Episode Details

This post is part of a series of devotions preparing our church (and those of you who follow along online) for Easter, 2026. The readings are loosely (very loosely) based off the Book of Common Prayer. Each day will have a reading, a theme for you to focus on in prayer, and a written prayer or reflection. Some days will have supplemental material at the end.

Text

Jonah 2 (ASV)

Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly. 2 And he said,

I called [a]by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah,And he answered me;Out of the belly of Sheol cried I,And thou heardest my voice.3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas,And the flood was round about me;All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes;Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul;The deep was round about me;The weeds were wrapped about my head.6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever:Yet hast thou brought up my life from [b]the pit, O Jehovah my God.7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah;And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.8 They that regard lying vanitiesForsake their own mercy.9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;I will pay that which I have vowed.Salvation is of Jehovah.

10 And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Prayer Focus: The Gift of Salvation

Poem

As the sailors heave me over the prow,I've nowhere to go, sinking deeper down now--the fish swallows me. Why to run did I try?Out of the depths of Sheol hear my cry!Salvation belongsSalvation belongsSalvation belongs to the Lord

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