Prayer for Salvation

We may never be swallowed by a fish, but we can experience the sorrow and regret that Jonah felt after he disobeyed God’s will. We will never have peace if we run away from a direct order from God; God gave Jonah the assignment to go to Nineveh, but because of his prejudice, which was also a sin, he disobeyed God’s will. Once Jonah disobeyed God’s calling, peace was no longer with him. This prayer of repentance, God heard and answered; because of Jonah heartfelt sorrow for his sin of disobedience. If we are ever at a loss of how or what to pray for; there is no better person to turn to than, our Heavenly Father, and the book He wrote. Almost every book in the Bible contains a plea, prayer or request, so, when we cannot find the words to say, pray for God’s will, through His Word.

Johan 1:11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?” 12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.” 13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 16 At this, the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. Jonah’s Prayer.  Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2 1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:

Lord, in my distress, I called to You, and You answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead, I called for help, and You listened to my cry. You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all Your waves and breakers swept over me. I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look again toward your holy temple. ‘The engulfing waters threatened me; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains, I sank; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But You, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit. “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered You, Lord, and my prayer rose to You, to your holy temple. “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to You. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”