IF YOU WANT TO RUN FROM GOD, THE DEVIL WILL ALWAYS OFFER A RIDE.

7 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

• Jonah 1:17 NIV

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

• Jonah 2:1 NIV

SOMETIMES WHAT WE CALL A PROBLEM, GOD CALLS PROVISION.

GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE US WHAT WE WANT, BUT GOD GIVES US WHAT WE NEED.

13 Is anyone among you is trouble? Let them pray. ...

• James 5:13 NIV

2 He said: "In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry."

• Jonah 2:2 NIV

3 "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. 4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' 5 The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit. 7 When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 8 Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God's love for them. 9 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.'"

• Jonah 2:3-9 NIV

9 "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."

• Jonah 2:9 NIV

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

• Jonah 2:10 NIV

WHILE YOU'RE WAITING, GOD'S STILL WORKING.

39 [Jesus] answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

• Matthew 12:39-40 NIV