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 Please do turn back in your Bible to Jonah chapter 2, page 774, Jonah chapter 2.

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 Now we've come to the thing that everyone remembers about Jonah, the big fish.

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 But as we read this passage, the fish isn't the focus here, is it?

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 It's mentioned once at the end of chapter 1, and then a couple of times, and then a couple

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 of times in chapter 2, but the fish isn't the focus.

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 It's what's going on inside the fish.

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 In fact, it's what's being said inside this fish.

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 A prayer.

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 It's the cry of Jonah to God.

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 And as we read this, did you notice how heavy these words are?

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 The distress.

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 The deep.

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 The flood.

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 Sinking down to the bottom of the pit.

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 This isn't just a quick, light prayer to God.

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 This is a heavy prayer from a very dark place.

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 This is a cry from a man who has ruined his life.

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 A man who has made all the wrong choices, who has made disastrous decisions, whose life

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 choices, one after another, has led him here to this dark and hopeless place.

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 And now his life is falling apart.

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 He's at the lowest of lows.

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 Everything has gone wrong.

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 Nothing is right in his life.

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 And he's even on the brink of death.

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 You could say Jonah is just one step away from hell.

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 And you might be feeling like this today.

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 This despair.

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 This hopelessness.

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 You might be feeling like you've ruined your life and it's falling to pieces.

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 Well, if that is you, you're not alone.

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 This is not unique to Jonah.

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 Jonah is capturing something how we all can feel.

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 And why has all this come upon Jonah?

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 Jonah has run from God.

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 He's run from God and now he's feeling the effects.

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 When you run from God, you run into judgment.

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 And this is how it feels.

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 He's run from the goodness and favor and comfort and life of God.

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 And now he's in the midst of death.

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 He's crying out from the midst of judgment.

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 These are the words coming up from the heart of darkness itself.

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 Jonah has led himself here.

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 He's run to this place.

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 And now he's discovered the reality of what it means to run from God.

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 The reality of actually being away from God.

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 Being away from God is not a liberating place.

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 It's not a place of freedom.

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 No, being away from God is a dark place.

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 And this is the first point to see today.

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 Being away from God is a dark place.

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 Jonah has been running from God.

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 And now Jonah is getting exactly what he wants.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 Then I said, I am driven away from your sight.

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 Now we can never actually be out of God's sight.

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 God sees everyone at all times.

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 We can't actually hide from God.

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 But what Jonah means here is, I've been driven from your kindness.

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 From the goodness of God.

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 God's face and his kindness are linked in the Bible.

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 What do we often hear at the end of a Sunday service?

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 The Lord bless you and keep you.

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 The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.

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 The Lord lift up his countenance, his face upon you and give you peace.

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 When God's face shines on you, when you're in his sight, you're in his grace.

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 In his peace, in his favour.

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 And so when you're driven from God's sight, he still sees you, but his favour is gone.

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 You get to experience what life is actually like when God takes away all his goodness.

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 And that's what Jonah is experiencing right now.

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 And look what it's like.

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 Look how this prayer opens.

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 Verse 2.

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 Life without God is utter distress.

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 It does something to your soul.

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 It puts your soul in agony.

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 Your life falls into despair.

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 And so all this language Jonah is using, this isn't just describing him sinking into the sea.

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 Yes, he's been thrown overboard and he started to drown before the fish swallowed him.

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 But he's not just talking about his sinking body.

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 He's talking about his sinking soul.

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 Being away from God is a dark place for your body and your soul.

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 Look how Jonah is feeling.

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 Out of the belly of Sheol I cried.

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 Sheol is the place of death.

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 He's crying out from a place of death.

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 There's no enjoyment of life in him.

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 He's on the brink of dying.

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 He's staring into the dark abyss.

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 And look at verse 5.

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 He's trapped.

