Hitting Rock Bottom
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Feb 7, 2016
by: Dale Thiele |
Series: Behold Your God: a Study of Jonah
Scripture: Jonah 1:17– 2:10 Tags: mercy, prayer, hope, judgment, Jonah
Behold Your God: a Study of Jonah
Hitting Rock Bottom
Jonah 1:17-2:10
- How Far Does Jonah Go Down?
- The Prayer that Goes Up
- Finding Hope in the Lord
Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion
- Read Jonah 1:17-2:10. Is the great fish judgment or mercy? Explain.
- What does it mean to “hit rock bottom”? Why does Jonah have to get this low before his heart changes? It what ways are you like Jonah?
- What are the characteristics of Jonah’s prayer that we should emulate?
- What do the conjunctions in verses 4 & 6 emphasize (yet, but, nevertheless)?
- Consider verse 8. How do we forsake hope? How do we hold onto hope?
Memory Verse of the Week: Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” (ESV)
