Heavenly Father
give us grace today trust you in dark places17 Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Heavenly Father
give us grace today to call on you when we are overwhelmed1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
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2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
He answered me.
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give us grace today to turn to you in times of trouble4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see how you have blessed us, particularly when things have gone wrong in life.5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul.
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The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be thankful7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
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My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 …Heavenly Father
give us grace today to be obedient when we heard your call1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
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2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. …Heavenly Father
give us grace today to say difficult truths as required.4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
Heavenly Father
give us grace today to see clearly what is harming ourselves and others, to cry to you and to turn from what is evil.5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
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6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …Heavenly Father
give us grace today to turn away from what we know to be evil10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to rejoice in grace, mercy and loving kindness particularly when shown to those who don’t deserve it.1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
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2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country?
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