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 the water's pressing down on him bars closed up over him he's caged in the deep wrapped with seaweed

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 dragged to the bottom no escape he's run from gods and now he's drowning suffocating trapped

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 it's been a slow descent into the depths down into death down into the heart of darkness

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 and this is where he ran to and he's ruined his life everything seems hopeless he's become an utter

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 mess all his decisions have brought him here to this point he ran from god and this is where he

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 ended up he's made his bed and now he has to lie in it and he's in utter distress

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 and this is where running from god will lead you

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 this is the reality we can't ignore being away from god is a dark place

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 and this is why the world is so dark

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 this is why everything feels so hopeless right now we look around and it's darkness everywhere isn't it

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 you look around it's a society at war with each other you open up twitter and it's endless fighting

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 you go to the shops and you see rising food prices and and the cost of living you look and see the

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 teenage mental health crisis you see the corruption of our leaders you look overseas at the war and then

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 another war you see the flooding the earthquakes the tragedies you see a world in distress

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 a world descending into darkness down and down into the depths closing in and trapping you and it feels

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 like we're all drowning

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 this world

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 this world ran from god and now it's getting what it wants

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 you want to be away from god

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 this is what you get

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 look around at the world this is what happens when god removes his favor

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 when we're driven away from his sight

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 being away from god is a dark place

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 and we're living in it right now

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 and maybe you don't even need to look at the world to know that

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 maybe you're feeling this in your life right now

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 maybe like jonah you feel like you've ruined your life

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 you've made a disaster for yourself you look back on the past and you see all the decisions you've made

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 but all the wrong choices all the foolish things you've done and it's brought you here to today

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 and you think i've ruined my life

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 it's all over i'm trapped now

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 i can't escape my past

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 i'm entangled in where i've run to

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 and now i'm just sinking

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 and it feels hopeless

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 my life is fainting away

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 and now you find yourself in a very dark place

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 physically

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 mentally

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 spiritually

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 and you hear jonah's cry

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 and you think that's me

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 well this passage

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 is here to help you

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 this passage is here

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 to first help you understand what's going on in your life

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 god gives meaning to everything

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 to the good and to the bad

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 and so we can't truly understand our distress and our darkness without god

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 and so jonah helps us realize what's going on

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 and it's sobering to hear

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 if you feel like you've run from god

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 and you've ruined your life

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 what you're experiencing right now

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 this is not just the effects of making bad choices

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 you're experiencing the effects

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 of running away from god

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 of being driven from his sight

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 from his favor

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 the sinful decisions we make in life

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 and the disasters that follow

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 and the darkness where it leads us

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 all that is not just a hiccup in life

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 they're not just unfortunate circumstances

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 that we happen to fall into

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 all those moments

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 are us running away from god

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 and when we do

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 we feel its effects

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 we feel the darkness

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 because being away from god

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 is a dark place

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 but did you notice

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 all this distress

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 in jonah's life

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 is not only his own doing

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 did you notice

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 it's actually

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 from the lord

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 the lord has thrown jonah

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 into this distress

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 and this is the second thing we need to see today

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 the lord throws us into distress

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 the lord throws us into distress

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 so don't miss god's involvement

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 in all this

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 end of chapter one

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 the lord appointed the fish

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 chapter two verse two

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 for you cast me into the deep

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 all your waves and your billows

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 passed over me

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 and think back to chapter one

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 where did this whole storm come from

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 the lord hurled a great wind on jonah

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 so who brought this disaster on jonah

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 well in one sense jonah did

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 jonah ran and this is where he ran to

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 he brought this on himself

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 but who really brought this on jonah

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 god

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 this distress

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 this darkness

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 this ruined life

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 this is not just random

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 this is not just the way things are

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 no

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 it is all

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 from god

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 now this isn't easy to hear

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 and we will see what this does and doesn't mean in a moment

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 but

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 but this is what we need to hear

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 it's what the book of jonah is clear about

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 the distress

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 falling on jonah's life

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 the judgment he has run into

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 it's from god

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 god is in control of it

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 god has ordained it

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 it's all part of god's plan

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 the lord throws us into distress

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 and this is clear in the book of jonah

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 and this is clear in the whole bible

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 in isaiah 45

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 listen to how god describes himself

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 it's striking

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 listen to this

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 god says

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 i form light

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 and i create darkness

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 i make well-being

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 and create calamity

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 i am the lord who does all these things

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 or think about job

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 when job's life falls apart

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 what does job confess

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 the lord gave

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 and the lord has taken away

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 blessed be the name of the lord

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 god

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 is the one who brings his judgment

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 on the world that runs from him

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 and so just like jonah

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 when we run from god

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 and fall into sin

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 and we have to live with the consequences of our sin

