{"id":13499,"date":"2021-07-11T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/?post_type=sermon&p=13499"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:54:11","slug":"jonah-2-prayer-from-a-self-righteous","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/jonah-2-prayer-from-a-self-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah 2 – Prayer from a Self-Righteous"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jonah 2 - Prayer from a Self-Righteous<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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1\u00a0<\/sup>[a<\/a>]<\/sup>From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0his God.<\/span>\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup>He said:<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIn my distress I called\u00a0to the\u00a0Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and he answered me.<\/span><\/span>
From deep in the realm of the dead\u00a0I called for help,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and you listened to my cry.<\/span><\/span>
3\u00a0<\/sup>You hurled me into the depths,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>into the very heart of the seas,<\/span><\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and the currents swirled about me;<\/span><\/span>
all your waves\u00a0and breakers<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>swept over me.<\/span><\/span>
4\u00a0<\/sup>I said, \u2018I have been banished<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>from your sight;<\/span><\/span>
yet I will look again<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>toward your holy temple.\u2019<\/span><\/span>
5\u00a0<\/sup>The engulfing waters threatened me,[b<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the deep surrounded me;<\/span><\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>seaweed was wrapped around my head.<\/span><\/span>
6\u00a0<\/sup>To the roots of the mountains\u00a0I sank down;<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the earth beneath barred me in forever.<\/span><\/span>
But you,\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0my God,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>brought my life up from the pit.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>

7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhen my life was ebbing away,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I remembered\u00a0you,\u00a0Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
and my prayer\u00a0rose to you,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>to your holy temple.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>

8\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThose who cling to worthless idols<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>turn away from God\u2019s love for them.<\/span><\/span>
9\u00a0<\/sup>But I, with shouts of grateful praise,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>will sacrifice\u00a0to you.<\/span><\/span>
What I have vowed\u00a0I will make good.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I will say, \u2018Salvation\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Lord<\/span>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>

10\u00a0<\/sup>And the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.<\/span><\/p>

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