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  document.writeln("<span class=\"body\"><b><span class=\"headings2\"><span class=\"actsititle\">Thanks from the Belly of the Fish </span></span></b><br>");
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document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><font size=\"3\">\'€œBut I with");
document.writeln("the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay.");
document.writeln("Salvation belongs to the Lord!\'€<sup>1</sup></font></font></span></p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">God had told");
document.writeln("Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people of the coming judgement if they didn\'€™t");
document.writeln("repent. Instead of obeying God\'€™s command, Jonah jumped on the next ship to Tarshish.");
document.writeln("What is so interesting to me is that Jonah knew God and that He is all-knowing,");
document.writeln("yet he still thought he could run and hide from Him! When a violent storm threatened");
document.writeln("to sink the ship, Jonah knew immediately that it was from God. Jonah did the");
document.writeln("respectable thing and took responsibility for his actions. He asked the sailors");
document.writeln("to throw him overboard, where he was promptly swallowed by a large fish. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">Now, Jonah");
document.writeln("could have simply given up at this point. I am sure his surroundings in the belly");
document.writeln("of the fish were less than ideal, but this was just the push he needed to repent.");
document.writeln("In addition to repentance, Jonah remembered the Lord and prayed with gratitude.");
document.writeln("After this, God commanded the great fish to spit Jonah on dry land and Jonah headed");
document.writeln("to Nineveh. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">If I am");
document.writeln("honest, I have been much like Jonah in my life. My stubbornness");
document.writeln("has led me to make poor choices that I think are best, but have not been what");
document.writeln("the Lord is asking of me. I, too, have had to spend time \'€œin the belly of the fish\'€");
document.writeln("to reflect and remember. But GOD\'€¦ in His great love and mercy hears us, and");
document.writeln("when we genuinely repent, He forgives, forgets, and let\'€™s us start over. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">Friends, we");
document.writeln("all mess up from time to time. God knows we are human and loves us anyway!");
document.writeln("Never let your mistakes keep you from returning to God\'€™s welcoming arms and the");
document.writeln("great plans He has for your life. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">Suggested");
document.writeln("prayer: Lord, thank you for loving me despite all my flaws. Please help me live");
document.writeln("in obedience to your will, and when I make mistakes, help me be quick to repent");
document.writeln("and remember who YOU are. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal; direction: ltr;\"><li style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><font size=\"3\">Jonah 2:9 (<i>ESV</i>). <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p></li></ol><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
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document.writeln("Encounter was written by: Crystal B. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
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