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 that is from god

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 god is the one who throws us into distress

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 now let's also be clear here

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 god is not the author of sin

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 god does not sin when he does this

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 god cannot sin

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 no distress and calamity and darkness

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 that is god's righteous and wise judgment on the world

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 judgment on sin

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 when we run away from god

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 when we're away from his presence

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 and we've run into

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 darkness

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 and distress

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 we need to know

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 that is from god

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 now this isn't easy to hear

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 we might not like this at first

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 but we need to be humble here

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 because we really need to see

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 why god throws us into distress

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 the lord throws us into distress

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 for a purpose

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 in fact

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 it's for an incredibly merciful purpose

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 suffering

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 is god's megaphone in our life

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 that he uses

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 to call us back to him

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 it's what he did in jonah's life

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 and it's what he's doing in your life

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 suffering is god's megaphone

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 and this is my final point today

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 suffering is god's megaphone

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 suffering is god's megaphone

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 so listen to c.s lewis here

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 c.s lewis wrote this

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 and it really captures what's going on in jonah

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 he writes

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 we can ignore even pleasure

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 but pain

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 insists upon being attended to

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 god whispers to us

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 in our pleasures

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 speaks in our conscience

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 but shouts in our pains

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 it is his megaphone

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 to rouse a deaf world

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 do you hear what he's saying

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 suffering is god's megaphone

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 in our lives

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 to rouse us

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 to wake us up

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 when we're running away from god

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 and we encounter the effects of that

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 the suffering

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 the distress

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 when our lives start falling apart

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 that is god stopping us in our tracks

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 and calling us to turn back to him

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 and we can see this in jonah

00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:10.000
 as he runs from god in the opposite direction

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.779
 all this distress and darkness

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:15.200
 is god's megaphone in his life

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:17.200
 blaring into his life

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.599
 because look how he responds to it

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.180
 verse 2

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:24.740
 i called out to the lord

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:26.799
 out of my distress

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.799
 and he answered me

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.359
 and look at verse 7

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.660
 when my life was fainting away

00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:37.220
 i remembered the lord

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:40.259
 and my prayer came to you

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.640
 into your holy temple

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.759
 from his distress

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.680
 jonah heard god calling

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:51.320
 he heard the megaphone

00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:53.440
 and jonah called back

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:55.800
 that's what this prayer is

00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:57.640
 in fact

00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:00.420
 this prayer wouldn't exist

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:02.480
 if god never threw him

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.100
 into distress

00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:03.980
 in the first place

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:06.480
 just think

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.800
 imagine jonah ran away from god

00:18:09.800 --> 00:18:11.700
 toward tarshish

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:13.380
 in the opposite direction

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:15.019
 and imagine

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:17.539
 god never did anything

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:20.160
 imagine that

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.560
 he just let jonah run

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 in fact

00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:25.420
 imagine god rewarded jonah

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.700
 jonah got on the ship

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 and it was blue skies

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:31.140
 and warm and easy sailing

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:33.120
 he got to tarshish

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.420
 bought a house

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.360
 found a wife

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:37.100
 had a great life

00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:38.200
 forgetting about god

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.680
 he was healthy

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.779
 earned loads

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:42.580
 then he grew old

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:44.380
 and he died with a smile

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:44.960
 on his face

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 what if god never did anything

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:51.840
 jonah would have had

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.920
 an easy life

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.140
 but his next life

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:58.100
 would be very dark

00:18:58.100 --> 00:19:01.259
 he would come

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.440
 face to face

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:02.980
 with the one

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.840
 he's been running from

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.520
 the whole time

00:19:04.520 --> 00:19:08.360
 but that doesn't happen

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:11.400
 in his ruined life

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.400
 this darkness

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.340
 this distress

00:19:13.340 --> 00:19:14.340
 what is happening

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:17.720
 he hears god's megaphone

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.720
 he hears the call of god

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.180
 and it wakes him up

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:24.840
 it stops him in his tracks

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.459
 and this

00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:29.459
 is god's mercy

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:33.519
 god doesn't let him run

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.859
 god doesn't give him

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.799
 the easy life

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:38.899
 the lord is so merciful

00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:41.639
 he blares his megaphone

