude?
· Through singing.
· Through giving.
· Through complying.
Romans 11: 29 (ESV) the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Jonah 2: 10 (ESV) And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Jonah 2: 6 (ESV) 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.
7. Express gratitude to God BEFORE His blessings are manifested.
Jonah 2: 9 (ESV) But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”