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What To Do When Life Feels Hopeless – Pt 1

JONAH: The Fulfillment of My Life Mission series – Part 3

Jonah 2:1-10

Mike Prah - June 27, 2021

"We are God’s masterpiece created anew in Christ Jesus to do good works, He has planned for us long ago" Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

 "Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me” Acts 20:24 (LB+NCV)

 “Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights." Jonah 1:17 (NLT)

“One day some of the Jewish leaders, including some Pharisees, came to Jesus asking him to show them a miracle. But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, faithless nation would ask for further proof; and none will be given except what happened to Jonah the prophet! For as Jonah was in the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Messiah, shall be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. The men of Nineveh shall arise against this nation at the judgment and condemn you. For when Jonah preached to them, they repented and turned to God from all their evil ways. And now someone greater than Jonah is here—and you refuse to believe him” Matthew 12:38-41 (LB)

1. WHEN LIFE FEELS HOPELESS,   TO GOD!

 “From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.” Jonah 2:1 (NIV)       

 “Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with his disciples, they asked him, “Why couldn’t we cast out that evil spirit?” Jesus replied, “This kind of spirit can be forced out ONLY BY PRAYER.” Mark 9:28-29 (NLT+NOG)

2. WHEN YOU’RE FELLING HOPELESS,   PASSIONATELY! (WITH EMOTION)

 “Jonah said ‘In my distress and great trouble I CRIED OUT to the Lord and he answered me.’” Jonah 2:2a (NIV+NLT) 

“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you” Psalm 55:22 (NKJV) 

Give all your anxieties, worries, and cares to God, because He cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV+NLT) 

“Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. And she made this vow: ‘O Lord Almighty, if you will look down upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime’” I Samuel 1:10-11 (NLT) 

3. ASK GOD FOR SPECIFIC HELP!

 “From the deep in the realm of the dead I CALLED FOR HELP and you listened to my cry.”  Jonah 2:2b (NIV)

 Keys to Asking God for Help: PRAY THE WORD OF GOD!

• Pray the complaints to God! (Laments)
• Pray the truth about God!
• Pray the promise of God!

  “Call to me in your times of trouble. I will save you, and you will honor me." Psalm 50:15 (NCV) 

 TO BE CONTINUED . . .

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