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.519
 into jonah's life

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.459
 and jonah hears it

00:19:45.459 --> 00:19:48.279
 he hears god's mercy

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.399
 in his need

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:51.000
 he realises

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.939
 i can't run

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:54.259
 i see what my life

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.680
 has become

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.400
 without god

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.360
 this mess

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.559
 this disaster

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.400
 and i can't run

00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.019
 he realises this

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:04.759
 which makes him see

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:06.720
 the one who can save him

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:09.720
 look what he cries

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.580
 at the end of this prayer

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:14.220
 salvation belongs to the lord

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:18.440
 lord in my ruined life

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.180
 i can only come to you

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:22.600
 you're my only hope

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:24.559
 salvation belongs to the lord

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:28.140
 what has happened here

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:31.299
 the lord has brought him back

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:34.960
 and it wouldn't have happened

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.940
 without this distress

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:38.420
 this has all been god's mercy

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:42.220
 and this goes for all of us

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:44.799
 whatever darkness

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:46.000
 or despair

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.680
 or distress

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.740
 you are going through

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:51.039
 that is god's megaphone

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.579
 in his

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.500
 in your life

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:55.779
 calling you to turn to god

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:57.559
 and cling to him

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:59.720
 cry out to him

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.419
 if you have been running away from god

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:05.279
 and you look at your life

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.200
 and it's a disaster

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.779
 you think i've ruined my life

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.419
 i've made a mess

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.539
 there's no hope

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:13.180
 if you're thinking that

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:15.659
 that means there is hope

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:18.519
 because what you're hearing

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.079
 is god's megaphone

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.579
 god is not distant right now

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.159
 in your life

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:27.279
 he's in your life right now

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.480
 and he's calling you

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.279
 calling you to come back

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:33.639
 maybe you've been running

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.519
 your whole life

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:36.879
 or maybe you grew up as a christian

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:38.559
 and then you started running

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.619
 wherever you are

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:42.279
 god is calling you back

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.960
 from darkness

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:46.639
 and he's warning you

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:49.539
 of a worse darkness to come

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:53.500
 god is so merciful

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:55.899
 he's not letting you be satisfied

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.779
 with your life

00:21:56.779 --> 00:22:00.419
 and it may be hard to hear

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:03.220
 but you need to realise

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.960
 that is god's mercy

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.819
 in your life

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:09.839
 and so now is the time

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.819
 be like jonah

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.980
 and cry out to god

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:15.859
 cry to him to save you

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.839
 pray to god

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:18.299
 to take your soul

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.200
 out of darkness

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.980
 and when you do

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:23.700
 he will always hear you

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:26.419
 he will answer you

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:28.599
 and he will save you

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:31.399
 i called out to the lord

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.339
 out of my distress

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.319
 and he answered me

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:35.599
 out of the belly of sheol

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.179
 i cried

00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:37.839
 and you heard my voice

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:40.819
 the lord

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.299
 hears the cries

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.179
 of a ruined life

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:45.759
 and he answers

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.919
 with even more mercy

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:49.319
 he answers

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.119
 by forgiving

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:51.019
 all your sins

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:53.460
 the mess you made

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:55.039
 the sins you've committed

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.299
 all that running from god

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.720
 when you cry out to him

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.619
 he forgives it all

00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:00.899
 all your past

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:02.560
 he will show you

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.120
 mercy

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:06.400
 now that

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.500
 won't mean

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.380
 all your problems

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.960
 will disappear

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.220
 but it means

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.720
 he will save you

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.720
 from a worse darkness

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.860
 if you turn to god now

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.880
 your running will end

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.900
 and you will be back

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.620
 with your god

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.320
 your soul

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.259
 will be safe forever

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:24.880
 now there might

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:26.320
 there may be quite a few

