For You had cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me. So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’                                                                                                                    Jonah 2:3-4  Jonah moves from…

I called out of my distress to the Lord, and He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.                                                                                                                Jonah 2:2  So Jonah has been delivered from the depths of the sea and certain death. But now he will spend the next…

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17  When I was a child the Jonah story was all about that great fish or “whale” as we often mistakenly said. As I have grown older (and I hope become more mature),…

Then they (the men on the boat) called on the Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O Lord, have done as You have pleased.” So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped…

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.                                                                                                                         Jonah 1:4  He (Jonah) said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry…

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.                                                                                                                         Jonah 1:3 …

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”                                                                                                                         Jonah 1:2  There are two distinct callings of God. One is of a specific nature such as the call on Jonah’s life. And what was God’s calling for Jonah?…

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.                                                                                                                      Philippians 4:19  Paul concludes his letter with a thankful heart for the assistance that he had received while in jail. He boasted of the generosity of the church and concluded that because of their…

 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.                                                                                  Philippians 4:13  It can be seen on refrigerator magnets, T-shirts, and plaques, Paul’s reminder that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. In our modern world this verse has…

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.                                                                                                Philippians 4:8  As believers, we understand the importance of protecting our minds. The…