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.540
 people here thinking

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:29.640
 but hold on

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:32.000
 i haven't been

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.680
 like jonah

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.560
 i haven't run

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.180
 from god

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.980
 i'm not living

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.020
 in the consequences

00:23:38.020 --> 00:23:38.920
 of my own sin

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.060
 i've been faithful

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.540
 to him

00:23:40.540 --> 00:23:42.000
 i've done what

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.780
 he's told me

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:44.500
 but i'm still

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.060
 suffering

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:47.680
 i'm still going

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.880
 through so much

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.360
 look at my life

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.620
 i haven't run

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.020
 from god

00:23:53.020 --> 00:23:53.960
 but i'm still

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.140
 in a dark place

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:58.700
 well if that's you

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.500
 again this won't be

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.200
 easy to hear

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.420
 but it's what we need

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.800
 to hear

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:03.980
 the suffering

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.700
 you are going

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.120
 through

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.860
 is still

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.020
 god's megaphone

00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:08.720
 in your life

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:12.000
 god doesn't punish

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.620
 his children

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:14.300
 he doesn't bring

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:14.759
 judgment

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.440
 on the people

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.200
 he saved

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.940
 but he always

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.940
 shows us

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.580
 mercy

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:22.259
 and that mercy

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.439
 can at times

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:25.079
 come in the form

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.740
 of suffering

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.460
 mercy can come

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.139
 as darkness

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.059
 and distress

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.799
 in our lives

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.740
 and god

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.399
 brings that

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.359
 into our lives

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.039
 for a really

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.039
 wise and

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.059
 merciful purpose

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.899
 so that we

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.519
 would cling

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.039
 to him

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.799
 all the more

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:42.899
 so that we

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.659
 would remember

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.119
 him

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.019
 we would

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.679
 remember he

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.159
 is there

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.659
 and we would

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.480
 cry out to

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.720
 him

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.519
 so that we

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.039
 would rely

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.440
 on him

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.860
 all the more

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.259
 so that we

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.700
 would not

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.640
 be content

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.460
 with the

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.900
 comfort of

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.420
 this life

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.819
 so that we

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.299
 would not

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.700
 look to

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.519
 anything else

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.160
 to strengthen

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.380
 us or save

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.039
 us but

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.059
 so that we

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.660
 would look

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.220
 to our

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.200
 merciful god

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.599
 and say

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.339
 salvation

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.279
 belongs to

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.700
 the lord

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.160
 and the lord

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.500
 alone

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:09.259
 you are my

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.000
 only hope

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.480
 in this life

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.740
 lord

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.140
 lord my

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.880
 body is in

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.480
 pain and

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.980
 my heart

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.599
 is broken

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.200
 but you

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.660
 are the one

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.220
 who saves

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.900
 you are the

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.400
 lord who

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.819
 will one

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.279
 day bring

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.660
 me out

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.279
 of this

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.460
 the lord

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.600
 is refining

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:24.960
 you

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:28.680
 it may feel

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.019
 like you're

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.700
 being punished

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.839
 or like that

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.400
 god has left

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.700
 you

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.819
 but please

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.220
 say that is

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.539
 not the

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.900
 case

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:38.299
 god is in

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.940
 your life

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.600
 right now

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.380
 his mercy

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.900
 is in your

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.860
 life and it

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.460
 takes great

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.319
 faith to see

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.740
 that

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:46.299
 your suffering

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.900
 is god's

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.620
 megaphone and

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.380
 he's calling

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.460
 you to long

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.380
 for the lord's

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.819
 salvation

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.660
 he's calling

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.500
 you to

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.680
 hope for the

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.740
 day when he

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.460
 will bring you

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.099
 out of this

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.180
 pit he's

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.059
 calling you

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.220
 to hope for

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.759
 the resurrection

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.120
 look how

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.559
 jonah 2

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.940
 ends

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:06.539
 and the lord

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.240
 spoke to the

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.599
 fish and it

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.480
 vomited jonah

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.059
 out upon the

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.579
 dry land

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:13.639
 he was on

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.079
 the brink of

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.839
 death crushed

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.619
 under the ocean

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.199
 in the heart

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.720
 of darkness

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.699
 and god placed

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:19.319
 him back on

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.000
 dry land

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.939
 he felt the

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:24.139
 fresh air in

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.519
 his lungs

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.779
 again

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.960
 he felt the

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.079
 stability of

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.960
 dry land

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.319
 again

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.419
 he was given

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:32.319
 a new start

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.139
 he was given

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.579
 a new life

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:36.799
 i went down

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.460
 to the land

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.039
 whose bars

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.879
 closed upon

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.500
 me forever

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.819
 yet you

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.379
 brought up

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.079
 my life

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.699
 from the

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.039
 pit

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:46.240
 and that

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.500
 is what

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.899
 will happen

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.619
 to everyone

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.279
 who calls

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.740
 out to the

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.039
 lord in

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.619
 their distress

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.720
 you will

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.159
 one day

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.819
 be brought

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.439
 up from

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.339
 the dark

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.759
 pit of

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.259
 this world

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.639
 the dark

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.000
 pit of

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.519
 your life

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.220
 you will

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.519
 be given

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.000
 a new

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.399
 start

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.720
 a new

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.279
 life

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.740
 and we

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.279
 know that

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.720
 we know

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.059
 that that

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.660
 is coming

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:06.039
 because it

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.500
 happened to

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.759
 the lord

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.180
 jesus

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:09.599
 jesus was

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.099
 in the belly

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.639
 of the earth

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.839
 three days

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.119
 in the belly

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.740
 of death

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.519
 but death

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.039
 could not

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.460
 hold him

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.899
 death

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.940
 spat him

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.579
 back out

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.259
 into new

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.660
 life

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.160
 a new

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.579
 beginning

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.839
 he was

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.799
 brought up

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.160
 from the

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.519
 pit of

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.940
 darkness

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:26.000
 and so

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.799
 for everyone

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.420
 who believes

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.799
 in him

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.480
 you will

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.139
 follow that

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.859
 same path

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.779
 if you've

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.119
 made a

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.519
 disaster

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.819
 of your

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.039
 life

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.479
 you can

00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:33.859
 have an

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.319
 actual

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.599
 new

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.959
 beginning

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:36.439
 and it

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:36.919
 comes at

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.039
 the

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.439
 resurrection

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.879
 if you

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.559
 are suffering

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.000
 in your

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.319
 body

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.679
 it will

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.139
 one day

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.799
 be restored

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.039
 if death

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.279
 and loss

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.819
 has sent

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.079
 you into

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.479
 a dark

00:27:45.479 --> 00:27:45.839
 place

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.539
 the light

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.899
 of a

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.179
 new

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.519
 day

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.019
 is coming

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:50.399
 and god's

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.879
 megaphone

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.379
 is calling

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.679
 to you

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:51.839
 now

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.359
 hope

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.299
 in that

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.899
 hope

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.359
 in

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.099
 jesus

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:58.519
 brothers

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.879
 and sisters

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.380
 the sufferings

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.760
 of your

00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:00.960
 life

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.240
 are not

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.720
 random

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.460
 our god

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.840
 has not

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.280
 abandoned

00:28:04.280 --> 00:28:04.840
 us

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:06.120
 no in

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.740
 your life

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.420
 right now

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.820
 he is

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.660
 calling you

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.280
 to keep

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.800
 going

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:11.580
 to keep

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.260
 relying on

00:28:12.260 --> 00:28:12.540
 him

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:12.960
 and to

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.460
 hope

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.920
 in the

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.440
 resurrection

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:16.560
 hope

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.120
 in that

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.040
 day

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:19.120
 the day

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.380
 that you

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.160
 will finally

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.800
 be brought

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.140
 up from

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.580
 this pit

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:24.379
 and so

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.299
 we have

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.759
 a really

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.579
 big decision

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.419
 to make

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.799
 with our

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.119
 suffering

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:30.019
 it is

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.359
 always

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.679
 god's

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.259
 megaphone

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.500
 but the

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.960
 question is

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.679
 what will

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.099
 you do

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.599
 with it

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:36.639
 will you

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.099
 let it

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.879
 drive you

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.599
 from god

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:40.740
 or

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.819
 will you

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.259
 use it

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.000
 to cling

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.379
 to him

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.639
 all the

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:43.879
 more

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.519
 to cry

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.960
 to him

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:48.299
 because he's

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.839
 calling you

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.339
 his mercy

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.779
 is in your

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.319
 life right

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.679
 now for

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.199
 everyone

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:53.099
 whose life

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.599
 is ruined

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.799
 who is in

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.240
 the heart

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.759
 of darkness

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.480
 there is a

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.740
 hope

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.919
 there is a

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.399
 salvation

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.899
 for you

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:01.439
 salvation

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.240
 belongs

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.859
 to the

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.099
 lord

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:05.500
 let me

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.720
 pray